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All travel corridors will close from Monday, meaning everyone arriving in the UK will have to self-isolate.

The UK has recorded another 1,280 coronavirus-related deaths, bringing the total to 87,295, latest government figures show.

A small reduction in COVID-19 cases across some parts of the UK should not be used as an excuse to lift lockdown or reduce adherence to the rules, an expert scientist has told Sky News.

For a few hours this week, we were given an insight into the closely-guarded secret at the centre of the UK's vaccination programme.

Scientific advisers to the government have set out measures to reduce the transmission of coronavirus within homes, which they say can help cut the number of infections by up to 15% in just three weeks.

People from minority ethnic backgrounds are far less likely to take the coronavirus vaccine, according to documents from the government's scientific advisers.

Snow and ice is likely to hit large parts of England and Scotland on Saturday bringing travel disruption, the Met Office has said.

Footballers must "change their behaviours" to adjust to coronavirus rules on the pitch, the Premier League boss has said, meaning no more hugs to celebrate goals.

The coronavirus R number in the UK has remained largely unchanged, as SAGE estimate it is now between 1.2 and 1.3.

A leading virologist who said one of two Brazilian COVID-19 variants had been detected in the UK has now said the one picked up in Britain is not the one "of concern".