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Scotland's legal Covid-19 restrictions, including the wearing of face coverings, will end on 21 March. First Minister Nicola Sturgeon said people would still be advised to wear masks in shops and on public transport.…

Health Secretary Sajid Javid has insisted the time is right to end all Covid restrictions and free mass testing in England. All rules including the legal duty to self-isolate will end this week - and free tests will stop for…

Passengers will no longer be required to wear masks on London's buses, trains and trams, mayor Sadiq Khan has said. It comes as Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced the end of all legal Covid restrictions from Thursday.…

Nicola Sturgeon is to unveil the Scottish government's plans for managing the Covid-19 pandemic in a "much less restrictive" way in future. The first minister will present a new "strategic framework" to MSPs in a Holyrood…

The Queen has cancelled her virtual engagements for Tuesday as she is still experiencing mild, cold-like symptoms from Covid, royal officials have said. A statement from Buckingham Palace said the 95-year-old monarch "will…

Almost all remaining Covid-19 restrictions in the Republic of Ireland are set to end from Monday. At a cabinet meeting the three government parties backed a plan to end measures including mandatory mask wearing in most…

A mother has spoken of the moment she saw her two-year-old daughter's heart rate reach 280 beats per minute before she was diagnosed with a rare genetic condition. Evelyn, from Mountsorrel in Leicestershire, has Brugada syndrome - a…

Boris Johnson has told MPs about his plans to scrap all remaining Covid legal restrictions in England. This will start with ending the need to self-isolate after a positive test from Thursday and will also see an end to routine contact…

England's Chief Medical Officer Chris Whitty has urged people to continue to self-isolate if they test positive for the coronavirus in the coming weeks. From Thursday, people with a positive test will no longer need to self-isolate under…

An additional booster dose will be offered to all adults over-75 and the most vulnerable over-12s in the UK this spring. The UK's vaccines advisers said an extra dose would help top up their protection against severe…

The NHS in England will no longer limit the amount of Caesarean sections it performs, under plans to improve care for mothers and babies. Maternity units were previously encouraged to promote natural births and keep the…

People should not be forced into making a "terrible choice" over going into work with Covid or risking losing income by self-isolating at home, the Trades Union Congress (TUC) has said. The trade union raised concerns ahead…

Boris Johnson is due set out his plans to scrap all remaining Covid legal restrictions in England, including the requirement to isolate. The prime minister is to meet the Cabinet in the morning before updating the Commons in…

Vegetables may be good for you, but eating a lot of them is unlikely to reduce your risk of a heart attack or stroke, a large UK study suggests. What else we eat, how much exercise we do and where and how we live may have…

Throughout the pandemic many people have reported losing their sense of smell and taste. Smell loss can be caused by viral infections and brain injuries. The charity AbScent, which aims to end smell disorders, has been hosting smell…

Jimi Olaghere thought he would have to wait decades to be freed from his sickle cell disease - but now scientists have engineered his blood to overcome the disease which left him in constant pain. "It's like being born…

Thomas Hebbron is one of the forgotten victims of the pandemic. He was diagnosed with leukaemia in February 2019 - a year before Covid hit the UK. The eight-year-old, from Leeds, has been treated with chemotherapy…

A group that represents NHS bosses has called for free Covid testing to remain, despite speculation that it could be scrapped. The NHS Confederation also said 75% of senior staff in England did not want self-isolation rules…

Children aged between five and 11 in England will be offered a low-dose Covid vaccine, the government says. Northern Ireland has said it will also follow Wales and Scotland in offering young children the vaccine.…

Hundreds of people who had retinal implants to improve their sight face an uncertain future as the technology they rely on is now obsolete. Second Sight stopped making its Argus II bionic eyes several years ago to focus on a…

Scotland's dental leaders say the backlog for patients getting NHS treatment is "enormous". Official data shows people in more affluent areas were much more likely to be seen by a dentist in the last two years compared to…

NHS services across the east of England continue to be affected after three cases of Lassa fever were discovered in the region. A newborn baby died at the Luton and Dunstable Hospital, an adult was cared for at Addenbrooke's…

Children aged between five and 11 in England will be offered a low-dose Covid vaccine, the government says. Official scientific advice concludes the move would help protect the "very small" number of children who become…

About five million adults in the UK still haven't had a Covid vaccine, according to government figures and ONS population estimates. Covid vaccines offer very high levels of protection against infection and are safe. Leicester's director…

More than 14,000 UK men are thought to need treatment for prostate cancer, but have not come forward because of the pandemic. The NHS is urging men to check their risk online as a first step to identifying a cancer that is very…

Analysis of more than 30 bottles of wine has found two glasses could be enough to reach the recommended daily sugar limit for adults. Research by Alcohol Health Alliance UK found some bottles had up to 59g of sugar - more…

People who are vaccinated are less likely to develop long Covid even if they catch the virus, a rapid review by the UK Health Security Agency reveals. It looked at the available evidence to date from 15 studies around the…

All five to 11-year olds in Wales are to be offered Covid vaccinations, the health minister has announced. Eluned Morgan said she was following a "yet to be published" recommendation from the UK's Joint Committee on…

A woman with a rare form of cancer is waiting for an operation to remove a 8kg tumour growing near her spine. Stephanie Coles was diagnosed with leiomyosarcoma in December after finding a lump on her abdomen. The…

Death registrations involving Covid in the UK fell slightly in the week ending 4 February, according to the latest Office for National Statistics figures. There were 13,472 deaths registered in total in the UK during that…