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People have been asked not to congregate in parks and beaches as the outbreak enters a ‘dangerous phase’.

Matt Hancock said the Easter weekend will be a ‘test of the nation’s resolve’.

Two more Nightingale hospitals are to be opened in Sunderland and Exeter.

The new facilities will open on Wearside and in Exeter.

The deputy chief scientific adviser said it is ‘premature’ to start lifting the lockdown as UK hospital deaths rose by 980.

A man arrested on suspicion of murder was released with no further action to be taken by police.

A round-up of the day’s feel-good stories.

The students have now been registered as doctors four months ahead of schedule.

Deputy chief medical officer Jonathan Van-Tam said social distancing measures ‘have to continue’.

‘Everyone’s buzzing’, said their mother.

The Yorkshire-based GNG Group says staff have volunteered to work over Easter to keep up with demand.

Some 1,500 workers in Scotland were surveyed by the Scottish Trades Union Congress between March 26 and April 5 during the coronavirus pandemic.

Although there are calls to open churches on Easter Sunday, most services will take place online instead.

Andrew has rarely been seen in public since stepping back from royal duties.

Stormont ministers are saying that vigilance should not be abandoned in the fight against the pandemic.

Four men have been jailed since April 2019 but campaigners say some people are not taking the law change seriously enough.

Traffic in London, Manchester and Birmingham was significantly down on Thursday compared with the equivalent day in 2019.

First Minister Mark Drakeford said restrictions could be tightened if people do not comply with social distancing measures.

The latest figures suggest that, in Greater London, park visits are down just 15%.

The Housing Secretary defended his actions on Twitter.