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Eight people have died and six are in intensive care at a hospital in Wales after a major coronavirus outbreak was declared.

Another 7,108 coronavirus cases and 71 deaths have been recorded in the UK, according to the latest daily figures.

MPs have approved the renewal of the government's emergency coronavirus powers after ministers staged a climbdown to offer the House of Commons a greater say on new nationwide restrictions.

TSB has announced plans to close 164 branches and cut 969 jobs as it accelerates a shake-up launched last year.

Hundreds of students have been filmed climbing atop ping pong tables and screaming along to music at a late-night party at university halls in Coventry, breaching coronavirus lockdown rules.

The home secretary asked officials to look into sending asylum seekers to isolated islands 4,000 miles from the UK, according to reports.

Detectives have used the pandemic lockdown to arrest nearly 300 fugitives hiding in the UK.

Four red postboxes have been painted black to celebrate and honour black Britons - both past and present.

The fire service response to the Manchester Arena bombing was "neither adequate nor effective," their lawyers have told a public inquiry.

Almost a million breast screening appointments have been missed in the UK due to the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a charity.