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Helen Edwards, an NHS doctor from the West Midlands in the UK takes us through her week's spending.

The country was one of few not to recommend masks in public outside of healthcare settings.

The education minister has also called for P7 pupils to be able to sit the transfer test in their own schools.

The number of people in hospital with Covid-19 is the highest since the pandemic began in March.

From his hospital bed, 60-year-old Chris Lea says "it is not worth losing an aunt, uncle or grandparent".

"I didn't feel a thing," says Mr Pence after he receives his first dose of the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine.

The French president faces questions over whether he himself followed social distancing measures.

What is happening in your area - and what are the figures telling us?

The latest rates of infection in Beds, Bucks, Cambs, Herts and Northamptonshire.

The latest rates of infection per 100,000 people in Essex, Norfolk and Suffolk.

Department store chain John Lewis is offering free Covid tests to up to 16,000 workers a week

Nearly 90% of hospital beds in England are full as hospitals try to cope with the demands of Covid.

Explore the data on coronavirus in the UK and find out how many cases there are in your area.

An exception has been made during the Christmas period, with some limitations.

NI's chief scientific adviser says without a six-week lockdown, the number of deaths would be "severe".

Five things you need to know about the coronavirus pandemic this Friday evening.

The simple but crucial number at the heart of lockdown decisions across the UK.