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The plans have been met with strong criticism from opposition parties and some Conservative MPs – as well as the travel industry.

Prime Minister Boris Johnson said the demonstrations had been ‘subverted by thuggery’ following clashes between some protesters and police.

The man was found dead at Clive Barracks in Ternhill on Sunday morning.

Chief executive John Holland-Kaye said he would have to make the decision ‘within the next couple of weeks’.

Campaigners have expressed anger at the commemoration of a figure prominently involved in Britain’s slave-trade past.

On Sunday around 10,000 people took part in the Black Lives Matter demonstration

A crowd which had joined a Black Lives Matter protest in Bristol tore down the statue of Edward Colston.

SDLP leader Colum Eastwood said the failure to deliver the victims payment scheme is ‘inexcusable’.

The mayors issued a joint statement after data suggested the reproductive rate of Covid-19 was around one in the north west of England.

London Black Lives Matter organised an online protest for those who are unable to attend demonstrations in person.

Researchers said the findings now require ‘urgent investigation and explanation’.

A total of 2,415 patients have died in Scotland after testing positive for Covid-19, no change on Saturday’s figure.

Major demonstrations took place in Edinburgh, Bristol and London.

Professor John Edmunds said the UK needs to remain cautious.

The PSNI said they cannot confirm at this stage if it is the weapon used to kill the journalist.

The Committee on Standards in Public Life will seek to identify the principles that should underpin the regulation of donations and campaign spending.

He said there is ‘undoubtedly a risk’ that coronavirus cases could increase following the protests.