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Met Police recorded the highest number of fines, followed by Thames Valley Police and North Yorkshire.

All 44 charges brought under the Coronavirus Act were incorrect, the Crown Prosecution Service said.

Nearly half of the journeys will be no more than 10 miles, the RAC poll suggests.

Geoffrey McKillop had been on a ventilator at the Causeway Hospital in Coleraine and at one stage was given just hours to live.

The women both worked for Birmingham Women’s and Children’s NHS Foundation Trust.

The jobs crisis is far from over despite the Government’s ‘bold’ measures, said the Resolution Foundation.

Meanwhile education unions are meeting the chief medical officer and other experts on Friday over the Government’s push to reopen schools in England.

The Office for National Statistics published new data showing how the elderly have been affected by Covid-19.

The Government has set a target to appoint 18,000 contact tracers by mid-May.

Dr David Nabarro said a comprehensive testing, tracking and isolating system must be in place.

Rise has come following the government’s bailout for London’s transport system.

The airline’s people director Darrell Hughes said it was a ‘very painful time’.

Jasbir Kaur and husband Rupinder Bassan were found by police at their home in February.

It follows a row between Boris Johnson and Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer at Prime Minister’s Questions on Wednesday over the official advice.

The Welsh Government will publish its ‘traffic light’ exit plan on Friday afternoon.

London North Eastern Railway will introduce the measure when services are ramped up next week.

Three boys, aged 11, 15 and 16, have been arrested in connection with the incident in Leeds.