Wales becomes the first UK nation to lift its rule to stay local, although non-essential travel to other parts of the UK is still banned
Six people from two households can now meet outdoors and self-contained tourist accommodation may reopen
Prime Minister Boris Johnson says he sees 'absolutely nothing in the data' to dissuade him from continuing to lift lockdown restrictions
Meanwhile, the first Covid booster jabs to stop new variants could be given to over-70s from September, the vaccines minister says
Nadhim Zahawi said those in the top four priority groups of the vaccine rollout will get any booster jabs first
One-fifth of the Philippines' population is going into lockdown as hospitals in Manila struggle to cope with a surge in infections
In England, shops will be allowed to stay open until 22:00 BST six days a week when customers return from 12 April
Police in Bristol have made 10 arrests during a demonstration that they warned broke coronavirus restrictions
Both Boris Johnson and Home Secretary Priti Patel have condemned the demonstrators
France has accused the UK of 'blackmail' over its handling of coronavirus vaccine exports
Thanks for joining us today. We'll be back tomorrow with lots more coronavirus news - from the UK and around the world.
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That's about it from us today. Here is a brief round-up of the main headlines.
The latest government data, external has revealed there were 4,715 positive cases recorded in the UK the past 24 hours - the first time the daily figure has dipped below 5,000 in more than a week.
A further 58 people have died within 28 days of a positive Covid test - compared with 96 on the same day a week ago.
The number of patients in hospital is continuing to fall, down to 4,560 on the last count taken on Thursday. This is the lowest since mid-October.
Latest figures state 615 of those hospital patients are on ventilators.
More than 29.7m people have now been given the first vaccination dose - with nearly 3.3m people having been given both doses.
Despite knowing about the rules in England, which are stay at home until Monday, and then stay local, George travelled from Weston-Super-Mare, Somerset, to Snowdon.
He made the 260 miles (418 km) journey, which would take around four and a half hours, to start at Pen-y-Pass.
"I just want some outdoor activities," he said.
When asked if he knew the rules, George added: "I know. It's outdoors, so I won't meet that many people. So, I follow this. It's not bad."
Image source, ReutersIsrael has been quick to vaccinate its population against Covid-19
This time last year, Israel was placed into the first of three tough lockdowns to curb the spread of coronavirus.
Now, with the threat of Covid-19 receding, Israel is gradually returning to something approaching normality.
In that spirit, Israelis have been gathering for Passover - the Jewish holiday celebrating liberation from biblical slavery.
This is only possible because coronavirus infections have plummeted in the country since February, as vaccinations were rolled out.
Image source, ReutersCoronavirus restrictions have been lifted in recent weeks
Israel has vaccinated about half its population of nine million. It began its vaccination campaign last December and is the leading nation globally for the number of doses per head of population.
As a result, authorities have allowed restaurants, hotels, museums and theatres to reopen, while relaxing restrictions on large gatherings, outdoors and indoors.
“So very happy that the whole family is gathering together, to celebrate with everyone together,” Sasha Shunary told Reuters news agency in a Tel Aviv market. “Last year we had it on Zoom.”
Image source, ReutersPassover will feel more normal this year for many Jewish people in Israel
Image source, GoogleOfficers were called to the address on Saturday morning
A police officer who was attempting to break up a house party that broke Covid laws was attacked, the force has said.
Officers from West Midlands Police were called to the party in Solihull in the early hours of Saturday morning.
"Up to 100 people" were reported to be at the gathering - currently banned under Covid regulations.
According to West Midlands Police, the police officer was kicked but was not seriously injured during the incident.
By Joshua Haigh, BBC News
Image source, UnicefMore than a year after the pandemic shut schools around the world, millions of children are still stuck at home.
But the experience has been vastly different for communities.
A Washington mum-of-two says she had not appreciated "how much support, not only academic but also physical and emotional, school provided my kids".
"The unpredictability of each day has definitely ramped up my own anxiety in unhealthy ways," says Lori Mihalich.
Meanwhile, in the Amazon rainforest in Peru, thousands of children were cut-off from the outside world without the means to continue their education when Covid-19 struck.
Authorities have since strapped loudspeakers to trees to broadcast lessons into the open air.
Here's how students, teachers and parents coped when children had to leave the classroom.
Image source, ReutersVaccinations have been suspended at a Dublin hospital after it emerged it had used spare doses to vaccinate teachers at a nearby private school.
Beacon Hospital administered 20 vaccines to teachers at St Gerard's School in Bray, County Wicklow.
Health Minister Stephen Donnelly said this was "entirely inappropriate and completely unacceptable".
Having considered the "operational implications", Mr Donnelly said he has asked the Health Service Executive (HSE) to suspend vaccines at the privately-owned hospital.
Those who already have an appointment at the centre will be vaccinated as scheduled - before alternative arrangements are put in place.
Beacon Hospital, which was administering vaccines as part of the state rollout, apologised for its decision, claiming it was made under "time pressure".
Image source, EPAPolice officers in Bordeaux, France, question a traveller as authorities step up checks amid a rise in cases
Image source, EPAIn Naples, Italy, a hundred parents - protesting against distance learning - cycle through the city
Image source, PA MediaJustin Lee, head green keeper at Vale Royal Abbey Golf Club in Cheshire prepares the course to welcome the return of recreational golf next week
Image source, PA MediaNorthern Ireland's First Minister Arlene Foster receives her vaccine
Image source, EPAAs coronavirus cases continue to spread in Pakistan, a man in Peshawar waits for customers outside a closed market after the government reduces market business hours
Image source, ReutersVisitors wearing protective face masks walk underneath blooming cherry blossoms in Tokyo, Japan
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From next Tuesday, people crossing the land border from France into Spain will have to present a negative PCR test taken in the last 72 hours, the Spanish government has announced.
Spain is ramping up restrictions ahead of their traditional Easter celebrations known as Holy Week, which begin this weekend.
Previously only those arriving from France by air had been subject to testing.Hauliers and cross-border workers will be exempt, along with those who live in the border zone - providing they remain within a 30-kilometre (18-mile) radius of their home.
Daily cases have nearly doubled in France since the start of the month, with more than 45,000 new cases announced on Thursday.
From Sunday anyone travelling from France into Germany will have to submit a negative test and go into 10 days' quarantine.
After we published an article about one woman's lockdown project listening to 300 vinyl records, lots of people got in touch about their own new hobbies.
A surprising number were not listening to albums, but recording them. Others were writing and drawing, or reading a daily short story before breakfast. A number found new or extreme ways of getting exercise. We've pulled together a selection of your stories.
"My lockdown project this time was to walk every street in St Albans," says Jim Hodgkins from - you guessed it - St Albans.
"The first Monday the clocks went back in October I realised I couldn't handle walking the dog round the corner in the dark every night. I needed a clever way to like the dark and cold, and make up for missing an hour's walking every day on my commute.
"I photo'd an A-to-Z and started doing walks, going up to the end of every cul-de-sac.
"Altogether, it was 150 miles on 45 walks ending at the most famous arch in St Albans, the old monastery."
Read more about people's lockdown projects here.
Image source, Jim HodgkinsJim Hodgkins was one of those who shared their lockdown project with us
For people in England who are excited for the next stage of lockdown easing, there's been some good news from the PM this morning.
In a video recorded by the Conservatives, Boris Johnson says there is "absolutely nothing" in the data to suggest we can't continue with the lockdown easing plan. "In just a few days time I'm finally going to be able to go to the barbers," he said.
Michelle Roberts
Health editor, BBC News online
Image source, Getty ImagesSeveral European countries paused their use of the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine earlier this month after reports that a small number of people recently given the shot had also developed blood clots.
But a "thorough and careful review" by UK and EU regulators subsequently found there was no evidence the Oxford vaccine caused blood clots.
About 17 million people have been vaccinated in the EU and the UK - and 37 people who had the Oxford vaccine have been reported as having had a blood clot.
However, the number of blood clots reported is no more than would have been expected to have occurred naturally.
The MHRA , externaland the EMA , externalsay people can have confidence in the vaccine's benefits and should get immunised.
So how do we know a vaccine is safe, and what role do trials have?Read Michelle's full analysis here.
Image source, EPABrazil is struggling to cope with a huge surge in Covid infections.
On Friday, a record 3,650 deaths from the virus were reported by Brazil's health ministry. It's the highest number of deaths in a 24-hour period since the pandemic began - and broke a record set just days earlier.
In total, more than 305,000 people in Brazil have now died with coronavirus.
A new, more contagious variant is thought to be behind the recent surge in cases, with many city hospitals experiencing oxygen shortages and overcrowding.
Critics say the government is still failing to introduce sufficient restrictions to control the virus, but President Jair Bolsonaro says he is addressing the crisis.
On Friday the government announced that human trials will begin for two vaccines developed in Brazil.
Covid: Grassroots sports set ready for lockdown release
Outdoor grassroots sports will once again be allowed in England from Monday 29 March.
Golf, tennis, basketball and outdoor swimming will all be back on the agenda.
Organised outdoor sports, such as football, can also resume - subject to government guidelines.
For Bella, a keen footballer, is means being reunited with her teammates - and no longer having to be satisfied with tackling her dad and little brother.
"I've really missed it," says Bella.
"It gives you that freedom. It's like an escape from reality - just being able to run round and not caring what it going on."
It follows a similar restart of outdoor sports in Wales and Scotland earlier this month, while Northern Ireland follows suit on Thursday 1 April.
Image source, Getty ImagesPolice blocked roads in Amritsar, Punjab to enforce a one-hour silence
How do we mark the millions of lives lost to coronavirus? It's a question many individuals and governments ask themselves, particularly as we recently marked one year since the pandemic began.
In India's Punjab state, authorities have introduced a one-hour silence each Saturday to honour victims of Covid-19. All traffic is expected to stop except for emergencies or on major highways, and sirens sound at the start and end of the hour.
The first silence was today, but reports suggested many residents were unaware of the tribute and were left confused as queues built up to enter cities. Critics have said that the government should focus on addressing the health crisis, external, but authorities say the silence will help people remember the importance of saving lives.
Nationwide India has recorded nearly 12 million infections and more than 161,000 deaths.
Image source, EPAGermany is among those European countries facing 'a third wave' of coronavirus
More from Boris Johnson who was speaking at the Conservatives' virtual spring forum.
The prime minister said "bitter experience" has taught him that the surge in cases - or "third wave" - currently being experienced in parts of Europe could hit the UK "three weeks later".
"The question is - is it going to be, this time, as bad it has been in the past?
"Or have we sufficiently mitigated, muffled, blunted the impact by the vaccine rollout?" he added.
"There's lots of promising evidence that a lot of people who could be vulnerable are now protected against death and serious disease, that's my hope - my hunch.
"But we haven't yet seen the real conclusive proof - in the sense that we haven't seen a take-off in infection rates that hasn't been accompanied by a lot of hospitalisations and deaths.
"That'll be the key difference this time round, if we're lucky."
Image source, ReutersFacebook has frozen Venezuela President Nicolas Maduro's Facebook page after he claimed without evidence that a herbal remedy can cure Covid-19, according to Reuters news agency. The company said the leader had repeatedly violated their policies on coronavirus misinformation. He claimed in January that thyme herb solution could cure the disease. He will unable to post on his page for 30 days.
Maduro isn't the first world leader to face pushback from social media companies over coronavirus misinformation.
Last year Facebook deleted a video from Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro over a claim that drug hydroxychloroquine was totally effective in treating the virus. And previously a Twitter post by Maduro about a different fake remedy was deleted.
Covid-19 misinformation on social media is a widespread problem.
A dozen people are responsible for spreading thousands of anti-vaccine posts on Facebook and Twitter, according to analysis by the UK-based Center for Countering Digital Hate (CCDH). Among them are Robert F Kennedy Jr, a nephew of the former US president, who leads an anti-vaccine group.