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A "roving" Covid vaccination service is making sure "no-one is left behind" in Northumberland.

The customised van creates "pop-up" clinics for those in remote areas and hard to reach groups such as homeless people or travellers.

In its first two days it has vaccinated more than 100 people.

Richard Hay, from the NHS Northumberland Clinical Commissioning Group, says: "We understand the uniqueness of Northumberland and we've had to overcome some big challenges with this roll-out - for example, the distance people have been expected to travel to attend a large vaccination centre."

He adds the service is still in its early stages and is not a "walk-in" service.

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Environment Secretary George Eustice says the government will keep "under regular review" whether to add India to the UK's red list of countries, from which travel is banned, amid rising cases in the country.

He told BBC's Andrew Marr Show there are "quite a lot of robust tests and checks for anybody coming into the country".

Currently there are some 39 countries on the red list, external, which means if a traveller has been through them in a past 10 days they will be refused entry to the UK.

British or Irish nationals and those with residence rights in the UK are able to enter but must quarantine in a hotel for 10 days.

Kenya, Pakistan, Bangladesh and the Philippines are among the most recent countries to have been added to the list - being placed on it as of 04:00 on 9 April.

Most of the "red list" countries are in Africa or South America.

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German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier has spoken of the deep wounds caused by the coronavirus pandemic, on a day of national mourning for the nearly 80,000 people in the country who have lost their lives to the virus.

In a televised address from a ceremony in Berlin, he reminded Germans that behind the statistics lay the fates of real people, who had suffered often lonely and agonising deaths.

Steinmeier paid tribute to doctors, nurses and carers who had looked after patients, as Germany battles a third wave of the virus.

He also acknowledged the damaging impact of restrictions on people's lives, but said decisions had been made to avoid an even bigger catastrophe.

"My request today is this: let us speak about pain and suffering and anger. But let us not lose ourselves in recriminations, in looking back, but let us once again gather strength for the way forward," he said.

The presidential post is largely ceremonial in Germany, but involves representing the country abroad and is seen as carrying moral weight.

Scotland's recovery from the Covid crisis will take years, Anas Sarwar has said.

The Scottish Labour leader accused his political rivals of losing sight of the seriousness of the pandemic and the impact it will continue to have on the country beyond this year.

Sarwar says a "national recovery" should be the "collective focus" for the next Scottish Parliament.

Speaking on the BBC's Sunday Show, he said: "There are 360,000 of our fellow citizens who are still on furlough, worried about if and when they will have a job to go back to.

"There's a huge backlog in the NHS and our children have missed out nearly a year of education."

Scottish Labour's election manifesto is set to be launched on Thursday.

A couple who got engaged during the first UK-wide lockdown are hoping Covid restrictions will soon ease so they can plan their wedding.

Chris Miller, 38, proposed to Ffion Martin, 22, last year but any plans for a grand day have been on ice.

The professional actors - who are from Carmarthen and met while working at a theatre company - are waiting to see when they will be able to invite family and friends to the wedding they have always wanted, rather than the one they are allowed.

Wales' Covid restrictions only permit outdoor wedding receptions for up to 30 people from 26 April.

Catherine Burns
Health correspondent

So far what has become known as the Indian variant is not classed as a variant of concern.

Public Health England said this morning that would happen only if it emerged the variant could spread more easily, be more severe or that vaccines did not work as well against it.

There are 77 cases in the UK so far and most of those people don't have any symptoms.

The vast majority of cases were picked up during routine testing while people isolated after travelling from India.

Experts say they have seen a couple of infections which don't seem to be linked to travel.

Overall cases of Covid-19 in the UK are at the lowest level since last September.

The country is cautiously opening up and this afternoon 4,000 football fans will be in Wembley Stadium for the FA Cup semi-final between Leicester and Southampton.

It is part of a government trial, with people having to show proof of a negative coronavirus test before they can get in.

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Health officials in the UK are looking at whether a new Indian Covid strain spreads more easily and evades vaccines.

There is not yet enough data to classify it as a "variant of concern", a leading scientist says.

But Dr Susan Hopkins of Public Health England says some cases had been found in the UK that were not linked to travel, with their origin now being investigated.

More than 70 cases have been identified in England and Scotland.

It is also too soon to decide if India should be put on the government's travel "red list", Dr Hopkins says.

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This has been the first weekend since December that pubs in England have been able to serve customers.

But under the current rules people must be served outdoors so the prospect of an indoor pint is still some weeks away.

Other Covid restrictions include:

• customers must order, eat and drink while seated at a table
• you must follow either the rule of six, or be in a a group of any size with no more than two households present
• every customer aged 16 and over will have to check in to NHS test and trace, or give contact details to staff
• when not seated - for example being shown to a table, or going to the toilet - customers should wear face masks (unless exempt) and observe social distancing

Customers will be allowed to eat and drink indoors from 17 May, under the current roadmap for lifting restrictions.

In Scotland and Wales pubs and restaurants will be able to reopen with some restrictions in place from 26 April, while no date has been set in Northern Ireland.

For full details you can read our explainer here.

Florrie Stokes has marked her 100th birthday with her second Covid-19 jab.

Florrie, from Ashwater in Devon, used yesterday's occasion to tell those uncertain about the vaccination "there's nothing to be afraid of".

"It's a good thing and everybody should have it to keep safe, I wouldn't hesitate to have it and I'm just thankful for it," she says.

Her son John - pictured above with his mum - says she has been shielding, was first in line for the jab and "didn't flinch".

"She wanted to show there was nothing to be fearful of and people should go and do their bit and save everyone else," John says.

Florrie, who spoke to some of her family via video on her big day, says she had a "lovely" birthday.

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The number of people who have died worldwide from Covid-19 surpassed three million yesterday, according to Johns Hopkins University.

It came a day after a warning from the head of the World Health Organization (WHO) that the world is "approaching the highest rate of infection" so far.

India - experiencing a second wave - recorded more than 230,000 new cases on Saturday alone.

Almost 140 million cases have been recorded since the pandemic began.

The US, India and Brazil - the countries with the most recorded infections - have accounted for more than a million deaths between them, according to Johns Hopkins University.

WHO chief Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus warned on Friday that "cases and deaths are continuing to increase at worrying rates".

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BBC News

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Shops are shutting and online sales are booming. While some lockdown rules are being lifted, central London is not the bustling shopping destination it once was.

In this uncertain retail environment, several previously online-only entrepreneurs are to start trading from a "pop-up" shop in Oxford Street - which in pre-Covid times was Europe's busiest high street.

Among those wanting to spend some time at 58 Oxford Street is Yugna Shah, who usually runs her online chocolate business The Painted Peacock from Harrow in north-west London.

"My business needs online and the High Street," she says. "Online, the chocolates look pretty, but people want an all-round experience."

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Islington-based Victoria Jenkins runs Unhidden, a clothing brand for people with physical disabilities, which started selling online in November.

She has signed up to spend a day in the shop as a way to "test the water".

"I am ambitious, but for now it's just showing that it can be done," she says.

Read more here.

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Some of our updates today have talked about a new variant of coronavirus first discovered in India so here's a recap of what we know:

• It's known as the B.1.617 variant
• A total of 73 cases have been confirmed in England, as well as four cases in Scotland
• The strain has been classified as a Variant Under Investigation by Public Health England
• Prof Paul Hunter, a professor in medicine at the University of East Anglia, says the variant features two "escape mutations" - E484Q and L452R
• He says these mutations suggest that this is going to be even less controlled by vaccine. "But we don't know that for certain at the moment"
• Speaking to Andrew Marr on BBC One this morning, Prof Susan Hopkins of Public Health England says there is not yet enough data to classify it as a "variant of concern" but that investigations are continuing.

Read more: What are the risks of India's new Covid-19 variant?

Wales would adopt the same roadmap for easing lockdown restrictions as England if the Conservatives got into power, the party's leader in the Senedd says.

Andrew RT Davies has told Andrew Marr, if he were to lead the country after the 6 May Welsh Parliament election, he would commit to ending restrictions on 21 June "if the science proves that to be the case".

Labour First Minister Mark Drakeford's road map goes as far as "late May" with the potential reopening of indoor hospitality and holiday accommodation, but no date has been given for the potential ending of social distancing rules.

Davies says the Welsh Government has taken "different approaches for the sake of being different, rather than where the science points to have commonality" with the rest of the UK when it comes to coronavirus restrictions.

He points to hospitality, where rules in England have allowed pubs, restaurants and cafes to reopen for outdoor services on 12 April, while people in Wales have to wait until 26 April.

Davies is also critical of the decision not to resume face-to-face teaching for years 7, 8 and 9 in Wales until 12 April, despite all age groups in England returning to schools from 8 March.

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A fundraising campaign set up by a vicar and his wife to help "the poorest in the world" get the coronavirus vaccine has raised more than £80,000.

The Reverend Scott Patterson, from Somerset, and his wife Rowan set up a Just Giving page for people to make donations after getting the vaccine, on 30 January.

Within four days "Twin My Vaccine" passed its original £1,000 target.

Rowan says it offers an "opportunity to celebrate what we have here [in the UK] by being generous".

The cost of a vaccine ranges from £4 up to £30.

Because vaccines are free via the NHS the Pattersons decided to ask people who could afford to pay for it if asked, to donate to Unicef - which has its own vaccination programme.

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Thousands of motorists and passengers were stuck in traffic for hours after police blocked major roads in Kenya's capital, Nairobi, to enforce a Covid curfew to battle infections.

Videos and pictures posted on social media showed ambulances struggling to manoeuvre through the snarl-up.

Last month President Uhuru Kenyatta introduced a 20:00-04:00 curfew to deal with a third Covid-19 wave.

He also ordered the closure of bars, schools and restriction of movement in five counties, including Nairobi.

Kenya has confirmed more than 151,000 cases of the virus and just over 2,400 deaths.

Travel bans are in place from the UK and US to the country because of Covid-19 and other security concerns.

Read more here.

Glenn Campbell
BBC Scotland Political Editor

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Nicola Sturgeon says the way elderly people were discharged from hospital to care homes in the early stages of the pandemic was a mistake.

More than 1,300 elderly people were sent to care homes before a robust testing regime was in place.

Health Secretary Jeane Freeman has previously described it as a "mistake".

Asked if she agrees with Freeman's assessment, the first minister says "with the benefit of hindsight, yes".

Opposition parties have described the care home situation as "unforgivable".

Asked if discharging untested patients from hospitals into care homes had cost lives, the first minister says: "The number of people who died were too many and we got some things wrong and I feel the responsibility of that every single day."

On the first weekend in England when pubs, bars and restaurants could once again serve food and drink outside we've been to see how it's going in Manchester's Northern Quarter.

One woman tells BBC Breakfast: "Everyone's happy, we've got people around us, everyone's allowed out, we've got blue skies out, what more do you want?"

Manchester City councillor Pat Carney says: "Mancunians have turned Manchester into Majorca, they're all in the holiday spirit."

He says: "The virus is still with us and council officers are out every night checking that everyone's complying wit the regulations."

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The UK's biggest hospitality firms have signed a letter urging the prime minister to stick with England's roadmap to reopen the economy.

The letter in the Sunday Telegraph, external, signed by 38 bosses, says two-thirds of venues "couldn't open outdoors from 12 April, and none is breaking even".

Signatories are urging the government to allow indoor dining to go ahead from 17 May in England.

The letter also warns against the introduction of vaccine "passports".

Chief executives of Mitchells & Butlers, Fuller's, Young's, JD Wetherspoon, Pizza Hut and Alton Towers owner Merlin have signed the letter.

It says: "The data says it is safe to confirm now the reopening of indoor hospitality on 17 May and the lifting of all social-distancing restrictions on hospitality on 21 June.

"This is vital as government support for hospitality tapers away then, and without it many businesses will be unviable."

Read more on this story here.

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We've been hearing about pockets of transmission of the South African variant in England - but what risk does this new strain pose?

The largest surge testing operation to date is under way in parts of London, after 44 confirmed and 30 probable cases were identified in Wandsworth and Lambeth.

Residents in certain postcodes in Smethwick in the West Midlands are also being tested after a case of the South Africa variant was detected.

Cases of the South African variant have also been found in Manchester, Birmingham and London, Public Health England's Prof Susan Hopkins has told the Andrew Marr show.

A real-world data study in Israel , external- not yet peer-reviewed - has found some people who have been fully vaccinated against Covid have still caught the South Africa variant.

Trials of Novavax, external, Janssen, external and the Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccines in South Africa, where B.1.351 is circulating, suggest the variant can escape some immunity and may not stop infections.

But experts say vaccines should still offer protection against severe and life-threatening Covid-19 illness.

Here's what we know about the South African variant.

Students in one of the world's most expensive cities can get stunning views of Zurich and cheaper rooms in a former luxury business hotel that went bankrupt during the pandemic.

It's also given them a semblance of the student social life made impossible thanks to coronavirus.