Ministers clarify advice for eight areas worst hit by Covid, after a day of confusion over whether new advice amounted to local restrictions
Amended guidance asks people to minimise travel to and from hotspots - earlier advice said avoid non-essential travel altogether
Downing Street admits the communications caused confusion
Dominic Cummings, the PM's ex-senior adviser, is being questioned by MPs as part of an inquiry into "lessons learnt" in the pandemic
Cummings says tens of thousands of people died who didn't need to and says: "When the public needed us most the government failed"
At PMQs, Boris Johnson defends the handling of the pandemic, saying "at every step" the government tried to save lives and protect the NHS
About three in four adults in the UK had antibodies to coronavirus by 9 May, the Office for National Statistics says
Its data also shows Covid has killed people from almost all ethnic minority groups at higher rates than it has white people
About a million people aged 30 and 31 in England are being invited to book in their first dose of a Covid vaccine
Several French social media influencers say they have had a mysterious financial offer to spread negative publicity about the Pfizer vaccine
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It's been a busy day for coronavirus news and we're closing up our live page for the day now - here's a flavour of what we've covered:
Image source, EPADominic Cummings leaves the Houses of Parliament after his marathon evidence session
Image source, Getty ImagesAs we reported earlier, people aged 30 and 31 in England are now being invited to book their first dose of the Covid jab as the vaccination programme continues to move down the age groups.
But what's happening in the other UK nations?
Image source, Getty ImagesAbout 300 jobs are being created at a factory that will produce millions of Covid rapid-flow tests in Wales.
Innova Medical Group (IMG), the world's largest provider of rapid antigen tests, has gone into partnership with Sharp Packaging, in Caerphilly county.
Packaging machinery will arrive in Rhymney at the end of June, with production due to start in early July.
It will be the first place to produce Innova's tests in the UK and the firm says it expects to fulfil "a significant amount" of the government's future demand.
Ian Morgan, general manager of Sharp UK, says the plan will expand the facility by a third and provide opportunities for the local community.
Read more here.
A spokesman for Matt Hancock has issued a statement in response to Dominic Cumming's appearance before MPs - in which the PM's former aide was critical of the health secretary, saying he "should have been fired for at least 15 to 20 things".
Hancock's spokesman says: “At all times throughout this pandemic the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care and everyone in the Department for Health and Social Care has worked incredibly hard in unprecedented circumstances to protect the NHS and save lives.
“We absolutely reject Mr Cummings's claims about the health secretary.
“The health secretary will continue to work closely with the prime minister to deliver the vaccine rollout, tackle the risks posed by variants and support the NHS and social care sector to recover from this pandemic.”
France will put in place "compulsory isolation" for travellers coming from the UK, a French government spokesman says.
Gabriel Attal has told a press briefing: "What is certain is that there is a new situation with the development of the so-called Indian variant in the United Kingdom.
"Germany announced a few hours ago, or a few days ago, additional measures, particularly in terms of isolation for people coming from the United Kingdom.
"France is going to take similar measures and therefore put in place compulsory isolation for people coming from the United Kingdom."
Image source, LDRSCity of York Council has previously issued 12 fixed penalty notices to Q Gentlemen's Barbers on Bishopthorpe Road
Two men have been arrested after a barbershop was closed down for failing to follow Covid-safe rules.
The men, aged 18 and 30, were arrested in connection with alleged breaches of coronavirus safety measures, according to North Yorkshire Police.
City of York Council has previously issued two orders to Q Gentlemen's Barbershop in York to shut temporarily and given fines totalling £33,000.
The arrested men, both from York, remain in custody, police say.
Dominic Cummings: Five things he told MPs about Covid response
Dominic Cummings has spent several hours speaking to MPs about the UK government's handling of Covid-19.
The prime minister's former chief aide has said Boris Johnson initially dismissed Covid as a "scare story" and the UK had been too slow to lock down.
Johnson has insisted the government's priority had always been to "save lives".
After just over seven hours - with a couple of loo breaks - Dominic Cummings' time in front of MPs has ended.
Jeremy Hunt, who chairs the health select committee, says its joint inquiry with the science committee will continue in two weeks' time, when they will be hearing from Health Secretary Matt Hancock.
Businesses are facing staff shortages as the hospitality sector reopens in Northern Ireland.
It's partly because some hospitality workers, like Marty McAdam from Enniskillen, County Fermanagh, have decided to take a new path after lockdown.
He tells BBC News NI the pandemic gave him a chance to step back. He quit being a hotel head chef to set up his own business so he could be his own boss and work the hours he wanted.
Matt Lodge is waiting for a second lung transplant
A man who requires a life-saving lung operation has been told there are no intensive care beds available due to the pandemic.
Matt Lodge, 30, from Bristol, has cystic fibrosis but following a lung transplant six years ago, his new lungs have begun to fail.
He was due to be treated in Birmingham but is waiting to find out whether he can be treated elsewhere.
Matt says: "I can't really do anything. My exercise tolerance is basically nothing."
Cystic fibrosis is a genetic condition that causes the lungs to deteriorate.
University Hospitals Birmingham says it hopes to start surgeries again soon.
Read the full story here.
Rhoda Odhiambo
BBC health reporter, Nairobi
Image source, Getty ImagesSouth Sudan will be left with 52,000 doses to use before 18 July
Kenya will receive 72,000 Covid-19 vaccines from the Covax facility this week.
The vaccines were re-distributed from South Sudan after the country’s health officials said they could not use the jabs before their expiry date.
South Sudan received 132,000 Astra Zeneca doses from Covax in late March.
The country’s undersecretary in the ministry of health, Mayen Machout, told journalists they were not able to use all the doses because of delays by parliament to approve the use of the vaccine.
“We also noticed that some health workers did not want to get vaccinated and a lot of time was spent training people how to give the jabs,” Dr Machout said.
South Sudan will be left with 52,000 doses that it hopes to use before they expire on 18 July, the AFP news agency reports.
In April, South Sudan said it was planning to get rid of 60,000 expired vaccines that came as a donation through the African Union.
Read more:
Image source, PA MediaThousands of fans marched to George Square after Rangers were presented with the Scottish Premiership trophy on 15 May
A leading QC has called on politicians not to indulge in "whataboutery" in relation to the policing of mass gatherings during the pandemic.
John Scott prepared a report for the Scottish Police Authority on recent major events in Glasgow.
It focuses on the immigration protests in Kenmure Street and Rangers fans' title celebrations in George Square.
Chief Constable Iain Livingstone told the SPA the response to both was "proportionate and professional".
The total number of vaccinations given in the UK is 61,995,062, according to daily figures from the government., external
That's 38,378,564 first doses and 23,616,498 second doses.
In England, 30 and 31-year-olds are being invited for their vaccines.
You can find out when you'll get your jabs here.
There have been a further nine coronavirus-related deaths in the UK, according to the daily figures released by the government., external
The total number of people to die within 28 days of a positive coronavirus test in the UK is now 127,748.
There were also 3,180 new infections recorded today.
Image source, ReutersSeveral French social media influencers say they have received a mysterious financial offer to spread negative publicity about the Pfizer vaccine.
They say an agency claiming to be based in the UK has contacted them by email offering a "partnership".
Léo Grasset, who has 1.17m YouTube subscribers, has tweeted (in French) that a "colossal budget" was promised from a client "who wants to remain incognito".
He says the address the agency had given appears to be bogus.
The influencer posted what he says are instructions from the agency, urging him not to use such words as "advertising" or "sponsored video" if he were to agree to the partnership offer.
"Present the material as your own independent view," the email says.
Read more here.
Image source, PA MediaHolidays in the UK are back on but some rules still apply depending on where you live, where you want to go and who you want to go with.
You can now travel freely between England, Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland.
But, as we've been reporting, the government is advising people should "minimise" travel into Kirklees, Bedford, Blackburn with Darwen, Bolton, Burnley, Leicester, Hounslow and North Tyneside due to concerns over the Indian variant.
The Scottish government has also introduced temporary travel restrictions, external for Bedford, Bolton, and Blackburn with Darwen and travel is also not permitted in and out of Glasgow.
Image source, EPAWe've been bringing you updates as the prime minister's former chief adviser Dominic Cummings tells MPs about the government's handling of the pandemic. There have been some strong claims and here are the latest:
Image source, Getty ImagesBusinesses are facing staff shortages as the hospitality sector reopens in Northern Ireland.
Hospitality Ulster says recruitment challenges that existed pre-Covid have been exacerbated by the pandemic.
"Post-covid there is a shortage of available staff," says Colin Neill.
"Our pubs were shut for a year, people have gone to another job and got settled and there is also a lack of confidence about how long hospitality will be back for."
Image source, PA MediaCouncil and NHS staff have started going door-to-door in parts of Dewsbury in the Kirklees area offering coronavirus tests after the so-called Indian variant was found.
All people aged over 11 in Savile Town and Thornhill Lees are being asked to take PCR tests and all adults offered vaccinations, Kirklees Council said.
Kirklees, in West Yorkshire, has one of the highest infection rates in the country.
In the week to 21 May there were 107 cases of coronavirus per 100,000 people in the area - a rise of 51% on the week before.
Kirklees is also one of the eight hotspot areas in England subject to new guidance.
Additional testing centres are also being rolled out from Wednesday.
Read more on this story here - and you can read a guide to surge testing and where in England and Scotland it is taking place here.