The government awarded thousands of contracts to private companies during the pandemic.

Fast cars and girls were of equal importance to football in the early career of Dalian Atkinson.

Michael Portillo's railway journey through 1930s Britain from Canterbury to Skegness reaches Witham in Essex. Here he visits the factory of the world's oldest supplier of metal-framed windows, which became popular in the 1930s.

Crossing into Suffolk, Michael alights at Ipswich and discovers the story of a group of child refugees whose history is intertwined with that of Michael's family.

In the village of Newbourne, over a pint with the locals, Michael hears the story of the rural resettlement scheme that helped over a thousand unemployed industrial workers from the north.

Last stop on this leg is Felixstowe, where Michael boards a boat to reach an isolated country house, where secret research was underway in the 1930s. When war came, the experiments performed here saved Britain from defeat.

Some scientists suggest the reopening date should be delayed until more people are fully vaccinated.

The health secretary denies claims he misled the PM at the start of the pandemic about testing.

A patient body warns access to NHS dentistry has become "more difficult".

Health Secretary Matt Hancock says it is "critical" to monitor the link between cases and hospitalisations.

Boris Johnson's former chief adviser made a series of claims and allegations about the government's response to the pandemic.

Testing wasn't possible in the early stages of the pandemic, says the health secretary.

The ex-chief adviser accused the government of causing tens of thousands of unnecessary deaths.

The health secretary says nearly three quarters of new Covid cases are of the Indian variant.

But Boris Johnson says he sees nothing "currently in the data" to suggest unlocking will have to be delayed.

Matt Hancock's constituents share their views on him as their MP and as the health secretary.

Matt Hancock says he gets up each day and asks "what must do I to protect life?" as that is the job of the health secretary.

Dominic Cummings said Hancock should have been fired for lying, while giving evidence before a joint session of the Commons Heath, and Science and Technology committees.

No 10 will try to brush off the ex-aide's claims but they reveal an administration scrambling on many fronts.

A corner of East Anglia is home to three US Air Force bases, and thousands of Americans.

Colchester United sign Ipswich Town midfielder Cole Skuse on a two-year deal, while centre-back Tom Eastman signs a new contract.

Afrika Green from Suffolk talks about how George Floyd's death changed her hometown.