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45 per cent of Brits believe they spend more time talking to people digitally than they do in personplaceholder image

Gen Z most often experience feelings of loneliness, study reveals

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Ad Feature Leading UK car finance broker celebrates decade-long success

Britain's Chancellor of the Exchequer, Rachel Reeves, leaves 11, Downing Street to deliver her Spring Statement to Parliament on March 26, 2025.placeholder image

Watch: Rachel Reeves to make case for free trade at IMF talks

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Lockdowns may have long since passed, but their impact is still being felt in UK schoolsplaceholder image

5 ways children’s education is still being impacted by the pandemic

A lone goose in the middle of Parliament Street, York, at midday on a Saturday as the streets are empty from the normal tourist traffic during the Covid lockdown in March 2020placeholder image

Five years on: 26 eerie photos show deserted streets during lockdown

Five years since the first Covid lockdown in the UK, the impact of the pandemic is still being feltplaceholder image

Five remarkable ways the Covid pandemic forever changed life

School attendance can play a big part in a pupil's outcomesplaceholder image

1 in 5 pupils 'persistently' missing school - why it matters for GCSEs

The Covid Memorial Wall in London.placeholder image

COVID-19 Day of Reflection: What and when is the Day of Reflection?

Cases of HMPV have been surging in China. placeholder image

HMPV symptoms to look out for - and should we be worried?

It is now likely GCSE maths and science students will not need to remember formulas for their exams until at least 2027 (Photo: Adobe Stock)placeholder image

GCSE students to get extra Covid exam help in these key subjects

A total of 17 Wetherspoons branches are up for sale, with 14 already under offer.placeholder image

Full list of Wetherspoons pubs set to close across the UK

A total of 17 Wetherspoons branches are up for sale, with 14 already under offer, as the popular chain continues to downsize its portfolio.

Rahmah Ghazali

Clapping for the NHS may have been 'dangerous' says health ombudsman. (Photo: Ian Forsyth/Getty Images)placeholder image

Clapping for the NHS may have been 'dangerous' says health ombudsman

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Sam Fender warms crowd with powerful performance at Boardmasters

Sam Fender at Boardmasters 2024 placeholder image

Sam Fender warms crowd with powerful performance at Boardmasters

If you test positive for Covid it's recommended that you try to stay home. (Photo: Pexel/Andrea Piacquadio)placeholder image

Covid rules if you test positive as cases rise in the UK

Special measures to make sure students sitting major exams weren't unfairly impacted by the pandemic have gradually slowed down (Photo: National World/Getty/Adobe Stock)placeholder image

Do pupils still get Covid consideration in exams? All you need to know

Ben Horne, who lost his nose when his dog ripped it off while trying to save him from a seizure has undergone ten reconstructive surgeries - using bones from his ribs.placeholder image

Dog mauled off man's nose while trying to save him from seizure

Lucy Shepherd, 26, took her nan, Rita, 93, to surprise her best friend, Jean Wood, 94, who she hadn't seen since 2018.placeholder image

Watch: Touching reunion of life-long pals after 6 year 'Covid' break

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UK pubs face crisis as 80 closed per month in 2024 alone

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Ad Feature Marie Curie’s Great Daffodil Appeal returns to SPAR stores

The researchers analysed data from 365 hospitals (Image: Adobe/NationalWorld/Kim Mogg)placeholder image

Breaking 167,000 people caught Covid in hospital during England's second wave

Medical staff wearing FFP3 face masks. Picture: Victoria Jones/PA Wireplaceholder image

NHS 'structural racism' led to staff not being heard on PPE

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Meet Strictly contestant Krishnan Guru-Murthy - reveals why he joined

Prince and Princess of Wales with their three children placeholder image

Reason why Prince Louis is yet to join parents on royal tour revealed

Former PM Boris Johnson has been referred to the police by the Cabinet Office over further potential rule breaches during the pandemic. PIC: Aaron Chown/PA Wireplaceholder image

Boris Johnson denies new lockdown rule breaking allegations

Brits looking to travel to Spain this year could be impacted by new travel rules - but what are they?placeholder image

Full list of new travel rules for Spain as Brits could be fined £25k

The Covid-19 pandemic broke out in March 2020, and since then there have been six million related deaths worldwide. But is it finally over?placeholder image

Breaking Covid ‘no longer global health emergency’ - is the pandemic over?

Spain launches ‘digital nomad’ visa to allow Brits to live there for up to 5 years - how to applyplaceholder image

Brits can now live in Spain for up to 5 years thanks to new visa

Brits looking to soak up the sun and move to Spain post-Brexit can now do so thanks to a new visa

Chelsie Sewell

A Covid-19 vaccine record on the National Health Service (NHS) app.placeholder image

NHS Covid app closing down: Here’s when it will disappear for good

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Mum of 2 thought ‘tennis ball’ sized brain tumour was stress seizures

The NHS has re-launched its Check in and Chat service for isolated patientsplaceholder image

NHS re-launches volunteer service for lonely and isolated patients

LGBT+ History Month 2023: What is it, why is it celebrated in February and how to get involved?placeholder image

LGBT+ History Month 2023 - What is it and how to get involved

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B&Q announce they will close eight of their Asda sites - here’s when

Avian flu have been spotted in mammals such as minks.placeholder image

WHO warns bird flu could become next global pandemic

An M&Co store is pictured in Marlow, south England.placeholder image

M&Co set to close all of its 170 stores across UK - full list