Article 52QGX UK coronavirus live: some non-Covid NHS treatments to restart, as 360 hospital deaths take toll to 21,092

UK coronavirus live: some non-Covid NHS treatments to restart, as 360 hospital deaths take toll to 21,092

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6.07pm BST

Bad news for music fans as it has been announced, perhaps inevitably, that the annual Latitude Festival has been cancelled this year due to the Covid-19 pandemic.

The popular music and arts festival, which was due to take place in Suffolk in mid-July with headliners including Liam Gallagher, the Chemical Brothers and Haim, will offer refunds via ticketing partners or let people retain their tickets for next year. Confirming the cancellation, organisers said in a statement on Twitter:

We've been closely monitoring this unprecedented situation and it's become clear that it's just not possible for this year's festival to go ahead. Our heart goes out to the fans, artists, suppliers, performers, volunteers - our entire Latitude family."

We're sorry to announce that Latitude 2020 will no longer be going ahead. Read the full statement below. pic.twitter.com/cgPaMcvYcm

6.04pm BST

Hancock says, if he had been told a month ago the NHS would be able to get to this point without its capacity being over-run, he would have been very pleased.

And that's it. The press conference is over.

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