UK coronavirus live: Britain comes together to clap for carers on Covid frontline - as it happened
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The prime minister, who is expected to announce the next phase of easing some lockdown measures on Sunday, stood outside Number Ten to take part in the applause.
Thank you to all of our carers for your fantastic work, day in, day out. You are pillars of society in the fight against coronavirus. pic.twitter.com/VWi5PQDuRl
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