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The advice for people at higher risk from Covid-19 is to stay at home as much as possible for a month.
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There's a familiar feeling as England returns to lockdown, but many rules have changed.
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It comes as the head of NHS England says nearly 11,000 patients with Covid are now in hospital.
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Shortages of staff and hospital beds are hampering efforts to tackle rising Covid cases, says a leading physician.
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Researchers develop a method to measure chronic stress without taking blood.
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Researchers looked at data on nine million adults under the age of 65 between February and August.
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England's chief medical officer defends lockdowns as a further 397 coronavirus deaths are recorded.
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More than 7,200 people in England were told to stop self-isolating on the wrong date.
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It will use rapid results tests that could be offered to "millions" by Christmas, the PM says.
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There were nearly 12,300 deaths in latest week - 1,100 linked to Covid.
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Inspectors find a hospital, where a mum bled to death in childbirth, has not addressed major failings.
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Georgina Fallows is asking government to protect from harassment people who can't wear face coverings.
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Meet the scientists who use social media to show people what they do to develop a coronavirus vaccine in the lab.
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Boris Johnson says lockdown rules will expire on 2 December - with MPs to vote on what happens next.
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But it is still not clear how much this protects people against being re-infected, experts say.
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Network of mega-labs and use of over 100 small labs increases capacity for testing.
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Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer says Labour will back the new lockdown but that it has come too late, letting the virus get "out of control".
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The PM told the House of Commons a regional tiered approach will follow the four week lockdown.
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Boris Johnson tells MPs there is "no alternative" to the four-week England lockdown.
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An algorithm built in the US correctly identified people with Covid-19 by the sound of their coughs.
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Areas where transmission is highest in England are shutting gyms, but does the science support it?
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Pregnancy and childbirth experts say women may have delayed seeking care during lockdown.
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Data from the US Environmental Protection Agency suggests that those living in the area of St. James in Louisiana have the highest risk of getting cancer of anywhere in America.
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A campaigner for NHS-funded IVF says she "reached crisis point" after discovering she was infertile.
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Stricter rules to start on Thursday will need to bring the R rate "below 1", the cabinet minister says.
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Families foot the bill as the NHS "refuses" to prescribe medical cannabis for children with epilepsy.
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Lockdown is the measure nobody wanted but now many European countries have decided they need.
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Boris Johnson says the country must act to prevent a "medical and moral disaster" for the NHS.
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The government is considering a new month-long lockdown in England to curb rising Covid cases.
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Christmas? Spring? A return to life as we knew it could be quite a long way off.
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Infection levels in England are about four times higher than the government's worst-case winter plan.
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A man who refused to protect himself says his views were changed by a battle with Covid-19.
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Cases are levelling off in the north east of England, even as they rise overall.
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It comes amid calls from some scientists to introduce a strict national lockdown in England.
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The 23-year-old says she posted the picture to mark three months of breastfeeding her baby girl.
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An experimental drug that could prevent Covid-19 patients from becoming seriously ill is being trialled in England.
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England is at a "critical stage" with infections doubling every nine days, a major analysis estimates.
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Officials have decided to lower the threshold at which stay-at-home notifications are served to users.
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Environment Secretary George Eustice says people "may not be able to get together in larger groups".
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Influencer Molly-Mae Hague, 21, is raising awareness about skin cancer among young people.
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Intensive care units are now beginning to fill, the World Health Organization tells the BBC.
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This is likely to mean immunity levels decline and raises the risk of reinfection, researchers say.
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Doctors say Covid-19 is now rampant in the refugee camps of Idlib, north-west Syria.
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Labour's review says ethnic minorities are "over-exposed" and have worse healthcare than white people.
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A new mural in east London is four storeys high, created with more than 200 flowers.
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Her birth has also led to a debate about the ethics of using technology to create a child.
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Plastic surgeons implore people to think twice about DIY back garden displays, to avoid injuries.
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A top doctor tells the BBC they had no choice, to avoid the hospital system collapsing within days.
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Some parts of the surrounding county will also face the toughest Covid rules.
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Prue Leith leads a review into hospital meals, suggesting digital menus and 24-hour food service.