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Charity Mind is signposting people withdrawing from anti-depressants to street-drug charities.
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Superhuman Ted, 89, has no plans to slam the weights down just yet.
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The World Health Organization calls for "urgent action" as Italy announces most shops will close.
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The NHS confirms two more patients with coronavirus have died in the UK, bringing the total to eight.
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The World Health Organization says coronavirus "can be characterised as a pandemic". What does that mean?
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Nadine Dorries is self-isolating at home, while another MP says she has been advised to do the same.
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Bernard Rebelo showed a "blatant disregard for risk of death" by selling the pills, the judge said.
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The government is considering keeping those at higher risk from coronavirus in group isolation.
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The Chartered Society of Physiotherapy wants manufacturers to include better safety advice for women.
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NHS England will be able to carry out 10,000 tests per day, up from 1,500 currently.
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A man in his early 80s with underlying health conditions died in hospital in Watford, the NHS says.
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A man with health conditions says he is self-isolating in his home for the foreseeable future.
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Too little detail is being given over what to do for UK patients reporting potential symptoms, GPs say.
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Travel bans, empty streets and prison riots, as 60 million people have their movements restricted.
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England's deputy chief medical officer says a "balanced response" could see further measures follow.
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Adam Castillejo, the "London Patient", is free of the virus more than 30 months after stopping treatment.
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Jo Kelly was given six months to live after being diagnosed with Hodgkin lymphoma.
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Zoe says being a metre tall has some positives and she couldn't wait to show how dwarfism affects her life.
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Medical advice could change within 10 to 14 days, as a fifth person is confirmed to have died.
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Students return to a school in Devon which had closed for a week due to coronavirus.
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Scientists reveal the average incubation time for the virus that's infected more than 114,000 people globally.
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Measures such as school closures will not yet be introduced, as the UK's fourth virus death is confirmed.
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Dr Gauden Galea is asked by the BBC if the lack of transparency from China put global health at risk.
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Daughters' of woman quarantined in virus-struck care home say they feel 'helpless'.
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The chancellor says he is also considering more support for businesses and individuals in an epidemic.
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Ahead of the upcoming budget, Chancellor Rishi Sunak has pledged to address the outbreak.
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New measures in an upcoming bill will also see an expansion of the use of video hearings in courts.
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Surgeon Gillian Cribb says patients assume "if you're not male, you're not a surgeon".
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The family of a man who died with coronavirus say they cannot arrange his funeral because they are self-isolating.
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London paramedics are asked to shave but plans to order them to do so have been put on hold.
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People in Didsbury, south of Manchester, tell the BBC how the coronavirus outbreak is affecting their everyday lives.
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Officials say 49 more people have died, marking the country's largest daily increase in fatalities.
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The cash includes extra funds to develop a vaccine and new rapid test for the disease.
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Boris Johnson announces £46m to fund work to find a coronavirus vaccine, but warns it may take a year.
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Matt Hancock appears on Question Time to answer queries from members of the public.
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Shrewsbury and Telford NHS trust received almost £1m despite an inquiry into preventable baby deaths.
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They can hula hoop and inject insulin at the same time. Meet the duo who are using social media to destigmatise diabetes.
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The patient, who had underlying health conditions, dies as the number of UK cases rises to 116.
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Thirty-seven-year-old Ruth Williamson is hoping the drugs will slow down the fatal condition.
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Measures will be ramped up to slow the spread of coronavirus as the UK moves past the "contain" phase.
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A 71-year-old man, who was on a cruise ship last month, dies in a hospital near Sacramento.
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Paediatric nurse Catherine McConville appealed for sleeves for babies in her neo-natal unit.
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Dr Adele McCormick from the University of Westminster demonstrates how to wash your hands.
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Prof Chris Whitty, the UK's chief medical adviser, tells MPs that coronavirus is being transmitted between people in the country.
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The UK reports its largest daily increase in cases, as two patients on a hospital ward are diagnosed.
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A report from members of Parliament says progress in reducing transmissions could be reversed.
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East Kent Hospitals did not learn from past failings, say a couple whose baby nearly died in 2012.
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Claims that stretched resources and a lack of information for women mean some are being denied.
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Move to reduce the transmission of coronavirus in hospitals comes as hand-washing ad campaign begins.
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It comes as the coronavirus outbreak has kept many Chinese drug ingredient manufacturers shut.
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