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Ex-Met police officer Wayne Couzens has pleaded guilty to kidnapping and raping Sarah Everard.

The UK’s regulator has approved the use of Pfizer’s coronavirus vaccine in 12 to 15-year-olds, saying it is safe and effective in the age bracket.

The mother of Dea-John Reid, 14, who was stabbed to death in Birmingham has paid tribute to her “incredibly talented young boy.”

Nottingham Police are desperately searching for a girl, thought to be around 5-years-old, who was seen walking the streets by herself.

Communities Secretary Robert Jenrick said, “there’s nothing today to lead us to believe we can’t move forward with 21 June reopening.” 

The Queen and US President Joe Biden will meet next week, Buckingham Palace has said. The US president will be joined by his wife First Lady Jill Biden. 

The BBC says it is understood Portugal will be removed from the UK’s travel green list and will be added to the amber list later today. 

Michael Shields, 35, from Alvis Walk, Castle Bromwich has been charged with the murder of 14-year-old Dea-John Reid – who was stabbed to death in Birmingham. 

Princess Diana’s wedding dress is going on display at her former home at Kensington Palace. Princes William and Harry have loaned the dress to an exhibition – which begins a month before Diana would have turned 60. 

Changes expected to Government’s official Green list over growing concern of the impact of Covid variants on summer travel plans. 

Dea-John Reid, 14, and his friends were subjected to racist language before being chased and stabbed to death in Kingstanding, Birmingham, police believe. 

Prime Minister Boris Johnson says the 21 June lifting of all Covid-19 restrictions is currently on track but has admitted the latest data is “ambiguous.” 

The long-running medical drama Holy City has announced it is coming to an end after 23 years. 

The Queen’s Platinum Jubilee next June – marking her 70-year reign will see a live concert and a four-day Bank Holiday weekend. 

Assaults on ambulance workers in England has risen by almost a third in five years, more than 3,500 attacks were recorded last year alone. 

The post-mortem examination into the death of Sarah Everard, 33, reveals she died from a ‘compresson of the neck,’ police have said. Serving Met Police officer Wayne Couzens, 48, from Kent, has been charged with her kidnap and murder.

The daughter-in-law of Tory grandee Lord Ashcroft has been charged with manslaughter by negligence after a Belize police superintendent was shot in the head and killed. 

Many scientists are urging the government to delay the 21 June lockdown easing in England.

Police are hunting 29-year old Daniel Boulton after a woman and child were found dead at a property in High Holme Road, Louth.

One in four restaurants, pubs, bars and other licensed premises have not yet reopened despite the lifting of Covid-19 restrictions that stopped indoor service. 

British actress Kate Winslet wowed fans of Mare of Easttown in the eagerly awaited final episode of the drama. And fans are calling for a season 2! 

France has announced tighter restrictions on foreign travellers in an effort to limit the spread of the variant first identified in India. 

Professor Ravi Gupta has said the June 21 end of all lockdown restrictions should be delayed by “a few weeks” while more data is gathered on the spread of coronavirus. 

At least 22 people have been injured and two killed in a shooting outside a Florida club on Sunday as police are asking for the publics help in catching the shooters. 

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