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Mr Navalny was detained on arrival in Russia after spending five months in Germany recovering from nerve agent poisoning.

It comes as a ban on quarantine-free travel into the UK entered into force at 4am in a bid to keep out new coronavirus strains.

Lord Sumption made his comments while appearing as a guest on The Big Questions show on BBC One.

The central Scotland MSP is vying to replace Mr Leonard who announced on Thursday he would step down from the role he has held since 2017.

The figure is likely to be lower than the true number of workers who have died.

An amber rain warning has been issued by the Met Office from Tuesday to Wednesday covering areas across north-west England.

Matt Hancock said: “Now that more than half of all over-80s have had their jab, we can begin vaccinating the next most vulnerable groups.”

It will use an opposition day debate to say eligible families should be guaranteed to receive the full value of free school meals throughout the year.

The University and College Union said moves to restart face-to-face teaching this academic year were ‘impractical’.

NHSX has brought together 40,000-plus CT scans, MRIs and X-rays from more than 10,000 patients across the UK during the course of the pandemic.

The deaths of another 25 people with Covid-19 were confirmed on Sunday.

The Prime Minister has called on everyone to get the jab when it is their turn, with care home residents and staff a priority in the vaccine rollout.

The Foreign Secretary claimed he is ‘not convinced’ the Brexit deal is jeopardising parts of the fishing industry amid export delays.

Labour will use its opposition day debate in the Commons on Monday afternoon to force a vote on the plans.

The appeal comes amid criticism of the Welsh Government for vaccinating fewer people in proportion to its population than other UK countries.

Dominic Raab said he was shocked by claims of women being forcibly sterilised.

Quarantine hotels and technology could be used to curb the arrival in the UK of new strains of coronavirus.

Sir Simon Stevens warned that the health service has never been in a more precarious position.

He said that British MEPs were always at a huge advantage in an open debate because they have a better command of the English language.

Sir Ed said his party do want to see the closest possible relationship with the European Union following Brexit.