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The official guidance recommends washing your hands with soap and water often for at least 20 seconds, and always when you arrive at home or work, and eat or handle food. Read
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If you think you may have the new coronavirus, the NHS advice for people throughout the UK is to call 111. Do not visit your GP surgery, pharmacy or hospital. Read
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The symptoms of Covid-19, the disease caused by the new coronavirus, include a cough, high temperature and shortness of breath. Read
We fact check the key claims and major topics from the BBC and ITV seven-party debates, including the NHS, Brexit, poverty, immigration and criminal justice. Read
The documents show that, as expected, drug patents are a US negotiating objective in trade talks. But they don't show us what, if anything, the UK has actually agreed. Read
Question Time on 1 November came from Clacton-on-Sea. Topics covered included income tax changes, austerity, early elections, policing priorities, and the impact of the investigation into Arron Banks. Read
Question Time on 11 October 2018 came from Edinburgh. Topics covered included Universal Credit, Brexit and education in Scotland and the line-up included Kezia Dugdale, Mike Russell and Fraser Nelson. Read
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Around one in every ten pounds spent by the Department of Health in England goes on mental health in the NHS. Read
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The NHS is celebrating its 70th birthday. Here are eight charts that show just some of the ways, large and small, that the UK has changed since the 1940s. Read
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The Prime Minister has announced that the NHS in England will receive £20.5 million more in funding in real terms by 2023/24. We’ve looked at where this might come from. Read
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