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• Duffy shares harrowing full story of rape and kidnap

  05-04-2020 23:01
  
  It comes a month after she posted a heartbreaking Instagram post to fans, telling how she was previously raped and held captive for days
  
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• FULL Downing Street statement as Boris Johnson taken to hospital

  05-04-2020 22:49
  
  He tested positive for the virus 10 days ago, and has been in self-isolation inside his Downing Street flat since
  
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• Jess Phillips leads well-wishes to Boris Johnson after hospitalisation

  05-04-2020 22:44
  
  Labour MP Jess Phillips sent her regards to Mr Johnson and his pregnant fiancee Carrie Symonds
  
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• Boris Johnson taken to hospital after coronavirus diagnosis

  05-04-2020 22:29
  
  Number 10 said the Prime Minister was taken as a "precautionary step" on the advice of his doctor
  
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• Queen's coronavirus speech branded her 'finest moment' by Piers Morgan

  05-04-2020 21:49
  
  He described the rare address as history repeating itself, with the Queen delivering the message from Windsor Castle
  
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• The reason The Queen wore green for historic coronavirus speech

  05-04-2020 21:31
  
  Her Majesty, wearing a green dress, with a broach to go with, praised the NHS' staff amid the Covid-19 outbreak
  
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• The Queen's coronavirus speech to nation IN FULL

  05-04-2020 21:05
  
  In her address to the nation, the Queen addressed fears the current warm weather will see people flout the coronavirus social distancing rules.
  
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• Police helicopter and search teams join hunt for missing man

  05-04-2020 20:30
  
  The 60-year-old has not been seen since Thursday night and police officers issued an appeal for help from the public on Saturday
  
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• NHS midwife, 54, dies after testing positive for coronavirus

  05-04-2020 20:23
  
  Lynsay Coventry, 54, is the first serving NHS midwife in England whose death has been publicly confirmed, the Princess Alexandra Hospital Trust (PAHT) said
  
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• Medic slams park goers as she battles to save COVID ward lives

  05-04-2020 20:04
  
  The medic said she and her colleagues suffering sore faces and bleedings hands from PPE could look out and see picnickers Rectory Park
  
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• Air ambulance called to park after 'police incident'

  05-04-2020 18:35
  
  An air ambulance was spotted landing in a park near Hurst Hill following a police incident
  
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• Victoria Beckham stuns NHS workers with video call amid coronavirus crisis

  05-04-2020 18:26
  
  The pop star turned fashion designer shared a video call she had with NHS workers in Scotland on her social media
  
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• Tom Kerridge raises £100k to give NHS staff meals in coronavirus crisis

  05-04-2020 18:21
  
  The money will pay for 600 meals a day for six weeks for hospitals and those in need in the Buckinghamshire and Berkshire areas
  
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• Sunbathing officially banned by the government in coronavirus lockdown

  05-04-2020 18:17
  
  The UK's second weekend in lockdown is predicted to be the warmest in six months
  
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• NHS workers 'holding breath' while treating patients amid lack of PPE

  05-04-2020 18:15
  
  Dr Rinesh Parmar, chairman of the Doctors' Association UK, said a survey of medics had found that almost half say they have no eye protection at all
  
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• Exercising outdoors will be banned if lockdown rules keep being flouted

  05-04-2020 18:15
  
  As temperatures rose across the country, some parks closed because too many people had ignored the advice to stay at home
  
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• Two Pentonville Prison staff members die after coronavirus symptoms

  05-04-2020 18:14
  
  Bovil Peter and Patrick Beckford were both support staff workers at the jail, and were believed to be aged in their 60s
  
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• Chief medical officer 'wrong' to visit second home in virus outbreak

  05-04-2020 17:43
  
  Dr Catherine Calderwood flouted her own advice to stay at home twice making trips to her family's second home on consecutive weekends
  
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• New official advice to protect shoppers during supermarket trips

  05-04-2020 17:36
  
  Environmental Health bodies said using hand sanitiser and maintaining social distancing is key to staying safe
  
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• Man forces 'object through letterbox in bizarre burglary bid'

  05-04-2020 17:28
  
  The suspect is believed to have fled when the security light came on outside the Winson Green home
  
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• Daily Black Country coronavirus death toll drops to 21

  05-04-2020 17:18
  
  On April 5, 16 deaths were reported in Dudley and five in Sandwell
  
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• Man arrested on suspicion of murder after 'woman disappeared jogging'

  05-04-2020 16:52
  
  Zobaidah Salangy, 28, was last seen at her home in Bromsgrove when she told her family she was going jogging
  
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• West Mids Police job applications rocket during coronavirus crisis

  05-04-2020 16:05
  
  West Midlands Police has received a whopping 240 applicants in just one week
  
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• Heartless lockdown thief steals child's birthday balloons outside home

  05-04-2020 15:53
  
  The crook struck in the dead of night to swipe the rainbow balloon display in Shard End
  
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• UK's daily coronavirus death toll stands at 621 totalling 4,934

  05-04-2020 15:35
  
  The Department of Health released the latest death figures revealing how many lives have been lost during the pandemic
  
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• Midlands sees 74 coronavirus deaths as England figure sees new high

  05-04-2020 15:13
  
  Patients within today's daily death toll were aged between 33 years and 103 years old, NHS England has revealed
  
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• Cops blast drivers who met at M6 services to sell duvet cover

  05-04-2020 15:05
  
  Two drivers were stopped by police after they were caught attempting to sell a duvet cover at Hilton Services
  
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• Prayers for popular councillor after he falls ill with 'Covid-19'

  05-04-2020 14:55
  
  Labour Councillor Mohammed Aikhlaq MBE from Ward End is in self isolation at his home
  
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• ‘That’s social disgracing!’ - Asda brawlers slammed for fighting

  05-04-2020 14:39
  
  Shocking footage showed shoppers brawling in cereal aisle at Asda in Brierley Hill
  
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• Kate Garraway on halted wedding plans as husband fights coronavirus

  05-04-2020 14:23
  
  The TV presenter said she was due to renew wedding vows with Derek Draper in August but stopped them due to the pandemic
  
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• Government could ban outdoor exercise following scenes of sunbathing

  05-04-2020 13:00
  
  Health secretary Matt Hancock said he would 'take action' if further stricter measures are needed to curb the spread of coronavirus
  
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• Nurse, 23, is third to die after treating coronavirus patients

  05-04-2020 12:45
  
  Colleagues told his heartbroken mum he was not wearing adequate protective clothing despite his work on the frontline
  
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• Men play basketball in city park despite pleas to stay indoors

  05-04-2020 12:27
  
  The men gathered in Rookery Park to play basketball, while others were spotted drinking and sat on benches
  
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• M6 driver clocked speeding at 120mph on empty motorway

  05-04-2020 12:13
  
  Motorway officers patrolling the M6 northbound near to Fort Dunlop stopped and prosecuted the speeding motorist
  
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• When will Britain's coronavirus lockdown end?

  05-04-2020 11:54
  
  The country will begin its third week on lockdown early next week - but who decides when social distancing finishes?
  
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• New train timetable revealed as services cut again from Monday

  05-04-2020 11:50
  
  A revised timetable will see even fewer trains across the network as services continue to operate for essential travel only amid the coronavirus lockdown
  
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• Amir Khan in bogus claim coronavirus 'man-made' after fake 5G claims

  05-04-2020 10:49
  
  Boxer in bizarre rant despite scientists and medics saying the 5G claims are 'complete and utter rubbish'
  
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• Young girls in West Midlands forced into sex work by Romanian gangs

  05-04-2020 10:33
  
  Hope for Justice helped smash Britain's largest modern slavery gang in history - but now new gangs have moved in to the West Midlands
  
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• UB40 star's emotional three generations video to make you smile

  05-04-2020 06:30
  
  Cancer-fighting UB40 star Brian Travers wanted to cheer everyone up, so he's made a film of his 85-year-old dad's recording studio debut singing the Charlie Chaplin song Smile, while son Jamie ran the controls
  
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• Domestic abuse victim speaks out - the untold story mum wants you to hear

  05-04-2020 06:30
  
  Samuel Johnson was freed with a decade-long restraining order to protect the victim - the mum-of-two has been left with depression, anxiety, blackouts and vertigo
  
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• City's huge empty home scandal - as 13,000 on housing waiting list

  05-04-2020 06:30
  
  The city aims to reclaim one property a day in a bid to ease the huge crisis with families having nowhere to live
  
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• Brum love cheats turning to cam girls in coronavirus lockdown

  05-04-2020 06:30
  
  One husband was rumbled sending 21-year-old big-money gifts - but wife couldn't kick him out because of crisis rules
  
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