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Glasgow continues to record the highest rate, followed by South and North Lanarkshire.

Some 1,080 cases were notified by Northern Ireland’s Department of Health in its daily update on Friday.

Campaigners are also calling for the word ’empire’ to be dropped from the honours.

Audrey Wood has raised more than £235,000 for lifeboat stations across the north east of Scotland following the death of her son in 2009.

Ajitha Sajeev, street population manager at Newham Council, said she is proud and deeply humbled to be recognised.

Charlotte Swift lost part of her leg after a motorway crash in 2013.

First Minister Mark Drakeford was asked to comment on Donald Trump’s retweet of a post by a Fox News presenter regarding lockdowns in Wales.

Stephen Clare, from Wells, Somerset, is regarded as one of the world’s leading stained glass craftsmen.

Karina Bowlby, who owns The Fat Pheasant near Edinburgh, says the hospitality industry has been ‘made a bit of a scapegoat’.

The laboratory in Cardiff was the second in the UK to be able to test for coronavirus.

Katharine Birbalsingh, founder and head of Michaela Community School, said the honour is a tribute to all her staff.

The PA news agency looks at some of the rules which anyone planning a staycation must consider.

Edinburgh Woollen Mill called in administrators on Friday.

Harry Richford died seven days after his emergency delivery at the Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother Hospital in Margate.

The Queen Elizabeth Diamond Jubilee Trust has been helping to tackle sight problems among citizens across the Commonwealth.

The First Minister said there is no alternative to imposing tough new measures.

Ministers also faced calls to publish evidence behind restrictions imposed on England.