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The PA news agency takes a look at the problems with testing, and the Government’s form on previous targets.

The Black Heart Foundation has hit its fundraising target and will welcome 150 new scholars.

Northern Ireland’s Deputy First Minister expressed regret that large crowds attended in June.

The Government’s plans to spend £100 billion on an at-home Covid-19 testing programme is dubbed ‘Operation Moonshot’, but is it a lunatic idea?

Three people were killed in the incident on the East Coast Main Line in Aberdeenshire last month.

The London-based firm said it had reopened 169 of its managed sites by the end of August, before opening a further 23 earlier this month.

Students should be encouraged to socialise in Covid-secure environments, such as campus bars, Government guidance says.

The Bradford-based retailer said pre-tax profits slipped by 25.3% to £148 million in the six months to August 2 as a result.

The document assesses the management of thousands of miles of sloped ground beside railway tracks and sets out plans to reduce the risk of landslips.

IAG expects it will take until at least 2023 for passenger demand to recover to 2019 levels.

Concerns had previously been raised about dips in the number of radiotherapy treatments conducted earlier this year.

‘The only way I can help is by walking, like Sir Tom, I hope it makes a difference’.

Boris Johnson has urged universities not to send students home if there is a Covid outbreak.

The threat posed by Covid-19 to Christmas features on most of Thursday’s front pages.

The Prime Minister unveiled proposed legislation to alter key elements of the Brexit deal.

The deputy chief medical officer, Dr Jenny Harries, said the success of Moonshot would depend on how it is handled.

It would see millions of tests carried out daily.

The comments come after the PM caught the EU by surprise by unveiling plans to override key elements of the Brexit deal with the EU regarding NI.

Boris Johnson set out plans for millions of tests to be carried out everyday.

It comes after the Prime Minister announced plans for mass testing under so-called Operation Moonshot.