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BBC Breaking News 
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Analysed 7,017 tweets, tweets from the last 245 weeks.
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5,004 | 71.3% |
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1,545 | 22.0% |
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429 | 6.1% |
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| Top Tweet Types | Count | % |
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| Tweet | 5,591 | 79.7% |
| Reply | 998 | 14.2% |
| Retweet | 409 | 5.8% |
| Quote | 20 | 0.3% |
| Top Content Types | Count | % |
|---|---|---|
| URL | 6,711 | 95.6% |
| Photo | 770 | 11.0% |
| Video | 646 | 9.2% |
| GIF | 7 | 0.1% |
| Top Domains in URLs | Count | % |
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3,316 | 98.8% |
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38 | 1.1% |
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2 | 0.1% |
| Most Retweeted Users | Count | % |
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 @BBCSport - BBC Sport
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351 | 85.8% |
 @bbcelection - BBC Election
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12 | 2.9% |
 @BBCPolitics - BBC Politics
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8 | 2.0% |
 @bbcrugbyunion - BBC Rugby Union
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7 | 1.7% |
 @BBCNews - BBC News (UK)
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5 | 1.2% |
 @bbctms - Test Match Special
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5 | 1.2% |
 @5liveSport - BBC 5 Live Sport
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2 | 0.5% |
 @DannyShawBBC - Danny Shaw
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2 | 0.5% |
 @bbclaurak - Laura Kuenssberg
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2 | 0.5% |
 @PeterDGPHunt - @PeterDGPHunt
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2 | 0.5% |
 @BBCBreaking - BBC Breaking News
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1 | 0.2% |
 @BBCMOTD - Match of the Day
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1 | 0.2% |
 @bbctennis - BBC Tennis
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1 | 0.2% |
 @BBCSportWales - BBC Sport Wales
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1 | 0.2% |
 @JonnyDymond - Jonny Dymond
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1 | 0.2% |
 @bbckamal - Kamal Ahmed
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1 | 0.2% |
 @BBCNewsEnts - BBC Entertainment
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1 | 0.2% |
 @BBCNewsPR - BBC News Press Team
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1 | 0.2% |
 @BBCDanielS - Daniel Sandford
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1 | 0.2% |
 @ChrisMasonBBC - Chris Mason
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1 | 0.2% |
 @BBCNormanS - norman smith
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1 | 0.2% |
 @richard_conway - Richard Conway, BBC
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1 | 0.2% |
 @BBCHughPym - Hugh Pym
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1 | 0.2% |
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| Most Quoted Users | Count | % |
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@BBCSport - BBC Sport
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8 | 40.0% |
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@bbcelection - BBC Election
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4 | 20.0% |
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@BBCBreaking - BBC Breaking News
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1 | 5.0% |
 @EricFPhillips - Eric Phillips
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1 | 5.0% |
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@BBCSportWales - BBC Sport Wales
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1 | 5.0% |
 @ArianaGrande - Ariana Grande
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1 | 5.0% |
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@PeterDGPHunt - @PeterDGPHunt
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1 | 5.0% |
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@DannyShawBBC - Danny Shaw
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1 | 5.0% |
 @BBCJamesCook - James Cook
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1 | 5.0% |
 @realDonaldTrump - Donald J. Trump
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1 | 5.0% |
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| Most Replied to Users | Count | % |
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@BBCBreaking - BBC Breaking News
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994 | 99.6% |
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@BBCNews - BBC News (UK)
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2 | 0.2% |
 @BBCWorld - BBC News (World)
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1 | 0.1% |
 @BBCNewsAsia - BBC Asia
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1 | 0.1% |
| Top Hashtags | Count | % |
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| #brexit | 134 | 1.9% |
| #grenfelltower | 55 | 0.8% |
| #ge2017 | 45 | 0.6% |
| #bbcelection | 43 | 0.6% |
| #barcelona | 33 | 0.5% |
| #westminster | 26 | 0.4% |
| #wimbledon | 20 | 0.3% |
| #electionnight | 19 | 0.3% |
| #oscars | 18 | 0.3% |
| #election2016 | 18 | 0.3% |
| #inaugurationday | 17 | 0.2% |
| #budget2017 | 16 | 0.2% |
| #londonattacks | 15 | 0.2% |
| #brexitvote | 14 | 0.2% |
| #royalwedding | 14 | 0.2% |
| #finsburypark | 14 | 0.2% |
| #autumnstatement | 14 | 0.2% |
| #goldenglobes | 13 | 0.2% |
| #goldenglobes2019 | 12 | 0.2% |
| #lasvegas | 12 | 0.2% |
| #ge2019 | 11 | 0.2% |
| #paradisepapers | 11 | 0.2% |
| #hungparliament | 10 | 0.1% |
| #frenchelection | 10 | 0.1% |
| #oscarnoms | 9 | 0.1% |
| #irma | 9 | 0.1% |
| #presidentielle2017 | 9 | 0.1% |
| #trump | 9 | 0.1% |
| #bbcfootball | 8 | 0.1% |
| #worldcup | 8 | 0.1% |
| #trumpkimsummit | 8 | 0.1% |
| #brits | 8 | 0.1% |
| #indyref2 | 8 | 0.1% |
| #thaicaverescue | 7 | 0.1% |
| #londonbridge | 7 | 0.1% |
| #cambrils | 7 | 0.1% |
| #brexitday | 7 | 0.1% |
| #ausopen | 6 | 0.1% |
| #bbcboxing | 6 | 0.1% |
| #election2020 | 6 | 0.1% |
| #f1 | 6 | 0.1% |
| #oscars2020 | 6 | 0.1% |
| #withdrawalagreement | 6 | 0.1% |
| #pmqs | 6 | 0.1% |
| #trèbes | 6 | 0.1% |
| #syria | 6 | 0.1% |
| #eng | 5 | 0.1% |
| #remembrancesunday | 5 | 0.1% |
| #queensspeech | 5 | 0.1% |
| #oscars2019 | 5 | 0.1% |
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| Top Words | Count | % |
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| police | 748 | 10.7% |
| trump | 568 | 8.1% |
| killed | 373 | 5.3% |
| died | 306 | 4.4% |
| donald | 298 | 4.2% |
| government | 248 | 3.5% |
| reports | 197 | 2.8% |
| coronavirus | 192 | 2.7% |
| officials | 184 | 2.6% |
| election | 180 | 2.6% |
| aged | 178 | 2.5% |
| injured | 177 | 2.5% |
| being | 167 | 2.4% |
| theresa | 165 | 2.4% |
| secretary | 164 | 2.3% |
| arrested | 163 | 2.3% |
| brexit | 155 | 2.2% |
| russian | 151 | 2.2% |
| wins | 140 | 2.0% |
| vote | 131 | 1.9% |
| guilty | 126 | 1.8% |
| russia | 126 | 1.8% |
| charged | 122 | 1.7% |
| boris | 121 | 1.7% |
| korea | 118 | 1.7% |
| labour | 117 | 1.7% |
| chief | 117 | 1.7% |
| mps | 109 | 1.6% |
| confirms | 106 | 1.5% |
| prime | 104 | 1.5% |
| parliament | 104 | 1.5% |
| covid | 102 | 1.5% |
| updates | 99 | 1.4% |
| announces | 97 | 1.4% |
| shooting | 95 | 1.4% |
| tells | 92 | 1.3% |
| months | 92 | 1.3% |
| military | 89 | 1.3% |
| explosion | 89 | 1.3% |
| jailed | 85 | 1.2% |
| missing | 84 | 1.2% |
| during | 84 | 1.2% |
| charges | 83 | 1.2% |
| security | 81 | 1.2% |
| investigation | 81 | 1.2% |
| including | 80 | 1.1% |
| talks | 79 | 1.1% |
| prince | 79 | 1.1% |
| since | 78 | 1.1% |
| amid | 78 | 1.1% |
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| Top Emojis | Count | % |
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| 👉 Backhand Index Pointing Right | 43 | 0.6% |
| ➡ Black Rightward Arrow | 24 | 0.3% |
| 🏆 Trophy | 23 | 0.3% |
| 👏 Clapping Hands | 11 | 0.2% |
| 🙌 Raising Hands | 9 | 0.1% |
| 📺 Television | 7 | 0.1% |
| 👑 Crown | 5 | 0.1% |
| 📻 Radio | 5 | 0.1% |
| 🎉 Party Popper | 5 | 0.1% |
| ✅ White Heavy Check Mark | 4 | 0.1% |
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Tweets
Key parts of UK's food industry will move to daily Covid testing after self-isolating workers led to some supply shortages bbc.in/3kNpeCO
UK food workers to be exempt from Covid isolation
bbc.co.uk
Major websites including HSBC bank, British Airways and PlayStation network hit by global outage bbc.in/3kMxkvA
Major websites hit by global outage
bbc.co.uk
Sub-postmasters wrongly convicted of offences in Post Office IT scandal will get interim compensation of up to £100,000, UK government says
bbc.in/3hVbzaU
bbc.in/3hVbzaU
Post Office scandal: Postmasters to get up to 100,000
bbc.co.uk
Nurses and other NHS workers in England offered 3% pay rise by government 'in recognition of unique impact of pandemic' on staff bbc.in/3kGElhb
NHS workers in England offered 3% pay rise
bbc.co.uk
UK Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer to self-isolate after one of his children tests positive for Covid bbc.in/3eEoVGo
Starmer to isolate after child gets Covid
bbc.co.uk
UK's Brexit minister says "we cannot go on as we are" as he pushes the EU to overhaul Northern Ireland trade agreement bbc.in/3BtywJU
Brexit: NI-GB trade agreement must be overhauled immediately - UK
bbc.co.uk
Liverpool stripped of its Unesco World Heritage status due to developments on the city's waterfront bbc.in/3eESyaN
Liverpool stripped of Unesco World Heritage status
bbc.co.uk
Dominic Cummings reveals he discussed removing Boris Johnson as prime minister, within days of the Conservatives winning the December 2019 general election
bbc.in/3rv7NbC
bbc.in/3rv7NbC
Dominic Cummings reveals he discussed removing Boris Johnson as prime minister, within days of the Conservatives winning the December 2019 general election
bbc.in/3rv7NbC
bbc.in/3rv7NbC
Dominic Cummings: I discussed ousting PM after 2019 election landslide
bbc.co.uk
Amazon billionaire Jeff Bezos blasts off towards space on first crewed flight of his rocket ship, New Shepard
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bbc.in/2UxJRIl
Jeff Bezos launches to space aboard New Shepard rocket ship
bbc.co.uk
UK PM Boris Johnson resisted Covid lockdown last autumn as he thought the people dying were "essentially all over 80", ex-aide Dominic Cummings tells BBC bbc.in/3wSyDey
UK PM Boris Johnson resisted Covid lockdown last autumn as he thought the people dying were "essentially all over 80", ex-aide Dominic Cummings tells BBC bbc.in/3wSyDey
Covid: Boris Johnson resisted autumn lockdown as only over-80s dying - Dominic Cummings
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Extreme heat weather warning issued in the UK by the Met Office for the first time ever, for parts of Wales and southern England
bbc.in/36NICHM
bbc.in/36NICHM
Met Office issues first UK extreme heat warning
bbc.co.uk
Children over 12 who are at higher risk of getting ill if they catch Covid will be offered the jab, the UK's vaccines minister has confirmed bbc.in/36JyVdl
Covid: Hundreds of thousands of under-18s to get vaccine
bbc.co.uk
UK PM Boris Johnson and Chancellor Rishi Sunak will now self-isolate after Health Secretary Sajid Javid tested positive for Covid, after criticism for joining pilot daily testing scheme
bbc.in/3kwJng7
bbc.in/3kwJng7
PM and chancellor to self-isolate after criticism
bbc.co.uk
UK Health Secretary Savid Javid tests positive for Covid, but says he has had two jabs and his symptoms are "very mild"
bbc.in/3ioUu8r
bbc.in/3ioUu8r
Health Secretary tests positive for Covid
bbc.co.uk
Death toll in devastating German floods rises to at least 80, with hundreds unaccounted for in the worst-hit region and more rain forecast bbc.in/3xJpm9X
Germany floods: At least 80 dead and hundreds unaccounted for
bbc.co.uk
Dutch crime reporter Peter R de Vries, who was shot in central Amsterdam, has died bbc.in/2UhETPP
Dutch crime reporter de Vries dies from shooting
bbc.com
'Catastrophic' flooding kills at least 33 in Germany, and at least four in neighbouring Belgium, with dozens more missing bbc.in/3xMP0uA
Germany floods: At least 33 dead and dozens missing after record rain
bbc.co.uk
Majorca, Ibiza and Menorca added to England's amber list from Monday - meaning quarantine on return for travellers not fully vaccinated bbc.in/3xGHOjG
Ibiza, Majorca and Menorca moved to amber list
bbc.co.uk
European Union announces climate change legislation aimed at pushing it towards its goal of becoming carbon neutral by 2050 bbc.in/3i8MGr9
EU unveils sweeping climate change plan
bbc.co.uk
Legal limits on number of people who can meet in Wales to end on 7 August, but masks will still be required in some indoor spaces bbc.in/3wKTD7i
Most Covid rules set to be lifted in Wales on 7 August
bbc.com
£4bn cut to this year's UK foreign aid budget backed by MPs in Commons vote
bbc.in/3ewCjwz
bbc.in/3ewCjwz
MPs fail in bid to reverse overseas aid cut
bbc.co.uk
Scotland to move to level zero of Covid restrictions on 19 July, but mandatory use of face coverings will remain in place for "some time", First Minister Nicola Sturgeon says bbc.in/2TXcte5
Covid in Scotland: Move to 'modified' level zero but face coverings remain
bbc.co.uk
Double child killer Colin Pitchfork will be released, after Parole Board reject UK government challenge against its ruling bbc.in/3xEt3h8
Colin Pitchfork: Double schoolgirl murderer's release confirmed
bbc.co.uk
Health Secretary Sajid Javid confirms England will move to final stage of unlocking of Covid restrictions on 19 July bbc.in/3AX31HZ
Health Secretary Sajid Javid confirms England will move to final stage of unlocking of Covid restrictions on 19 July bbc.in/3AX31HZ
Covid: Health secretary confirms England rules will be eased next week - BBC News
bbc.co.uk
Italy beat England on penalties 3-2 to become Euro 2020 champions bbc.in/3hz3SXM
England lose shootout in Euro 2020 final
bbc.co.uk
Novak Djokovic has won his 20th Grand Slam men's singles title.
He moves level with Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal after beating Matteo Berrettini 6-7 (4-7) 6-4 6-4 6-3. #bbctennis #WimbledonFinal #Wimbledon
He moves level with Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal after beating Matteo Berrettini 6-7 (4-7) 6-4 6-4 6-3. #bbctennis #WimbledonFinal #Wimbledon
British billionaire Sir Richard Branson reaches edge of space on his rocket plane, according to his company Virgin Galactic bbc.in/2TZz9tR
Sir Richard Branson rockets to the edge of space
bbc.co.uk
Australian Ashleigh Barty has become #Wimbledon women's singles champion for the very first time, beating Karolina Pliskova 6-3 6-7 (4-7) 6-3. #bbctennis
Britain's Mark Cavendish makes history in the Tour de France, matching Eddy Merckx's record of 34 Tour stage wins bbc.in/3qVVMM0
Cavendish equals Merckx's Tour record
bbc.co.uk
Police officer Wayne Couzens pleads guilty to murdering Sarah Everard, whose body was found a week after she disappeared while walking home in London in March bbc.in/36qrU0U
Sarah Everard: Wayne Couzens pleads guilty to murder
bbc.co.uk
Spectators banned from Tokyo Olympic Games due to state of emergency announced in response to surge in Covid cases bbc.in/3jVsCuV
Tokyo Olympic Games: Spectators barred as state of emergency announced
bbc.co.uk
Fully jabbed UK residents and children under 18 returning to England from amber list destinations will no longer have to self-isolate from 19 July bbc.in/3yCqufU
Covid: Changes to amber list travel rules outlined - BBC News
bbc.co.uk
Uefa announce disciplinary proceedings against England, after laser pointer directed at Danish goalkeeper Kasper Schmeichel during Euro 2020 semi-final bbc.in/3jUi9zS
England charged after 'laser' incident
bbc.co.uk
Japan has declared a state of emergency in Tokyo which will run throughout the Olympic Games, as Covid cases rise bbc.in/3dVuShY
Tokyo Olympic Games: State of emergency announced as Covid cases rise
bbc.com
THEY HAVE DONE IT.
ENGLAND ARE #EURO2020 FINALISTS.
For the first time since 1966, England are in the final of a major men’s tournament. HUGE 👏
📲 Reaction: bbc.in/2TN1XWz
#bbceuro2020 #ENGDEN
ENGLAND ARE #EURO2020 FINALISTS.
For the first time since 1966, England are in the final of a major men’s tournament. HUGE 👏
📲 Reaction: bbc.in/2TN1XWz
#bbceuro2020 #ENGDEN
🚨 A huge shock on Centre Court! 🚨
World number 18 Hubert Hurkacz has beaten eight-time champion Roger Federer in straight sets in the #Wimbledon quarter-finals.
#bbctennis
World number 18 Hubert Hurkacz has beaten eight-time champion Roger Federer in straight sets in the #Wimbledon quarter-finals.
#bbctennis
Former US president Donald Trump announces plans to sue tech giants Google, Twitter and Facebook, claiming he is the victim of censorship
bbc.in/3Avbzpk
bbc.in/3Avbzpk
Trump sues Twitter, Google and Facebook alleging 'censorship'
bbc.co.uk
President of Haiti Jovenel Moise killed during attack on his residence in Port-au-Prince, interim PM Claude Joseph says bbc.in/3hI5MnN
Haitian president killed in attack at home
bbc.co.uk
The megaship Ever Given that blocked the Suez Canal is finally leaving the waterway after compensation deal struck with Egypt bbc.in/3hLOPZw
Ever Given: Ship that blocked Suez Canal sets sail after deal signed
bbc.co.uk
Olympic torch relay in Tokyo cancelled, as fears over the spread of Covid-19 continue to threaten the Games bbc.in/3dM3GlN
Tokyo 2020: Officials scrap Olympic torch relay in capital
bbc.co.uk
ITALY ARE #EURO2020 FINALISTS!
Jorginho slotted the winning penalty after Alvaro Morata's spot kick was saved.
📲📺 Watch: bbc.in/3yuQXf2
#bbceuro2020 #ITA #ITAESP
Jorginho slotted the winning penalty after Alvaro Morata's spot kick was saved.
📲📺 Watch: bbc.in/3yuQXf2
#bbceuro2020 #ITA #ITAESP
Double-jabbed people in England will not have to self-isolate after close contact with a positive Covid case from 16 August, says Health Secretary Sajid Javid bbc.in/3xmLoPR
Double-jabbed people in England will not have to self-isolate after close contact with a positive Covid case from 16 August, says Health Secretary Sajid Javid bbc.in/3xmLoPR
Covid: New rules for double-jabbed in England set out by Sajid Javid - BBC News
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UK PM Boris Johnson confirms that all legal Covid restrictions in England will end at Step 4 of the roadmap - expected to be on 19 July bbc.in/3AvfLFG
Covid: Most rules set to end in England, says PM
bbc.co.uk
Man charged with common assault after England's chief medical officer Prof Chris Whitty accosted by group of men in a London park bbc.in/36a3A2Y
Man charged with common assault after Chris Whitty incident
bbc.co.uk
