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Should the legal smoking age rise year on year?

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The age at which people in England can legally buy tobacco could rise from 18 by one year every year, according to a government review.
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TK Maxx and Home Sense recall products after safety concerns

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Why are child hepatitis cases rising in the UK?

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Exeter's NHS Nightingale hospital under construction

Nightingale hospital in Exeter back in use to cut NHS waiting lists

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A pedestrian wearing a face mask in Norwich amid the coronavirus pandemic. Picture: Denise Bradley

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Nine new Covid symptoms added to official list

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Shoppers wearing face masks

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Who will get free tests under new Covid plan?

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Covid, flu and norovirus on the rise in Devon, health chiefs warn

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People with Covid no longer have legal requirement to self-isolate

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Prime Minister Boris Johnson is expected to announce the easing of Covid Plan B restrictions.

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Boris Johnson announces end of all Covid restrictions and free testing

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A person receiving a Covid-19 jab

Second Covid-19 booster vaccination to be rolled out in Spring

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A message to self-isolate, with one day of required isolation remaining, is displayed on the NHS cor

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Self-isolation rules could be lifted a month earlier than planned

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A nurse holding a bottle of Pfizer coronavirus vaccine

Parents reassured over Covid vaccines for children

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Baby weighing sessions launched at Devon libraries

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Honiton Health Matters

£6,700 grant to help Honiton with energy bills this winter

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File photo dated 29/10/21 of a care home resident holding hands with her daughter. The Government ha

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Care home visitor limits to be lifted next week

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Shoppers in Norwich staying safe in face masks. Picture: Sonya Duncan

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How are England's Covid restrictions changing after Plan B?

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'We must learn to live with Covid' says health secretary on Plan B's end

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Prime Minister Boris Johnson makes a statement ahead of Prime Minister's Questions in the House of C

Plan B measures to be scrapped across England

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Great Dunmow is holding a walk-in Covid-19 vaccine clinic on December 29

Young people sought for Covid vaccine research

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Sajid Javid was made Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government in the January

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Covid self-isolation period to be cut to five days

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Nadhim Zahawi in the House of Commons

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Government minister supports cutting Covid self-isolation to five days

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Poultry keepers have been put on alert over a strain of bird flu.

Bird-to-human transmission of bird flu confirmed in South West

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A sign informing customers that there are no lateral flow test kits available a Boots Pharmacy in Bracknell, Berkshire.

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Explained: New PCR test rules brought in as Omicron cases surge

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Prime Minister Boris Johnson during a media briefing in Downing Street, London, on coronavirus (Covi

'We have a chance to ride it out' - PM says no new restrictions planned

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Secondary school pupils in masks

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What are the new Covid rules as pupils return to school?

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People queue for coronavirus testing

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Three quarters of those with colds likely to have Covid, study finds

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Lateral flow Covid tests have proved popular as people test before Christmas and New Year's celebrations

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What does a faint red line on a lateral flow Covid test mean?

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Health secretary Sajid Javid

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People with Omicron up to 70pc less likely to need visit to hospital

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Prime Minister Boris Johnson speaking during a media briefing in Downing Street, London, on coronavi

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Christmas can go ahead without new restrictions, Boris Johnson confirms

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Secondary pupils have been taking lateral flow tests.

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How accurate are lateral flow tests and when should you take one?

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