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COVID-19 tests offered to every care home for elderly or those with dementia

Test kits have been offered to every care home for over-65s or those with dementia in England, reaching the testing target for 6 June.

Charities to benefit from support for rough sleepers during pandemic

Over 130 charities are set to benefit from £6 million of government funding to allow them to continue their work supporting rough sleepers d

Good karma: British travellers rescued by Deputy High Commissioner via mountain roads, ‘elephant corridor’ and a breakdown in a tiger reserve.

A rescue mission to ensure more than 260 elderly and vulnerable passengers were able to return home from India was almost thwarted when a Fo

World Food Safety Day 2020 - food safety is our business too

The second World Food Safety Day will be celebrated on 7 June 2020 to draw attention and inspire action to escale up the initial commitment

Places of worship to re-open for individual prayer

From Monday 15 June places of worship will be permitted to open for individual prayer in line with social distancing guidelines.

Commonwealth Points of Light Award: Her Majesty The Queen Congratulates Pakistani Volunteers

Her Majesty The Queen has honoured two outstanding volunteers with a Commonwealth Points of Light Award during a phone call hosted by Britis

NHS volunteers extend support to frontline health and social care staff

Frontline health and care staff will be able to access support from the hundreds of thousands of NHS volunteer responders, Minister for Care

More than 17,000 helped to get home from across Africa

UK Government charter flights have now flown over 150,000 miles enabling over 8,400 stranded travellers to return home from across Africa

New UK deals will bring millions more PPE items to frontline healthcare staff

Millions more visors, aprons and gowns will be delivered to frontline health and social care workers treating coronavirus patients, manufact

Pursuing peace in the Sahel

Statement by Ambassador James Roscoe, UK Acting Deputy Permanent Representative to the UN, at the Security Council briefing on G5 Sahel