Who said it

“This is the biggest health emergency to face this country since the Second World War. For me and my colleagues in the NHS breaking the rules in the way that’s been described today is like switching on a light in the middle of the blackout in the Blitz. It doesn’t just put you at risk in your house, it puts your whole street and the whole of your community at risk”

- Dr Vin Diwakar, NHS England regional medical director for London, on those breaching lockdown rules.

“UK pubs will be screaming ‘mayday’ long before a May reopening without significantly more financial support from government. Sadly, these rumours are another example of the unfair targeting of pubs” - Emma Mcclarkin, chief executive of the British Beer and Pub Association, on calls from scientists for the hospitality

sector to remain shut until May to avoid a fresh spike of coronavirus cases.

“We are here to signal to the people, first and foremost our community and the wider communities, that we are saying a big no to fake news. Fake news will not win. The vaccine is the way forward. Islam teaches all of us the importance of enforcing the sanctity of life and health”

- Imam Nuru Mohammed says he hopes a vaccination centre being set up at his mosque in Birmingham will help dispel myths surrounding coronavirus.

“In spite of our efforts to move Heaven & Earth, it has become clear that we simply will not be able to make the festival happen this year.” - Glastonbury Festival organisers Michael and Emily Eavis announce it has been cancelled for a second year.