India approves coronavirus vaccines developed by AstraZeneca/Oxford and local company Bharat Biotech and is preparing to start a massive rollout within weeks.

More than 150 possible vaccines are in various stages of development.

The Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) said 42,288 people had died in hospitals, care homes and the wider community after testing positive for coronavirus in the UK as of 5pm on Wednesday, up by 135 from 42,153 the day before.

The killing of George Floyd has brought about an international movement for racial justice that the world has been witnessing in the last two weeks.

A major trial into the efficacy of Hydroxychloroquine as a preventative measure against COVID-19 is beginning in the UK and other countries.

The BBC has stood by its defense of a Panorama investigation exposing shortages of personal protective equipment.

Cobra Biologics, Oxford scientists and AstraZeneca aim to make a million COVID-19 vaccine doses a month available for trials, with a view to building stocks for commercial supply when the vaccine is eventually approved.