Environment Secretary George Eustice has called the current approach to coronavirus lockdowns in the UK right ‘for now’. As senior scientists warned of hospitals being overwhelmed with 25,000 coronavirus patients by the end of November, expectations are growing that Boris Johnson will reluctantly have to order a temporary major shutdown before the end of the year. Our political editor Joe Murphy tells us what the means for the Christmas break.

And, Comic Relief has dropped trips to Africa for celebrities like Ed Sheeran and Stacey Dooley following criticism of “white saviour” charity appeals. For Red Nose Day 2021 the charity will hire local filmmakers and photographers for a “more authentic perspective”. Executive director or anti-poverty charity War on Wants Asad Rehman says it's a welcome move but, celebrities still have their place in raising awareness.

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