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Watch LIVE: the government's daily coronavirus update

8 May 2020, 16:28 | Updated: 10 Feb 2026

The Environment Secretary George Eustice is to give the nation its daily update on the country's progress in tackling the coronavirus crisis.

In developments today, the UK looks likely to operate under slightly different lockdown rules next week after announcements by the leaders of the Welsh and Scottish Governments suggested deviation between nations.

An update to the nation is to be delivered by the Prime Minister at 7pm on Sunday evening.

There are also plans to ramp up the country's railways again as the measures on the lockdown are eased slightly.

Watch the press conference in full above from 5pm.

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Ben Stokes and Gus Atkinson face investigation by cricket bosses after nightclub ‘incident’ following New Zealand win

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Sir Idris Elba says 'James Bond audiences won't go for a Black male'

British woman becomes first to cross the Atlantic in a hydrogen balloon despite perilous 'ice build-up' at 14,000ft

Smoke visible across London as 100 firefighters tackle recycling centre blaze

British woman becomes first to cross the Atlantic in a hydrogen balloon despite perilous 'ice build-up' at 14,000ft

Sheep farmer faces jail after secretly building second home inside barn on her 40-acre farm so she can live alongside her animals

Oxford University professor cancels lectures after pro-trans activists disrupt talks to label him ‘bigot’ and ‘transphobic’

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