Four Core City UK leaders and mayors have written to Health Secretary Matt Hancock calling for a local approach to bring down infection rates.
The leaders of Newcastle, Manchester, Liverpool and Leeds propose a five point plan to manage lockdowns better and bring down coronavirus infection rates.
These are:

Rough sleepers face an increasing dilemma between staying outside or squeezing into crowded shelters where coronavirus hygiene will be limited.

Local councils will receive additional funding to step up their enforcement of coronavirus rules to help tackle a rise in infections.

Two Select Committees have launched a joint inquiry into lessons to be learned from the response to the coronavirus pandemic so far.

19 out of 20 areas in England that have been have been under restrictions for two months have seen an increase in infection rates.

The City of Edinburgh Council has set an ambitious target aiming to eradicate poverty in the Scottish capital by 2030.
The aim of ending poverty in Edinburgh by 2030 is as defined by the four targets set by the Edinburgh Poverty Commission: no-one in Edinburgh needs to go without basic essentials they need to eat, keep clean, stay warm and dry; fewer than one in ten people are living in relative poverty in Edinburgh at any given time; no-one in Edinburgh lives in persistent poverty; and no-one in Edinburgh experiences stigma due to their income.

Independent Age has urged the need for more options and support for those experiencing mental health issues in later life.

The number of people admitted to hospital with coronavirus on one day has jumped by nearly a quarter in England.
Latest data shows that there were 478 people admitted to hospital on 4 October, the largest daily figure since early June when 386 people were admitted. More than two-thirds of those were in the North West, North East and Yorkshire.

The government’s pledge to deliver full fibre broadband to every home by 2025 is likely to be missed without radical changes to telecoms policy.