Rates of pay growth are running at their highest level since 2008, according to official figures which also show the first rise in payrolled employment since the start of the coronavirus pandemic.
Health Secretary Matt Hancock has warned the government's timeline for unlocking coronavirus restrictions won't happen faster - and could even be slowed as ministers remain "vigilant" against infection rates.
Nearly a third of fish living in rivers and lakes around the world are facing extinction as their habitats are in "catastrophic decline", a report has warned.
President Joe Biden has led a minute's silence to honour America's coronavirus victims after the country became the first to record more than half a million deaths.
