Boris Johnson has said his "living with COVID" plan will bring the UK "towards a return to normality" as he intends to scrap the requirement to self-isolate.
The country's largest community-based environmental event, Clean Up Australia Day, will this year incorporate a nationwide citizen science project to gauge the extent of face mask litter.
The ACT has recorded 560 new positive COVID cases in the 24 hours to 8pm last night, bringing the total number of active cases in the Territory to 2,823.
The ACT has recorded 355 new COVID cases in the latest update as the number of people in hospital with the virus dropped to its lowest total in over a month.
From tonight, all density limits in ACT venues will be removed, for the first time in nearly two years; patrons can stand while eating and drinking; dancing is back; and employees can return to the workplace.
Pollution by states and companies is contributing to more deaths globally than COVID-19, a UN environmental report published says, calling for "immediate and ambitious action" to ban some toxic chemicals.
