THE first secretary of state Dominic Raab has announced the UK's coronavirus lockdown measures will be extended for at least three more weeks.

He said there have been indications that social distancing measures in place are showing success, but government advisers say the evidence is "mixed and inconsistent".

"We still don't have infection rates down as much as we need to," said Mr Raab.

"Any change to social distancing measures now would risk significant increase in infections."

The announcement comes as the total confirmed UK cases has risen to 103,093.