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Chancellor announces help for self-employed people – as world economy reels from coronavirus
115 new coronavirus deaths have been reported in the UK – as the government says millions of self-employed people will soon be able to claim up to £2,500 a month from the government.
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NHS warns of ‘tsunami’ of coronavirus patients in London
The country has seen the biggest daily rise in deaths from coronavirus – 115 deaths were reported in the last 24 hours.
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Vacuum cleaner makers Dyson to build ventilators for the NHS
They may be better known for making vacuum cleaners, but James Dyson’s company is now being asked to make ventilators for the NHS.
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Supply of PPE to hospitals has ‘got better’ says NHS manager
We’re joined by Saffron Cordery, who’s Deputy Chief Executive of NHS Providers – the association for health trusts in England.
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Government unveils coronavirus support for self-employed
From hairdressers to handymen and painters to personal trainers, there are nearly five million people who are self-employed in the UK.
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Covid-19 deaths in Spain top 4,000 as hospitals struggle
The President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen has criticised EU countries for looking out for themselves in the early stages of the crisis and giving what she called an ‘only for me’ response.
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Restaurant trade turns to feeding overworked NHS staff
The daily outpouring of goodwill towards the country’s frontline medical staff has been one of the more heartwarming aspects of the coronavirus outbreak.
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How South Korea became the ‘model’ for beating the coronavirus
A month ago, South Korea suffered what was far-and-away the biggest coronavirus outbreak outside China.
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Police to issue £60 fine for breaking coronavirus rules
A £60 pound fine, which may double for each further offence. That’s the penalty in England for not adhering to government advice on avoiding non-essential travel.
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‘Clap for our carers’: NHS workers tackling coronavirus applauded by public
Heroes is perhaps an overused term these days, but that’s what people are calling NHS workers who are continuing to fight the pandemic.
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Cancer patients reveal worries about future treatment as NHS focuses on Covid-19
“It’s taken away my last roll of the dice”. Cancer patients across the country have been telling us they feel abandoned as the health system puts all its focus into dealing with the coronavirus pandemic.
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US Senate and Trump agree to huge stimulus package to fight coronavirus
The US Senate has finally reached a deal with the White House on an unprecedented emergency bill worth almost $2 trillion to help businesses, workers and the health care system.
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Coronavirus deaths reach 1,000 in US as New York struggles with outbreak
In the US things are continuing to deteriorate in New York and around the country as Covid-19 has claimed over 1,000 lives.
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Having a baby in lockdown: our pregnancy in coronavirus isolation
When Kieron and Nancy found out they were expecting their second child they didn’t expect things to turn out like this…
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Boris Johnson says testing will be ‘ramped up’ – as Prince Charles tests positive for Covid-19
Hundreds of thousands of volunteers have signed up to help the NHS – but the Prime Minister warned tonight the health service only had limited equipment.
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Highlands villagers band together to help one another
Politicians in Scotland have this week begged people not to flock to the country’s remote beauty spots, worried that limited health care and other resources will simply be overwhelmed.
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‘Irresponsible politicians have undermined trust of public in science, in experts’ – historian Yuval Noah Harari
We spoke to the historian and philosopher Yuval Noah Harari, whose book, Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind, spans the entirety of human history
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UN concerned about conditions in Syrian camps amid coronavirus threat
When even the hospitals of wealthy nations are pushed to the brink, what might happen in war-torn Syria?
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Scotland’s NHS using unique system to treat coronavirus patients
A further eight people have died in Scotland as a result of the pandemic, with Glasgow, Lothian and Lanarkshire the areas worst hit.
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Mortuary being built at Birmingham Airport to prepare for coronavirus deaths
The West Midlands has emerged as a coronavirus hotspot, with Birmingham and Wolverhampton especially hard hit.
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US has more coronavirus cases than China
There are now over 94,000 confirmed coronavirus cases in the United States, more than any other country in the world – including China.
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‘Where people choose to work, of course they need to do that in a way that keeps them safe and those that they work around safe as well’ – Business Secretary Alok Sharma
Before news of the Prime Minister’s diagnosis broke, Krishnan Guru-Murthy spoke to the Business Secretary Alok Sharma
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No 10 says it is doing everything to secure new ventilators for NHS
Downing Street has insisted the Government is doing everything it can to secure new ventilators for the NHS ‘in the coming weeks’
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‘Downing St is a very small place… lots of people may well be infected’ – former Blair aide Jonathan Powell
Earlier Krishnan Guru-Murthy spoke to Jonathan Powell, who was Downing Street chief of staff under Tony Blair.
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Johnson and Hancock test positive for coronavirus as UK cases leap
First the Prime Minister, then the Health Secretary. Both testing positive for coronavirus, both saying they have only mild symptoms and are continuing to work from home.
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FactCheck: could we really have a coronavirus vaccine in six months?
Scientists at Oxford University say they will begin testing a candidate vaccine on people within weeks.
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FactCheck: how many ventilators do we have in the UK?
Health Secretary Matt Hancock said “there’s now over 12,000 that we’ve managed to get to”.
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Performers fear for their livelihoods during coronavirus shutdown
Theatres are dark. Concert venues shuttered. Parades and festivals cancelled.
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Help sought for rough sleepers as fears of coronavirus infection mount
There have been moves in some of the country’s major cities to provide hotel rooms and other accommodation for rough sleepers.
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Coronavirus deaths in Spain exceed China
Coronavirus has now claimed 16,000 lives across 195 countries – and the United Nations says individual countries can’t respond alone – calling for the world’s richest nations should provide $2 billion to help the world’s poorest survive.
