Scotland may in future cycle in and out of strict lockdown as death toll rises by 58; UK ministers under pressure to offer ‘hope’ about return to normality; public expected to be asked to wear a scarf or face covering Global Covid-19 updates – live blogBank of England warns of Read more
In the US debt-ridden oil companies could default, risking more instability for the global economy When the West Texas Intermediate (WTI) oil price for May futures contracts – an agreement to buy or sell the commodity at a predetermined price at a specified future date – tumbled to -$38 a Read more
Welfare minister says no plans to reduce five-week wait or to turn advance payments into grantsCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageMinisters and MPs have clashed over universal credit payments during the coronavirus outbreak after it emerged there were no plans to reduce the five-week waiting time or to Read more
Ministers are weighing the economic hit of prolonged restrictions against avoiding a second peak of the outbreak Via: Coronavirus: Tory MPs pile pressure on government to ease lockdown measures
National Crime Agency says three arrests were made in connection with the seizures Via: Border Force seize cocaine worth £19 million hidden in lorries carrying toys and paper
‘I do not tolerate abuse and violence against NHS staff and I will call it out’ Via: Coronavirus: Hospital chief gets death threat after Ross Kemp documentary filmed in Covid-19 wards
Misguided to see lifting lockdown as a ‘flick of the switch moment’ says Sturgeon Via: Coronavirus: Nicola Sturgeon lays out how Scotland will ultimately exit lockdown
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Professor Chris Whitty said social distancing measures cannot be lifted until either a vaccine for Covid-19 or ‘highly effective’ drugs to treat the virus become available. Via: Dominic Raab delivers a rebuke to lockdown looseners
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