Plus, did VE Day parties cause a virus spike?
| | | | Young adults aged between 18 and 24 are most likely to have lost work or had their incomes cut because of the coronavirus crisis, according to an independent think thank. The Resolution Foundation looked at more than 6,000 people at the beginning of May. Older workers have also been forced into premature retirement, it concluded. Latest official figures just published reveal unemployment jumped by 50,000 in the three months to March. The Office for National Statistics said that while the numbers only covered the very earliest part of the UK lockdown, it was clear the virus was having "a major impact on the labour market". The BBC has spoken to just three of the many made redundant, and separately, to MS sufferer Emma Timberlake who is among those classed as especially vulnerable to coronavirus but has also lost her job. Elsewhere, a committee of MPs has criticised the UK's approach to testing and warned that lessons may not have been learned. Testing has also been disparaged by NHS Providers, which represents hospital trusts. It comes after Health Secretary Matt Hancock announced that anyone in the UK aged five and over with symptoms could now apply for a test. Read more on eligibility. In other news, Northern Ireland has gone further than any other part of the UK in relaxing its lockdown - read more on how the rules there now differ. Former Prime Minister Tony Blair has backed plans to get some children back to school from 1 June. And from Tuesday, England's Premier League footballers can restart group training under strict conditions. A decision on whether or how to end the season is yet to be taken though. | |
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| | | | | When Flavia Lavorino decided to have a baby through surrogacy, she looked Ukraine up on a map and calculated the distance. Some 12,800km (8,000 miles) separate Buenos Aires, in Argentina, from the Ukrainian capital, Kyiv. "This was our last resort and we jumped at it," says Flavia. Little could they predict that by the time the baby was born they would be stranded on the other side of the Atlantic due to the coronavirus pandemic. Their son Manuel is now seven weeks old, but they have yet to meet him. | |
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| | | | Discussions about the reopening of schools in England continue to rumble on. "When Will They Learn?" the Daily Mail asks teaching unions. The paper presents evidence from 22 EU countries, which, it says, have found little or no risk to pupils, teachers or families. The Daily Mirror pictures staff making preparations, including putting down tape to mark two-metre boundaries to maintain social distancing. The Daily Telegraph reports that children who don't return to school may receive fewer online lessons because there aren't enough teachers to go round. Elsewhere, the new president of the Royal Society has given an interview to the Times in which he calls for politicians to "stop passing the buck" to scientists when making decisions. The Guardian leads on an unpublished government study which is said to reveal how agency care workers transmitted Covid-19 between residential homes. And finally, the Sun says people in the Lake District are going to extreme lengths to put off tourists, including makeshift road blocks and fake signs. | |
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