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The self-employed will be able to claim state aid of up to 80% of profits during the month-long lockdown, Chancellor Rishi Sunak has announced.more

Even 5.3 million people can work remotely during the second wave of the pandemic, Rzeczpospolita reported today.more

Marks & Spencer sank to the first loss in its 94 years as a publicly-listed company as the coronavirus crisis hit trading.more

The Prime Minister of the Netherlands Mark Rutte announced yesterday the introduction of new restrictions related to the coronavirus epidemic, including closing of cinemas and theaters. A "partial lockdown" has been in force since mid-October. The government is still considering closing schools and introducing a curfew.more

Burger King has shocked customers by asking them to order from McDonald’s and other takeaways to support hospitality jobs over lockdownmore

The Aragon Regional Government in the Northeast of Spain has announced the closure of three provinces of the Autonomous Community - Zaragoza, Huesci and Teruel due to a situation of "extreme risk" caused by Covid-19. In addition, he announced the maintenance of a sanitary cordon in three major cities and the entire Aragon region.more

Chief Rabbi Ephraim Mirvis has joined the Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby, Catholic leader Cardinal Vincent Nichols and other senior faith figures in appealing to the Prime Minister to allow public worship to continue under the new lockdown. From Thursday, places of worship are due to be shut for a month except for private prayer. more

If the number of new infections exceeds 70-75 per 100,000 residents, it will be necessary to introduce a national quarantine with a ban on movement - Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki announced today, announcing new restrictions that will apply from Saturday, November 7.more

Pedro Sanchez's government rejects the possibility of forced social isolation in Spain. The center-left cabinet announced that it did not intend to approve the applications of the autonomous communities planning to order citizens to stay at home.more

Laboratory tests confirmed coronavirus infection in another 24,692 people. 373 patients have died, the Ministry of Health reported. This is the highest daily record of infections and deaths since the epidemic began.more

Brits are taking advantage of the final day before the national lockdown to take flights out of Heathrow. From tomorrow, international flights out of the UK for holiday purposes will be banned to help bring down the coronavirus infection rates.more

Tomasz Gollob, one of the most successful Polish speedway riders, an individual world champion from 2010, is infected with the coronavirus.more

The Department of Health have confirmed 322 new cases of coronavirus in Ireland yesterday. There have now been 63,048 cases of the virus have been diagnosed here since the start of the outbreak.more

Swedish Prime Minister Stefan Lofven has warned that the country may see more deaths from Covid-19, as he imposed stricter guidelines on visits to dining venues. Only groups of no more than eight people will be allowed to sit at the same table in restaurants across the country, Lofven announced on Tuesday.more

The UK has registered an additional 397 coronavirus deaths in the past 24 hours, according to new government data, as the number of infections continues to surge.more

No evidence of Covid-19 has been found by experts checking the Tube and bus network for traces of the virus.more

Portuguese President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa said on Monday he was pondering declaring a state of emergency as a preventive measure to fight the spread of the coronavirus at a time when infections are soaring.more

People in Liverpool will be offered regular Covid-19 tests under the first trial of whole city testing in England.more

The treasury’s “eat out to help out” scheme could have directly caused almost a fifth of new coronavirus case clusters over the summer, new research suggests.more

With the second wave of the coronavirus pandemic in Europe, many countries have restored border crossing restrictions. By going, among others to Germany or Great Britain, Poles have to go into quarantine.more

UK regulator Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has announced that it will extend payment holidays on personal loans, credit cards, motor finance, and pawnbroking to further support borrowers hit by the coronavirus pandemic.more

November in Canada began with the restrictions of the red zone in Winnipeg, a week after the country exceeded the number of 10,000. dead. Some provinces have announced that they will enforce fines for breaking bans.more

Wetherspoons has launched a four-day sale with pints of real ale going for just 99p in a bid to get rid of stock before England goes back into lockdown.more

Boris Johnson has called in the army to help deliver new "rapid" coronavirus testing ‘of whole UK towns and cities’.more

Ajax have become the latest Champions League club to be hit by coronavirus with 11 players testing positive ahead of their tie against FC Midtjylland, according to Dutch reports.more