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Greggs has announced plans to reopen 800 stores for takeaways across the country on Thursday, aiming to welcome lovers of the sausage roll and steak bake to the remaining 1,000 sites by early July.more

Up to 60,000 employees are getting redundant in Polish factories - the Polish daily "Rzeczpospolita" reports.more

Clubs who demanded the right to play games at home when the English Premier League restarts may live to regret that stance after data from the Bundesliga shows how home advantage in Germany has been wiped out by empty stadiums.more

For the fourth time in its history, the Oscars are being postponed. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences and the ABC Television Network said Monday that the 93rd Academy Awards will now be held April 25, 2021, eight weeks later than originally planned because of the pandemic’s effects on the movie industry.more

Beijing authorities have described the city’s coronavirus outbreak as “extremely severe” as dozens more cases emerged, sports and entertainment sites were closed and travel was curtailed.more

This season's Champions League will be completed in a "final eight" tournament in Lisbon, with the title match slated for Aug. 23, sources told Simon Evans of Reuters.more

The government is being urged to fulfil a promise to "do whatever it takes" to protect workers from the impact of coronavirus disruption, as MPs say there are more than a million people not covered by its financial support schemes.more

The Swedish Football Federation are investigating Zlatan Ibrahimovic for breaking the health protocol in Hammarby's latest win, his ex-team.more

London was the hardest-hit area of the country for coronavirus as a result of the capital’s high levels of deprivation, figures showed today.more

The outflow of economic migrants and the flooding of the market through flats rented for days did not lead to a sharp decrease in rental fees or to the fact that flats are standing empty - results from data collected by HRE Investments analysts.more

Hundreds of mask-clad tourists from Germany landed in Mallorca for the first time since Spain closed its borders in March to tackle the coronavirus pandemic.more

The numbers are good, but disregarding the restrictions can even wipe out long-term efforts within a week, "said New York Governor Andrew Cuomo yesterday, saying progress in the fight against coronavirus. He added that 23 people had died on Covid-19 last day.more

The media in Spain agree that the restoration of league football in this country was the right decision. They point out that reactivating La Liga is for the benefit of "the national economy, and therefore for the good of the country."more

Pent-up demand has prompted queues at some shops as rules are relaxed in England after a three month lockdown.more

As France enters the "Green Zone" lower risk state against COVID-19 on Monday, Emmanuel Macron vows to prop up the economy along with the rest of Europe. France has been hit hard by the novel coronavirus.more

The number of deaths due to Covid-19 in Great Britain has increased by 36 in the last 24 hours, according to the British Ministry of Health yesterday afternoon. This is the lowest daily increase since March 22.more

The prime minister has ‘urgently’ ordered ministers, medical officials and scientists to review the two-metre social distancing rule, amid calls that it should be scrapped.more

The British pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca announced yesterday that it had signed an agreement with Italy, Germany, France and the Netherlands for the supply of a coronavirus vaccine. The first deliveries are scheduled before the end of 2020 - the Reuters agency said.more

The UK’s official death toll from Covid-19 has risen to 41,662 after another 181 people died having contracted the virus. Figures were released by the Department of Health this afternoon and consist of deaths in all settings, including care homes. more

The Spanish government will lift all public restrictions in public movement since mid-March from June 22, announced Pedro Sanchez's cabinet yesterday. Restrictions have been introduced due to the coronavirus epidemic.more

Pupils in England will not be going back to school full time in September if the 2m social distancing rule is still in place, academy leaders say.more

Cinemas in Italy will be opened on June 15 - the association of cinema owners yesterday after the government changed its decision on the organization of screenings in the sanitary regime and withdrew its obligation to wear masks.more

People will need a new form of 'digital ID' so they can prove their 'disease status' as the world moves out of lockdown, Tony Blair has said. more

Every fifth Bulgarian believes that a possible vaccine for Covid-19 will be used to place in the bodies of people an integrated circuit that is supposed to control citizens - shows the survey of the research institute Trend published yesterday in the newspaper "24 czasa".more

Britain is about to pass a significant landmark - at midnight on Wednesday it will have gone two full months without burning coal to generate power.more