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Whole towns could face tough "local lockdowns" if there are regional "flare-ups" of coronavirus.more

The prime minister is entirely unfit for the responsibility of his office. In cleaving to his special adviser, he looks the servant not the master, according to "The Financial Times".more

The European Commission unveiled on Wednesday a plan to borrow on the market and then disburse to EU countries 750 billion euros in grants and loans to help them recover from their coronavirus slump, giving an immediate boost to the euro.more

Ryanair expects Britain to join European nations in dropping COVID-19 quarantine plans in the coming weeks, Chief Executive Michael O'Leary said in an interview on Wednesday, reporting a "big surge" in holiday bookings from the country.more

John Lewis is planning a phased reopening of its stores, using lessons it has learned on social distancing from the partnership's Waitrose shops.more

Poles will be allowed to go out in public without protective masks on from May 30 and cinemas, theatres, swimming pools and gyms will reopen on June 6.more

Companies could soon be banned from putting any more employees on furlough, with Rishi Sunak expected to make an announcement later this week.more

J.K. Rowling, the author of the Harry Potter series, is publishing a children's book on the Internet called "The Ickabog". It will be available free of charge - the British writer informed on Twitter. The first chapter appeared yesterday.more

Brazil reported on Tuesday (May 26) the highest daily COVID-19 death toll in the world with 1,039 people killed, the fifth straight day the country has topped the list.more

The Southbank Centre has revealed it is at risk of closure until at least April 2021 as the charity's reserves run dry during the coronavirus pandemic.more

The number of people who believe the prime minister's senior aide Dominic Cummings should resign after he drove 260 miles during lockdown increased following the news conference he gave on Monday, a poll has suggested.more

Sweden's state epidemiologist, Anders Tegnell, has received death threats over his handling of the pandemic, it was reported on Tuesday.more

Opening up pubs, restaurants and bars after the coronavirus lockdown is difficult and so there will be no standing at the bar in pubs for a long time, Cabinet Office Minister Michael Gove said on Tuesday.more

A doctors' trade union has criticised Public Health England (PHE) and the government for permitting a "shroud of secrecy" to exist regarding the number of coronavirus tests taken by NHS staff and patients delivering incorrect results.more

Within three days, the level of net approval for the activities of British Prime Minister Boris Johnson fell by 20 percentage points. and for the first time since the outbreak of the coronavirus, it is negative, according to a survey released by Savanta ComRes today.more

The number of deaths from coronavirus in the UK increased by 134 per day, which means that the total number of fatalities in the country's epidemic is 37,048, according to the British Ministry of Health this afternoon.more

With the nation baking now more than ever, eggs have become a lockdown staple. As a result, a once unpopular variety of egg is now back in stock at Tesco – after a 40-year hiatus.more

The coronavirus pandemic will not change the international system, but it will accelerate pre-existing trends, including the most important of them - competition between the US and China - believes the head of the French Institute of International Relations (IFRI) Thierry de Montbrial.more

The prime minister has said he was ‘having to wear glasses for the first time in years’ after suffering coronavirus.more

30 percent of people who get Covid-19 after being infected with coronavirus will have chronic respiratory problems, according to the Italian pulmonology association. He warned that this threatens a new health crisis.more

A World Health Organization (WHO) envoy to Africa, Samba Sow, said on Monday that he was seriously concerned that a "silent epidemic" would occur due to the lack of coronavirus testing on this continent.more

Boris Johnson is drawing up plans to allow people to meet up with family and friends again in ‘social bubbles’ from June, it has been reported.more

The most serious effect of the coronavirus epidemic will be business failures, according to the second edition of the COVID-19 Barometer survey commissioned by EFL. The smallest companies are most concerned about falls.more

Barcelona have launched their own protective masks with three designs available and more planned if they prove popular. more

The latest data indicate a smaller drop in economic activity than in other countries in the first quarter of 2020. However, the second quarter, as well as the whole year, the UK will end in a big minus - assessed Mateusz Urban from the Society of Polish Economists.more