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Huge hangover as Europe's bars and breweries face battle for survival

Little or no income, millions of pints thrown away and operating at reduced capacity when they do reopen. Will Europe's bars and pubs survive?

02/06/2020

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UK MPs vote for return to parliament after lockdown absence

Opposition lawmakers argued it's too early and risky to go back to the Houses of Parliament but the government stressed that "politics is better done face-to-face".

02/06/2020

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British schools are re-opening - and parents aren't happy

"My children won't be going back," one parent told Euronews as a new survey found that 46% of families will make the same decision.

01/06/2020

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Boy with cerebral palsy completes marathon charity walk

Inspired by Captain Tom Moore, the centenarian veteran who raised tens of millions, the young man decided to set off on his own charity walk.

01/06/2020

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COVID-19: lockdown rules 'lifted too soon' in England, scientists warn

Several top scientific advisers to the UK government are warning the planned easing of restrictions in England from Monday risks a further spike in coronavirus infections.

30/05/2020

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COVID-19: Gibraltar seeks to protect macaques as it bans touching them

Despite no evidence of Barbary macaques catching coronavirus in Gibraltar, the government wants to minimise the risk of endangering a species that is "prone to succumb to human disease".

30/05/2020

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Third of child grooming cases involve Facebook apps says UK charity

In more than half of child grooming cases in England and Wales where police recorded information about how the child was groomed, a Facebook-owned app was used.

29/05/2020

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UK to open 'path to citizenship' for Hong Kong's UK passport holders

An estimated 300,000 Hong Kong residents were granted British Nationals (overseas) passports before the territory was handed back to China in 1997.

29/05/2020

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English Premier League will resume on June 17 after 100-day absence

Matches have been suspended since March 13 due to the coronavirus pandemic.

28/05/2020

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UK PM Boris Johnson announces further easing of lockdown

UK lockdown to ease from Monday allowing groups of up to six to meet outside, says PM Boris Johnson

28/05/2020

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Euroviews. COVID-19 is sparking change in how high-risk patients are cared for with remote treatments ǀ View

The COVID-19 pandemic is forcing us to a change our usual care practices and to rely on remote patient monitoring. Even when the COVID-19 crisis is over, this change is likely to bed itself in routine clinical practice.

28/05/2020

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England launches COVID-19 test-and-trace scheme

It comes ahead of schedule but weeks after similar test-and-trace schemes were introduced in Germany and France.

28/05/2020

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Could UK's migration stance leave nation short of essential workers?

"We’re not bringing them in because they are cheaper, we’re bringing them in because there aren’t people in this country that want to do this work," says care manager.

28/05/2020

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Locked down working mothers do bulk of childcare and housework

Researchers warned that "there is a risk of reversing some of the progress made in narrowing the gender wage gap over recent decades" because of the COVID-19 pandemic.

27/05/2020

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What is Barnard Castle and why is everyone talking about it?

During the sixteenth century the phrase “That’s Barney Castle!” became idiomatic of a cowardly excuse after Sir George Bowes, who was steward of the Fortress, shut himself up inside it.

26/05/2020

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'I don’t regret what I did': PM’s advisor defends 400km lockdown trip

Boris Johnson's chief advisor Dominic Cummings has insisted he “made the right judgment” in travelling 400km from London to Durham at the height of the coronavirus lockdown.

25/05/2020

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Who is Dominic Cummings and why do so many people want him sacked?

UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson's closest ally is accused of breaking the government's own rules during the coronavirus lockdown to arrange childcare for his four-year-old son.

25/05/2020

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Watch: Johnson says aide 'acted responsibly' in lockdown travel

Boris Johnson defended top aide Dominic Cummings amid mounting criticism over his travelling during lockdown.

24/05/2020

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Explained: Inflammatory syndrome possibly linked to COVID-19

There have been hundreds of cases of children with a multisystem inflammatory syndrome. Here we explain the possible link to COVID-19 and the symptoms to look out for.

24/05/2020

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UK PM advisor made second lockdown trip, say new reports

Downing Street said Johnson aide Dominic Cummings "believes he behaved reasonably and legally" when he travelled 400 kilometres during lockdown to visit family.

23/05/2020

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Thousands of people to take part in Oxford vaccine's new trial phase

The University of Oxford has said it is ready to begin its second and third phase of clinical testing a possible vaccine for coronavirus.

22/05/2020

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Meet the workers missing out on the UK's job retention scheme

UK finance minister Rishi Sunak announced the support on March 20, vowing to reimburse 80% of workers’ wage costs to a cap of £2,500 per month, backdated to March 1, 2020. The scheme sees employees put on temporary leave, called being furloughed.

22/05/2020

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Coronavirus: Don't open schools on June 1, experts tell UK government

A governmental advisory body said a two-week postponement would "halve" the risk to primary and secondary school children, the ones expected to return to school first.

22/05/2020

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UK to scrap healthcare surcharge for foreign NHS and care workers

The UK government has pledged to scrap a healthcare surcharge for foreign NHS and care workers - although other migrants will still see an increase to their fees.

21/05/2020

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Brexit: UK backtracks on pledge to avoid N. Ireland customs checks

Before he became prime minister, Boris Johnson had promised businesses in Northern Ireland they would face "no forms, no checks, no barriers."

21/05/2020

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Release the hounds: UK deploys dogs to sniff out coronavirus

Medical detection dogs already have a successful history catching the presence of malaria and certain types of cancers in humans.

21/05/2020