“Stay closed, stay safe”: 41% of cinema’s cannot open with new COVID social distancing measures
More than 41% of cinemas say they will not be able to reopen with social distancing measures in place, a
Love on lockdown: How couples have reacted to the ‘support bubble’
Since the lockdown was imposed on 23 March, people have been separated from loved ones and endured months of loneliness.
Not just a Corona phenomenon: Virtual nights out on the rise
Virtual nights out were already starting to become popular before the virus began to spread, giving people the chance to socialize without having to leave the comfort of their own home.
Footballers left filling the gaps as Sunak accused of “lacking compassion” over plans to axe free school meals
The vouchers, introduced during the COVID-19 lockdown measures, are worth £15 per week and are provided to families of children from poorer backgrounds who receive free school meals at school.
Coronavirus: Liverpool and Manchester Mayors attack national policy as R-0 rises above 1
Data released on June 5th showed that shortly after lockdown measures were relaxed by the conservative government, the rate of transmission in the North West spiked.
Raising the bar under lockdown: Personal trainers talk Covid-19, online training and the future
With the pandemic limiting personal training to online, the format of online training is also discussed and debated to determine whether it can ever be the same as receiving personal training in-person.
‘We just do trainers’: What’s it like inside a distribution warehouse during the coronavirus pandemic?
COVID-19 crisis has thrown the back-office operations of many sportswear companies into plain view, as reports of their failure to enforce social distancing continue to surface.
Thinking outside the box: Furloughed worker bakes cakes to raise money for NHS
People from across the UK have come together over the past few months to help raise money for the NHS and furloughed retail manager, Aiden Ryan, is no different, deciding it was time give something back and so he started to bake cakes…
Coronavirus: Manchester stats improving in all metrics as Arena bombing anniversary approaches
Manchester Mayor Andy Burnham accused the Conservative government of taking a London-centric approach to lifting lockdown restrictions, but has revealed that so far, this has had no apparent negative effect on Manchester’s statistics.
Postponed Tokyo 2020 allows another year of training, says Team GB’s Jake Wightman
The Team GB 1500m specialist has used this time to train and catch up with friends, but knows it can be valuable preparation for the Olympic Games in Tokyo next year.
Uganda and COVID-19: Locusts, livestock raids and foot and mouth disease add to communities’ woes
If you think you’ve got it tough right now spare a thought for communities in Uganda battling locust swarms and foot and mouth disease as well as coronavirus, all threatening their precious food supply.