Jennifer Meierhans
BBC News

Good morning. I'd like to tell you about an amazing family I met who have gone above and beyond to help others during lockdown.

Every Sunday Niamh, Scarlett and Billie, from Solihull, make a roast dinner for older people who are self-isolating.

Their parents Tony and Rachel Geraghty, who run a butchery business, pay for all of the food themselves.

Rob England
BBC News

We've heard a number of amazing stories from people who have embraced the 2.6 challenge to raise money for the NHS and charities close to their hearts.

Louise Lincoln took on the challenge to raise money for the health service and a charity which helps families of twins, the Twins Trust.

Ms Lincoln, who works for Devon and Cornwall Police, said she wanted to "give something back" after her twins, now four, spent the first 10 days of their lives in intensive care.

She is running 2.6 miles 26 times by the 26 June, and says she is just over halfway through.

Image source, Louise Lincoln

County Durham children are linking with others around the world during the pandemic.

Durham County Council’s international relations team is helping them to create a virtual friendship tree on social media.

Pupils will take pictures of their messages to be sent to the council and displayed on the Durham Lumiere Friendship Tree Instagram page.

Image source, Durham County Council

Image source, Tyne and Wear Archives and Museums

Pictures of rainbows created to thank the NHS during the pandemic have been collated by archivists.

The rainbow has become a symbol of hope during the outbreak with people putting pictures in their windows to bring cheer to communities in lockdown.

Tyne and Wear Archives and Museums issued a public appeal for donations of pictures which will become a permanent part of the group's collections.

More than 40 have been submitted so far.

BBC Radio Cornwall

Owners of holiday homes in Cornwall have been urged to help provide emergency accommodation for care workers needing to isolate away from their families.

Charity Cornwall Hugs, external is working with Cornwall Council, Visit Cornwall and Volunteer Cornwall to match carers with suitable accommodation.

It hopes holiday let owners register with its new hub.

Prime Minister Boris Johnson has announced changes to guidelines in England on exercise.

From Wednesday people can exercise more than once a day, including playing sport, provided they do so only with people from their households

And people in England will also be free to drive somewhere to exercise.

Rob England
BBC News

Children at a rugby club have raised more than £30,000 to feed NHS staff working long hours by creating "the world's biggest hospital pass".

More than 100 children from Battersea Ironsides Rugby Club and NHS workers joined forces for a video which saw a rugby ball virtually passed between them.

The money will go to Critical NHS, which buys meals from local businesses and donates them to NHS staff free of charge.

Image source, Adam Isfendiyar

A photographer captures the memories of Londoners who lived through the end of World War Two.

Congratulations to six-year-old Clarissa Greenfield who has completed a 100-mile bike ride challenge in aid of NHS charities.

Clarissa was applauded by her neighbours in Ashby-de-la-Zouch, Leicestershire, as she completed the challenge on Sunday.

Image source, Felicity Greenfield

She logged the distance over 10 days to stay within lockdown guidelines and has raised £1,000 so far.

Image source, Geoff Shenton

A children's cancer doctor has smashed his head shave fundraising target.

Geoff Shenton, a haematology consultant at the Great North Children's Hospital in Newcastle, had initially hoped to raise £260 for charity.

But after his wife Lucia Pareja-Cebrian took the shears to his purple locks - dyed to match the ink on his medical charts - he has raised £4,400.

Dr Shenton said he also wanted to stress the ward was "still open" amid a drop in the number of new patients.

"I've been blown away by the response," said Dr Shenton, who has been at the hospital since 2014.

Emily Ford
BBC News

A father and son from Winchester have started a musical project to collect people's messages of hope online.

Arsalan Usmani came up with the "HopeCast" as a way to get his nine-year-old son Ibraheem to be more creative during the coronavirus lockdown.

The pair have been asking people to send in voice recordings, which they give a musical soundtrack and upload to the internet.

They say their mission is to "spread hope not the virus".

Have you been taking creative snaps of your time in lockdown? If so, you're being asked to share them for a competition.

Arts group Creative We Are, based in the West Midlands, said it wanted to create a "lasting memory of challenging times".

The best pictures will be displayed at The Birmingham Contemporary Art Gallery and included in an online display.

There will also be a video compilation of the photos, featuring music from UB40.

Image source, Jay Mason Burns

Patrick Clahane
BBC News

Artist Rob Arnold is spending lockdown sifting plastic from 40 sacks of litter from his local beach.

Two van loads were collected from Tregantle beach in Cornwall before lockdown movement restrictions were brought in.

He has removed items including 50 million plastic beads, 200 car tyre dust caps and 300 Lego flippers.

Mr Arnold is using the material he's sifted to make artwork to raise awareness of environmental issues.

Zookeepers are finding a new way to keep their spirits up amid the coronavirus lockdown.

While visitors are told to stay away from zoos, staff are continuing to muck out and feed the animals they care for.

Image source, Dudley Zoo

However, there is now a new item on their to-do list - dancing. And it's no funky chicken.

The contest to show off their moves is part of a trending TikTok challenge that involves dancing to Blinding Lights by The Weeknd.

Rob England
BBC News

Many people's holidays and other travel plans have been cancelled or postponed amid worldwide lockdown restrictions.

Laura, a senior paramedic for the North West Ambulance Service, has had to put her hen party in Benidorm on hold.

But her colleagues decided to "bring the party to her" and marked the occasion in (alcohol-free) style at work.

When the government announced stay-at-home measures to tackle coronavirus, many of us - understandably - were worried about how our own lives might be affected.

Would we get sick? Would our jobs be OK? Would we have enough toilet paper?

Journalist and filmmaker Stacey Dooley spoke to some of the people who have stepped up to give back - separate from the official NHS volunteer scheme and app - to find out what motivated them to put themselves in harm's way.

Click here to read more about volunteers Serena, Jonathan, Richard, Charlotte and Hannah.

Prime Minister Boris Johnson said to avoid the "disaster" of a second peak the UK must keep the R rate below one.

But what is the R number and why does it matter?

BBC health correspondent Laura Foster explains what governments are aiming for and why it matters.

Charlie Jones
BBC News

Image source, Kaitlyn Taylor

A father of two who survived coronavirus, pneumonia, sepsis, heart failure and a double stroke is to be the subject of a research study.

Omar Taylor, 31, spent six weeks fighting the illness at Colchester General Hospital.

His wife Kaitlyn, who is training to be a nurse at the hospital, was told to prepare for the worst.

But he was well enough to be discharged last Sunday, which his wife described as "truly a miracle".

"Before he left the hospital, a research doctor asked for his consent to conduct a study of Omar's case from start to finish so they can gain knowledge about what happened to him for future treatment protocols for other patients," Mrs Taylor said.

Image source, Stef Scott

Some families say they have been enjoying life in lockdown because it's giving them the chance to spend more time together.

Stef Scott said her two children - Lewis, 10, and Alex, seven - were flourishing because she and husband Stephen, 42, were at home rather than in the office.

The 43-year-old content marketing manager from Edinburgh said: "It's been great because the children have loved all the one-on-one time with us.

"Normally we are scrabbling about, but now we have much more time together."

Read more about some of the families looking on the bright side of lockdown.

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