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Pete Cooper
BBC News

Police said that items including personal protective equipment (PPE) have been taken from cars parked during the day at beauty spots around Peterborough.

The force said the five incidents, which included thefts of handbags and wallets, happened last week in Kings Dyke, Crown Lakes, Wansford, Castor and Thorpe Meadows.

Amanda Large from the force said: "The warm weather and easing of lockdown measures has seen more people making the most of the county’s beauty spots

"While we are doing all we can to catch those responsible for these crimes, I am urging members of the public to help us make it harder for thieves by not leaving valuables in their vehicles."

Pete Cooper
BBC News

Essex County Council said it will be re-opening 16 of its libraries on 6 July.

The authority said the sites were selected as they also provide registration services, which will also be available to the public.

The plan is in line with other counties and government guidelines, the council said.

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Councillor Susan Barker said "the safety of customers and staff is paramount".

She said more libraries would reopen "when we are confident we can do so safely".

The 16 libraries are: Basildon, Billericay, Braintree, Brentwood, Chelmsford, Clacton, Colchester, Dunmow, Epping, Harlow, Harwich, Maldon, Rayleigh, Rochford, South Benfleet and Witham.

Basildon Library is in the Basildon Centre and its reopening was conditional on the Centre's owners reopening their building.

BBC Sport

Premiership rugby union clubs including Northampton Saints, external have been told they can resume training on a non-contact, socially-distanced basis.

The top-flight season has been paused since 16 March because of coronavirus, but it is hoped the campaign can still be played to a conclusion.

All levels below the Premiership, including the Championship, which features Bedford Blues, have seen their seasons cancelled.

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"The clubs will need to satisfy a number of requirements to start stage one as we continue the huge amount of work being undertaken to enable a safe return to training," said Professional Game Board chairman Chris Booy.

Stage one training is non-contact and must be done in small groups, with each person at least two metres apart.

Car parks at Peterborough's Ferry Meadows country park will close if visitors do not follow social distancing rules.

The warning comes after recent good weather encouraged high visitor numbers.

The car parks were closed on 30 May, but as of Monday are being "gradually" reopened again.

Norwich City's players have been continuing their return to training after approval was given for the Premier League to proceed amid the coronavirus pandemic.

When the top flight season resumes later this month, bottom-of-the-table Norwich will attempt to make up a six-point gap to safety, with nine games to play.

Exact details of the new fixture schedule and kick-off times are not known, but all games will be played behind closed doors.

Local Democracy Reporting Service

The number of deaths in Cambridgeshire care homes involving a confirmed or suspected case of Covid-19 has risen by 14 to 121.

According to the figures collated by the Care Quality Commission (CQC) and published by the Office for National Statistics, there were 12 such fatalities recorded the week before and 17 the week before that.

The longer-term data shows that the latest week of available data 23-29 May - is the first rise in the number of weekly deaths folllowing three weeks where the rate fell.

The CQC uses a different criteria of recording a death involving Covid-19 to other data provided by the ONS. The CQC includes deaths where the care home provider has stated Covid-19 as a suspected or confirmed cause of death on the death notification.

The ONS Covid-19 deaths registered data, including care homes, includes deaths where Covid-19 has been mentioned on the death certificate.

As a consequence, the data and subsequent death figures vary.

Pete Cooper
BBC News

Image source, Peter Offord/Historic England/PA Media

Historic England have selected 200 images that best reflect the nation's lockdown.

More than 3,000 pictures were submitted by the public during a week-long appeal, with the final selection being added to the Historic England archive, external.

Ten contemporary artists have also entered pictures into the archive as well as choosing favourites from the public submissions.

Historic England said the call-out was the first time the public had been asked to capture photographs for the archive since World War Two.

It includes this picture taken by Peter Offord of the Little Free Library on the Hill in Norwich, which washes and distributes vinyl gloves.

A council leader says the animal "had been killed by thoughtless littering visitors".

• Cambridge News, external report that a father and cafe owner has been "trapped" overseas for four months after the government refused to help him come back home
• The Peterborough Telegraph, external writes that almost a third of the city's workforce are classified as key workers
• And the Wisbech Standard, external reports that a health care worker, head teacher and bin man are "lockdown heroes" and nominated for recognition following random acts of kindness

Pete Cooper
BBC News

With another nice day people have flocked to the beach at Southend-on-Sea.

But from these pictures it appears the public are following social distancing guidelines.

Image source, PA Media

Image source, PA Media

While at Hadleigh Castle in Essex the wide open spaces mean keeping two metres apart is a bit easier.

Image source, PA Media

Pete Cooper
BBC News

Jockey Frankie Dettori has said that his mother, who is over 70, in Italy has had to be "very careful" with the coronavirus outbreak in the country.

Italy imposed a strict and lengthy lockdown on 7 March - initially in the north, then nationwide.

With 33,000 deaths, it has suffered the third highest number of fatalities by country - behind the US and UK.

Dettori, who lives near Newmarket in Suffolk, said his mother, father and sister were in Milan, where he was born and "fingers crossed they have been very lucky".

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Dettori said his family are "following the guidelines, staying in their staying in their home".

In early May, some restrictions in Italy were were relaxed and people are now able to travel for longer distances, as well as visit their relatives in small numbers.

Travel between regions and to and from the country will be allowed from 3 June.

He said: "I know it's frustrating for everyone, but Italy seems to be coming out of it at the moment.

"I think we are just two weeks behind them so hopefully, very soon, we will be able to lead a normal life and we will get the crowds back to the sport."

• The Essex Chronicle features, external the county's biggest employers, including Ford and Anglia Ruskin, on the "challenging" impacts of coronavirus
• The public has been told not to visit Colchester's recycling centre "until further notice unless absolutely necessary",reports the Daily Gazette, external
• The Echo says, external that Southend Council has posted a notice banning public parking from tomorrow on streets around a McDonald's which is due to reopen tomorrow amid fears of long queues forming

Pete Cooper
BBC News

Anglian Water said its water parks in the east of England would reopen to the public from today.

The water company runs Pitsford Water, Ravensthorpe Reservoir and Hollowell in Northamptonshire, Grafham Water in Cambridgeshire, Alton Water in Suffolk, Taverham Mill in Norfolk and Rutland Water.

Anglian Water, external said there would be "a number of changes on site with some facilities still closed".

It also said visitors should park in its car parks and "not in local villages".

The water parks were closed ahead of the government lockdown in March.

Image source, Stour and Orwell Society

Formula 1 has announced details of its revised 2020 calendar - with Silverstone Circuit confirmed to host back-to-back races.

The Northamptonshire circuit, which usually welcomes over 100,000 spectators on an F1 race weekend, will hold the events behind closed doors in accordance with coronavirus restrictions.

It comes as the government is expected to announce that people involved in elite sports events will be exempt from a requirement on international travellers to self-isolate for 14 days.

• The numbers of people flocking to Norfolk's waterways has triggered a warning from the Broads Authority about observing social distancing and worrying local people reports the Eastern Daily Press, external
• The Norwich Evening News writes, external that a teacher spent her half-term cycling 1,000 miles around Norfolk to raise money for three charities after plans to compete in an Iron Man race this summer were scuppered
• The head teacher said day one of his schools' reopening to more pupils had gone well and one child said it was "the best day ever" according to the Great Yarmouth Mercury, external

He spent four of his weeks in critical care strapped to a ventilator but now he is walking again.

The parkrun regulars said plotting routes to create animal shapes had encouraged them to keep running.

• The Northampton Chronicle and Echo, external writes that local people have concerns about the easing of government coronavirus measures
• Meanwhile, the Northamptonshire Telegraph, external reports that a Covid-19 drug trial, using patients from the county, has been halted over health worries

Andrew Sinclair
BBC Look East political correspondent

One of the region's MPs who is currently shielding said he will not be going to Parliament after all today for a vote on its future.

Robert Halfon, Conservative MP for Harlow in Essex, was considering driving to Westminster to take part in the debate on the new voting arrangements and then immediately returning home.

MPs will vote tonight on how the House of Commons will work from now on, but they'll have to be there in person to do it.

But he says after talking to his doctor he will stay in his constituency during the ongoing pandemic and called the situation "very frustrating".

Mr Halfon was born with mild cerebral palsy. He has since developed osteoarthritis and walks using crutches.

His fellow Conservative, Leader of the House Jacob Rees-Mogg, has scrapped the temporary electronic voting system which has allowed MPs not to have to attend Parliament in person.

Mr Rees-Mogg has previously said the hybrid system of having some MPs in the chamber and others video-conferencing had cut the time available for debating legislation by around two thirds, and prevented "proper scrutiny" of the government.

"We will not be returning to the crowded, bustling chamber of old," he said, adding MPs would be returning to a "safe working environment".