Summary

  • Latest coronavirus virus in London updates and breaking news

  1. 'I returned my suits and spent £100 on joggers'published at 00:02 British Summer Time 28 April 2020

    Demand for casual clothing is soaring during the lockdown, but is the UK at risk of dressing down too much?

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  2. The 'mystery' of India's low Covid-19 death ratepublished at 00:02 British Summer Time 28 April 2020

    The fatality rate remains among the lowest in the world, prompting both optimism and bafflement.

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  3. UK 'slow' to react to P&O request for financial aidpublished at 00:02 British Summer Time 28 April 2020

    Sultan Ahmed bin Sulayem says the UK government could help save thousands of P&O jobs.

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  4. Missing man 'had a debt to county lines dealers'published at 00:02 British Summer Time 28 April 2020

    Luke Durbin, who disappeared in 2006, was a drug dealer who owed money, a documentary reveals.

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  5. Ferry firm urges government to decide on vital aidpublished at 00:02 British Summer Time 28 April 2020

    P&O's owner says the UK government could help save thousands of job at the firm with financial aid.

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  6. Sunak unveils guaranteed loans for small firmspublished at 22:09 British Summer Time 27 April 2020

    Chancellor Rishi Sunak said the loans up to £50,000 should unblock a backlog of applications.

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  7. Man with terminal cancer marries in hospitalpublished at 21:38 British Summer Time 27 April 2020

    Roy Wilson started exhibiting symptoms of Covid-19, but a test returned a negative result.

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  8. Death-in-service payouts for NHS and social carepublished at 21:04 British Summer Time 27 April 2020

    Payments of £60,000 will be made to families of staff who die from Covid-19.

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  9. London's NHS Nightingale 'treated 51 patients'published at 20:46 British Summer Time 27 April 2020

    The temporary field hospital in the ExCel centre was built to care for up to 4,000 coronavirus patients.

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  10. Bereaved frontline families entitled to £60,000published at 20:40 British Summer Time 27 April 2020

    The payment will go to families of NHS and social care staff if their loved ones die from the virus.

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  11. Where social distancing is impossiblepublished at 20:34 British Summer Time 27 April 2020

    A rare glimpse into El Salvador's notoriously overcrowded prisons as fears grow of virus spreading.

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  12. Scotland to have own NHS death in service benefitpublished at 20:30 British Summer Time 27 April 2020

    The Scottish government is working on its own scheme to compensate the families of NHS workers who die from Covid-19.

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  13. Care home acts as castle against coronaviruspublished at 20:13 British Summer Time 27 April 2020

    A nursing home in Ardglass closed its doors to visitors before Mother’s Day, a fortnight before the official guidance.

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  14. 'When will I be able to hug my grandchildren?'published at 20:02 British Summer Time 27 April 2020

    The first question from the public at the No 10 briefing brings home the "emotional impact" of lockdown.

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  15. Feuds reunited? The rifts behind Nato's big birthdaypublished at 19:44 British Summer Time 27 April 2020

    Leaders of the Nato member states are in London for the alliance's 70th birthday, and things are tense.

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  16. 'Coronavirus IV therapy' clinics face prosecutionpublished at 19:42 British Summer Time 27 April 2020

    Clinics claiming intravenous vitamin drips could help avoid the virus face fines or imprisonment.

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  17. 'Terrible days' after virus patient went into comapublished at 19:41 British Summer Time 27 April 2020

    Hugh Mullally's wife Karen describes the worry she felt when her diabetic husband fell critically ill.

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  18. NHS rejects Apple-Google coronavirus app planpublished at 19:40 British Summer Time 27 April 2020

    The UK's contact-tracing app is set to use a "centralised" system that worries privacy experts.

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  19. On, off, on again... are Trump daily briefings over?published at 19:34 British Summer Time 27 April 2020

    In 35 briefings over 39 days, the US president offered unprecedented access. But perhaps no longer.

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  20. Inside Politics Q&A: Upper Bann Covid-19 responsepublished at 19:16 British Summer Time 27 April 2020

    Mark Devenport asks representatives from the Upper Bann constituency about the response to the pandemic.

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