COVID-19 pandemic

Research for Shelter also reveals 550,000 adults have taken on debt to pay rent – and the eviction ban will soon be lifted.
Change of heart follows a weekend of golf and after two Yankees players knelt during the national anthem at a stadium in Washington.
The rise of single-use plastics to tackle the coronavirus is understandable, but as face masks become mandatory the decision over which type to have is becoming more important. Single use plastic is winding up in our oceans, but the pandemic is also allowing companies and governments to cover reversing on decisions and action that will help reduce our plastic waste.
It cannot be possible for future announcements about reward to set them aside, Vic Rayner writes.
BA said a downturn in travel during the pandemic meant the company would probably never fly the "queen of the skies" again.
Pharma giant AstraZeneca says it's "too early to comment on pricing post-pandemic".
The ONS said almost 75,000 jobs were lost in June alone.
"Nobody should be at risk of catching Covid-19 on the street," charities say as new figures reveal tragic toll.
Government believes figure is due to shift from NHS and care homes to community cases.
Leading economic think-tank says recession triggered by coronavirus is the "deepest in history".