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A ban on tenancy evictions was announced in March as households across the country faced economic uncertainty at the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic. Following a three month extension in June, that ban is set to be lifted on August 23 which homeless charity Shelter says threatens 230,000 renters with a ‘Covid eviction’. Here we speak with Shelter chief executive Polly Neate about what tenants should do if they have fallen behind with their rent. We also hear from Jeanny Priebe, a single mum facing eviction after being furloughed at the start of the pandemic.
Doctors, teachers and police officers are among frontline workers amid the Covid-19 pandemic who will see extra money in their pay packet.
Despite the announcement that the UK has secured coronavirus British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said he could not promise there would be a successful vaccine against COVID-19 developed by the end of this year, saying "we're not there yet".
According to one researcher, we had everything – except leadership.
No shirt signing, no proms, no GCSEs. Covid-19 put an abrupt end to school in March, meaning a generation of 16-year-olds missed out.
Pharma giant AstraZeneca says it's "too early to comment on pricing post-pandemic".
Dr Matthew Jones took photos of colleagues treating critically ill patients at a hospital in Middlesbrough during the coronavirus pandemic.
This group of over 100 students spent lockdown volunteering everywhere they could, bringing care packages to frontline workers, as well as support with research and childcare.
The coronavirus pandemic started a banana bread and sourdough frenzy. But why bread and not other baked goods?
Time to give pandemic prevention the same status as defence spending.