UK coronavirus: recession already happening, says Rishi Sunak, as furlough scheme extended – as it happened
by Andrew Sparrow and Lucy Campbell (now); Simon Murp from Science | The Guardian on (#53BEP)
Guidance published for businesses on how to operate safely; UK coronavirus death toll passes 40,000, official figures say; Reading and Leeds festivals cancelled
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