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Boys have fallen further behind girls at reading regularly and enjoying it during the UK lockdown, a study suggests.
The gender gap in the numbers of children who say they take pleasure in reading and who read daily appears to have widened, prompting fears that boys could be at risk of losing out as a result of the coronavirus pandemic.
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