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Coronavirus
Thursday
11 June 2020
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Watchdog also confirms 25,000 hospital patients were sent to care homes before testing became routine -
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Millions spent on signage will have been wasted as shops and councils prepare for lockdown easing
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Safari parks and zoos had been facing closure amid Covid-19 crisis until government lifeline -
Ministers have announced a targeted relaxation of lockdown rules to alleviate loneliness -
Busier roads to blame, with fears of worse to come as workers shun public transport -
The U-turn on a full reopening in England has fuelled the debate on the rights and wrongs of a return
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Fresh incidents flare up over sculptures in Bristol, Poole and Prague -
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Just 24 out of 128 asked about reforms to address colonial legacy are committed to idea
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PSNI says tests show weapon found in Derry last weekend was used in reporter’s killing -
BBC-owned streaming service takes down episode that also features racial references
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Phone footage of assault on officer in Hackney street has been widely shared -
Call to suspend ‘NRPF’ hostile environment measure that stops some people accessing public funds -
Spotlight
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3 out of 5 stars.
Hillary Clinton swerves the big questions
3 out of 5 stars.Made with the full involvement of both Clinton and those around her, Nanette Burstein’s four-part docuseries about the divisive politician is an exercise in controlled blandness
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The singer played ticketed livestreams from an (almost) empty church to brighten up lockdown. We took up a lonely pew to see if it could match the real thing
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What are implications of Harry Potter author’s detailed essay expressing views on transgender law reform?
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2 out of 5 stars.
Artemis Fowl Judi Dench gruffs it out amid rogue fairies
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UK Black Lives Matter protests have been taking place across the country. They have not just been about solidarity with the US or racism in Britain today, but also about the need to address Britain’s past and the impact of that legacy
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Benjamin Netanyahu’s threat will end hopes of a two-state system, says former Guardian Middle East editor Ian Black -
Editorial: Government in Britain relies on a critical mass of serious secretaries of state. The current crop is worryingly lightweight -
Donald Trump said he would ‘not even consider’ renaming US military bases that are named after Confederate military leaders, even though the Pentagon has indicated it is open to the idea
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The Irish government has contacted the UAE over the involvement of Daniel Kinahan in a proposed title fight between Tyson Fury and Anthony Joshua -
Low BAME representation has been highlighted by the campaign group the Black Collective of Media in Sport
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Minute-by-minute report: Two second-half goals earned Sevilla victory over their city rivals -
Justin Rose hit a superb 63 as golf returned after three months at the Charles Schwab Challenge which started with a moment of silence in honour of George Floyd
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Move marks nail in coffin for widely derided shake-up of probation sector in 2014 -
Particularly sharp rise among women aged 30-34, but fewer teenagers are having procedure -
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Three campaigners accuse US firm of disrupting their access to platform to placate China -
Biden says biggest fear is that Trump will ‘try to steal the election’ with Democratic challenger leading president in opinion polls -
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With concert halls and opera houses closed, organisations and musicians across the world are livestreaming concerts and opening up their digital archives -
Michelle Alexander and Ijeoma Oluo among those on list, marking first time top 10 entries are primarily titles on race issues
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2 out of 5 stars.
Gulabo Sitabo Mildewed mansion drama bustles and crumbles
2 out of 5 stars.
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As some countries in Europe restart tourism, we round up lockdown-easing measures and restrictions country-by-country. Information will be updated as the situation changes -
Such monthly direct debits could be the first to go, with coronavirus changing people’s fitness habits
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Our Iranian Lockdown
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Our Iranian Lockdown: How coronavirus changed one couple’s life in TehranOur Iranian Lockdown How coronavirus changed one couple’s life in Tehran
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We would like to hear from those who will be going back to work in retail shops that have been closed during lockdown
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Whether you ordered the wrong item or it it wasn’t quite what you expected, we’d like to hear from you
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If this experience has given you a chance to take stock and make some resolutions for the future, we want to hear from you -
We want to hear from students who are hoping to start a career in an industry affected directly by coronavirus
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Coronavirus deaths and infections are dropping, but experts fear lockdown is being eased too soon -
How Eskgreen care home, a council-run facility in Musselburgh, near Edinburgh, responded to the Covid-19 pandemic -
Reactions to the announcement by eccentric millionaire Forrest Fenn that his hoard had been found range from surprise to delight and dismay
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How Eskgreen care home, a council-run facility in Musselburgh, near Edinburgh, responded to the Covid-19 pandemic
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The Guardian’s picture editors select photo highlights from around the world
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Russian-born photographer Maria Quigley grew up in Britain. For this project she returned to her grandmother’s small flat in St Petersburg to explore themes of memory, isolation and female identity across three generations of her family -
The Guardian Print Shop is offering readers the chance to buy an exclusive print, created for the paper by Turner prize-winning artist Lubaina Himid as the cover of a special issue on racism in the UK, that ran in the G2 section. Proceeds will go to the ROOT-ed Zine, a quarterly magazine that aims to inspire, promote and support creatives of colour from, or based, in the north-west -
Hurling and Irish dancing are part of County Wexford’s cultural tradition. Photographer Luis Alberto Rodriguez got physical with the locals -
As coronavirus patients across the UK are discharged, photojournalist Jonny Weeks meets some of those lucky enough to have been reunited with their loved ones
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