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Some 37,000 employees will be affected by the closures but will be provided with full pay for 14 days, the company has confirmed.

The PM urged people to behave responsibly as crowds flocked to parks, beaches and beauty spots across the country.

The German Chancellor will have regular tests and work from home.

The BCC warned many sole traders were seeing their livelihoods ‘vanish in the blink of an eye’.

NHS workers have appealed to the Prime Minister to provide them with adequate protective equipment to deal with the coronavirus crisis.

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The force is asking special constables to volunteer for additional hours – and for their employers to give them paid leave to do so.

The Government has also advised those in the high-risk category to avoid face-to-face contact for 12 weeks.

Italy has now had 4,825 deaths, more than all of China, where the virus first emerged late last year.