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Key workers – Morrisons promises £1,000 bonus to frontline staff
New hires, and those off sick or self-isolating will also be eligible for the windfall.
District councils warn about ‘wave of waste’ from lockdown households
Residents are being urged to help local authorities deal with extra waste as they face bin staff shortages.
Data indicates over 3 million key workers earn below living wage
Survey shows 74% shows public overwhelmingly support extra allowance for key workers
Coronavirus UK – Death toll rises to almost 3,000 in biggest daily rise
It is the biggest daily rise in the UK
Thug who spat at police claiming he had the Coronavirus is jailed for a year
Callum Heaton, 23, spat at two cops who had arrested him for being drunk and disorderly in the early hours of Saturday morning (28/3)
New York virus toll doubles in 72 hours as global infections near a million
Close to 940,000 people around the world have contracted the virus, according to a tally from Johns Hopkins University.
Coronavirus UK: Care homes struggling as PPE prices skyrocket
One Surrey provider says prices have risen to ‘laughable’ levels as ‘unethical’ firms seek to cash in.
Britain “must go it alone and gather our own harvest” to avoid food shortages
Agriculture can no longer rely on seasonal migrant labour, we must answer the Churchillian call to arms – logistics expert.
UK media finally wakes up as government’s failing coronavirus strategy is exposed
The nation’s newspapers are calling on the Government to improve Britain’s Covid-19 testing capabilities.