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The coronavirus outbreak is “very likely” to lead to a rise in divorce rates because couples are being kept in self-isolation together, a leading divorce lawyer has said.
Criminal trials which are due to last longer than three days will be put on hold due to the spread of coronavirus.
Government-backed loans worth £330bn and a three-month mortgage holiday have been announced by the chancellor as part of “unprecedented” measures to help businesses and families.
A “wonderfully kind” father-of-two who was fighting motor neurone disease (MND) has become the youngest person to die after testing positive for coronavirus in the UK.
A further 14 people have died after being diagnosed with coronavirus in England, bringing the UK’s total to 71.
Boris Johnson has told Britons to avoid pubs, clubs, restaurants and theatres and to only make essential journeys in the “national fightback” against coronavirus.
The government ramped up measures against the coronavirus epidemic following new predictions that the UK could otherwise have seen 250,000 deaths.
A total of 55 people in the UK have now died after testing positive for the coronavirus, Health Secretary Matt Hancock has said.
Idris Elba has confirmed he has tested positive for coronavirus.