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By Victoria King

 
 

Rashford's next mission?

 
 
Coronavirus latest

Marcus Rashford says he wants to do more to help those in need after forcing a U-turn from the government over free school meals. Thanks to the Manchester United and England player's campaign, a scheme to provide food vouchers to about 1.3 million children in England will continue during the summer holidays. The 20-year-old said people were struggling all year round and he would take time now to "figure out what's next". BBC political editor Laura Kuenssberg asks whether an about-face like this does a government harm.

 

Meanwhile, research suggests more than 100,000 unpaid carers in the UK have had to rely on food banks during the pandemic. "Invisible" carers say staying at home with those shielding has left them lonely and isolated - charity Carers UK is warning they're at "breaking point". Read the latest advice on shielding here.

 

Councils in England, who provide much of the support for the vulnerable, are warning they could also see "large-scale reductions" to services. Care costs are climbing and usual income streams falling due to the virus.

 

In other news, the president of the Royal College of Surgeons says NHS staff must be routinely tested for coronavirus up to twice a week as the health service tries to get back to normal. And read more about the drug dexamethasone being hailed as a major breakthrough in treatment.

 
 
 

Around the world

 
 

Millions of people in Beijing are living under renewed restrictions, as a spike in virus infections continues to grow. The Chinese capital had gone 57 days without a locally-transmitted case, but has now recorded 137 in the past week. Schools have been closed and travel significantly curtailed.  There are also fears of a second wave in Iran. We look closely.

 

Brazil reported almost 35,000 new cases on Tuesday - its highest daily figure yet. Nevertheless, one of the country's top officials insisted the situation was under control.

 

Over in New Zealand, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has said two new cases recorded in the country were "an unacceptable failure of the system". Procedures weren't properly followed - a blow for a country which had such pride in its handling of the disease.

 

Follow the latest via our live page, including the news that a "disinfection tunnel" has been set up to protect Russian President Vladimir Putin. And elsewhere, BBC Gujarati's Roxy Gadgekar describes how his own family was devastated by coronavirus.

 
 
 

Football and fun

 
 

After a 100-day absence, the Premier League returns later. A minute's silence to remember those who have died with coronavirus will be held before the first matches. Here's everything you need to know, plus read the thoughts of our chief football writer, Phil McNulty.

 

Elsewhere, theme parks, museums and leisure centres are working out how they can reopen safely. Our arts correspondent tries riding a roller coaster in a face mask and visits a Covid-safe art gallery. But as the High Street tries to tempt shoppers to return, see why loos could be a significant barrier .

 
 
 

Other top stories

 
 
   

US police Trump signs executive order on "best practice" for officers

 
   

Future of cash Locations chosen for trials to help solve UK's problems with access

 
   

Deadly clash India and China blame each other for violence

 
   

Inside Out Stars urge BBC to save regional current affairs show

 
 
 
 

What's it like to start a new job remotely?

 

It was the online treasure hunt that really made Annelies Harte, 49, feel that she belonged. She is a leisure club manager at a retirement village that has just opened in south London. She’s one of a newly formed team of 22 people. They had to meet, bond and get everything ready remotely, because of lockdown. There was a PowerPoint presentation containing riddles, which gave clues about obscure household objects, which you then had to find: things like garlic crushers, shoe horns and egg cups. 

 
 
 
 
 
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Dougal Shaw

Business reporter, BBC News

 
 
 
 
 

What the papers say

 
 
Paper review

Rashford 1, Johnson 0 is the headline on several front pages. The Guardian says the prime minister was forced into an "embarrassing about-face". The Daily Mirror thinks that story, and the return of the Premier League, will lift the spirits of the nation. Others lead with the news that commonly-used drug dexamethasone will help in the fight against coronavirus. The Daily Mail says it's the "first virus treatment anywhere to be proven to save life". The Financial Times reports that Chancellor Rishi Sunak is preparing to break the Conservative manifesto commitment to protect state pensions because the pandemic has made it unaffordable. Elsewhere, the Sun welcomes the merger of the Department for International Development and the Foreign Office, arguing aid money will now be spent "where it counts". "Good riddance to the department for blank cheques" agrees the Daily Telegraph, but it's worth noting three former prime ministers, including David Cameron, have criticised the move.

 
 
 

One thing not to miss

How our brains are processing the pandemic
 
 
 
 

Listen up

 
 

The Make a Difference podcast brings more positive stories of people helping others through the pandemic. And in Law in Action, Joshua Rozenberg asks the Lord Chief Justice whether new ways of working can deliver justice during this time of crisis.

 
 
 

Need something different?

 
 

As TV audiences are gripped by BBC drama The Salisbury Poisonings - the story of the Skripal case - meet the Chechen blogger who says Russian security services tried to kill him in a hammer attack. Learn why drill music is being used to teach philosophy. And finally, see an Australian architectural first - two buildings being stitched together to create a single, green address.

 
 
 

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