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6 July 2020
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Schools in the Borders and Shetland will be the first to reopen after the coronavirus lockdown.
With uncertainty over replacement grades, universities are told to wait for the outcome of appeals.
The US president returned minutes later, saying that the US Secret Service shot an armed suspect.
His convicted rapist teacher argued that the 13-year-old had groomed him - not the other way round.
A plastic surgeon is offering free surgery to people like Romy, who was driving near the port when the blast hit.
The Treasury has set aside £500m to cover the cost of the scheme for restaurants, bars and cafes.
Sales grew again in July, but some retailers are 'hanging by a thread', the industry body says.
Riot police again fire rubber bullets to quash protests, as the first fatality is confirmed.
Organisations promoting the idea that sexuality can be changed argue their practices are ethical but Boris Johnson wants to ban the practice.
Andrea Leadsom MP has asked the home secretary to consider the idea as a "way to achieve closure".
In an apparent show of solidarity for the paper queues to bulk buy copies began forming at 0230.
Scott Tracey used the scene from Downfall to portray scenes from company wage negotiations.
The company's share price has soared, helping to boost the personal wealth of its chief executive.
Many of Tuesday's papers lead on news of a more localised plan for the NHS test and trace scheme.
Designer Anne Sophie Cochevelou decorates her face coverings with anything from Barbies to Pokemon toys.
Authorities have implemented a number of safety measures to keep visitors safe this summer.
Volunteers have delivered hygiene packs to women and girls to help overcome barriers during lockdown.
Julie Morris explains what it is like to be job hunting in your late fifties during coronavirus.
A 10 mile tunnel under the Chilterns will be dug but campaigners say it is "decimating countryside".
The Queen guitarist says his home and studio were protected from a wildfire thanks to firefighters.
A dive instructor has recorded his ‘special moment’ with a humpback whale.
Toshiba has sold its remaining shares in its former personal computing division.
People are turning to artificial office noise to help them while working from home during lockdown.
Starting with the epicentre, we follow how the blast ripped through the city, bringing life to a halt.
Dating during lockdown is hard enough in 2020, but how do you deal with it when cancer is in the mix too?
A former national security adviser is on the short list to become the Democratic vice-presidential nominee.
After the Beirut disaster, concerns are being raised about stockpiles of ammonium nitrate in other countries.
The government's furlough scheme has stopped unemployment surging, but that may be changing.
The country's election has put Belarus back into the headlines but what do you know about the country?
The Boy Who Danced on Air is cancelled after its TV debut provokes a backlash among Afghans.
A new way to produce tiny speakers promises more robust headphones with high quality sound.
European spacecraft track in fine detail the thinning that's occurred at the continent's edge.
Education Secretary John Swinney will set out his plans to address concerns about results - but what can be done?
Covid-19 has changed the world - are we winning or is the virus still taking hold, and when will it end?
Why has the number of self-employed people started to fall?
For China's global community, the app provides a vital means of staying in touch with home.
A fifth of elite British sportswomen believe they may have to give up their sport because of coronavirus - here are some dilemmas they face.
A Bruno Fernandes extra-time penalty sees Manchester United into the Europa League semi-finals with victory over FC Copenhagen.
Ronnie O'Sullivan and Judd Trump face battles to stay in the World Championship after falling behind in their quarter-final matches.
Kostas Tsimikas says he has moved to "the biggest club in the world" as Liverpool sign the left-back from Olympiakos.
Olympic medallist Nile Wilson criticises a "culture of abuse" in British gymnastics, saying athletes are "treated like pieces of meat".
Schools are set to go back for the autumn term, but scientists say society may have to make trade-offs.
Thousands of venues are taking part in a discounting scheme to help boost the hospitality industry.
Exams in the UK were cancelled this year, but how are students learning their results?
Belgium, Bahamas and Andorra are the latest places from where people must quarantine on arriving in the UK.
Almost 10 million people have accessed the scheme, which closes in October.
Key charts and maps explaining how the respiratory virus has spread around the world.
What are second waves and how big a problem are they?
A new continuous cough and fever are also symptom,s but how do you know what to look for?
The government has announced changes to stamp duty to help cut costs for anyone buying a home.
Children seem to be at low risk from the disease, but can they still spread it?
New rules mean people entering the UK from certain countries will not have to quarantine.
What are European countries doing to control new coronavirus outbreaks?
Key graphics explaining how coronavirus has spread in the UK and the government's response.
Immunity is the crucial question and understanding it will tell us how the pandemic will end.
Hot weather is expected across the UK this weekend, but how do you stay within the rules?
Where can I go and what can do on a holiday in the UK?
Preston has become the latest place to impose restrictions. But how does a local lockdown work?
Social distancing and lockdown rules are changing in England - but what can you now do?
As quarantine rules are relaxed, holidays are back on the agenda
Temperatures are forecast to top 30C in some parts of the UK this weekend. Perhaps it is not the time you want to be partially covering your face.
As lockdown restrictions are eased further, people across the UK can now set up support bubbles.
The aim is to help people who've been cut off from friends and family.
Those inside a support bubble count as one household and do not have to socially distance from one another.
A bubble is defined as a group of people with whom you have close physical contact. The idea was first introduced in New Zealand.
Single adults living alone - or single parents whose children are under 18 - can now form a support bubble with one other household.
The second household can be of any size and can now include people who are shielding.
The independent advisory group Sage has been asked to examine if, when and how people might safely be allowed to expand their bubbles.
Support bubbles must be "exclusive". Once in one, you can't switch and start another with a different household.
People in each bubble can stay in each other's homes and do not have to socially distance. They count as one household, which means that in England a further household is now allowed to stay overnight with them.
Anyone in the bubble contacted as part of England's test and trace programme must stay at home. If they develop coronavirus symptoms, everyone in the bubble must self-isolate.
The original Gloucester Candlestick vanished around the time of a fire and is in a museum.
About 1,000 people took part in a virtual challenge for Ben Brown, raising more than £31,500.
The pictures from the 1950s to the 1980s have been shared online by the photographer's son.
Mark Taylor, who groomed girls online, was described by police as "every parent's nightmare".
PC Matthew Rollason was on duty at Cheltenham Festival when he stole money from a handed-in wallet.
The victim was found with a leg injury in Gloucester on Sunday afternoon.
Exams in the UK were cancelled this year, but how are students learning their results?
How health bosses decide whether a town should go back into lockdown if Covid-19 cases rise.
Preston has become the latest place to impose restrictions. But how does a local lockdown work?
How will social and work life be different after the easing of more restrictions?
Key graphics explaining how coronavirus has spread in the UK and the government's response.
Forest Green Rovers sign midfielder Elliott Whitehouse on a two-year deal after his departure from Grimsby Town.
All results are possible at Bristol with Gloucestershire 197-6, a lead of 160 over Warwickshire, at stumps on day three.
Northampton sign defender Joseph Mills on a two-year deal after he turns down a new deal with Forest Green Rovers.
Plans for a salary cap in League One and League Two are "unlawful and unenforceable" says the Professional Footballers Association.
Every Premiership game played behind closed doors will be shown live on television when the season resumes.
1. A radical idea to boost the economy. The only real growth as we recover from this epidemic is going to come from the gig and hustle economy. Lots of high-earning self-employed professionals could be a lot more effective if they took on an assistant. But they don’t because it immediately traps them in the whole nightmare of employment law and tax and pension regulations. It would be easy to exempt the first employees from all those rules. Likewise, how about a £5,000 tax-free hustle allowance that allows people a side gig they don’t have to pay tax on? Both would create jobs. Editor
2. Covid-19 sees a surge in early retirement. The number of people retiring before the age of 65 rose by more than 55,000 as the UK went into lockdown, official data reveals, suggesting that Covid-19 may be driving an increase in early retirement. The Office for National Statistics (ONS) said that in the March to May period of this year, the number of under-65s describing themselves as “retired” was 55,311 up on November 2019 to January 2020. MoneyWeek
3. Building your resilience muscle. Resilience is a muscle. The more you fall, the easier it is to get back up. Your recovery and bounce back period decrease every time. But what does resilience look like in the workplace, particularly during crisis times? It’s being open and transparent, sharing the vulnerabilities and acknowledging how challenging a time it is. Encouraging professionals to focus on the one action they can take no matter how they feel or how afraid they are will help them bounce back from adversity. We cover leadership and resilience in the next lesson of 10/10, our government supported leadership development and mentoring programme. [READ MORE]
4. Brits in no rush to return to work. It’s taking British workers longer to return to their normal workplace than their counterparts in continental Europe, according to Morgan Stanley research. Working from home continues to be widespread in the UK, where only 52% of employees have headed back to their place of work. This compares to 85% of workers in France, 76% in Germany, 75% in Spain and 74% in Italy. The survey, conducted in mid-July, also found that 82% of workers in the five countries would like to keep working remotely, but only 17% would want to do so five days a week. The Telegraph
5. Something cool to take the heat out of your finances. Emma is a free app is “described as ‘your best financial friend’…designed to help you avoid overdrafts, cancel wasteful subscriptions, track debt and save money”. You can use Emma to set budgets and track all of your accounts, including investments and pensions, in one place. The app has “the ability to find and cancel any wasteful subscriptions you may have signed up to but forgotten about”. The Emma app is registered with the FCA and uses “state-of-the-art security measures, so you can rest assured your data is safe”. Money Management
6. Redundancy advice requests soar. As the government starts to wind down its Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme for furloughed workers, thousands of companies and employees are seeking redundancy advice. Conciliation service Acas said calls to its redundancy advice line almost tripled in the past two months as the coronavirus crisis continues to impact UK businesses. Acas suggests redundancies should be used as a last resort and recommends employers look for alternatives instead, such as: recruitment freezes; limits on overtime; more flexible working to cut down on office costs; moving employees into other roles. The Times
7. Is the pandemic workday longer? The pandemic lockdown workday is, on average, 48.5 minutes longer than usual, according to a National Bureau of Economic Research working paper. It also has about 13% more meetings and 1.4 more daily emails, according to the research, which looked at 3.1 million people in 16 big metropolitan areas in North America, Europe and the Middle East. VPN data has also pointed to odd work hours, Bloomberg reports, attributing the changes to blurred boundaries between work and home and childcare demands. MSN
8. What to do after you mess up at work. Mistakes at work happen. Even though it can be tempting to avoid responsibility, the best thing to do is to own up honestly and fix the issue for the following reasons: [1] The longer you wait to admit the error or solve the problem, the more damage is done. [2] Not revealing the screw up will count as another mistake you made. [3] You build trust among colleagues and bosses, who know you will always update them about any bad situation before it's too late. Editor
9. The bottom line. The price of a seat aboard Virgin Galactic’s space plane VSS Unity, the interiors of which were unveiled in a series of virtual simulations last week, has been set at $250,000. Around 600 customers have paid deposits, although no date has yet been set for take-off. MoneyWeek
Organisations promoting the idea that sexuality can be changed argue their practices are ethical but Boris Johnson wants to ban the practice.
PC Gaz Phillips who nearly died just days before PC Andrew Harper is supporting his widow's campaign for tougher sentences.
Beach lifeguards say they have seen a rise in antisocial behaviour as lockdown restrictions ease.
Julie Morris explains what it is like to be job hunting in your late fifties during coronavirus.
Keith Mason and Riona Kelly have been posting about her recovery and it's become a lockdown hit.
A campaign to support businesses run by black people has had an "extraordinary effect" on sales.
Teenager Octavia Sanger is releasing her first documentary on an international streaming service.
The BBC's Simon Jones encounters a boat full of migrants who have succeeded in reaching UK waters.
A new project encourages adults to communicate more with their kids and focus less on their devices.
Aerial footage from the area shows the scale of the fire.
The BBC followed Tashan Daniel's best friend Leon Haque as he attended the gruelling murder trial.
Patrick Hutchinson was photographed carrying a counter-protester to safety at a London anti-racism rally in June.
Ravi Saini, 10, says the people who rescued him after he was swept out to sea are his "heroes".
Asked how they had performed calling the bingo numbers, one resident could not hide her displeasure.
Susannah, 37, marks the end of chemotherapy and lockdown by going to a "shielding" day at a tearoom.
Natasha Lambert is preparing to sail across the Atlantic in a specially-adapted boat.
British Vogue's Edward Enninful says it was a "no-brainer" that the September issue would be about activism.
New cycle lanes impede wheelchair users from hailing taxis with ease in London, one campaigner says.
Several police cars were rammed they tried to stop the man who had burgled properties in Wiltshire.
Hannah Lou Reid wipes away the names she was called at school throughout her music video.
A mother says her daughter nearly choked on the face mask.
Ben runs in the Peak District to boost his mental health after a suicide attempt two years ago.
Homes are evacuated as at least 10 containers catch fire at an industrial site.
The BBC follows the journey of an A&E doctor who recently recovered from Covid-19.
The BBC's Stacey Dooley meets mothers, babies and midwives at Bradford Royal Infirmary.
British scientist James Lovelock says population growth means something like the virus is "almost inevitable".