Government wipes over 5,000 deaths from UK's toll following review

has written an open letter for parents with answers about when children need to be tested for coronavirus. He said that it is common for colds and similar viral infections to circulate in schools after a long break.

The British government has admitted to paying social media influencers and reality TV stars to promote its coronavirus test and trace system as it failed to reach its 80 per cent target for the ninth week in a row.

Federal prosecutors claim three men based in Norway, the UK and the US ran a copyright infringement group called The Sparks Group, with which they pirated movies and TV shows for nine years.According to indictments that were unsealed on Tuesday (August 25), Umar Ahmad, George Bridi, and Jonatan Correa, among others, “successfully reproduced and disseminated hundreds of movies and television shows prior to their retail release date, including nearly every movie released by major production

coronavirus R rate could be above one in every regions, the government says.The 'R value' or 'rate' reflects how infectious a virus is.If it is greater than one, the infection will spread exponentially, but if it is lower than one, it will spread slowly and eventually die out.In order for lockdown restrictions to be lifted in the UK, the R rate needed to be below one - and the aim is to keep it below that.However, latest data reveals that the R number range for England is currently between 0.9

jobs crisis.The former PM said Boris Johnson is "blissfully unaware" of the need to reach out to devolved administrations.

The UK government is facing calls to review its guidance on students wearing face coverings as schools prepare to reopen to all pupils.It comes after the Scottish education secretary said all pupils in Scotland will be required to wear a face covering when moving around schools.From August 31, pupils in Scotland should be wearing masks in areas where physical distancing is not possible, according to the latest government guidance.The latest guidance from the World Health Organisation suggests

announced it would be taking over Gorilla and The Deaf Institute.After the news was announced, Aaron Mellor, founder of Tokyo Industries, said: “These are extremely difficult times for all grassroots music venues around the UK."It's vital venues like Gorilla and The Deaf Institute are kept alive, the cultural fabric of our city centres depends on venues like these."Mr Mellor said he had been working with event promoters SSD Concerts and The Charlatans frontman Tim Burgess on the rescue plans.The

local schools. Despite best intentions, a situation was created where an unacceptable number of our young people felt trapped and that education was not a route out of poverty.The Scottish Government listened to the exemplary campaigning of pupils, their parents and teachers, and are now putting it right.

coronavirus in Scotland, such as the recent outbreak of the virus in Aberdeen.The proposed ban on music in hospitality venues has received criticism over the weekend, with Sneaky Pete’s owner Nick Stewart calling the ruling “misguided” and arguing that a total ban on music will “only drive people to seek music in uncontrolled environments instead, such as house parties”.“A music ban is not safer than having properly controlled background music,” Stewart, who also works for the Music Venue Trust

Get the stories that matter to you sent straight to your inbox with our personalised newsletter.NEIL Gray MP has hit out at the UK Government’s move to end coronavirus financial support following the release of the June claimant figures for his Airdrie & Shotts constituency.The statistics revealed that those claiming unemployment related benefits had risen by 1730 from the start of March, before the Covid-19 lockdown began.Across Airdrie & Shotts, there were 2300 claims for the self-employed

Protesters stormed government buildings in Beirut on Saturday night to vent their anger at the authorities.

NHS heroes deserve to have their pay looked at, say Scottish Labour. The party called for talks ahead of a planned protest by health and social care workers in Glasgow today.