Here are five things you need to know about the coronavirus outbreak this Monday evening. We’ll have another update for you on Tuesday morning.
1. Scotland set to make face coverings compulsory in secondary schools
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2. Appeal to save Bletchley Park once more
Computing academic Sue Black has saved Bletchley Park once before in 2009, when the huts where Alan Turing and colleagues cracked the Enigma code during World War Two were falling down. Now she is calling for the tech industry to come to the rescue once more. The museum faces a loss of £2m and is preparing to lay off a third of its workforce due to the pandemic. Dr Black wants to ensure “it never has to worry about telling such an important story to generations to come”.
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3. ‘We can’t win,’ say police
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4. Bailiffs resume work – quietly
From today, local authorities are able to resume using bailiffs to pursue unpaid bills such as council tax and parking fines. They will be chasing debts incurred before the pandemic, but new rules mean they are being told not to shout at people, because of the risk of spreading coronavirus through droplets. Charities supporting indebted people say there’s a risk of a “surge” in enforcement, just as the government’s support schemes come to an end. But the Civil Enforcement Association, which represents bailiffs, say they need to recover funding for essential council services.
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5. Tesco creates 16,000 permanent jobs for lockdown temps
Supermarkets are among the few businesses to have boomed during the pandemic, with many seeing a spike in demand from online shoppers. Now Tesco says it is creating 16,000 new jobs as a result of the surge in deliveries, including 10,000 staff to pick customer orders from shelves and 3,000 drivers. The company said it expected most of the roles to be taken by staff who started as temporary workers during lockdown.
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And don’t forget…
…if your child’s school has not already started, here’s what you need to know about the return to the classroom, how the school day will change and what happens if there is an outbreak.


Find out how the pandemic has affected your area and how it compares with the national average.


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