Lockdown rules are changing across the UK. But who is responsible for making sure people follow them? Rules or guidelines? Police have the biggest responsibility for enforcing coronavirus laws – the rules that everyone must follow. These differ across the UK’s four nations. Read more on the BBC website: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/explainers-52106843
The health minister has apologised to hundreds of women, and their children and families, failed by healthcare professionals after expressing concerns about medical treatments. Read more on the BBC website: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-53348569
No 10 has rejected calls for Boris Johnson to apologise after he said “too many care homes didn’t really follow procedures” over coronavirus. Labour called the PM’s comments “crass” and said government advice to care homes had been “conflicting”. Read more on the BBC website:
Kelly Smith was diagnosed with bowel cancer more than three years ago. Thousands of cancer patients had their treatment halted or delayed as coronavirus spread in the UK, and she was one of them. Read more on the BBC website: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/health-53310007/they-paused-my-chemo-because-of-covid
Home schooling is causing stress in millions of homes across the UK. BBC newsreader Kate Silverton, who is also a trainee child psychotherapist and a mother-of-two, has like most parents found lockdown a very challenging time. After speaking to other parents about their own stresses and fears, she warns about the damage the pandemic could […]
Things may look a little different this weekend, if you’re venturing out beyond the living room after months of lockdown. An easing of coronavirus restrictions means cinemas, bars and restaurants can reopen on Saturday, 4 July. Read more on the BBC website: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-53192066
There has been a significant rise during lockdown in the UK in the number of LGBT people seeking suicide-prevention support. Support group LGBT Hero reports 11,000 people have accessed its suicide-prevention web pages – up over 44% on the first three months of the year. Read more on the BBC website: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-53223765
The government has published its safety plans for the return to school in September – built on the principle of keeping classes or whole year groups apart in separate “bubbles”. Read more on the BBC website: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-53253722
Seaneen Molloy’s panic attacks stopped when the coronavirus pandemic started. But as restrictions begin to ease, the writer and charity worker from Northern Ireland describes how her anxiety has returned. Read more on the BBC website: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/disability-53092833
Denise Welch is worried about our collective mental health. “Mental health services are going to be on their knees,” says the actress and Loose Women star, amid the uncertainty of the coronavirus pandemic. “We’re talking about a possible second wave – it’s going to include mental health, and undiagnosed mental illnesses of other kinds.” Read […]
