Since the start of the coronavirus lockdown there has been an almost 20 per cent increase in calls to the NSPCC about child abuse.

The City of Edinburgh Council is set to become one of the first authorities to introduce emergency measures to help pedestrians and cyclists.

It has been revealed that record solar outputs have helped the UK to reach longest coal-free period since pre-industrial times.
Coal power plants have been offline since 10 April 2020, and since then the UK has seen more than one terawatt hour of solar power put on the grid in that period. That is enough to boil water for over 25 billion cups of tea or drive 6.7 billion kilometres in a Nissan Leaf.
Bumper generation levels last week delivered more than 11 per cent of UK electricity demand and set both a new daily peak generation record of 9.68GW on 20 April.

Mayor of London Sadiq Khan has unveiled a report showing the improvements to the capital's air quality following the lockdown.
In 2020, before measures to address the coronavirus outbreak were introduced, hourly average levels of harmful gas nitrogen dioxide NO2 at all monitoring sites in central London had already reduced by more than a third (35 per cent) compared to the same period in 2017. Since 16 March 2020 there has been an additional reduction of 27 per cent.

Sadiq Khan has launched a new emergency £2.3m fund to support culture and creative industries at risk due to the impact of the coronavirus.

Children’s rights campaigners say changes to legal protections for children in care have been akin to ‘deregulation on steroids’.

A catch-up premium of £700 for every pupil on free school meals should be given to secondary schools when they reopen.

Individual councils in England have had their funding allocations confirmed following the recent announcement of £1.6 billion in funding.

Anyone in England with coronavirus symptoms who either has to leave home to go to work or is aged 65 and over will now be able to get tested.
The government announcement will mean that people who cannot work from home and those aged 65 and over can know for sure whether they have coronavirus and need to continue isolating. Members of their households with symptoms – a new continuous cough or high temperature - will also be eligible for testing.