University College London has revealed that one in four people say they have had no exercise or even gentle physical activity in the past day.
The first wave of results from the university’s study on adults’ psychological and social experiences during coronavirus lockdown also revealed that concerns about getting food and for friends and family rank highly for most people, above getting ill with the virus.

A new response on mental health has been launched to complement work already happening at a local level in Greater Manchester.

The Welsh Government is launching a coronavirus childcare assistance scheme to support Wales’ critical workers.
Councils will be able to use funding from the Welsh Government’s Childcare Offer to support registered childcare providers to care for pre-school-aged children of critical workers. Children who are considered vulnerable will also be included in the scheme.
The changes will cover the next three months and provide care for children under five.

The government has announced that the free school voucher scheme will be extended in England over the two-week Easter holiday.
When it was first announced, ministers said qualifying families could claim shopping vouchers of £15 a week per child, but only in term time. However, now Michael Gove has confirmed that the vouchers would continue to be paid over the Easter holidays.

Local pharmacies do not have the capacity to deliver vital medicines to hundreds of ‘at risk’ people in rural areas.

Hundreds of thousands of NHS Volunteer Responders will be able to report for duty and start helping the NHS in its fight against coronavirus.

Sir Keir Starmer has vowed to lead Labour ‘into a new era with confidence and hope’ after being named leader of the party in a ballot.
Comprehensively gaining more votes than both Lisa Nandy and Rebecca Long-Bailey in a ballot of party members and other supporters, the former lawyer, said he has spoken to Prime Minister Boris Johnson and agreed to meet to discuss the coronavirus crisis.

All but a few councils are still managing providing collection services for domestic residual waste as normal.

Libraries have seen an increase in newly registered users of more than 600 per cent since lockdown measures were introduced.