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Pressure to ease lockdown further as release of unemployment data looms

The Government is facing further pressure to cut lockdown restrictions as ministers brace for the latest figures on coronavirus-related job losses.

The latest unemployment data will be published by the Office for National Statistics (ONS) on Tuesday, only hours before the Prime Minister meets with his Cabinet.

With the ONS figures expected to make for grim reading given the economic fallout from Covid-19, Tory grandees have called on Boris Johnson to ease the restrictions currently in place.

It comes after customers turned out in force yesterday as England's high streets reopened after a three-month shutdown, with footfall rising by more than 50 per cent.

Protestors descend on Atlanta following killing of Rayshard Brooks

More than 1,000 people have marched in Atlanta calling for justice for Rayshard Brooks, whose killing is the latest to spark further nationwide outrage at police brutality and racial injustice.

As demonstrators gathered on the Georgia state Capitol, President Donald Trump told reporters the shooting in Atlanta was "a terrible situation" and "very disturbing".

Relatives of 27-year-old Mr Brooks have called for justice and "drastic change" in policing after a white Atlanta officer fatally shot the African-American man in the back.

His death has been declared a homicide.

Madeleine's parents told by letter that their daughter is dead

German police have told the parents of Madeleine McCann their daughter is dead but said they cannot confirm how they know, according to reports.

Hans Christian Wolters, who is leading the investigation into the main suspect in Madeleine's disappearance, reportedly wrote to Gerry and Kate McCann to confirm her death.

Investigators believe Christian Brueckner killed Madeleine soon after abducting her from a holiday apartment in the Portuguese resort of Praia da Luz in May, 2007.

New Zealand's new coronavirus cases travelled from London

New Zealand has confirmed two new Covid-19 cases, ending a 24-day streak of no new infections in the country.

Health officials said this morning that two women from the same family who flew from London to see a dying parent had tested positive.

Before they were tested, the women had been given an exemption to leave quarantine on compassionate grounds and had travelled from Auckland to Wellington by car.

Last week the country lifted all domestic restrictions, declaring that the country was virus-free.

Oscars pushes back next ceremony due to pandemic

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has announced that it is officially going to push back the next Oscars ceremony.

The event will be moved to April 25 from February 28, due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.

Because of the delay, the eligibility window for films is extending to February 28 instead of December 31.

The organisation has not yet said whether or not the show will have the typical red carpet and live audience that viewers have grown to expect.

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