McGowan brings politics to Westwood show

‘We are ashamed that our city doesn’t care about us’: Key worker tweets photo of Tube STILL packed with passengers as UK enters third week in lockdown while Sadiq Khan faces mounting fury over reduced servicesOnly key workers and those unable to work at home should be commutingBut a reduced service means many Tube carriages…

Homeware chain Ikea is set to reopen 19 stores across England and Northern Ireland with social distancing measures in place.Families will be banned when the outlets open on 1 June, with the company saying it will only allow one adult and one child per household inside at a time. The retailer said wardens will patrol…

Hard times for Durex as condom sales plunge with lockdown ‘limiting the number of intimate occasions’The maker of Durex condoms said less people in the UK and Italy are having sexCEO said that social distancing measures have limited the opportunity for sex Another manufacturer said it will produce 200 million less condoms this month Here’s how to help people…

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Get all the latest news on coronavirus and more delivered daily to your inbox. Sign up here.”Curb Your Enthusiasm” star Larry David offered a pretty, pretty, pretty good public service announcement on Tuesday, urging the “idiots” who aren’t following social distancing guidelines to “watch TV.””Obviously, somebody put me up to this ’cause it’s generally not the…

Football can be the “perfect setup” to spread the coronavirus, so diligent testing and how the nation responds to a second wave of the virus in the fall will help determine what the 2020 NFL season could look like, Dr. Anthony Fauci told NBCSports.com.”The virus will make the decision for us,” said Fauci, the director…

Screenshot: Star Wars Kids (YouTube)Remember when the coronavirus was not all anyone talked about? Remember the days when the topic that dominated conversation was a certain big-eared, wide-eyed little being that sort of resembles Yoda but in an impossibly cute way? I am, of course, referring to The Child, better known in all of our…

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(CNN)Grammy award-winning singer Sam Smith has renamed their new album as they didn’t feel comfortable releasing a record called “To Die For” during the coronavirus pandemic.Appearing on Zoe Ball’s BBC Radio 2 breakfast show Friday morning, the “Stay with Me” hitmaker said they understood the importance of being “sensitive” to fans amid the global crisis.Covid-19…

The US recorded 5.2 million unemployment claims last week, taking the total over the past month to more than 20 million.It is the worst stretch of American job losses on record, with much of the world’s biggest economy at a standstill due to lockdown measures put in place to stop the spread of coronavirus. It…

Frequent testing would be an important part of any scenario the NHL and the NHL Players’ Association consider for resuming the season, which was paused March 12 due to concerns surrounding the coronavirus.NHL Deputy Commissioner Bill Daly discussed that issue and others in two radio interviews Friday.”We’re going to need to have access to testing,…

The measures to support consumers in the UK could come into effect from 9 April. Photograph: Gareth Fuller/PA The financial regulator has announced plans to freeze loan and credit card payments for up to three months as part of emergency measures for consumers impacted by the coronavirus outbreak. The measures, which would usually require a…

The Covid-19 pandemic could force Barclays to set aside £4.5bn to cover bad debts this year, as customers struggle to repay their loans in the coronavirus crisis. The bank made a provision of £2.1bn to cover bad debts in the first quarter, driven by potential losses linked to the pandemic. The extra costs sent profits…

SUPERDRUG has pulled its home coronavirus antibody test kits over fears that it could give false results.  Labs have been told to stop processing the tests, as well as other commercial antibody kits, that tell whether you’ve already been exposed to Covid-19 through a finger-prick blood sampling. ⚠️ Read our coronavirus live blog for the…

Image copyright Getty Images New Look says it is suspending payments to suppliers for existing stock “indefinitely”, telling them in a letter that the stock can be collected by its owners. The retailer is also cancelling orders for its Spring and Summer clothing lines and won’t pay costs towards them.New Look told the BBC it…