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UK considers giving drivers up to £6,000 in new car scrappage scheme – Telegraph – Lockdown News

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UK considers giving drivers up to £6,000 in new car scrappage scheme – Telegraph: British Prime Minister Boris Johnson is considering giving drivers up to £6,000 to swap their diesel and petrol cars for electric vehicles, under plans to relaunch the economy, The Telegraph reported …
Source: “Coronavirus Lockdown” – BingNews.

S.Africans reluctant to return to places of worship despite lockdown easing: White plastic chairs are sprayed down with sanitiser and a smartly dressed cleaner says a prayer while dusting before a first service in her church in more than nine weeks.
Source: “Coronavirus Lockdown” – BingNews.

Dentists will start appointments again this week but only a THIRD will see patients face-to-face: Only one third of dentists will offer face-to-face appointments this week, despite practices being allowed to reopen from today. Nine in ten say they lack the necessary PPE to offer routine procedures …
Source: “Coronavirus Lockdown” – BingNews.

AFTER COVID-19 group on Facebook: Amidst all the panic over the COVID-19 Novel Coronavirus Pandemic we need to also plan for what happens AFTERWARDS. This group is a platform to share some positive suggestions about what we personally, as business, community leaders and politicians can do to ensure a better life for all ONCE this pandemic has ended. Post your suggestions and advice freely and with a better, faster recovery in mind.
Source: AFTER COVID-19

Will coffee one day supplant tea as Britain’s hot beverage of choice?: I had a small hit of life going back to normal. One of the local independent coffee shops reopened – serving coffees and home-baked cookies out of a makeshift window hatch.
Source: “Coronavirus Lockdown” – BingNews.

Your coronavirus lockdown confessions: Image caption “Literally everyone on the conference call would have been able to see” A few weeks ago, we asked for your lockdown confessions. It turns out some of you have a lot …
Source: “Coronavirus Lockdown” – BingNews.

Coronavirus: Places of worship to reopen for private prayer: Places of worship will be allowed to open for private individual prayer under government plans to be announced next week. These are not expected to include weddings of any size, or full services – …
Source: “Coronavirus Lockdown” – BingNews.

Coronavirus wrap: Matchday protocols emerge while Djokovic casts US Open doubts: More details have emerged of matchday protocols ahead of a proposed Premier League return, but world number one Novak Djokovic has cast further doubt on tennis’ US Open going ahead later in the summer …
Source: “Coronavirus Lockdown” – BingNews.

Manufacturers start to emerge from coronavirus lockdown, report suggests: Manufacturing output across the UK increased last month from its record low as firms started to emerge from the coronavirus lockdown, new research suggests.
Source: “Coronavirus Lockdown” – BingNews.

More than 700 families send tributes from afar to honour D-Day heroes: More than 700 families stuck under coronavirus lockdown will receive help laying tributes at the graves of fallen war heroes in France to mark the anniversary of D-Day.
Source: “Coronavirus Lockdown” – BingNews.

CLICK HERE to join the AFTER COVID-19 group on Facebook and tell us what you have planned for AFTER the Coronavirus Lockdown.

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