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The prime minister has announced an extra £400m to help children in England catch up on lost learning caused by the coronavirus pandemic, which will include asking secondary schools to run classes in the summer holidays.
The white actor behind the voice of The Simpsons character Dr Hibbert has been replaced by a black performer.
French dance duo Daft Punk have split up, after 28 years of making electronic music together.
Barack Obama has teamed up with an unlikely partner for a new podcast series on Spotify.
Woody Allen has called a documentary about claims he molested his adopted daughter Dylan Farrow a “hatchet job” and a “shoddy hit piece”.
The majority of summer festivals are unlikely to go ahead without more certainty from the government, despite the new lockdown-easing roadmap, a representative for the sector has told Sky News.
Alex Salmond may not now appear before a Holyrood committee tomorrow after some of his evidence in a dispute with the devolved administration and the SNP was redacted from the parliament’s website, his lawyer has said.
Nearly 18 million people have now had their first dose of a coronavirus vaccine in the UK, while another 548 deaths have been reported.
Prime Minister Boris Johnson is “very optimistic” that he will be able to remove all coronavirus restrictions in England by 21 June under his four-stage plan for lifting lockdown.
The majority of summer festivals are unlikely to go ahead without more certainty from the government, despite the new lockdown-easing roadmap, a representative for the sector has told Sky News.
