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This will never not be funny It's a great recovery tbf.

UK providing £84m of funding towards a new vaccine. UK has 170 deaths. Despite being lowest figure since March, has to be taken in to account that weekends usually have lower numbers. But having said that, as anyone who follows Professor Karol Sikora on Twitter would know, it's important to look at trends for specific days over the last few weeks which gives a clearer picture. Spain has has under 100 deaths which is a big milestone when you think how bad their outbreak was in that country. USA has 1394 deaths in past 24 hours.

Arsenal to look in to Lacazette taking 'laughing gas' https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/52699466

The umpteenth contradiction by a politician during their shambolic handling of this crisis and it'll just shamefully get thrown under the carpet and escape people's minds that any of them ever happened. And if it doesn't escape their minds, you'll just get the excuse of 'they're in an unprecedented situation, don't be so harsh on them'. Fuck off. They're the ones in charge and making all the calls therefore they are equally in a position to be held accountable for it and be highlighted as to how they're handling it. You can bet your house and all your life's possessions that if it was a Labour government making these calls they wouldn't be so sympathetic...

Precisely this. I get the feeling they don't properly 'care' as such and are willing to let people take risks like pack public transport, so that Sky News can provide footage of buses emptying scores of people to further the government's agenda and support their notion that it will be the public that are at fault...

I think other channels cover it as well mate.

The Undertaker interview with BBC following the release of The Last Ride... That match with Shawn Michaels he mentions, from 2010, is one of my favourites ever.

Italy looking to open up their internal regional borders and also national borders from 3rd June. Shops and restaurants, with social distancing, due to open from 18th May...

Yeah heard about that. And that they've done away with the rakes for bunkers and stuff like that.

Were there a lot of other people there or pretty empty @Lucas? Looks beautiful. Certainly made the most of the weather!

I had shingles as well a few years back. Still got the scars on my back from it. It wasn't so much the pain (I got used to it) it was what it did to your body and made it so awkward to sleep. I worry for when I'll get it again as apparently once you've had it, the risk of getting it again is higher than normal. Just lies dormant inside you. I think I got mine due to exposure to high temperatures (was in Morocco when I got it). Isn't the theory still that kids can get it but not show symptoms. I think with chicken pox it's certified known that it can be cured/recovered from/treated. A deliberate controlled infection and building immunity is one of the theories Boris discussed (that clip on This Morning about taking it on the chin) and is herd immunity isn't it? The risk with kids is that they could be asymptomatic - so while it may be 'safe' for them to catch it, what about when they go home and give it to older members of their families? I think some children have already died from COVID19 anyway? We're talking very, very low percentages but yeah I can't see it ever happening. I think we'll have a vaccine before it even gets considered anyway.

I find that hard to believe. PHE and Cambridge know nothing.

They've learnt to shut their windows...

@Bluebird Hewitt this true?

66 and for a non-Liverpool fan I'm not that disappointed! Missed some obvious ones from the 80s. Guessed a few random surnames. Been watching some of the Big Match Revisited on BT Sport recently and that helped though

Thought Peru was the best at everything especially during Covid-19 ? Also, thought you were Canadian now ?

Ravel Morrison levels or nah?

I don't think there's shock that it happens now and has happened before. I think it's 'shock' that it continues to happen and is peddled by people in some form of power that should know better.

Feel sorry for the key-workers that still do have to get to work using public transport (as they have for last 7-8 weeks anyway) and now can't because of poor advice and if the trains/bus services are shut down.

Just seen this too.

Nearly lost it in a Teams meeting today at work. Too many people talking over each other and this one woman just fancied talking whenever she felt like it, even though other people were talking. Think I swore under my breath and my boss heard it

Agreed. After Corbyn's 'leadership' it is refreshing to see someone act professionally and have such an approach and attitude to taking the government to task. Some might see it as an easy win/easy option given how the current government are performing, but at least we now have someone credible and someone ready to do that role. What I like the most is that Keir won't go in all guns blazing. He'll pick at certain things when the time is right and play the long game, almost. Clearly calling out the government for their lies and confusion and mixed messages is a good start.

How do they get to work if they can't go on public transport It was bound to happen. Both the crowding of transport and also the news hounding on them.

What's this bit mean? If they've lived in this country for a short time, yet working full-time and eligible for their 80% a week, why is that a slant on them? There's bound to be thousands in a similar situation as you that have sadly lost out. Agree about the tax bit. That'll be on us for years. But anyone expecting any different with all of this furloughing/impending recession is naive and more fool them to be honest.