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Guernsey Fire & Rescue Service makes adjustments to increase resilience during the COVID-19 pandemic.

The States of Guernsey has finalised a loan guarantee scheme to enable further financial support for Bailiwick businesses. 

Three local care home residents test positive to COVID 19

Deputy Gavin St Pier has received testing assurances from the UK Prime Minister.

New advice for businesses and workers is released which supersedes all previous guidance given, and supports the key message - STAY AT HOME!

With running costs of £2000 a day to care for 350+ animals and run the animal ambulance the Animal Shelter says it needs financial help.

A new campaign has been set up to 'feed our frontline' workers by donating meals to healthcare professionals and their families.

The Chief Officer of Jersey Police has warned that his team will have no hesitation in using the powers they've been given to make sure people stay at home.

A Jersey-based company has launched a new 'virtual running series' to keep islanders active during the coronavirus lockdown.

There are now 81 cases of Covid-19 in Jersey.  Ten people are currently in hospital with the disease.

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From 8am on Monday, Jersey will be in a 30-day lockdown to reduce the spread of Covid-19.

Islanders will not be charged for using government-run car parks and on-street spaces 'until further notice'.

The number of people who have died in the UK after contracting the coronavirus has hit 1,415, following 180 more deaths.

Police have been accused of overreaching their powers in the wake of new coronavirus legislation, after one force said it was prosecuting people for activities including driving "due to boredom" and "going to the shops" with other members of the same household.

The UK is committing £75m to help Britons stranded abroad by chartering rescue flights when there are no other routes available.

Jack Grealish has apologised and been fined by Aston Villa after breaking government lockdown guidelines amid the coronavirus pandemic.

The British Boxing Board of Control have suspended the licence of Billy Joe Saunders after he released a video which appeared to condone domestic violence.

Joe Root says watching The Test has motivated him to keep plotting how England can "do something special" and regain The Ashes in Australia in 2021-22.

The Japanese car giant Nissan has left British suppliers in the lurch by delaying crucial payments, exacerbating the cashflow strain being felt in the UK's battered automotive sector.

A total of 4,500 high street jobs are hanging by a thread after BrightHouse, the rent-to-own retailer, and restaurant chain Carluccio's filed for administration.

EasyJet has grounded its entire fleet of aircraft due to the coronavirus pandemic.

A comedy club in Liverpool, closed due to the coronavirus pandemic, was raided by police over the weekend after a recorded show it streamed on Facebook was mistaken for a live event.

Dr Alex George has issued a positive message about beating coronavirus, saying morale on the frontline at his hospital is good as they continue to fight the disease.

Coronavirus will be coming to the fictional world of The Archers, months after the pandemic reached the UK.

The UK is committing £75m to help Britons stranded abroad by chartering rescue flights when there are no other routes available.

The prime minister's chief adviser Dominic Cummings is in self-isolation after showing coronavirus symptoms, No 10 has confirmed.

A government minister has defended the UK's coronavirus testing regime following growing calls for the country to hugely expand its programme.

Spain has become the third country to confirm more cases of coronavirus than China - as its number of deaths rose by 812 in a day to reach a total of 7,340.

Weather forecasts could become less accurate as the number of flights across the world continues to decrease due to the coronavirus pandemic.

Moscow is intending to "practically fully control the movement of citizens" to enforce quarantine measures as the Russian capital begins a full lockdown.

The Mercedes F1 team has helped develop a breathing aid to keep coronavirus patients out of intensive care, with a host of other rival teams having pitched in to provide UK hospitals with thousands of extra ventilators.

A spy who led the response to the poisoning of Russian double agent Sergei Skripal in Salisbury has been named as the new head of MI5.

The banking industry has warned of a surge in so-called "smishing" scams as criminals try to exploit the coronavirus pandemic.

A comedy club in Liverpool, closed due to the coronavirus pandemic, was raided by police over the weekend after a recorded show it streamed on Facebook was mistaken for a live event.

A vicar was left red-faced after accidentally setting his arm on fire while recording a virtual sermon.

Lakeside homes in the US have been covered in three feet of ice after two days of gale-force winds.