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Image copyright PA Media Image caption The chancellor will present the plans to Parliament on Wednesday Chancellor Rishi Sunak will announce a £2bn “kickstart scheme” on Wednesday to create more jobs for young people. The fund will subsidise six-month work placements for people on Universal Credit aged between 16 and …

Media playback is unsupported on your device Media captionPM: “Too many care homes didn’t follow procedures” Boris Johnson has been criticised for saying “too many care homes didn’t really follow the procedures” during the coronavirus outbreak. The PM was responding to the head of NHS England’s call for reform in …

Image copyright AFP Hundreds of thousands of homeowners will receive vouchers of up to £5,000 for energy-saving home improvements, the chancellor will announce. Rishi Sunak is due to set out a £2bn grant scheme in England for projects such as insulation as part of a wider £3bn plan to cut …

Image copyright Amber Millar Chambers Image caption Amber Millar Chambers says being on the payroll at the Troxy would have meant she could be furloughed Before lockdown, Amber Millar Chambers worked at two bar jobs to support her university studies. One furloughed her, the other didn’t. She is among an …

Image copyright Claire Cross Image caption Claire Cross has donated the masks to make the deaf feel “safe and included” A woman has sewn more than 100 protective masks that enable lip-reading to help deaf people feel “safe and included”. Claire Cross, 45 and from Devon, said the masks – …

Image copyright Dan Williams Image caption Dan Williams now tries to book taxis an hour in advance because of the problems he has experienced Dan Williams says he and his guide dog Zodiac have been refused rides by taxi drivers more than 100 times. The 28-year-old businessman from Cardiff, who …

Image caption Sarah Bruton has invested in a temperature check gun and plastic screens to keep customers safe Plans to reopen hairdressers without the wider beauty industry in Wales have been described as “ridiculous” by some in the business. The Welsh Government intends to allow hairdressers to restart a “very …

Image copyright Getty Images Image caption NHS workers want scientists involved in planning for a post-coronavirus Wales Poor air quality and climate change pose a bigger threat to people’s health and the economy than coronavirus, NHS staff have warned. BBC Wales has seen a letter – sent on behalf of …

Media playback is unsupported on your device Media captionThe Duchess of Cornwall says the “worst bit” of lockdown has been not seeing her family The Duchess of Cornwall says she “can’t wait to hug her grandchildren” after only seeing them on internet calls and at a social distance since the …

Image caption Kerem Koseoglu was 2,500 miles away from his daughter Ayla when lockdown was imposed A Turkish man has had an emotional reunion with his Scottish wife and severely disabled daughter more than three months after they were separated by the lockdown. Kerem Koseoglu was in Turkey when travel …