Queen elizabeth has made a televised address marking the seventy fifth anniversary of the end of the Second World War in europe. In a recorded message, she said the message of ve day was never give up, never despair. The United States has recorded its worst unemployment figures in generations as the economic damage inflicted by the coronavirus pandemic continues to mount. In april, thejobless rate surged to 14. 7 . The uk government is deciding whether to ease some lockdown measures next week. Some of the nations within the uk have already announced relaxations in wales people will be allowed to exercise outside more than once a day. Rallies and memorial runs have been taking place in the us to mark the killing of ahmaud arbery, an unarmed black man who was gunned down while out for a run. Authorities in georgia have charged two white men with murder. Hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. With me are rachel cunliffe, comment and featur
Back to square one. And dental practices in england have been told they can be open from monday but only if they put appropriate Safety Measures in place. Alex runs a small basement bar. Its just him and one other member of staff doing bottles of cocktails online. Its other three workers are furloughed and hes now worried about what the chancellor is about to serve up. The scheme has been incredibly welcome as a lifeline to the sector. With revenues still next to zero and a growing sense bases like this might not be able to open again this year, any changes in that could be cataclysmic. If the 80 is reduced, businesses like mine would either run out of cash very quickly or be forced to lay off furloughed staff. The scheme was launched in april and currently pays 80 of workers wages up to a maximum of £2500 per worker. Originally, it was set to run until the end ofjune. Figures this week show that 8. 4 million workers are now covered by the scheme. The total cost could be £80 billion