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It is a momentous day for families across England as care homes reopen, allowing residents to entertain visitors for the first time in months. Sky News reporters have met up with two families for whom the enforced separation of the COVID-19 pandemic has felt like, as one of them described, "a prison sentence". Live COVID updates from the UK and around the world Linda Gawley and her father, Jim By Ivor Bennett, news reporter Advertisement Linda Gawley's knuckles turned white because she was gripping her father Jim's hand so hard. Even with her mask on, an irrepressible smile shone through. More from Covid-19 COVID-19: Boris Johnson hails 'emotional' return of schools - but repeats warning on target dates for easing lockdown COVID-19: UK reports under 100 new coronavirus deaths for second day running Rangers title: 28 people arrested after thousands of fans flout lockdown to celebrate win COVID-19: Union … [Read more...] about COVID-19: Families kept apart by pandemic meet as care homes allow visitors again

PRESIDENT Joe Biden will give his first primetime address on Thursday. The speech will mark one year since Covid shut down much of the nation as the pandemic took a devastating foothold in America. "The president will deliver his first primetime address to commemorate the one-year anniversary of the Covid-19 shutdown on Thursday," White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki said at a press briefing on Monday. "He will discuss the many sacrifices the American people have made over the last year and the grave loss communities and families across the country have suffered," she added. This will be Biden's first primetime address since he took office on January 20, 2021. More than 29.7million cases of Covid have been confirmed in the US. Over 515,000 Americans have died from the virus. The address is to come just days after the Senate passed another $1.9trillion Covid relief package – meant to ease the burden of some of the financial hardship Americans have faced … [Read more...] about Biden to give his first primetime address on Thursday – marking one year since Covid shut down much of the nation

TO MARK International Women’s Day, we asked readers how the pandemic has impacted you – and the results make for sobering reading. It’s been a year like no other. While the pandemic has been tough for everyone, multiple studies suggest that women have been disproportionately impacted by it, both at home and at work. Globally, women are 1.8 times more likely to have lost their jobs in the last year, while the Women And Equalities Committee has warned that the government risks turning back the clock on gender equality unless it takes proactive steps to support women through the pandemic. So this International Women’s Day , a year since coronavirus swept the country , we spoke to almost 3,000 readers to find out how the toughest year on record has really impacted them. The results make clear that the pandemic has hit women’s mental and physical health hard. One In Ten readers lost their job during the pandemic Nearly half have felt more … [Read more...] about We asked four readers why it has been the toughest year ever for women

Landscapes have always fascinated Gerhard Richter in his work. No other motif appears to have enthralled the artist quite as much throughout his career. Born in Dresden in 1932, he has drawn inspiration for his landscape paintings from magazines or amateur photographs, using broad brush strokes to create mountain views in black and white and views of lakes full of subtle color. Together, these landscapes are all part of a panorama of landscapes that have long come to form a particular group of works in Richter's oeuvre. The Vienna Kunstforum museum now presents a retrospective of Richter's landscapes from October 1 through February 14, 2021. Read more: German artist Gerhard Richter calls early works 'junk' Landscapes as experiments Almost 2,500 years have passed since the panel and fresco painters of Greek antiquity placed plant and animal motifs in front of hinted terrain lines and structured spaces. One might argue that these were early attempts at creating … [Read more...] about Gerhard Richter’s landscape paintings shown at the Kunstforum Vienna

POLICE today revealed dashcam footage could be "absolutely vital" in finding a missing a 33-year-old as they issued a desperate plea for information. Sarah has not been seen since she left a friend's house in Clapham, South West London, on Wednesday at around 9pm. She was due to arrive home in nearby Brixton less than an hour later but hasn't been since since. Police today confirmed they remain "open-minded" over Sarah's disappearance. Detective Chief Inspector Katherine Goodwin, who is leading the investigation, said: "This is definitely a missing person investigation at the moment but I remain open-minded as to all possibilities in the investigation." She said 750 people have now been spoken to by officers as they desperately try to find the missing marketing manager. Police have also trawled through hours of CCTV around Sarah's movements on the night she vanished. DCI Goodwin has now appeared for anyone with footage to come forward - especially anyone … [Read more...] about Sarah Everard missing: Cops say dash cam footage could be ‘absolutely vital’ to find her and dismiss hat found at scene