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The figures were published by the Office for National Statistics in its latest poll on the impact of coronavirus.
It came as thousands of jobs were put at risk as John Lewis and Burger King announced store closures.
Senior Conservative Julian Knight called for action from the Government.
Oliver Dowden also faced questions on the £1.57 billion support package for struggling cultural, arts and heritage institutions.
Footage has emerged on social media, appearing to show a man being restrained by three police officers.
The John Lewis Partnership said the cuts are aimed at securing the business’s long-term future and responding to customers’ needs.
The figure is more than double the number in May 2019 (576,237) and the highest number for any calendar month since December 2007.
The actor is suing the tabloid’s publisher News Group Newspapers over an April 2018 article which labelled him a ‘wife beater’.
The Duchess of Sussex’s friends spoke anonymously to People magazine in the US to defend her over ‘bullying behaviour’ by the British tabloid press.
The four-strong group of Russian ships included the submarine-hunting destroyer Vice Admiral Kulakov.
The latest update to the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species also shows threats to lemurs and other African primates.
The controversial facial recognition software uses images lifted from the internet – including social media – and has been used in law enforcement.
A lack of job security, rising workloads, and poor communication from managers are blamed by many for the stresses they are facing, says a jobs site.
The largest rises were in the police force areas of Kent, the Metropolitan Police and West Midlands.
Bishop of Salisbury Nicholas Holtam climbed on to the roof of the south cloister to see the 93 new solar panels.
But despite the measures announced on Wednesday, the Chancellor said not everyone who has been furloughed would return to work.
Badreddin Abadlla Adam was shot dead by police after six people were injured in the attack in Glasgow.
The Government wants to make the UK emissions neutral by the middle of the century.
She reportedly went missing with her four-year-old son.
Reactions to the Chancellor’s rescue package ranged from hailing it as a “budget of hope” to deeming it “chicken feed”.
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