The Independent Articles

Passengers are told to wear masks throughout the flight, and must ask permission before using the aircraft toilet

Those from Generation Z took the next worst blow, find surveys of 100,000 people across 50 countries

‘This wanton destruction of a loyal workforce cannot appear to go without sanction,’ said Huw Merriman, chair of the Transport Select Committee

‘There are countries that have lower levels of infection but that may be because they’ve yet to go into this, rather than they’ve come out of it,’ said the transport secretary

Analysis: We can reasonably expect a majority of the lost activity to return in the subsequent months as people go back to work and schools and businesses re-open. What we should be worrying about is the kind of economy we are going to find ourselves in when the acute phase of the crisis is over says Ben Chu

The Independent puts the latest economic figures in historic context

‘There was no consultation and no scientific evidence provided for such a severe policy,’ the airlines say

Britain’s economy shrank in first full month of coronavirus lockdown as shops and factories closed and workers sent home

Reduction could help businesses reopen and allow more children to return to school

Dame Carolyn Fairbairn likens walking away from trade talks to ‘setting fire to the garden shed’ when the house is already in flames