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Now, when the world locked down, we got used to empty streets, shuttered restaurants and empty offices. And as the world opens up, its cities may not be what they were before. In the us, big employers are reconsidering their leases on expensive City Centre Offices as employees get used to working from home. Katty kay reports. Downtown washington before the pandemic. Downtown washington during lockdown. Which one of these will the capital of the biggest economy in the world look like after covid . Deborahjordan used to work in the heart of washington. Shes glad to have given up her 45 minute co...

To close down the social media platform twitter after the company for the first time alerted users to fact check some of the president s posts. The links provided by the company said the president s claims were unsubstantiated. In may, twitter announced a new policy on tackling misinformation as social Media Companies try to respond to claims that theyre being used as vehicles for fake news a problem thats worsened during the pandemic. Marianna spring reports. Just like coronavirus, misinformation has spread everywhere. And as it has spread, it has caused harm. People have died from poisonings...

Of people on nhs waiting lists could double to 10 million by the end of january. The nhs confederation, which represents all nhs trusts, is concerned about challenges ahead as hospitals try to restart treatments that have been put on hold. Health correspondent Catherine Burns reports. A Birthday Party in lockdown is never the best, butjock needs an operation because he is deaf. Cochlear implant. What does that mean . It means i hear better. His family were hoping he would have the surgery before he turned five. So his operation was cancelled pretty much the day before surgery, and it wasjust b...

The uk health secretary, matt hancock, says the rollout of the test and trace scheme in england later today is an important milestone and declared it was everyones civic duty to cooperate. He said those whove been in contact with people showing symptoms of covid 19 will be told to self isolate, even if they themselves do not have symptoms. Northern ireland has its own version up and running. Scotland has announced its own system will also start tomorrow and wales system is due to start in earlyjune, as our Health Editor hugh pym reports. Its billed as a new phase in the battle to contain the v...

Track and trace system aimed at halting the spread of coronavirus is working well in england. However, new figures show tracers failed to get in touch with a third resources, i guess, because it is tribal governments of the people they were chasing. That were heres our health editor, hugh pym. Talking about and different tribal governments . If you test positive, nhs test and trace will contact you to trace people you might have infected. Testing and tracing is vital to prevent future coronavirus outbreaks developing. A new system for england was launched two weeks ago. Now we have some detail...