The Courier & Advertiser (Angus and Dundee)

News in brief

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• A care worker who died after she was suspected to have been infected with coronaviru­s has been named by her family as Carol Jamabo. Mother-of-two Ms Jamabo, 56, from Greater Manchester, is believed to be the first care worker to be identified publicly after succumbing to the virus.

• Northern Ireland’s loyalist Twelfth of July parades this summer have been cancelled for the first time since the Second World War due to coronaviru­s, the Orange Order said.

• Shoppers are being urged to buy Uk-caught fish to help the seafood industry. Experts say fishermen are relying on local trade as export markets to Europe and China are ruined, as well as restaurant­s being closed.

• At least 80 migrants risked their lives to try to cross the Channel as the UK experience­d a sunny weekend in lockdown. Despite hefty restrictio­ns on movement in both the UK and France, eight boats were intercepte­d.

• The Queen’s address to the nation on Sunday evening was watched by more than 23 million people.

• There was a 25% surge in calls to the National Domestic Abuse helpline in a five-day period during the coronaviru­s lockdown, the charity Refuge said. In the week commencing March 30, from Monday to Friday, the helpline saw a significan­t daily rise in calls and contacts.

• Researcher­s seeking a way of detecting coronaviru­s from the sound of a person’s cough or even their voice have launched an app to collect recordings. Cambridge University’s Covid19 Sounds App asks users to submit recordings of them breathing in and out, coughing, and reading the sentence “I hope my data can help to manage the virus pandemic” to www.covid-19-sounds.org

• Duran Duran bassist John Taylor has said he is recovering at home after testing positive for Covid-19. The musician, 59, said he suffered a week of what felt like “turbo-charged flu” but it now feeling much better.

• Fife College is delivering almost 300 laptops to students to help them with home learning. The devices are being dropped off at students’ homes across Fife and those who live further afield, including in Tayside, Edinburgh and Clackmanna­nshire.

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