Review of 2m rule due in weeks, shops reopening and England star makes free school meals plea Five coronavirus updates you need to know this evening ⬇️
after organisers said they could not find a way to go ahead in September while complying with social distancing. More than 55,000 runners were due to take part in the 40th annual half-marathon from Newcastle to South Shields.
Brendan Foster, the race's founder, said the cancellation was"devastating" and it would have been Britain's largest mass-participation event.Get a longer coronavirus briefing from the BBC in your inbox, each weekday morning, by signing up here....it's now compulsory in England to wear a face covering on public transport and in hospitals - and recommended in the rest of the UK.
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