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Premier League clubs remain committed to finishing the 2019/20 season, but this will only be possible if 8-10 neutral venues are used to play the fixtures. The 'Project Restart' document was top of the agenda in the latest conference call on Friday, which all 20 clubs attended. June 12 was discussed as a potential return date but clubs will wait for the government to determine what happens next. A PL statement read: "At a meeting of Shareholders today, clubs discussed possible steps towards planning to resume the season when it is safe to do so.

The prime minister's fiancee Carrie Symonds and others in the UK has paid tribute to our "NHS heroes" during the weekly Clap for our Carers event. Britons across the country came out of their homes to applaud NHS workers for the sixth weekly Clap for our Carers event. Families have been expressing their gratitude to all health and care workers every Thursday at 8pm.

More than 9,000 fines have been issued in England and Wales for breaching coronavirus lockdown restrictions. Almost 400 of those fined are repeat offenders and one individual was fined six times, according to data from the National Police Chiefs' Council (NPCC). In England, there were 8,877 fixed penalty notices issued between 27 March and 27 April, while in Wales there were 299. Police have been given powers to hand out a £60 penalty, reduced to £30 if paid within two weeks, for breaches of the lockdown rules. The fine is doubled for each repeat offence up to a £960 maximum.

The appeal by NHS fundraiser Captain Tom Moore topped £32m as he celebrated his 100th birthday. The war veteran, who raised the money by walking laps of his garden, has also been made an honorary colonel. The occasion was also marked with an RAF flypast and birthday greetings from the Queen and prime minister. With celebrations underway, Capt Tom said everyone who donated was "magnificent" as the fund reached £30m on Thursday morning. Head of the Army, General Sir Mark Carleton-Smith, called Capt Tom "an inspirational role model". Capt Tom said it was "extraordinary" to be turning 100, especially with "this many well-wishers".

British Airways is set to cut up to 12,000 jobs from its workforce due to a fall in business demand due to COVID19. The airline's parent company said it needed to impose a "restructuring and redundancy programme" until the demand for air travel returns to 2019 levels. In a statement, IAG, British Airways parent company said: "The proposals remain subject to consultation, but it is likely that they will affect most of British Airways' employees and may result in the redundancy of up to 12,000 of them."

A minute's silence has been held across the UK to commemorate the key workers who have died with coronavirus. Prime Minister Boris Johnson, who returned to work on Monday, joined the tribute at 11:00 BST. Intisar Chowdhury, the son of a doctor who died, told BBC Radio 4's Today programme he wanted ministers "to accept their mistakes and let their mistakes become improvement rather than just ignore them and completely move on". Intisar's father, Dr Abdul Mabud Chowdhury, 53, who died earlier this month, had warned Prime Minister Boris Johnson about a lack of PPE five days before being hospitalised. Health Secretary Matt Hancock was also asked by Mr Chowdhury to apologise on LBC, and said "listening to the voices on the front line is a very, very important part of how we improve".