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Boris Johnson is expected to announce a further relaxation to lockdown rules today, which include the reopening of cinemas, galleries, and museums from 4 July.

Doug Gurr, the current boss of Amazon’s UK and Ireland operations, has been appointed as the new director of the Natural History Museum.

The prime minister is expected to announce whether the hospitality sector can reopen from 4 July in parliament tomorrow. A relaxation to the 2-metre distancing rule will also be discussed.

The estate of Tom Petty has issued a formal cease and desist letter to the campaign of US president Donald Trump following the use of his song I Won’t Back Down on 20 June at a rally in Tulsa.

Nicholas Hytner had never produced or directed television before lockdown. He confesses as much himself: “I’m the last person you’d come to in normal times to make seven hours of television.” Yet in the midst of a pandemic, the rules are bound to change ever so slightly.

The latest development in one of the greatest financial mysteries of our time, the Wirecard scandal, is an announcement that the missing money simply may not exist.

Nick Flynn really ought to have tied his shoelaces. His visit to the Fitzwilliam museum would have been markedly different if he had, allowing him to leave with a few postcards instead of causing half a million pounds worth of damage. Then again, some of us learn lessons the hard way.

Following a review of the Labour party’s 2019 election defeat, it has been revealed that a new leader and the end of Brexit as a key election issue will not be enough for the party to win back power.

Dutch detectives believe they have “proof of life” of a Van Gogh painting stolen during lockdown.

In this week's Leaders Council long read, Ross Hindle discusses Google Drive, Dropbox and just why people are scared of the cloud.

Prior to lockdown the most complex element of a trip to Ikea was building the furniture at the other end. Now, with new social distancing measures in place, the reopening of 22 stores across England is more complex than building a Havsta ever was.

Far from being over dramatic, the future of theatres, according to Dominic Cavendish, is bleak. Indeed, in his piece for The Telegraph, Cavendish pulls no punches in his consideration of the situation: “here it is: the feared Doomsday scenario is starting to play out before our eyes.”

Following record amounts of borrowing in May, the UK’s debt is now larger than the economy.

Andy Hunter is the booksellers answer to Midas. Everything he touches turns to gold. At the beginning of the year, Hunter noticed untapped ground – there was no independent platform to retail books from. If one were to exist and could capture the minds and loosen the purse strings of even a handful of Amazon’s customer base, the profits would be considerable indeed.