Young people have had to cope with anxiety over schoolwork, on top of limits on their social lives and contact with friends.

One group from a range of organisations in Northern Ireland told Stormont's Education Committee about the pandemic's impact on their mental health.

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Covid-19 is taking a "severe toll" on conservation efforts, with multiple environmental protections being rolled back, according to research.

Conservation efforts have been reduced in more than half of Africa's protected areas and a quarter of those in Asia, the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) says.

And 22 countries are rolling back protection of natural areas. Such areas include pristine forests, wilderness areas and natural habitat that supports endangered species.

IUCN director general Dr Bruno Oberle says the new research revealed "how severe a toll the Covid-19 pandemic has taken on conservation efforts and on communities dedicated to protecting nature".

As we mentioned a few moments ago businesses involved in the aviation industry, including Rolls-Royce, are struggling amid lockdowns and travel bans.

Transport minister Robert Courts is answering MPs' questions in the House of Commons, including addressing support the government is providing to the sector.

He says the government has given approximately £7bn of support over the course of the pandemic to the aviation industry.

The minister adds the government is supporting the sector through the global travel taskforce, and says "it is through getting people travelling sustainably and robustly that we will see brighter days ahead".

Shop owners in a Welsh market town say they have been "treated like children" with a lack of detail about when non-essential retailers can reopen.

Welsh Government ministers will meet later to finalise a lockdown review which could see non-essential retail reopen.

But shop owners in Abergavenny, Monmouthshire, told BBC 5 live they had not been given enough information.

The Welsh Government said it could not provide as much certainty and predictability as it would like.

Lucy Hywel, who owns a gift shop called That's Lovely That and is secretary of the Y Fenni Business Community, says she cannot buy some stock, such as food items, without knowing whether reopening will be allowed.

"We're a year down the line with this pandemic and they should have learned by now how to communicate with people. We're being treated like children in a room and not being given any information.

"We can't make decisions for our own businesses if we're not informed and prepared."

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Aircraft-engine maker Rolls-Royce is reporting a plunge into the red as the collapse in air travel takes its toll.

Boss Warren East says 2020 had been "unprecedented", with the company making a loss of almost £4bn, after a £583m profit the year before.

The company makes most of its money servicing engines, and the Covid-driven fall in airline travel has slashed revenues.

The firm has cut jobs and raised cash from investors to bolster its finances, but expects to burn through another £2bn this year as it restructures its business.

John Hollis didn’t realise he’d been infected with Covid-19. But he later discovered he’s one of the rare people who has “super antibodies”.

The antibodies are so good at killing the virus, he’s practically immune to the disease.

Still, if scientists hope to find others like John, they’ll have to tackle long standing mistrust among the African-American community.

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Labour's deputy leader Angela Rayner says Sir Keir Starmer's approach to handling the pandemic as the leader of the opposition is the right one.

"Keir Starmer made a decision, which I think was the right one, to try and be constructive, and to ensure that we gave constructive opposition that worked in the national interest," she tells BBC Radio 4's Today programme.

She says it was not giving the government "an easy ride" and says: "It's incredibly frustrating, especially when you see the kids not getting the laptops they need, when they're not giving them the food, when billions of pounds have been squandered.

"We've highlighted those things but we've tried to be constructive."

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Cancer patients are much less protected against Covid-19 than other people after one dose of the Pfizer vaccine, the first real-world study in this area suggests.

Researchers at King's College London and Francis Crick Institute warn that a 12-week wait for the second dose could leave them vulnerable.

An early second dose appeared to boost cancer patients' protection.

Cancer charities are calling for the current UK vaccine strategy to be reviewed.

But Cancer Research UK added that the small study had not yet been reviewed by other scientists and people undergoing cancer treatment should continue to follow the advice of their doctors.

The government said it was focused on "saving lives" and the antibody response "was only part of the protection provided by the vaccine".

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The Northern Ireland Executive will meet later to discuss when all children should return to school.

Education Minister Peter Weir wants all pupils in Northern Ireland back in classrooms by 12 April.

In England all children returned to school on 8 March, while in Scotland and Wales the youngest pupils went back on 15 March.

A paper from Mr Weir recommends that all primary pupils who have not yet returned to school (primaries four to seven) should start on 22 March.

Primary school children are due to resume remote learning on that date, with years 12 to 14 back to school.

Weir has said he wants to scrap the plan for pupils in primaries one to three, who returned to class on Monday, to revert to remote learning.

The minister argued that plan did not make "enormous sense" and that those year groups should be allowed to continue with face-to-face learning.

Department of Health advisers previously warned against a full return of schools like in England, instead recommending a phased approach.

As we told you earlier today marks a year since the World Health Organization declared Covid-19 a pandemic.

Covid-19 is continuing to spread around the world, and there have been more than 116 million confirmed cases and 2.5 million deaths across nearly 200 countries.

You can find more on the pandemic in data here.

Actor and singer Ruthie Henshall says she was shocked by the "marked" difference in her mother's condition when she was reunited with her at her care home.

Henshall told BBC Radio 4's Today Programme that her mother's Gloria's Alzheimer's symptoms had worsened during her time in isolation and that she had only been able to see her through a window in October.

She says: "She was walking and talking before the first lockdown then they had four months in their room on their own because Covid swept through the home and within that four months she just couldn't walk, couldn't talk after that...I was very, very shocked. There's a grief you can't even describe when you're able to see your loved one."

She says: "One of the horrendous things you walk around with is feeling like you don't know whether they think they've been abandoned

"I put my arms around her and hugged her and she moaned in a way that she was in ecstasy to feel my touch and I found that the most moving."

Henshall says she does a PCR Covid test once a week and a lateral flow test every time she goes to the care home and wears full PPE during her visit.

She says: "The Government need to make this a law it's absolutely crucial that we are not leaving these people albeit in the hands of lovely carers but they're not family they don't know that person the way we do."

Henshall spoke to BBC Breakfast in February about how desperate she was to see her mother.

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Retail giant John Lewis is warning of further store closures as it reports huge losses due to Covid-related shop closures.

The company says it "does not expect" all of its department stores to reopen once lockdown restrictions ease.

Previously the chain was reported to be considering closing up to eight more stores to cut costs.

Any further closures will be in addition to the eight closures already announced in 2020.

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Germany’s third wave of Covid has already begun, according to RKI public health agency head Lothar Wieler, and he says he’s very worried. Infections are up on last week - 14,356 in the past 24 hours – and Mr Wieler says there’s a race to get people vaccinated with the finish line is in sight.

Estonia begins a new month-long lockdown today with schools largely moving online. Non-essential stores are shut and a new 2+2 rule has come into force, allowing up to two people to move around together at a distance of two metres from others.

The EU’s medicines agency EMA is set to approve a fourth vaccine today across all 27 states. The Johnson & Johnson vaccine requires only one dose.

There’s bad news for music fans in Germany and Switzerland where promoter Eventim Live says seven big music festivals will not take place this summer, including Rock am Ring at Nürburgring. Meanwhile, Serbian Prime Minister Ana Brnabic says she’s speechless that one of the country’s biggest bands, Crvena Jabuka (Red Apple), have held two gigs in Belgrade. She says it was “against all rules and measures”.

Portuguese President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa has asked for the country’s state of emergency to be extended until 31 March as ministers prepare to approve plans for a gradual lifting of lockdown. The lockdown has been in place since mid-January but daycare and nurseries could start reopening next week.

Weekend lockdowns have been extended in France’s northern city of Dunkirk and in the Alpes-Maritimes and Nice areas on the south coast because of a continuing spike in infections.

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Today marks a year since the World Health Organization (WHO) declared Covid-19 a pandemic. Since then there have been more than 116 million cases and more than 2.5 million deaths across the globe, but there is also some good news with 150 million vaccine doses being given.

Here are some of the headlines from the UK and around the world today:

• Cancer patients are much less protected against Covid-19 than other people after one dose of the Pfizer vaccine, a study suggests
• A 12-week wait for the second dose could leave them vulnerable, says the King's College London and Francis Crick Institute research team
• The Northern Ireland Executive meets later to discuss when all children should return to school, with Education Minister Peter Weir wanting all pupils in classrooms by 12 April
• Meanwhile in Wales shop owners say they are being "treated like children" with a lack of detail about when non-essential retailers can reopen
• Brazil has exceeded 2,000 Covid-related deaths in a single day for the first time, as infection rates soar, with experts warning of more contagious variants
• Supporting Covid vaccination rollouts is expected to top the agenda at a meeting of the leaders of US, Japan, Australia and India

Good morning and welcome to our coronavirus coverage.

We’ll be bringing you the latest news about the pandemic from around the world.