The COVID-19 lockdown is costing the UK economy GBP2.4bn per day, "The Times" reports.

"Press Gazette" is calling on big tech, the Government, advertisers and readers to pull together to help local newspapers whether the storm of COVID-19. It is calling for advertisers to stop blocking ads from appearing on trusted newspaper sites and for Google and Facebook to share revenue generated from local papers.

"The Times" believes Debenhams and Cath Kidston are on the verge of being the first major high street retailers to go into administration following the COVID-19 lockdown. It also warns Arcadia is considering closing many stores. It owns the Miss Selfridge and Dorothy Perkins.

Research shows that because young people are more likely to work in a shop, a restaurant or in hospitality, they are the hardest hit by the COVID-19 lockdown, "Sky News" reveals.

Google and Twitter are to allow advertising that features COVID-19 terms, "Campaign" reports. Terms related to the pandemic had previously been banned from advertising to prevent the spread of misinformation.

YouTube is promising to do more to tackle the spread of misinformation linking coronavirus with 5G mobile technology, but "The Guardian" has found many other conspiracy videos about the technology are being allowed to remain up.

The BBC reports the Culture Secretary, Oliver Dowden, will hold video conferences with the tech giants in a bid to commit them to tackling the spread of misinformation relating to the rollout of 5G and the spread of COVID-19.

Google has set up a $6.5m fund to tackle fake news on COVID-19 and the UK's fact-checking organisation, Full Fact, is set to share $350,000 with its Spanish equivalent, "Press Gazette" reports.

VW has suffered a legal setback after a UK court sided in favour of a class action of UK motorists suing the car manufacturer for offering misleading emissions figures in a corporate scandal that has become known as "dieselgate," according to "Sky News."

Anonymised data collected by Google suggests that 55% fewer Britons have been travelling to work in the past few days compared to a month ago, "The Telegraph" reports.