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Business Matters: Most Covid rules set to end in England

Chinese apps face crackdown from regulators

06/07/2021 GMT

Most Covid rules set to end in England

BBC World Service - Business Matters, Most Covid rules set to end in England

But, with the infections rising, is it too soon?

Face masks will no longer be legally required and distancing rules will be scrapped at the final stage of England's Covid lockdown roadmap, Prime Minister Boris Johnson has confirmed. The rule of six inside private homes will be removed and work-from-home guidance abolished as 16 months of on-off restrictions on daily life end. But is it too soon? 

Chinese authorities have frozen several prominent apps that recently listed in New York. What is behind  the dispute, which includes preventing ride-hailing app Didi from adding new users? 

Also in the programme, Europe's three biggest truckmakers have agreed to invest almost $600m in a network of electric charging points. However, significant hurdles to electrifying road haulage remain, and we find out more from Claes Eliasson, senior vice-president at Swedish truckmaker Volvo. 

Despite the high profile of college sports, most of its athletes are amateurs. But a recent ruling by the US Supreme Court opens the door to the professionalisation of the sector. 

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