In Pictures: As the clock strikes 12 during the lockdown
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Pictures taken by PA news agency photographers at noon on Wednesday reveal the impact of coronavirus on the UK and Ireland.
While youngsters and parents continue to tackle home-learning, and scientists in laboratories work testing swabs from frontline staff, Prime Minister’s Questions was held in a sparsely attended House of Commons with many MPs opting to join in via video conference.
Elsewhere, with shops and businesses closed, once bustling spaces remain deserted.
An almost deserted M5 motorway looking south towards Devon
A boy in Dublin reads to his younger brother as his home schooling timetable suggests noon is Drop Everything And Read time
Scientists at the Lighthouse Laboratory in Glasgow which analyses coronavirus swabs taken from NHS staff and frontline workers
The chamber of the House of Commons in London as the Speaker calls for the start of Prime Minister's Questions
The concourse at London’s Waterloo station was almost devoid of travellers
A deserted Liverpool waterfront
Empty streets in Newcastle upon Tyne
A near-deserted Waterlooville town centre in Hampshire
King’s Parade - with King’s College (left) and the Senate House in the distance - in Cambridge
A nearly-deserted Reuters Square at midday in Canary Wharf in east London
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