Barcelona’s mayor has called for an end to strict coronavirus lockdown measures in Spain which bar children from going out for any reason. “These children need to get out,” Ada Colau wrote on Facebook, herself the mother of youngsters aged three and nine.

“Wait no more: Free our children!” Spain – which has the most confirmed cases in Europe – is the only country on the continent where children cannot leave home at all. Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez announced the nationwide lockdown on 14 March. It has since been extended until at least 26 April – though people in construction, manufacturing and some service jobs were allowed to return to work this week.(BBC)…[+]