kevin peachy, bbc news.during the pandemic — that's according to the media regulator ofcom. its annual report says online shopping, banking and video calling saw the amount of homes without internet access fall from 11% to 6% in the past year. however more than a million households are still offline. here's our media editor, amol rajan. good news from an awful pandemic. more people in the uk who wanted to be online but weren't now are. that said, 11% of lower income households and 18% of over 65s are still not online. most of those not using the internet at home have asked someone else to do something for them online. home—schooling has been a big feature over the past year, and the report shows that of all school—age children, just under 1% had no internet access in the home, but 17% have not had consistent access to a suitable internet device for home—schooling, often having to share a device. that figure is much higher, at 27%, in households classed as the most financially vulnerable. that lack of access

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