the government. the sky news survey simply asked the public about trust in journalists. polls by yougov, the reuters institute, survation, ipsos mori and research by ofcom, concluded that broadcasters and newspapers were widely considered to be the most trusted sources of information on pandemic. according to research from ofcom, the bbc was the most trusted broadcaster on the pandemic, followed by itv, sky, channel 4 and channel 5. the newspapers the guardian, financial times, the daily telegraph and the times were ranked with trust levels similar to that of the television broadcasters during the pandemic. a survey by yougov for the reuters institute concluded that the bbc's output dominated online news coverage in the uk with 36% of the population saying that they had been on the corporation's website to consume news. around 16% polled said that they had visited the guardian's website, with sky news and mailonline in joint third place with 9% of those polled saying that they had visited their sites. a few weeks after the start of the pandemic reuters institute and ofcom both said that people were actively trying to avoid the news coverage about it. a study by a team of researchers from the university of sheffield and ulster university concluded that young men were more likely to break lockdown rules than women. the study concluded that those suffering from depression were more likely to break the rules. around half of the participants said that they felt anxious during the restrictions. the team called on the government to issue better target messages for young people. according to data from the national police chiefs' council, two-thirds of the people who were issued fines for breaking lockdown rules in england and wales, between 27 march and 27 april, were between the ages of 18 and 34. approximately eight out of 10 of those who were issued fines were men. research by the institute for fiscal studies concluded that children from wealthy homes were spending more time studying at home when compared to those from the poorest households. the impact of restrictions and their subsequent easing was also felt in the heritage sector, with a noticeable change in visitor behaviour. sport competitive sport eventually resumed with games being played without spectators. a socially distanced crowd at wetherby road watching harrogate town v salford city in tier 2 (19 december 2020) main article: impact of the covid-19 pandemic on sports the premier league suspended pre-match handshakes on 6 march. on 10 march, the premier league match between manchester city and arsenal was postponed in light of confirmation that nottingham forest and olympiacos owner evangelos marinakis had contracted the virus. marinakis had met with several arsenal players when the london side hosted olympiacos in a europa league round of 32 match. on 10 march the four-day national hunt horse racing cheltenham festival took place with more than 250,000 people attending the four-day festival albeit with enhanced hygiene measures in place, as did the all england open badminton championships in birmingham the next day. six day manchester, men's curling world championships, gymnastics world cup in birmingham, henley royal regatta, mountain bike world cup leg in fort william, london leg of the diving world cup, mlb and nfl games due to be held in london, north west 200, the hundred, anniversary games, ridelondon, tour of britain, the women's tour, 2020 grand national meeting, the open, the grand national, wimbledon and british grass court tennis events, the boat races, british motorcycle grand prix due to be held in silverstone, and wales rally gb were all sporting events due to be held in the uk during 2020 that were cancelled. the london marathon, edinburgh marathon, world snooker championship, snooker's tour championship were postponed, along with seasons in football, rugby league and union, cricket, netball, darts, motorsport, horse racing and boxing events were postponed. and all motor racing events sanctioned by the national governing body motorsport uk were suspended until may. liverpool fc's second leg champions league last 16 match against atlético madrid went ahead, despite spain being in partial lockdown. an investigation by liverpool authorities was announced into whether there were any links between the match and coronavirus in the city. angela mclean, deputy chief scientific adviser to the uk government said that the idea that the match could have significantly contributed to the spread of the virus was an interesting hypothesis. it was also thought that the cheltenham festival may have accelerated the spread of coronavirus. there were calls from public health officials into why the festival was allowed to go ahead. boris johnson's attendance at the england v wales rugby union match was cited as one of the reasons why the festival went ahead. the government defended the festival organisers decision to go ahead with the meeting. the olympic boxing qualification tournament for european boxers was suspended after three days of competition. several coaches and athletes who attended the event later tested positive and thought that they had caught covid-19 from the event. the international olympic committee said that it's boxing task force were not aware of any link between the event and the virus. no sport was allowed to take place in england until 1 june. on 31 may 2020, the department for digital, culture, media and sport (dcms) announced the return of live competitive sport with the condition of being played with safety assured in terms of social distancing and a carefully controlled environment. according to the ruling, the sporting events will have no spectators in attendance and take place behind closed doors. the first competitive sport to be held in the uk since the suspension of events was snooker's championship league at the marshall arena in milton keynes. in july it was announced that a trial of fans in attendance at events would happen. these included horse racing, cricket and snooker events. in the wake of several local lockdowns being implemented the trial of fans attending events was stopped at the beginning of august. spectators had been present for the first day of the world snooker championship, with world snooker chairman barry hearn hoping that people would be allowed to watch the final. people had also attended the goodwood festival but were prevented to do so for the final day. cricket matches involving surrey and middlesex and warwickshire and northamptonshire which would have had fans in attendance for the first two days were played behind close doors. spectators were allowed to attend the final of the world snooker championship with trails beginning again with a view for all sports to allow to have fans attend from the 1 october. on the 9 september the plan to allow fans back in october was placed under review, before a complete stop of the trial and abandoning of fans to return in october on 22 september. rugby union matches involving bath and gloucester and bristol and leicester and a horse racing meeting at newmarket which were part of the trial would no longer have any attendees.