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Families who lost loved ones during Covid blast Boris Johnson as he gets Partygate fine

Hannah Brady, of Wigan, Greater Manchester, lost her dad Shaun to Covid. She told Boris Johnson, after he was fined over Partygate: 'You paid a fine. Our loved ones paid with their lives.'

Daily Mirror

Sealed doors and tensions boiling over: American expat reveals reality of Shanghai’s citywide lockdown

The coastal city of 25 million people is at the heart of China’s recent Covid surge

The Independent UK

J Balvin postpones tour due to COVID-related ‘production challenges’

The tour was slated to launch April 19 in San Antonio, Texas. The postponement does not include his appearance at the Suenos Music Festival in Chicago’s Grant Park on May 29.

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U.S. saw highest death total ever in 2021 largely due to COVID-19

Deaths from drug overdoses also contributed to the record-breaking death total in 2021.

Axios

Fears Covid could spread on wards as overstretched hospitals ditch testing patients

Hospitals across the UK are being overstretched with patients and some trusts are ditching Covid testing, which has led to fears it could lead to the rise of infection in wards

Daily Mirror

Why are there long queues at Australian airports – and what is being done to fix it?

Sydney airport warns delays will get worse before they get better with domestic travellers in Melbourne and Brisbane also advised to arrive early for flights

The Guardian - AU

Babies missing out on health checks in Melbourne due to Covid-related workforce shortages

Exclusive: two Victorian councils limiting maternal and infant service, despite government lifting statewide pause enacted during Covid surge

The Guardian - AU

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Boris Johnson offers ‘full apology’ as he pays fine for breaking Covid law, but will not resign

PM said it ‘didn’t occur to me’ that birthday party would breach rules on social distancing

The Independent UK

Governing in a pandemic and without a coalition partner

Grant Robertson spoke to political editor @jo_moir about life without coalition buddies and Labour's governing majority hamstrung by covid.

Newsroom.co.nz

Are we heading back to the Seventies?

It’s a recurring truth in economics that things carry on for longer than you can imagine, but then change faster than you expect. We might be experiencing one of those transitions right now. The last two decades saw slowing global growth, low inflation, falling interest rates and booming asset prices.…

Evening Standard

Johnson and Sunak must go, say ‘disgusted’ families of Covid victims

Relatives voice anger as PM and chancellor given fixed-penalty notices for rule-breaking parties

The Guardian - UK

Share your views on the prime minister and chancellor’s fines for breaking UK Covid rules

We would like to hear your views on the results of the investigation into Downing Street parties during lockdown

The Guardian - UK

Medics pulled from surgery backlog to deal with emergency care crisis as A&E 'struggles' with patient numbers, says Greater Manchester hospital

Helena Vesty reports on the latest from the region's hospitals

Manchester Evening News

'They partied at Christmas. I stood in tears at my elderly aunt's gate': Manchester reacts to Downing Street Covid fines

'They had a choice, we had no choice at funerals and hospitals'

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The Independent UK

Carrie Johnson to be fined for breaking Covid lockdown rules

Mrs Johnson had in the past dismissed claims she had held parties in her Downing Street flat.

The Guardian - UK

They broke the law and are disgraced. Whatever they do now, shame will cling to Johnson and Sunak

They will be forever followed by tales of people who abided by the Covid rules and died alone – while Downing Street partied, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee

Wales Online

Nine times Boris Johnson denied Covid rules were broken before he was fined for breaking the rules

The Prime Minister, his wife, and the Chancellor have received fines from the police

Chronicle Live

Success for first ever Morpeth Book Festival as 600 people attend

The inaugural Morpeth Book Festival was held this weekend with 30 writers taking part, including Whitley Bay's Ann Cleeves

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Birmingham Post

Haulage boss says Northumberland investment will drive post-pandemic boost

Alan Ferguson of Fergusons Transport says the firm will invest in its Cramlington base after weathering the impact of the pandemic with a positive performance

WEKU

3,117 new coronavirus cases in Kentucky's weekly report

Weekly update on coronavirus numbers

The Independent UK

Boston Symphony Orchestra cancels Europe dates over COVID

The Boston Symphony Orchestra has canceled its European tour because of an increase in positive coronavirus cases among orchestra members as well as concerns about the rising number of cases on both sides of the Atlantic

Evening Standard

UK expands access to second ‘cutting-edge’ antiviral Covid drug

The drug was found to reduce hospitalisation or death by 88 per cent in clinical trials

Evening Standard

Britons are more worried about cost of living than Covid, study says

Almost four in 10 people (38%) are worried about their finances, according to the Covid social study survey.

The Independent UK

Carrie Johnson to be fined for Covid lockdown breach along with prime minister husband

It comes as police issue more than 50 fines for lockdown-breaching parties in Downing Street and Whitehall

Daily Mirror

Where in Greece is best for a family holiday? Best destinations from Rhodes to Corfu

Best places in Greece for a family holiday including both the mainland and Greek Islands such as Corfu, Crete, Mykonos, Rhodes, Athens and more for 2022

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