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The destinations that have scrapped all travel restrictions – regardless of vaccination status

Denmark is the latest of a dozen destinations to end Covid-related travel rules

The Independent UK

When should you use lateral flow tests when kits are no longer free in the UK?

Lateral flow test kits will no longer be free in the UK from this Friday, April 1, which means people may not be using Covid tests as often in the future. But under what circumstances would you still need to use a lateral flow?

Daily Mirror

Scotland’s Deputy First Minister and Justice Secretary test positive for Covid

John Swinney and Keith Brown both tested positive for the virus.

The Independent UK

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Dad-of-six has legs amputated after Covid reacts with diabetes and turns limbs black

Scott Green, 33, from Redcar, North Yorkshire, was rushed to James Cook Hospital in Middlesbrough on the first day of Covid lockdown in March 2020 with medics working for two months to save him

Daily Mirror

Laneberg Wine closing down as Covid and Brexit challenges 'prove too much' for region's only urban winery

The Gateshead winery's vintages have won multiple awards every year but the firm's owner has announced it will close in the next few weeks

Birmingham Post

Petition calling on Government to rethink ending free Covid testing gains more than 300,000 signatures

'To imagine that wishful thinking can end the pandemic is both delusional and dangerous, and puts many more lives at risk'

Wales Online

WA charities Foodbank and Anglicare team up to deliver essentials to people in COVID isolation

Two major WA charities have joined forces after a spike in demand for emergency food relief for people isolating under COVID-19 rules.

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How the pandemic created a new generation of stoners

Americans who rarely, if ever, smoked marijuana before the pandemic now say they’re turning to weed to help them cope

The Guardian - US

What time is Nicola Sturgeon's update today? Where to watch and what to expect

The First Minister is expected to reveal the Scottish Government's decision on face mask rules in Scotland.

Daily Record

Tory MPs walked past Downing Street candlelit vigil for Covid victims to go to another boozy bash

On the day Met Police confirmed Downing Street lockdown parties broke the law

Wales Online

'We demand an explanation!' Shanghai residents vent COVID lockdown irritation

Frustrated and locked down, residents of Shanghai have taken to social media to vent, questioning the practicality of persisting with China's zero-tolerance approach to COVID-19 in its most populous city.

Reuters

Covid labs given two weeks’ notice ahead of cut to testing contract

Exclusive: Labs told with two weeks’ notice their testing contracts were due to end

The Independent UK

UK politics: Johnson grilled by MPs on Partygate, Ukraine and cost of living – as it happened

Latest updates: the PM faced questions at the liaison committee, which is comprised of the chairs of the Commons select committees

The Guardian - UK

Covid laws broken by people at the heart of Government, says Dominic Raab

Covid laws were broken by people at the heart of Government, a Cabinet minister has admitted, after the Metropolitan Police issued 20 ‘Partygate’ fines.

Evening Standard

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Chronicle Live

Who will be eligible for free Covid testing from April 1 as mass PCRs and LFTs end

Free tests will be limited to a small number of groups from April 1, the government confirmed

Dublin Live

Fake HSE Covid text scamming people out of money

Fraudsters are trying to convince people to click on links and pay for PCR testing kits

Liverpool Echo

Small amount of people who can still get covid tests for free

Tests will cost for the majority of the UK as from April 1

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NSW MP Attends Anti-Vax Rally, Tells Parliament She’s *Shockingly* Caught COVID A Wk After

The Liberal MP said in a statement she was not suffering from many symptoms.

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Macgregor Primary School students told to learn from home as COVID-19 impacts make face-to-face teaching 'untenable'

A large cohort of students from Macgregor Primary School in Canberra will return to remote learning from Thursday, due to a shortage of teachers.

The Guardian - UK

Companion Piece by Ali Smith review – a lockdown story of wayward genius

Lyrical visions alternate with fables and farce, history with Covid, in the scheme-busting fifth part of Smith’s seasonal quartet

Chronicle Live

Washington woman on the 10-minute cataract op which has transformed her eyesight

Angela Nichols, 68, had put off getting her worsening 'white cataracts' seen too during the Covid-19 crisis - but now she's delighted at the difference her first operation has made

The Independent UK

Texas border town Laredo mobilises to give its Mexican neighbors Covid shots the state isn’t using

Cross-border effort using donated vaccines gives Nuevo Laredo residents thousands of Covid shots per day

The Independent UK

China tries to limit economic blow of Shanghai shutdown

China's leaders are trying to fine-tune their “zero tolerance” COVID strategy to rein in job losses and other costs to the world’s second-largest economy

The Times of India

Lucknow: 2 years on, Nawabi kitchen to revive this Ramzan

LUCKNOW: After a two-year lull following the Covid-19 pandemic, the fire at the about 183-year-old Nawabi kitchen at Chhota Imambara is finally to be rekindled this Ramzan.

The Times of India

Akhara Samitis protest ban on Ram Navami processions

JAMSHEDPUR: Several Ram Navami Akhara Samitis in the Steel City staged a dharna at Sakchi on Tuesday to protest the state government’s delay in lifting the ban on religious processions, citing Covid-19 protocols.

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