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Barack Obama reveals he has tested positive for Covid

‘Michelle and I are grateful to be vaccinated and boosted, and she has tested negative’

The Independent UK

Srinagar gets its first private art gallery, courtesy COVID

Lockdown forced urban planner to paint Kashmir of his youth and eventually open the facility

The Hindu

‘Pandemic is not over’: ministers criticised for scrapping UK Covid surveillance

Schemes coming to an end is ‘yet another example of short-term thinking’

The Guardian - UK

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One in four 11-year-olds struggled with reading pre-Covid as MP warns of 'crisis'

The latest available figures could be the 'tip of the iceberg' after children suffered major disruption to their schooling during the pandemic

Daily Mirror

France to lift most Covid controls as Macron rides high in polls

Vaccine pass is being scapped as is compulsory indoor mask-wearing in schools and many public spaces

The Guardian - UK

Māori businesses: Surviving the fallout from Covid-19

Part 5 of our video series on the Māori economy looks at how Māori businesses came through the first lockdowns and waves of the pandemic

Newsroom.co.nz

Travel rules for popular holiday spots including Spain, France and Greece ahead of Easter break

Are you heading away for some sun during this year's Easter holidays?

Daily Record

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Latest travel rules ahead of Easter getaway to France, Italy, Greece and more

MPs have indicated there could be a change in UK travel regulations soon ahead of an anticipated Easter getaway

Chronicle Live

Pub so popular it has 4-year waiting list for Sunday roasts and stops taking new bookings

The Bank Tavern in the Bristol city centre has had to stop taking new bookings to clear the backlog caused by the Covid-19 pandemic - as landlord Sam Gregory says they are seating tables that were booked in 2020

Daily Mirror

Dublin Airport expect almost 800,000 passengers in busy run-up to St Patrick's Day

It is set to be the busiest week for the airport since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic

Dublin Live

Latest travel rules ahead of Easter getaway to Spain, France, Greece and more

Many destinations still have regulations in place that are likely to impact on tourists heading overseas for the forthcoming holiday

Wales Online

Holly Willoughby forced to miss Dancing On Ice tonight after testing positive for Covid

Holly Willoughby will miss Dancing On Ice tonight after testing positive for Covid. Earlier in the series, Phil had to miss the show after contracting the virus

Daily Mirror

‘The town can’t wait’: Cheltenham raring to go as festival returns

With 2021’s races held behind closed doors, locals are welcoming this year’s festival with fervour

The Guardian - UK

How Covid shook the US: eight charts that capture the last two years

It has been two years since the US declared a national emergency because of Covid – these graphics show the costs and cautious hopes for the future

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Welsh morning headlines: News, Ukraine, Covid, sport, weather and road updates as Wales could be set to welcome 1,000 refugees

All the latest news from Wales and further afield amid rising efforts to help victims of Ukraine war

The Guardian - UK

A megalopolis of engineering: the verdict on London’s £18bn new Elizabeth line

Brexit, Covid, Ukraine… the world has changed dramatically since work began on the Crossrail project. With its opening imminent, our architecture critic takes a ride

Daily Record

Chief medic warns covid hasn't gone away as new data shows one in 18 Scots have virus

Professor Sir Gregor Smith warned there was “no room for complacency” after new data showed that an estimated one in 18 Scots had the virus in the first week of March.

Wales Online

Absences, staffing crisis, and lost skills: The major problems facing Wales' schools in wake of Covid

It is two years since the unprecedented shutdown of the education system in Wales as coronavirus took hold of society. But, with all legal restrictions set to end, in many ways the challenge for schools is just beginning

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Daily Mirror

Queen could miss Prince Philip memorial service as she ‘rules out’ using wheelchair

The Queen has recovered from Covid, with Buckingham Palace saying at the time she was experiencing “mild cold-like symptoms”, but she hasn't met a group of people in public since February 5

The Guardian - AU

Nation records 16 Covid deaths; 25% of assessed Hawkesbury-Nepean Valley properties uninhabitable after floods – as it happened

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Bangkok Post

Window-dressing is no real cure

Two years into the Covid-19 pandemic and billions of doses of vaccines later, the world, it seemed, could finally let out a sigh of collective relief.

The Guardian - AU

Walk this way: Australia’s urban tours find their feet by going niche

Once the pedestrian equivalent of a double-decker tourist bus, the new breed of walking tours can be genuinely revealing – even if you’re a local

Chicago Sun-Times

Crowds return to the Chicago River as city goes green for St. Pat’s

After COVID shutdowns, Chicago’s river dyeing and parade came back Saturday.

Daily Mirror

6 things the Government has sneaked out during Russia's invasion of Ukraine

A gaffe-prone Tory who presided over the Covid exams chaos was awarded a knighthood. MPs were offered a pay rise, and poor Brit graduates learned they could pay £28k more towards student loans, over their lifetimes

Irish Mirror

Panic buying toilet roll, Leo Varadkar’s speech, 27 Covid cases: A look back on two years of the pandemic in Ireland

With the pandemic (hopefully) behind us, we reflect on the very beginning of lockdown in Ireland that started with 27 Covid cases, a speech from Leo Varadkar and a wave of panic buying

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