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Queensland floods prompt 1,000 calls for help as heavy rain continues – as it happened

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The Guardian - AU

Higher education must reinvent itself to meet the needs of the world today. Enter the distributed university

Universities face many threats to their future. The traditional universities have become over-managed business enterprises, which may not reflect societal, national or global educational needs. The COVID-19 pandemic has brought many of these issues into focus.

The Conversation

CAZ, Russia and Covid rules: Everything Andy Burnham said on latest phone-in

The Greater Manchester mayor answered questions on the radio

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'Forced back into lockdown': Vulnerable people say scrapping Covid rules ends their freedom

An end to mandatory self-isolation for those with Covid and scrapping free testing and isolation payments put the vulnerable at risk, campaigners say

Chronicle Live

'I've just had Covid - ending free tests is a bad idea and hits the poorest hardest'

The cost of a box of Covid tests is the same as many household's weekly food bills, and expecting people to pay is as realistic as asking them to walk on the moon. The government says it can't afford to keep paying - but we can't afford not to

Daily Mirror

‘Disease of disadvantage’: Melbourne’s lower socioeconomic areas suffer most Covid deaths amid Omicron

Exclusive: data shows death rates in disadvantaged areas significantly outweigh those in wealthier areas

The Guardian - AU

‘Not in good shape’: more construction industry collapses could follow Probuild

Soaring costs and Covid disruptions have hammered the sector, experts say, and governments show little sign of stepping in

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Queen's 'drip-feed of negativity' will 'take a toll' on monarch, says palace insider

After enduring a tough start to the year due to the Prince Andrew saga and her Covid-19 battle, a palace insider says they've "not known such a tumultuous time as this” for the Queen

Daily Mirror

London businesses and Mayor call for full train timetables to help economy

Business leaders and the Mayor of London have called for full commuter rail timetables to be restored to help speed up central London’s recovery following today’s dropping of all Covid restrictions.

Evening Standard

Sturgeon gives full backing to NHS recovery plan despite ‘unsustainable’ claim

Watchdog Audit Scotland released a report on Thursday which said the NHS in Scotland was ‘not financially sustainable’.

The Independent UK

Nicola Sturgeon accused by Anas Sarwar of 'pretending' all NHS problems caused by covid

The First Minister and Anas Sarwar clashed following the publication of a worrying report on the future of the NHS.

Daily Record

Do new Covid rules mean I need to self-isolate or go to work if I test positive?

The Government and NHS says you 'should' self-isolate if you test positive, but self-isolation payments for those who can't work from home have ended

Chronicle Live

'Be straight' on when Covid inquiry will begin, ministers told

No formal start date has yet been set

Wales Online

Covid rules that will remain in place from today as legal self-isolation is scrapped

Boris Johnson’s ‘living with Covid’ plan comes into action in England today with the end of mandatory isolation. But with all remaining legal Covid restrictions set to end under the plan, which rules will still be in place?

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Heavy debt, low compensation: 2 years after Delhi riots, damaged businesses struggle to move on

Two plastic bags hang from a broken door in Mohammad Irfan’s building in Delhi’s Shiv Vihar. The door once separated his living quarters from his grocery shop. Both were vandalised, burned and looted during the Delhi riots in February 2020. While he hasn’t been able to repair the door since…

The Guardian - UK

Celebrate good times and ancient traditions: readers’ favourite carnivals

After a two-year, Covid-enforced hiatus, this weekend marks the start of carnival around the world. Our revellers recall celebrations of singing, dancing and orange-hurling from festas past

The Independent UK

Queen postpones two more virtual audiences following Covid diagnosis

Buckingham Palace said the 95-year-old is continuing with ‘light duties’.

Daily Mirror

Queen postpones engagements for second time this week following Covid diagnosis

The Queen has postponed two virtual audiences she was due to carry out today at Windsor Castle - four days after she tested positive for Covid-19. It is the second time this week she has cancelled online engagements

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The Guardian - UK

I wrote the book on pandemic psychology. Post-Covid will take some getting used to

The crisis may be passing, but there’s no return to the ‘normal’ of 2019 – and we’re no longer the same people we were, says Steven Taylor, author of The Psychology of Pandemics

Reuters

China steps in to steer Hong Kong's COVID crisis as risks loom

As COVID-19 rages across Hong Kong at the start of a sensitive political year for China and President Xi Jinping, Beijing is determined not to be embarrassed and undermined as it was by the often-violent protests that rocked the city in 2019.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Virus-hit Hong Kong Invokes Emergency Powers to Allow in China Medics

Hong Kong's government invoked emergency powers on Thursday to allow doctors, nurses and other personnel from the Chinese mainland to help combat a spiraling coronavirus outbreak. The densely populated metropolis is in the throes of its worst-ever Covid wave, registering thousands of cases every day, overwhelming hospitals and government efforts…

The Guardian - US

My life as an ER doctor during Covid: ‘People walk in, throw their garbage at you, and walk out’

As the pandemic has worn on, patients are angry, and threats to healthcare workers are on the rise. I’ve seen it first-hand

Daily Mirror

Ben Stiller reunites with wife Christine Taylor five years after devastating split

Ben Stiller and wife Christine Taylor - who appeared together in films such as Zoolander - separated in 2017, but rekindled their marriage during the Covid pandemic

Birmingham Post

Timeline to collapse: how it all went wrong for South West construction giant Midas

Exeter-headquartered company's demise blamed on Covid, inflation and lost contracts and sealed when bank cancelled overdraft as subcontractors went unpaid

The Independent UK

Revealed: Top Covid hotspots in England as all restrictions lifted

Case rates falling in all of country’s 315 local authorities, official testing data suggests

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