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UK records 254 Covid related deaths and 84,053 new cases as R number rises

The UK has seen another 254 Covid related deaths and 84,053 new cases in the last 24 hours.

Evening Standard

Covid reinfections: why are they being included in UK case numbers?

As most UK countries start including reinfections in overall total, we look at why this is happening now

The Guardian - UK

Vladimir Putin pretends to sleep as Ukraine athletes emerge at Winter Olympics opening ceremony

While attending the opening ceremony of the Beijing Winter Olympics at Bird's Nest stadium, Russian leader Vladimir Putin appeared to fall asleep as Ukraine's athletes emerged

Daily Mirror

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Tucker Carlson under fire for ferocious attack on Meghan and Harry: ‘Annoying fake duchess and brain-dead husband’

‘Nothing angers Tucker more than people who try to stop Covid misinformation’

The Independent UK

‘The case for masks became hugely stronger’: scientists admit their Covid mistakes

Being proved wrong lies at the heart of scientific progress. Here, experts reveal what they got wrong during the pandemic

The Guardian - UK

Knowsley recorded Liverpool city region's biggest weekly percentage fall in Covid infections

The other five areas of the city region also recorded falls in Covid tests

Liverpool Echo

Shelley Rudman unsure how many medals GB can win in China due to Covid situation

The sporting showpiece in Beijing is taking place under strict protocols.

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UK film and TV industry bounces back from Covid with record £5.6bn spend

Annual investment doubles as production industry races to replenish libraries depleted by the pandemic

The Guardian - UK

Six Nations 2023: Bristol pubs and bars showing the rugby this year

Rugby fans are raring to go

Bristol Post

Coronavirus infection rates, cases and deaths for all parts of Wales on Friday, February 4

Wales has recorded eight new Covid deaths but the seven-day infection has fallen for the third day in a row

Wales Online

Covid keeps Winter Olympics opening a muted affair

BEIJING: President Xi Jinping declared the Beijing Winter Olympics open on Friday as China tried to turn the page on a build-up overshadowed by human rights concerns, Covid and a US-led diplomatic boycott.

Bangkok Post

Haute couture, summer 2022: High fashion returns to Paris catwalks

January's summer 2022 Couture Fashion Week showcased the latest sartorial offerings from 17 labels, just over half the number included in the official calendar due to ongoing Covid restrictions. Dior's Maria-Grazia Chiuri offered an ode to embroidery at Paris's Rodin museum, Jean Paul Gaultier handed the reigns of his empire…

France 24

‘It’s 100% cool Cymru 2.0’: pumping it out on Welsh language music day

Artists such as electronic duo Roughion emerge from Covid lockdowns to celebrate Dydd Miwsig Cymru

The Guardian - UK

These countries are still Covid-free

Five sovereign states still claim zero coronavirus cases

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Spain set to relax Covid face mask rules just in time for Brits' half-term holidays

Spain is set to axe Covid face mask rules outdoors from next week including on beaches and around swimming pools just in time for half term holidays

Wales Online

Keep Covid restrictions in schools until pandemic is over, says head who retired at Christmas

David Lewis said keeping measures such as contact bubbles and masks was the only way to keep children in schools and stop them being sent home to learn

The Times of India

Selection trials for rifle and pistol shooters in March and April

NEW DELHI: With COVID-19 cases starting to decline across the country, the National Rifle Association of India (NRAI) has decided to hold the selection trials for rifle and pistol shooters in March and April this year.

Evening Standard

London’s Covid hospitalisations drop to pre-Omicron levels

London’s Covid hospitalisation rate has dropped to levels not seen since before the outbreak of Omicron, new figures show.

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The Independent UK

The countries boycotting the Winter Olympics - who is involved and why?

Several countries have opted against sending diplomatic delegations to the Games

Asharq Al-Awsat

Beijing Olympics Set to Open under Cloud of Covid, Rights Fears

A Winter Olympics overshadowed by rights concerns and taking place inside a strict Covid-secure bubble will officially begin in Beijing on Friday with an opening ceremony at the "Bird's Nest" stadium. The distinctive lattice-shaped arena took center stage at the 2008 Games -- seen as China's coming-out party to the…

The Guardian - US

Covid, Uyghurs and viewer apathy: is Beijing 2022 in danger of a US ratings flop?

The Olympics is no longer event television and Tokyo 2020 drew the smallest US audience of any televised Games. Worse could be in store in the coming weeks

The Guardian - UK

Experience: after getting Covid, everything I eat tastes like rotting flesh

I rarely feel hungry and only eat when I feel I should – food smells are physically repulsive

The Conversation

View From The Hill: Aged care residents are paying for lessons not learned fast enough

Richard Colbeck had to face the music this week over attending the fifth test in his home state of Tasmania when he’d told the Senate COVID committee he was too busy working on the Omicron wave spreading through aged care to appear.

Wales Online

Portugal changes Covid entry rules in half-term boost for UK holidaymakers

Negative tests will no longer be required for "those who present the EU Covid Digital Certificate or other proof of vaccination"

Daily Record

Kirkcudbright GP warns surgical procedures created by coronavirus pandemic could take "long time" to clear

Dr John Locke says the pandemic has impacted sectors of the health service from local surgeries to hospital wards

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