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Downing Street parties: No 10 denies talking to Met police about Gray report and what could be published – as it happened

Downing Street spokesperson ‘not aware’ of any conversations with the Met over publication of Sue Gray report

The Guardian - UK

As student activists fight for COVID safety measures at schools, some face criticism

LOS ANGELES — These days after classes, Michael Lee-Chang pulls up his mother's email inbox and finds the latest update of daily coronavirus cases at his school, Redondo Union High. The 18-year-old senior scans for other school announcements and uploads the information to his Instagram stories, where some 4,700 followers,…

Los Angeles Times

Covid restrictions on social distancing and face masks change in Scotland from today

Nicola Sturgeon made the announcement on Tuesday as new cases of the Omicron variant begin to drop all across Scotland but the latest data shows Edinburgh has the most new infections in the country

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Beijing Olympics Ready to Go but Controversies, Covid Weigh Heavy

A Winter Olympics overshadowed by diplomatic boycotts and concerns about human rights, Covid and the safety of Peng Shuai begins next Friday in a vast "bubble" in the Chinese capital Beijing. Warnings about air pollution, government snooping and the environmental impact of a Games which relies almost entirely on man-made…

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London politics latest news: Met police ‘looking at potential fixed penalty offences’ as wait for Sue Gray report continues

Met Police officers are investigating possible breaches of Covid rules within government that could warrant fixed penalty notices rather than more serious offences, the PA news agency reported on Friday.

Evening Standard

Six Downing Street 'parties' - and how they allegedly broke Covid laws, according to lawyer

The Prime Minister is accused of attending at least five of the events, it has been reported

Chronicle Live

Man fined £7,000 for leaving quarantine hotel room to smoke

A man who repeatedly left his quarantine hotel room to smoke a cigarette when his wife had tested positive for Covid-19 has been fined £7,000.

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UK reports 89,176 new cases and 277 deaths – as it happened

UK cases and deaths fall day-on-day; Hong Kong government to compensate pet shops affected by culling of hamsters for Covid reasons

The Guardian - UK

Latest Covid rules across the UK after changes in all nations

The next set of rule changes in England will happen on January 31, while Wales has now hit Alert Level Zero

Wales Online

Even Johnson’s own fraud minister couldn’t bear the stink of this government

With £5bn lost to fraudulent Covid loan claims, Lord Agnew did a rare thing for a minister in 2022: he told the truth and quit, says the Guardian columnist Simon Jenkins

The Guardian - UK

Five people with COVID-19 die in South Australia as restrictions to ease on hospitality, surgery, QR codes

Five South Australians with COVID-19 die in the last reporting period, all of them over the age of 80. Hospitality densities will double and QR code check-ins will no longer be required at retail venues.

ABC News

What are the Covid rules in the four nations of the UK?

Officials have said measures can be lifted due to the success of the Covid-19 vaccine programme and falling rates of the Omicron variant.

The Independent UK

Roar's ALM task 'tough as it gets': Moon

Bottom of the ALM ladder, beset by injuries and COVID-19 positives, Brisbane Roar coach Warren Moon is facing his toughest challenge as an ALM coach.

AAP

Aged care executive condemns Scott Morrison’s strategy of ‘pushing through’ Covid crisis

Omicron has magnified systemic flaws with staff ‘exhausted’ and residents ‘endlessly’ isolated, Baptistcare chief executive says

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Pune past 3rd wave peak, say hospitals; patient inflow drops

PUNE: A majority of hospitals in the city have recorded a gradual drop in Covid admissions in the last 48 hours, raising hopes of the third wave already past its peak here and beginning to slowly ebb now.

The Canberra Times

'I'll miss sharing things with him': The grief and anger of a son whose father died of COVID

How political decisions spell tragedy for people at the end of their lives.

The Times of India

Covid: Tamil Nadu logs 28,515 new infections, 53 deaths

CHENNAI: After a month, active cases on Thursday dropped to 2,13,534 from 2,13692 on Wednesday, when the state added 28,515 new cases. However, despite the decrease in fresh and active cases, deaths continued to climb to 53 on Thursday.

ABC News

Queensland records 18 COVID-19 deaths, 9,974 new cases as number of people in hospital continues to decline

Eighteen more COVID-19 deaths are reported in Queensland as the number of people in hospital with the virus continues to decline.

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Five Great Reads: Jordan Peterson fact-checked, Covid denialists’ utopia and pandemic sex

Guardian Australia’s summertime round-up of tasty writing as selected by lifestyle editor Alyx Gorman

AAP

Sky Blues face mounting ALM absentees

Sydney FC coach Steve Corica says his A-League Men side will have to battle through COVID-19 infections, injuries and international call-ups once again.

Reuters

Amid pandemic and protest, Olympics return to a changed China

The Beijing Winter Olympics kick off in a week, putting sports at centre-stage following preparations that have been clouded by diplomatic boycotts and the COVID-19 pandemic that has forced the Games into a tightly sealed bubble.

The Times of India

Covid: Five-fold drop in Surat cases in 9 days

SURAT: The number of positive Covid-19 cases has dropped to 708 on Thursday, almost five times less in just nine days compared to the highest number of cases recorded at 3,563. The number of persons hospitalised is also stablizing.

The Times of India

Sabarmati man helps with Covid pyres, eases grief

AHMEDABAD: For many residents of D Cabin and Dharmanagar localities in Sabarmati, the name Dharmendra Nayak may not ring a bell, but ask for ‘Bakabhai’ and they will immediately point you to the crematorium in the area. The Sabarmati resident has been helping people cremate bodies of Covid patients since…

The Times of India

Gujarat: 9,000 drop in Covid active cases in 3 days, deaths rise

AHMEDABAD: For Gujarat and Ahmedabad city, Thursday was the second consecutive day of a reduction in new Covid cases and active cases. While the daily tally reduced from 16,608 on Tuesday to 12,911 on Thursday for Gujarat, the figures were 5,303 and 4,405 for Ahmedabad, respectively.

The Times of India

Covid curbs off: Tamil Nadu schools, colleges to reopen on February 1

CHENNAI: The Tamil Nadu government on Thursday allowed reopening of schools, colleges and places of worship from February 1, and revoked night curfew from Friday (January 28). The complete lockdown on Sundays too stands withdrawn.

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