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RAF sniper leads Jamaica Olympic bobsleigh team after training by pushing partner's car

Shanwayne Stephens has been pushing his fiancee’s Mini around after Covid shut gyms. Jamaica will be one of 28 teams competing in the four-man bobsleigh and also have a two-man team

Daily Mirror

Ireland's three Covid hotspots as 9,591 new cases confirmed

It comes as new data from the Health Protection Surveillance Centre shows the counties that recorded the highest incidence rates of the virus per 100,000 of the population in the third week in January.

Irish Mirror

Could Ireland face Covid restrictions on pubs, gatherings and more this summer? WHO says it all hinges on one thing

WHO official Maria Van Kerkhove has warned against theories that the virus will continue to mutate into milder strains

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UK Covid cases down by 7% in the last week with 277 more reported deaths in 24 hours

This comes in the same week that England has eased most of the remaining significant Plan B restrictions in the country, changing rules around mask use and Covid passes

Daily Mirror

‘People want to put Covid behind them’: UK pubs hopeful as drinkers return

Fuller’s chief thinks Monday will be ‘trigger point’ for revival as plan B eases and Dry January ends

The Guardian - UK

Comedian shares regret about not getting vaccine as he dies of Covid

‘This is absolutely the worst day of my life,’ friend and fellow comedian says on day of Christian Cabrera’s death

The Independent UK

Labour by-election candidate and nurse hits out at Government’s partygate ‘lies’

Birmingham Erdington candidate Paulette Hamilton said she was giving Covid jabs while “Mr Johnson was having parties”.

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Public Health Scotland announce 7,258 new Covid cases as hospital rates continue to fall

In terms of the rolling seven-day infection rate per 100,000 population, Aberdeen City has the highest rate in the country.

Daily Record

In Italy, COVID wards filled with unvaccinated elderly people as Omicron swept nation

As the Omicron variant swept Italy late last year, it was unvaccinated elderly people and those who had not had a booster dose four or more months after their initial shots who were most likely to go to hospital or die from COVID-19, according to data and doctors.

Reuters

ONS debunks ‘spurious’ Covid deaths claim shared by David Davis

Suggestion true number of deaths in England and Wales could be as low as 17,000 is factually incorrect, says ONS

The Guardian - UK

Keeping the Olympics Covid-free: life inside Beijing’s ‘closed loop’ bubble

The 11,000 foreign athletes, media crews and guests will be met at the airport by workers in biohazard suits

The Guardian - UK

Edinburgh Airport confirms return of popular winter sun flight as Covid restrictions ease

As travel bans are being lifted and testing requirements are easing, Edinburgh Airport have announced a range of new flights and the return of a popular winter sun route.

Edinburgh Live

Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics daily briefing: one week to go to an ice and snow spectacular

The scene is set for fantastic sport – but all under the threat of Covid and amid controversy over China’s human rights record

The Guardian - UK

Kaegi botched COVID tax relief

The Cook County assessor cut values based on jobs he thought neighborhoods would lose due to the pandemic. It was a wild miscalculation that worked out well for some, including Mayor Lori Lightfoot, not so well for residents of a poor South Side neighborhood.

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The Independent UK

BA.2 variant: Everything we know about the new ‘stealth Omicron’ Covid strain

It’s harder to detect than original Omicron and may be even faster at spreading but, say scientists, is probably no more dangerous

Chronicle Live

Mask wearing and the other Covid rules Sunderland people are still being asked to follow

'We know the people of Sunderland will make the right choices to hep stop the spread of the virus,' says the council leader

The Guardian - UK

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

Los Angeles Times

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,…

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Edinburgh Live

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

Asharq Al-Awsat

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…

Evening Standard

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.

Chronicle Live

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

Evening Standard

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.

The Guardian - UK

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

Wales Online

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

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