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Worldwide Rally for Freedom Leeds will see covid protestors march through city

Demonstrators will be gathering outside Leeds Town Hall from 1pm on Saturday calling for an end to masks and vaccine passports

Leeds Live

Australian Open face player fears as Alexander Zverev questions lack of Covid testing

Players have been left to test themselves for Covid – but with Grand Slam hopes on the line some have questioned whether others are being honest about their own results

Daily Mirror

The Guardian view on dropping Covid restrictions: follow the scandal

Editorial: The scrapping of plan B is driven by the prime minister’s political panic, not scientific guidance

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Covid case count in Bristol as England reverts to Plan A

More than 1,400 cases have been recorded as Covid rules are relaxed

Bristol Post

Covid-19 Ireland: HSE confirms Citywest test centre relocating to Tallaght

The test centre in Citywest opened in 2020 at the height of the pandemic

Dublin Live

Collector revokes order on curbs in Kasaragod

Kasaragod District Collector Bhandari Swagat Ranveer Chand has revoked the order on restrictions imposed on the district in the wake of increasing COVID-19 cases. The decision to revoke the order, whi

The Hindu

Boris Johnson warned relaxing Covid Plan B rules is 'too much, too soon'

Masks won't be mandatory in shops and on public transport from next Thursday, with work from home guidance scrapped

Daily Mirror

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Infrastructure and education main beneficiaries of £150m monitoring round

Ministers agreed the outcome of the January monitoring round at Thursday’s Executive meeting.

The Independent UK

NBC Sports announcers won’t travel to Beijing for Winter Games

Thanks to concerns about COVID-19, most events will be called from the network’s Connecticut headquarters.

Chicago Sun-Times

Covid-19 Ireland: NPHET gives green light for lifting of almost all restrictions, including vaccine passports and social distancing

A sweeping number of restrictions could be lifted as early as next week

Dublin Live

Infant dies as NSW virus toll hits 1000

NSW health authorities have confirmed the death last month of an infant with COVID-19, as the state reports 46 deaths but another fall in hospitalisations.

AAP

No10 ‘offered to ease Covid rules for Prince Philip’s funeral but Queen declined because it wouldn’t be fair’

The Government reportedly offered to ease Covid restrictions for Prince Philip’s funeral, but the Queen turned them down saying it would not be fair to others who had lost loved ones.

Evening Standard

Delhi adds 12,306 Covid cases, 43 deaths

NEW DELHI: Delhi on Thursday reported 12,306 fresh Covid-19 cases and 43 more fatalities due to the viral disease, while the positivity rate dipped to 21.48 per cent, according to data shared by the city health department.

The Times of India

"How can we ever recover?": French ski resorts are fighting for survival due to changing COVID travel restrictions

Before COVID, the winter sports tourism industry was worth over €70 billion (£58.2 billion) a year globally, with ski resorts expanding across the world. The pandemic then led to a stark decrease in visitor numbers, with a major impact on revenues and livelihoods.

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The Independent UK

Hospitality firm launches loan scheme for staff hit by Covid slump

Signature Group, which employs 580 people at 20 Scottish venues, will offer up to £500 interest-free to its workers.

Daily Record

Ex-Bannockburn depot employee hits out at operator's reasons for driver shortage

The company has blamed issues with driver capacity across the local network on issues including Covid and problems with securing European drivers.

Manchester Evening News

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More than 100,000 daily UK Covid cases for second day in a row with 330 deaths

A week ago there were 109,133 Covid cases and 335 fatalities, while a fortnight ago there were a massive 179,756 confirmed infections and 231 deaths.

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Irish Mirror

Irish pubs update: Curfew lifting latest as restrictions could be eased sooner than expected

The news comes after the National Public Health Emergency Team's meeting on Thursday to discuss the current data on Covid-19 and the possible easing of measures

Reason

It's Time for Kids Liberation Day

Where omicron plummets, COVID-19 restrictions on our pandemic-damaged children need to end. Let's throw 'em a big party!

Daily Mirror

What are the new Covid rules for working from home and can your boss force you back in?

Some people will still be wary about returning to work if they have not done so already. The Prime Minister has already ended work-from-home guidance and further restrictions are expiring under new Plan A rules

The Independent UK

Covid Omicron symptoms: Which signs to look for

Latest strain manifests itself in slightly different ways to original coronavirus, which was often difficult to differentiate from common cold without testing

Liverpool Echo

Covid infections fall for tenth straight day in Liverpool City Region

The Liverpool City Region recorded almost 15,000 covid infections in the seven days ending January 15

Irish Mirror

Leo Varadkar confirms when €1,000 Covid bonus will be paid as Government to assess if more people could be eligible

It comes as the Government has faced a backlash for excluding GPs, family carers and other workers who have dealt with Covid patients

Evening Standard

Hurrah ... face masks are to be optional. But they still have uses

Hallelujah! Praise be, hurl them to the four winds etc, face masks are to become optional (there’s a loaded word) from next Thursday as part of a grand throwing-off of restrictions against Covid-19, which killed around 2,000 people in the last week.

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