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Dead cats and hairdryers: Dominic Cummings’ evidence to Covid inquiry

Boris Johnson’s former adviser gave in-person and written evidence – here are some of his most startling claims

The Guardian - UK

'I was tired of God being dead': How one woman was drawn to witchcraft

Witches have long cast a spell on our imaginations, but real people practice witchcraft too. One woman dedicated a year to find out what it means to be a practicing witch.

WEKU

Covid inquiry: 'Macho' culture and 'obvious sexism' in No10 'damaged Covid response', says Helen MacNamara

Ms MacNamara, the deputy cabinet secretary during the pandemic, says Boris Johnson let country down by not tackling 'toxic' culture

Evening Standard

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Hubris and overconfidence hampered early Covid response, says nudge unit chief

There was ‘arrogance’ in believing the UK would fare better than other countries in the early days of the pandemic, the Covid-19 Inquiry heard.

The Independent UK

So No 10 was run by donkeys who went to Oxbridge. My dog could have done better

Helen MacNamara may reveal more soul than Boris and co during Covid, but she still thought the rules didn’t apply to her

The Guardian - UK

I've researched time for 15 years – here's how my perception of it has changed

Time is one of those things that most of us take for granted. We spend our lives portioning it into work-time, family-time and me-time. Rarely do we sit and think about how and why we choreograph our lives through this strange medium. A lot of people only appreciate time when…

The Conversation

State is paying fired Tennessee vaccine chief $150K in lawsuit settlement

The state of Tennessee has agreed to pay $150,000 to settle a federal lawsuit by its former vaccine leader over her firing during the COVID-19 pandemic

The Independent UK

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Boris Johnson asked if blowing hairdryer up nose could kill Covid, says ex-aide Cummings

Ex-top aide claims then-PM could have leaked fake news to media in new bombshell evidence

The Independent UK

South Africa's medium-term budget reflects difficult and contested decisions

The medium-term budget policy statement presented by South Africa’s finance minister, Enoch Godongwana, to parliament on 1 November 2023 is intended to provide a preview of government’s public finance plans over the next three years. It does not actually commit government to anything, either in law or in practice. Nevertheless,…

The Conversation

TN CM MK Stalin wishes former Madras High Court Chief Justice Sanjib Banerjee on day of retirement

CM Stalin wishes Meghalaya HC Chief Justice Banerjee on retirement; recalls his service to TN & landmark judgements upholding freedom of speech & right to life. He lauded Banerjee's suo motu PIL to ensure adequate medical aid to COVID-19 patients & wished him a healthy & happy retired life.

The Hindu

Johnson asked scientists about ‘special hairdryer to kill Covid’, says Cummings

Former adviser tells inquiry of ‘low point’ in pandemic response, saying then-PM was ‘extremely distracted’

The Guardian - UK

Convenient cities become conspiracy targets

How did a vision to make cities more liveable become twisted into a totalitarian dystopia?

Newsroom.co.nz

London financial district to have 11 more towers by 2030

Number of planning applications received and decided increases by 25% as City workforce grows

The Guardian - UK

Inventing tomorrow’s technology with hyperdimensional computing

Dr. Roman Caudillo at SRC explains Hyperdimensional Computing and how it is being used.

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The Independent UK

Johnson ‘asked Whitty and Vallance if special hair dryer could kill Covid’

Dominic Cummings, Mr Johnson’s former chief adviser, made a series of claims in his witness statement handed to the UK Covid-19 Inquiry.

The National (Scotland)

Dominic Cummings: Boris Johnson said 'British state had totally failed'

FORMER prime minister Boris Johnson asked scientists if it was possible to kill Covid by blowing a hairdryer up your nose after watching a YouTube…

The National (Scotland)

Kate Forbes has 'kept all pandemic WhatsApps' and handed them over to Covid Inquiry

KATE Forbes has said she has kept all her pandemic WhatsApp messages and insisted she has shared “everything” with the UK Covid Inquiry.

The Conversation

Multimedia is key to distance education: I built a model South African universities can use

Distance education first appeared in the United States in the 1800s. At the time, students received the relevant material through the post and then returned it to the institution.

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Evening Standard

Who is Helen MacNamara? The former minister at the centre of misogyny claims during Covid inquiry

Dominic Cummings' WhatsApp messages 'were both surprising and not surprising to me,' Helen MacNamara said

Evening Standard

Matt Hancock had ‘nuclear levels’ of overconfidence, says ex-civil servant

Helen MacNamara, who served as deputy cabinet secretary, made the claim to the Covid inquiry

The Guardian - UK

Dominic Cummings has every right to badmouth Boris Johnson. But please stop picking on shopping trolleys

This blameless piece of equipment has been dragged through the mud at the Covid inquiry. How dare anyone compare it to our former prime minister?

The Independent UK

Boris Johnson’s No 10 was toxic, sexist and devoid of humanity, says ex-top civil servant

Helen MacNamara tells Covid inquiry of ‘macho’ culture where ‘hundreds’ broke rules on daily basis

The Guardian - UK

‘Absence of humanity’: Helen MacNamara’s evidence to Covid inquiry

Former deputy cabinet secretary describes misogyny, lack of planning and over-confidence in government’s pandemic response

The Conversation

Dominic Cummings has exposed a hole at the heart of the British government – and a glaring problem with the way we choose prime ministers

The COVID inquiry is possibly the most sophisticated and wide-ranging blame game that has ever played out in British politics. That said, the great benefit of public inquiries, as opposed to parliamentary scrutiny, is that their breadth allows for an exploration of issues in a way that promotes “cool thinking”…

The National (Scotland)

Ex-top official claims 'hundreds of civil servants' broke Covid rules

HUNDREDS of civil servants and other ministers could have been fined for breaking lockdown rules, a former senior official has said.

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