Get all your news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One app.

Start reading

Get all your news in one place.

100's of premium titles. One news app.

Start reading

The Latest Breaking News from Covid-19

During Covid, callous Tories knew this about old people: they’re very expensive

This government has done precious little to prepare for an ageing population, says the Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee

The Guardian - UK

Sturgeon urged to resolve WhatsApp row to ‘retain semblance of credibility’

Douglas Ross has written to the former first minister again to demand she clarifies whether she deleted messages related to the pandemic.

The Independent UK

Will Rishi Sunak set the record straight at the Covid-19 inquiry?

With conflicting claims about his pandemic role, the PM will set the record straight

Evening Standard

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Furious about the petty macho point-scoring of the Covid-era government? May I suggest this shouty Belgian feminist video

Helen MacNamara’s quietly devastating evidence to the Covid inquiry reminded me how desperately we need more women channelling their anger into politics, says Emma Beddington

The Guardian - UK

I feared scientific advisers were being used by the government – the Covid inquiry shows they were

I told Chris Whitty at the time that scientists were providing cover for weak leaders taking harmful decisions, says Prof Devi Sridhar, chair of global public health at the University of Edinburgh

The Guardian - UK

Covid inquiry evidence about leaders’ petty preoccupations fills me with fury

We on the frontline had to take decisions that affected who lived and who died – and we deserve to hear that it was not our fault

The Guardian - UK

Moderna’s CFO on the $25 billion innovation plan to work past the post-COVID slump

“There’s a true organic growth opportunity here,” Jamey Mock says.

Fortune

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

WhatsApp at work: The dangers and pitfalls of using the app with colleagues

With WhatsApp now used for everything from work planning to landlord queries and sexting, it’s easy to forget who you’re talking to. Lucy Thackray finds out how to avoid a Tories-style crisis

The Independent UK

'We've been back in COVID times...': Mickey Arthur on stringent security measures for the Pakistan team

NEW DELHI: Pakistan's Director of Cricket, Mickey Arthur, has attributed part of the difficulties in their World Cup campaign to the stringent security measures that have confined players to their hotel rooms, limiting their ability to socialise.

The Times of India

Friday favourite: The “brutal” Florida track that bookended Gavin's Corvette story

The 3.741 miles of bumpy asphalt that makes up Sebring International Raceway is most certainly unique. And in choosing it as his favourite track, Oliver Gavin makes several references to the airfield venue’s one-of-a-kind nature that, in his estimation, narrowly elevates it above the Circuit de la Sarthe where he…

Autosport

COVID vaccine rates in the Hunter dive as fresh wave approaches

'We've all got some level of immunity.'

Newcastle Herald

What the papers say – November 3

Here is what the British newspapers are talking about this Friday.

The Independent UK

A pilot accused of threatening to shoot a commercial airline captain is an Air Force Reserve officer

A pilot accused of threatening to shoot an airline captain if they diverted to give a passenger medical attention is an Air Force Reserve lieutenant colonel who had been relieved of command for refusing the COVID-19 vaccine

The Independent UK

What we learned about Matt Hancock from the Covid inquiry

Former health secretary was seen as an overconfident ‘liar’ during the pandemic, according to former colleagues

The Guardian - UK

Get all your
news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One news app.

The Guardian - UK

Covid inquiry turns to the professionals for a masterclass in time-wasting

Former NHS England boss Simon Stevens turns out to be just the warmup act for the main event, Christopher Wormald

The Guardian - UK

The Guardian view on the Covid-19 inquiry: a week that has probed deep

Editorial: The absence of national planning for the pandemic and Boris Johnson’s shameful leadership are in the spotlight

The Guardian - UK

We may be old, Boris Johnson, but don’t dare call us expendable

Letters: Michael Rosen, Jane M Card, Colin Montgomery, Prof Pete Dorey and two others respond to the news of Boris Johnson’s attitude to the spread of Covid

The Guardian - UK

This pantomime in Paddington is no way to right the wrongs of the Covid pandemic

The search for blame rather than truth at the inquiry is fuelling a theatre of humiliation, says Guardian columnist Simon Jenkins

Get all your
news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One news app.

The Guardian - UK

‘The blame game’: revelations from health officials at UK Covid inquiry

Simon Stevens and Chris Wormald recall inefficiency, lack of planning and a ‘horrible dilemma’ on life-or-death decisions

Capital & Main

Poverty and Long COVID Go Together

The lowest income Californians are more likely to have lingering symptoms, and more likely to lose jobs.

The Independent UK

Matt Hancock wanted to decide who should live and who should die during Covid – former NHS boss

Dominic Cummings asked whether the true problem was him ‘calling Hancock “a lying c*** killing people’” or ‘Hancock actually being a lying c*** killing people’

The Hindu

On the wrong track | Why daily commute is an ordeal for train passengers in northern Kerala

Kerala's rail commuters face an ordeal daily: squeezing into packed unreserved coaches, struggling to board, and enduring unwanted advances. Reasons for overcrowding include road traffic delays and changes to train timings due to COVID-19. Passengers demand more short-distance trains and MEMUs, but the Railways are unable to make changes due…

The Guardian - AU

Covid wave: what are the rules around testing and vaccines in Australia?

When did cases start rising? Do you still need to report positive results? What does the latest coronavirus wave mean for health regulations?

Fortune

Gen Z and millennials have found a lucrative new hobby thanks to skyrocketing luxury prices: Flipping designer handbags

A perfect storm of scarcity, inflation, and pandemic savings have pumped up the prices of super-luxe bags. Young shoppers are diving into the market.

The Independent UK

Yousaf accused of ‘secretive approach’ in row over WhatsApp Covid messages

He defended Nicola Sturgeon following reports the ex-first minister had deleted messages.

1 … 218 219 220 221

People

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Organisations

the Scottish Government

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Topics

Places

Fourteen days free

Download the app

One app. One membership.
100+ trusted global sources.