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‘We are ‘f***ing up as a government’: Covid inquiry hears Michael Gove WhatsApp

Michael Gove sent a WhatsApp message saying the government was “f***ing up” at the beginning of the pandemic, the UK Covid Inquiry has heard.

The National (Scotland)

Michael Gove apologises for mistakes by government during Covid crisis

UK was too slow to lock down and initial approach to testing was chaotic, minister tells inquiry

The Guardian - UK

COVID inquiry heard Boris Johnson 'struggled' with graphs – if you do too, here are some tips

In March 2020, the UK government’s chief scientific adviser, Patrick Vallance, presented to the nation a graph showing “the shape of an epidemic”. The red line depicting the number of predicted COVID cases rose to a steep peak before falling again. Vallance explained that delaying and reducing the height of…

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Michael Gove slapped down at Covid inquiry for suggesting virus was man-made

Michael Gove was reprimanded for telling the inquiry ‘there is a significant body of judgment that believes the virus itself was manmade’

The Independent UK

Van Morrison review – gently shakes, rattles and rolls back the years

The 78-year-old’s voice is still strong but his reworkings of early rock’n’roll tunes are more wily than wild

The Guardian - UK

COVID vax halted premature births: study

New research suggests COVID-19 vaccinations could prevent adverse birth outcomes

Salon

Watch: Michael Gove and Jenny Harries give evidence to Covid inquiry

Watch as Michael Gove gives evidence to the Covid inquiry on Tuesday, 28 November.

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Gove rejects suggestion that disabled people not prioritised for support during pandemic – as it happened

Michael Gove asked about Boris Johnson suggestion package to protect people with disabilities should be prepared ‘in slower time’

The Guardian - UK

EasyJet Returns To Profit But Warns Of Gaza War Impact

British no-frills airline EasyJet on Tuesday announced its first annual profit since the outbreak of the Covid pandemic but warned that the Israel-Hamas war will impact its winter results.

International Business Times

Pig hunters deny drug trafficking theory on missing man

Two pig hunters who were with a man when he disappeared while travelling through Queensland during a COVID-19 lockdown deny their group was trafficking drugs.

AAP

Average rent in Great Britain up by more than a quarter since start of Covid

Rise due to shortage of properties has been worsened by soaring interest rates, Savills finds

The Guardian - UK

COVID-19 dogs Burke trial, but no plans to halt rest of week’s testimony

COVID-19 is arguably one of the reasons it took so long for the feds to take former Ald. Ed Burke to trial in the first place. The FBI raided his offices five years ago this week. Criminal charges followed in 2019, but the pandemic helped scuttle plans to begin the…

Chicago Sun-Times

Covid inquiry live: Gove to give evidence as inquiry told Hancock knew lockdown tiers wouldn’t work

Former health secretary had been in ‘despair’ at announcing a policy that wouldn’t work, inquiry told

The Independent UK

Meet Andrew Hauser, the outsider from the UK who'll be deputy governor of the RBA

In a significant step towards reforming Australia’s Reserve Bank, Treasurer Jim Chalmers has stepped outside the bank and outside of Australia to select Andrew Hauser, a British economist, as its new deputy governor.

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Injection might help long COVID patients smell normally again

Early studies hint that a nerve block in the neck could help restore long COVID patients' normal sense of smell, but more research is needed.

The Independent UK

Stephen Colbert's 'The Late Show' pulled until next week as host recovers from surgery

First this fall, a new round with COVID-19 shuttered Stephen Colbert’s “The Late Show.”

Evening Standard

How worried should we be about China's mysterious 'pneumonia' surge?

Sharp rise in hospital admissions among children has been attributed to flu and other 'known' viruses - but experts say more information is needed

The Independent UK

Matt Hancock ‘knew lockdown tiers would not work’, Covid inquiry hears

Former health secretary’s evidence to the probe revealed he was “despair” about the measures which saw pubs, restaurants and bars closed

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The Guardian - UK

Covid changed parents’ and pupils’ relationship with school

Letters: Andrea Dow thinks the bond with school needed to be broken and Dan Thompson says schools must acknowledge what’s happened to rebuild trust. Plus a letter from psychologist Dr Helen Care

The Hindu

What are fibre optic cables and how do they work? | Explained

Optical fibres, which are thin cylindrical strands of glass, carry info like text, images, voices, videos, etc. Charles Kao predicted their use in telecommunication, for which he won a Nobel Prize in 2009. Light is guided through fibre optic cables using total internal reflection. Transmitter encodes info into optical signals,…

The Guardian - UK

UK Covid response was London-centric, Andy Burnham tells inquiry

Greater Manchester mayor says Boris Johnson seemed unaware his region had been under tougher rules

The Independent UK

Hancock ‘knew tiers wouldn’t work’, Covid inquiry hears

A key Covid committee said Manchester should face tougher restrictions because it had not been willing to ‘co-operate’ with the Government.

Evening Standard

Covid Inquiry: Sadiq Khan made private plea to Boris Johnson for London to go into early lockdown

Mayor was set to issue own advice to Londoners in bid to save lives

The Independent UK

Khan says ‘lives could have been saved’ if Government kept him informed on Covid

Sadiq Khan claimed Boris Johnson had been unaware that other countries had imposed lockdowns in March 2020.

The Guardian - UK

Sadiq Khan says exclusion of London officials from Covid meetings cost lives

‘Bad faith’ on part of Boris Johnson’s government meant ministers missed out on vital knowledge early in crisis, mayor tells inquiry

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