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UK must be prepared to lock down to prevent disease spread – Hancock

The former health secretary was giving evidence to the Covid-19 public inquiry.

The Independent UK

Tesco boss defends hundreds of millions in profits during bruising exchange with MP

Speaking to MPs today, Tesco commerical director Gordon Gafa said the firm is the "most competitive we have ever been" - but Labour's Darren Jones questioned a steep rise in profits since Covid

Daily Mirror

Hancock says government was more concerned with counting bodybags than stopping Covid spread

Covid planning approach was ‘completely wrong’, says former health secretary – as he offers ‘heartfelt’ apology to families

The Independent UK

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Teacher appalled by school's 'insulting' gift to her and everyone is making same point

The art teacher asked if she is 'being a brat' by being disappointed by her gift - but everyone on social media is just as baffled by the strange gesture from her employer

Daily Mirror

Watch live: Matt Hancock gives evidence to Covid-19 inquiry

Watch live as Matt Hancock gives evidence to the Covid-19 inquiry on Tuesday, 27 June.

The Independent UK

‘I’ve become more fearless’: Tuppence Middleton on OCD, motherhood and playing Elizabeth Taylor

The Downton Abbey actor loves to keep a low profile. So how does she feel about portraying one of Hollywood’s most glamorous and headline-grabbing stars – and writing a book about her own mental health?

The Guardian - UK

Matt Hancock arrives to give evidence to Covid-19 inquiry

The former health secretary is giving evidence to Module 1 of the hearing, which is looking at pandemic preparedness.

The Independent UK

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Calls for Victorian government to scrap Covid fines as data shows minority groups more likely to be penalised

Some community leaders say report is evidence of officers targeting people based on their ethnicity, which Victoria police rejects

The Guardian - AU

Small, Slow But Steady review – meditative boxing tale as deaf fighter rethinks life

Film follows Keiko, deaf since birth, making her way in the ring when Covid-19 lockdown arrives in Japan and she must deal with confidence issues

The Guardian - UK

Editorial: Education emergency: The falling NAEP scores show that COVID badly hurt how America’s kids are learning

The national test considered the gold standard of whether schoolchildren are gaining or slipping has delivered alarming news: Kids are backsliding in both math and reading. Thirteen-year-olds assessed in the fall of 2022 scored about the same in reading as those who took the test in 1971, when it was…

Tribune News Service

India logs lowest daily COVID cases since March 2020

India has recorded 33 fresh coronavirus infections, the lowest number of cases since March 2020, according to the Union Health Ministry data.

The Hindu

Part One of the BusinessLive East Midlands Top 500 Companies List 2023 – Numbers 500-351

List is compiled by researchers from the Business Schools at De Montfort, Derby and Nottingham Trent universities

Birmingham Post

Tory MP Virginia Crosbie apologises for attending birthday event during Covid: ‘I did not drink’

Crosbie is a former parliamentary private secretary to ex-health secretary Matt Hancock

The Independent UK

Hancock faces Covid inquiry months after leaked WhatsApps revealed chaotic government response to virus

Former health secretary will become latest high-profile politician to appear before Covid-19 inquiry

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The Guardian - UK

Covid and Grenfell families call for oversight of inquiry outcomes

Campaigners say mechanism is needed to ensure public inquiry recommendations are not ignored

Liverpool Echo

Cold, covid and hay fever symptoms and how to tell the difference

Many people are contracting colds and covid, and suffering from hay fever

The Independent UK

Matt Hancock to appear before Covid inquiry

The former health secretary will become the latest high-profile politician to appear before the Covid-19 Inquiry

Bangkok Post

Covid case numbers 'are falling'

The number of Covid-19 patients in Thailand is dropping while Covid-19 deaths are mostly people aged above 70 and the unvaccinated, according to the Public Health Ministry.

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Tory MP Virginia Crosbie apologises for attending 'birthday drinks’ during Covid

Restrictions were in place at the time. She is a former parliamentary private secretary to ex-health secretary Matt Hancock

The Independent UK

Tory MP Virginia Crosbie apologises for attending ‘birthday drinks’ during Covid

Ms Crosbie is a former parliamentary private secretary to ex-health secretary Matt Hancock.

LiveScience

Declassified US intelligence report finds no evidence of coronavirus 'lab leak' from Wuhan institute

A declassified U.S. intelligence report further refutes the idea that SARS-CoV-2 "leaked" from the Wuhan Institute of Virology.

The Hindu

No new COVID-19 case recorded in State

Tamil Nadu records no fresh COVID 19 infection

Irish Mirror

999 operator who hasn't received COVID bonus considering legal action as he feels like 'c**p on someone’s boot'

The Labour Party's Duncan Smith told the Irish Mirror that it was "outrageous" that Health Minister Stephen Donnelly "hasn’t got on top of paying the pandemic bonus to those who earned it".

Los Angeles Times

Brian Merchant: The tech elite's embrace of RFK Jr. is a grim omen for Silicon Valley's future

Silicon Valley's archetypal hero is the founder of humble beginnings — he who, through grit, sweat and genius, unleashes a world-changing idea from his garage. It's hard to imagine someone more antithetical to that formula than a scion of the most powerful political dynasty in the nation. Yet Robert F.…

Liverpool Echo

Former Liverpool star Fernando Torres 'taking Spanish government to court' over £687,000 Covid-19 losses

Fernando Torres is reportedly taking the Spanish Government to court over damages incurred during the Covid-19 pandemic

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