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Carbon dioxide in atmosphere hits new record high as scientists call for 'every effort to slash carbon pollution'

Scientists say we need to make 'very rapid and very large' emissions cuts as atmospheric CO2 jumps to an all-time high at the Mauna Loa Atmospheric Baseline Observatory.

ABC News

£4.5bn lost to fraud and error across Covid employment scheme, finds report

Cross-party Public Accounts Committee laid bare a number of ‘repeated problems’ affecting governance

The Independent UK

Ian Hunter: an absolutely epic interview

He’s older than rock’n’roll itself, and back with an all-star cast on his new album on Sun Records. Here he talks to about working with Jeff Beck and Taylor Hawkins, punk rock, Alex Harvey, David Bowie, and sex and drugs in the 70s

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NSW unlikely to withdraw further Covid fines despite court ruling many were unlawful

More than 33,000 fines were rescinded last year after a supreme court ruling, but correspondence from authorities suggests thousands more will stand

The Guardian - AU

Covid inquiry chairwoman expected to address ministers’ High Court challenge

Baroness Hallett is set to respond for the first time to the decision to contest her request for Boris Johnson’s unredacted WhatsApp messages.

The Independent UK

Government ‘too slow’ to recoup taxpayer money lost to Covid fraud and error

The cross-party Public Accounts Committee laid bare a number of ‘repeated problems’ affecting governance.

The Independent UK

'The British people deserve the truth on Covid. What do the Tories have to hide?'

After being appointed by the Government with extensive powers, the suggestion the former Court of Appeal judge could be forced to resign is damning

Daily Mirror

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Revised report on impact of Covid lockdowns ‘adds little insight’

Book based on May 2022 review ‘did lockdowns work?’ examines whether legally enforced interventions prevented deaths

The Guardian - UK

Flu season has started early, and doctors hold fears for children amid low vaccination rates

Healthcare workers have warned the flu season has arrived early this year and is hitting young kids harder than usual.

ABC News

A lack of affordable dental care means Sherry has lost several teeth — and her confidence

Sherry used to love smiling, spending time with her family and volunteering but a lack of affordable dental care has changed everything.

ABC News

Covid inquiry legal challenge over WhatsApp messages to be heard ‘very soon’

MPs told UK government’s attempt to avoid handing over evidence to inquiry had been ‘misinterpreted’

The Guardian - UK

Covid inquiry legal challenge could be heard by end of June, says minister

Cabinet Office minister Jeremy Quin said the process was being ‘expedited’ as he defended the decision to bring forward a judicial review

Evening Standard

Rish! as prime minister makes 2017’s Maybot sound like advanced AI

We were promised the tech bro who could feel our pain, but Rishi Sunak merely inflicts it

The Guardian - UK

How I finally (almost) beat long Covid

After staring down the virus in intensive care, Nicole Holcroft-Emmess spent half a year just trying to breathe. Then she discovered the ‘Cure’ at Austria’s famed Mayrlife centre...

Evening Standard

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The Guardian - UK

The Covid deaths that did not get counted

Letter: Many people died not from having Covid themselves, but because they were advised not to go to hospital or to see their GP, says Prof Sebastian Lucas

Daily Mirror

Ancient deadly disease could be tackled through DNA as UK mutant superstrains feared

TB is overtaking Covid-19 as the most deadly infectious disease and experts fear mutant superstrains could be imported to Britain

The Conversation

How COVID lockdowns distorted our sense of time – new research

The perception of time is a psychological phenomenon, meaning external factors can modify the way we experience it. For example, time may seem to fly by when we’re in good company, whereas if we’re somewhere we don’t want to be, it may appear to slow.

Daily Mirror

Anti-vaxxer plotted to destroy 5G phone masts believing it was linked to Covid jab

Christine Grayson, 59, discussed 'getting rid' of the mobile phone masts with expanding foam and angle grinders - she became 'obsessed' with the idea it was linked to the Covid-19 jab

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Wales Online

People in Wales twice as likely to be fined for breaking lockdown rules

Of people who had travelled into a certain police force area and were fined as a result three-quarters of them were from England

The Guardian - UK

Covid inquiry chair ‘may have to quit’ if denied access to Johnson WhatsApps

Lawyer for bereaved families says Heather Hallett would be unable to do job if government blocks release

Daily Mirror

Covid Inquiry chair 'could be forced to quit' if ministers win WhatsApp legal battle

Elkan Abrahamson, a lawyer representing bereaved families, said the 'existential struggle' could leave Inquiry chair Baroness Heather Hallett with no choice but to step down if the Government wins its legal battle over disclosure of evidence

The Independent UK

Anti-vaccine conspiracy theorist jailed for plotting to destroy 5G masts

Christine Grayson became obsessed with the belief that the rollout of the 5G masts was linked to the Covid-19 jab.

Evening Standard

Covid inquiry chairwoman’s resignation ‘logical response’ if she loses WhatsApp fight

The issue is ‘a power struggle between politicians and the inquiry they’ve set up’ rather than a legal fight around privacy, a solicitor said.

The Independent UK

Covid lockdown benefits were ‘drop in the bucket’ compared to costs, study says

Johns Hopkins University study casts doubt on policy’s effectiveness

Bangkok Post

Air travel to soar near record in 2023: industry group

ISTANBUL: Airlines will return to profit and fly a near-record 4.35 billion passengers this year, but the sector's post-pandemic recovery remains fragile, an industry group said on Monday.

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