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Helen Glover gets back in the boat again: ‘I truly think I can be better than ever’

Double Olympic champion wants to prove mothers can hit the very top and targets record-breaking podium finish in Paris

The Guardian - UK

Scheme to help long-term unemployed ‘overestimated support by almost half’

The Restart scheme was designed to help 1.4 million people into work post-Covid but its ambitions were scaled back.

The Independent UK

Over £26million of taxpayers' cash 'wasted' on consultancy and legal costs for PPE

However Health Minister Will Quince revealed the true costs, which were for contracts from April 2020 to December 2021, in a parliamentary question asked by Labour’s deputy leader Angela Rayner

Daily Mirror

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Aspiring Aussie musicians considering a career change as COVID recovery lags, survey finds

Major festival and tour cancellations made many a headline since the pandemic halted travel and gatherings, but Australia's local live acts have been impacted so heavily, almost three-quarters of them are considering ditching music altogether.

ABC News

Boris Johnson faces fight for political future at Partygate hearing

Former PM to argue he did not intend to mislead MPs, at hearing that could lead to suspension from parliament

The Guardian - UK

Illinois educators try to tackle pandemic learning loss with high-impact tutoring

One educator compared the learning disruption caused by the pandemic to water freezing in cracked pavement, deepening the divide.

Chicago Sun-Times

Can a chatbot help women who have experienced racism?

When Priyanka was told to "take her COVID virus back to where she came from" during the height of the pandemic, she decided to create Maya Cares, the first chatbot to help women of colour identify whether they have gone through a racist incident.

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Morning Mail: hope for voice breakthrough, Aukus subs bill ticks higher, Boris Johnson admits ‘good faith’ fibs

Late-night talks in Canberra signal hope of bipartisanship on referendum; defence industry minister admits ‘scope’ for more cost; Trump tension in US

The Guardian - AU

Boris Johnson’s ‘bombshell’ Partygate defence branded weak by Tory MPs ahead of TV grilling

Key part of former PM’s defence ‘b*****ks’, says David Davis – as MPs predict he will be found guilty

The Independent UK

Partygate defence dossier: how Boris Johnson tried to contain a scandal

New revelations about gatherings, conversations with key witnesses and press briefings

The Guardian - UK

Ice-cream war as widow and ex-wife launch court battle over dessert mogul's £4.7m will

Ernesto “Ernie” Colicci died of Covid in 2021, at the age of 66, having spent nearly 40 years carving out a London ice-cream empire alongside his first wife, Josephine Colicci

Daily Mirror

New national memorial unveiled on third anniversary of first UK Covid lockdown

There are plans for a much larger living memorial at the National Memorial Arboretum.

The Independent UK

The Great COVID Rupture

Three years after "15 days to slow the spread," things almost look like they're back to normal. But they're not.

Reason

Boris Johnson’s partygate defence ‘complete and utter nonsense’, say Covid bereaved

Lobby Akinnola said: ‘I think it’s ridiculous to say that ignorance is some kind of defence’

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The Independent UK

Johnson’s partygate defence ‘complete and utter nonsense’, say Covid bereaved

Lobby Akinnola said: ‘I think it’s ridiculous to say that ignorance is some kind of defence.’

Wales Online

Boris Johnson's partygate defence a 'nonsense' says man whose dad died of Covid

Lobby Akinnola's father was buried the day before then-PM Johnson was photographed sitting with his wife Carrie and staff at a table with wine and cheese in the No 10 garden

Salon

The raccoon dog–COVID connection

A new thread in the debate over SARS-CoV-2’s origins centers around a dog-like creature from Asia

The National (Scotland)

Nicola Sturgeon asked to give evidence at UK Covid-19 inquiry

NICOLA Sturgeon will be invited to give evidence at the inquiry looking into the UK's response to the coronavirus pandemic.

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Daily Mirror

Boris Johnson's 8 cowardly Partygate excuses - from 'cramped No10' to 'it was my birthday'

In a 52-page dossier, Boris Johnson tried to shift Partygate blame onto his aides, accused the media of 'weaponising' pictures of him drinking and joking with colleagues, and moaned that no one sang him Happy Birthday at a surprise do

The Independent UK

UK Covid-19 inquiry to request that Nicola Sturgeon should give evidence

The inquiry will hold hearings in Scotland early next year as part of Baroness Hallett’s investigation into the response to the virus.

Reuters

Factbox-Boris Johnson's defence over allegations he misled UK parliament

Former British prime minister Boris Johnson accepted on Tuesday he misled parliament over the answers he gave about parties held in government buildings during the coronavirus pandemic, but he denied having done so "intentionally or recklessly".

ABC News

Boris Johnson admits to misleading parliament over lockdown parties at Downing Street

Boris Johnson says he unintentionally misled parliament when he assured his colleagues that no parties had taken place during the UK's COVID-19 lockdown.

Reuters

UK's Boris Johnson and the 'partygate' scandal

Former British prime minister Boris Johnson faces a grilling by lawmakers on Wednesday over whether he intentionally misled parliament about illegal parties at his office during coronavirus lockdowns when he was leader.

Reuters

Explainer-How will the 'partygate' inquiry into Boris Johnson work?

Former British prime minister Boris Johnson will be grilled by lawmakers on Wednesday as they decide whether he intentionally misled parliament about illegal parties at his office during coronavirus lockdowns.

The National (Scotland)

The most ridiculous parts of Boris Johnson's partygate defence dossier

BORIS Johnson's partygate defence dossier makes some interesting arguments …

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