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Care home boss says Matt Hancock has 'no integrity' after WhatsApp messages leaked

This week, messages sent by former Health Secretary Matt Hancock during the coronavirus pandemic have been leaked. Three care home bosses have spoken to The Mirror about their despair

Daily Mirror

CPAC crowd boos Anthony Fauci during cable news compilation on Covid origins

The CPAC audience erupted into shouts and boos when the former White House expert on infectious disease joined the montage

The Independent UK

'The idea the Education Secretary thought teachers were lazy during Covid is disgusting'

'In my 30-year teaching career I have never seen staff work so hard as they did during the pandemic,' says Dr Paul Gosling, NAHT President and head teacher of Exeter Road Community Primary School in Devon

Daily Mirror

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Learners having to wait up to six months for a driving test ahead of examiner strikes

There is already a backlog from the Covid-19 pandemic, while upcoming strikes are expected to delay things even further

Wales Online

3 years since the pandemic wrecked attendance, kids still aren't showing up to school

By some estimates, chronic absenteeism doubled during the pandemic. Now, about halfway through the most "normal" school year since 2020, the situation hasn't improved in many places.

WEKU

Who is Isabel Oakeshott? The journalist involved in leaking Matt Hancock's WhatsApps

The leaking of Matt Hancock's private WhatsApp messages has dominated the news amid revelations about how the former minister handled the pandemic.

The National (Scotland)

Mum's touching gesture to stranger after dad dies from covid

Joanne and her dad Francis went to Everton games together since she was a child

Liverpool Echo

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Seth Meyers on Fox News: ‘They are captive to the audience they created’

Late-night hosts discuss the revelations from the defamation lawsuit against Fox News, the ‘low confidence’ Covid lab leak theory and the start of CPAC

The Guardian - US

Partygate investigator Sue Gray quits to take top job under Keir Starmer

The senior civil servant, who authored a bombshell report into lockdown-busting parties in No10, became a household name during the scandal that rocked Boris Johnson's Government

Daily Mirror

What is America’s Frontline Doctors, the Covid denialist organisation sponsoring CPAC?

Group has been accused of financial irregularities and peddling false medical information

The Independent UK

Striking teachers’ union slams leaked Matt Hancock WhatsApp messages at Bristol rally

Executive union member says they were a 'horrendous slap in the face'

Bristol Post

Care home worker 'livid and disgusted' at Matt Hancock's leaked messages

"It was horrendous, all hell broke lose in the care homes. I felt forgotten and unappreciated"

Wales Online

Rehab on hold: COVID devastated prison learning programs

In a nation that incarcerates roughly 2 million people, the coronavirus pandemic was a nightmare for prisons

The Independent UK

Former Italian PM Giuseppe Conte faces investigation over Covid response

Conte, ex-health minister and 17 others placed under investigation on suspicion of ‘aggravated culpable epidemic’ and manslaughter

The Guardian - UK

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Evening Standard

Misplaced breathing tube contributed to death of first UK child Covid victim, coroner rules

Ismail Mohamed Abdulwahab, 13, died in hospital three days after testing positive for Covid

Glasgow Live

Michelle Mone spotted enjoying holiday in villa bought soon after PPE scandal

Baroness Mone, who is abroad with her husband, is at the centre of controversy after the company set up by business associate Anthony Page is being sued for more than £130million.

The Independent UK

UK health chief's leaked messages revive raw pandemic debate

COVID-19 has shot back into the headlines in Britain through the leak of more than 100,000 private messages sent or received by the health minister as the government scrambled to respond to the new respiratory virus

Daily Mirror

Keir Starmer 'considers top job for Partygate's Sue Gray' - but PM could block move

The Labour leader is reportedly mulling hiring the top official who authored a report into lockdown-busting parties in No10 during Boris Johnson's Government as his chief-of-staff.

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The Guardian - UK

Matt Hancock’s WhatsApp messages: what he said v Covid context

As revelations from 100,000 messages emerge, here’s a reminder of the pandemic reality at the time

Chronicle Live

North East MPs grill health minister and call for non-dom status to be scrapped to fund new doctors and nurses

Chi Onwurah and Grahame Morris were among those to criticise the Government's stewardship of the NHS in a House of Commons debate this week.

Bangkok Post

Push to overcome vaccine delays

Authorities are working to speed up the rollout of childhood immunisation programmes that have been delayed by Covid-19 for three years.

The Conversation

Why the humble city bus is the key to improving US public transit

Public transit in the U.S. is in a sorry state – aging, underfunded and losing riders, especially since the COVID-19 pandemic. Many proposed solutions focus on new technologies, like self-driving cars and flying taxis. But as a researcher in urban policy and planning, I see more near-term promise in a…

The Conversation

Why can't Americans agree on, well, nearly anything? Philosophy has some answers

Does wearing a mask stop the spread of COVID-19? Is climate change driven primarily by human-made emissions? With these kinds of issues dividing the public, it sometimes feels as if Americans are losing our ability to agree about basic facts of the world. There have been widespread disagreements about matters…

The Conversation

COVID-19's housing crisis hit many Asians in the US hardest – but only after government aid began flowing

The Research Brief is a short take about interesting academic work.

Evening Standard

OPINION - The Standard View: Before we move on from Covid-19, we must learn its lessons

Before we move on from Covid-19, we must learn the lessons of it. Tens of thousands of leaked WhatsApp messages only underline the importance of getting to the facts of the matter as quickly and thoroughly as possible. That is what the independent public inquiry must do.

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