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Covid vaccine walk-in centres open this week as final day for booster jab looms

A number of sites in Greater Manchester will be open this week before major changes are made to vaccine eligibility

Manchester Evening News

Preacher who sold £91 'plague protection oil' as bogus cure for Covid is spared jail

Bishop Climate Wiseman, who claimed to have performed miracles on the sick, including curing cancer, was spared jailed after being found guilty of fraud in December last year by selling £91 protection kits against covid.

Daily Mirror

Bishop who sold bogus Covid cure made from cedarwood and olive oil avoids jail

Bishop Climate Wiseman sold the mixture consisting of hyssop, cedarwood and olive oil

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Preacher sold 'divine plague protection kit' amid 'drop dead' warnings during covid pandemic

Bishop Climate Wiseman has been sentenced for fraud after selling the kits made up of 'plague protection oil', a card and scarlet yarn

Wales Online

Top Ayrshire cop outlines 'unprecedented demand' for police over last two years

Chief Superintendent Faroque Hussain highlighted the challenges since covid as he lays out plans for next three years.

Daily Record

Jockey Oisin Murphy secures ride in £1.25 million race on comeback from 14-month ban

The three-time champion jockey Oisin Murphy's suspension for misleading the BHA when he broke Covid rules in 2020 and failing two alcohol breath tests is due to expire next week

Daily Mirror

Bank of England could be forced to raise interest rates again, says policymaker

Inflation could become entrenched as Covid, energy shock and Brexit hit economy, says Catherine Mann

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Grammys 2023: Beyonce makes history and Harry Styles breaks the internet (again)

Records were broken, EGOTs were achieved and Adele has gone viral for her facial expressions once again. Here’s what went down at the star-studded ceremony...

Evening Standard

Commentary: We need to boost COVID-19 surveillance to detect new viral variants

In the 1967 film “The Graduate,” the title character played by Dustin Hoffman attends a post-graduation party where a partygoer beckons him from the boisterous crowd and gives him a single word of career advice that has become an iconic cinema quote: “Plastics.”

Chicago Tribune

Editorial: Boosting China’s Growth Requires Addressing Fundamental Problems

Enhancing confidence and improving expectations depend on deepening reform

Caixin Global

‘We feel for lecturers — but we want our fees back’: what students really think about the university strikes

Lecturers, librarians and administrative staff are among the 70,000 university workers set to strike for 17 days this term — so is Generation Covid right in asking for compensation? Katie Strick reports

Evening Standard

Family caregivers of people with long COVID bear an extra burden

When a case of COVID-19 morphs into the mysterious, chronic condition known as long COVID, the specialists, appointments, medications and daily need for family care can overwhelm everyone involved.

WEKU

As Kentucky tourist attractions return to normal, COVID-19 precautions fading away

LEXINGTON, Ky. — While several popular Kentucky tourist attractions report a deep desire from guests to get out and explore this year, and many expect a return to full visitation, few COVID-19 safety restrictions remain in place.

Tribune News Service

Jeremy Clarkson admits people couldn’t make Covid jabs due to traffic caused by his farm shop

The 62-year-old said he ‘didn’t think’ his Diddly Squat Farm shop would cause such mayhem on the roads

Evening Standard

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The Guardian - US

‘We still don’t know it’s over’: will Covid surge after US ends emergency?

Experts remain concerned about virus as Biden administration says it will let the public health emergency expire in May

Bangkok Post

Indonesian economic growth rises to 9-year high

Indonesia's economic growth accelerated to a nine-year high in 2022 despite global uncertainty and a final-quarter slowdown, official data showed Monday, owing to soaring commodity prices and easing Covid-19 curbs.

Glasgow Live

Glasgow probe into doctor accused of stealing and selling life-saving PPE during covid pandemic

pandemic.The 43-year-old woman is accused of selling off the equipment, including masks, visors and body suits at the height of the crisis and a report has been sent to the procurator fiscal.

Reuters

Hong Kong sees influx of Chinese visitors as borders reopen fully

Tens of thousands of travellers commuted between mainland China and its special administrative region of Hong Kong on Monday, authorities said, the first time in three years that all border checkpoints were reopened fully without COVID-19 restrictions.

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The Guardian - UK

Covid was devastating – why are we pretending it didn’t happen?

A recent book about the 1918 Spanish flu pandemic details a ‘collective forgetting’ of the period. Our lack of Covid reckoning suggests history is repeating itself, writes Emma Beddington

Bangkok Post

Covid becoming seasonal, annual vaccination will suffice

Covid-19 will become seasonal and vaccination should be annual for vulnerable people, while mRNA vaccine produces more complications than earlier vaccines, according to a prominent virologist.

The Independent UK

Jeremy Clarkson admits people couldn’t get to Covid vaccinations because of traffic created by his farm shop

‘They couldn’t get a crew for the fire station,’ said presenter

Bristol Post

Health workers in Bristol region face job cuts due to inflation and end of Covid funding

A local NHS boss warned the organisation has suffered a real-terms cut in government funding

Daily Record

Scots doctor probed over alleged theft of thousands of pounds of PPE at height of Covid pandemic

Life-saving items were allegedly taken by the 42-year-old medic over a period of five months.

ABC News

COVID-breaching New Year's Eve party at The George bar in Perth sees organiser found guilty

The organiser of a New Year's Eve party at a Perth bar in 2021 is convicted of breaching WA's COVID-19 restrictions by allowing partygoers to dance and drink standing up while trying to conceal what was happening.

The Guardian - US

Grammys 2023: Beyoncé breaks record for all-time wins and Harry Styles gets album of the year – as it happened

Beyoncé becomes most decorated Grammy artist, while Grammys celebrate 50 years of hip-hop and Styles takes home album of the year award

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