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Primary school pupils running drugs 'now the norm' as county lines gangs target younger children

Former children's commissioner warns of a crisis putting hundreds of thousands of children in England at risk of violence

Manchester Evening News

Man Utd facing fixture nightmare as repercussions of Europa League failure emerge

Manchester United will need to play an extra two European games after failing to top their Europa League group - despite beating Real Sociedad 1-0 on Thursday night in Spain

Daily Mirror

Wood-fired oven powers Maitland pizza bar

If you want authentic Italian pizza, look no further than Ometto

Newcastle Herald

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Hong Kong shares soar on hopes China COVID rules may ease

Shares have soared more than 7% in Hong Kong after a Communist Party newspaper reported that local officials are being urged not to impose overly burdensome controls to curb coronavirus infections

The Independent UK

Coronavirus: China extends lockdowns as Covid outbreak worsens

BEJING: China's daily local Covid infection rate soared to its highest level since early May, with lockdowns sweeping across the nation.

The Times of India

Five new Omicron sub-variants found

The Department of Medical Sciences has recently detected five emerging sub-variants of Omicron of Covid-19.

Bangkok Post

Alibaba, Nio Stocks Surge: Hang Seng Rises Over 3% As Tech, EV Rally Outweighs COVID-19 Worries

Hong Kong shares traded in the green on Friday with the benchmark Hang Seng opening 3.36% higher. Investors and traders seem to have shrugged off a rise in COVID-19 cases in China which hit their highest since August.

Benzinga

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All the latest COVID-19 news and case numbers from around the states and territories

Here's a quick wrap of the COVID-19 news and case numbers from each Australian jurisdiction from the past week.

ABC News

Germany's Scholz tests China ties with inaugural visit, to discuss Ukraine

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz arrives in China on a one-day trip on Friday, becoming the first G7 leader to visit since the start of COVID-19 and President Xi Jinping solidifying his grip on power with a third term as Communist Party general secretary.

Reuters

State Railway Operator Posts Record Loss on Covid Disruptions

Red ink increases 36% for the first three quarters, and profit almost vanishes for the cash-cow high-speed Beijing-Shanghai route

Caixin Global

Adopted woman tracks down mum to Glasgow who died months after meeting

Megan Kennedy, who lives in the US, travelled across the pond to meet her biological mother, Patti Neil, who was living in Glasgow. Just months after the pair emotionally met, Patti passed away.

Glasgow Live

‘It’s OK to take risks in concerts because there it’s safe to do so’: Conductor Daniel Harding on his double life as an airline pilot

He’s been on the podium with the world’s leading orchestras but, he says, his new parallel career flying for Air France has taught him things he never learned in 30 years of music making

The Guardian - UK

It may sound paradoxical, but Britain needs to spend its way out of recession

Cutting during a recession has been long discredited, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee

The Guardian - UK

"Tripledemic" could worsen COVID wave

A respiratory virus and flu are swamping hospitals, raising the specter of three viruses circulating simultaneously

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WA farewells emergency COVID-19 powers

State and territory authorities are bracing for an uptick in COVID-19 infections as new variants of the virus spread across Australia.

The Guardian - UK

‘Nobody will do anything for us – we’ll do it ourselves!’ Newcastle’s wild DIY music scene thrives against the odds

Funding is drying up and venues are closing – but from pagan folk to deep techno to raw noise, the underground music scene in the north-east is exploding

Wales Online

Adopted woman discovered birth family via genealogy website and Facebook, finally finds 'her people'

When she saw a photo of her biological father for the first time, Megan said 'my heart dropped to my toes, I knew it was him'

The Guardian - UK

One UK nightclub closing every two days over soaring costs, industry says

Night Time Industries Association warns a third of clubs will disappear by year’s end without help from government

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Daily Mirror

Hygiene expert explains why you technically don’t have to shower at all - even if you stink

Showering every day is “really not important” and bathing often can strip the body of its self-regulating microbiome, explains hygiene expert Professor Sally Bloomfield

The Guardian - UK

Richard Branson urges Heathrow not to limit Christmas flights

Strong dollar and end of Covid restrictions lead to huge boom in travel from US to UK, Virgin and Delta say

Irish Mirror

Rory O’Connor reveals upcoming RTE show with prisoners in Mountjoy is 'groundbreaking TV'

The new show will air on RTE next spring and sees the Rory’s Stories comedian team up with GAA footballer Philly McMahon to coach a team of prisoners in Gaelic football

The Guardian - AU

Australia’s richer areas more likely to have people working from home in pandemic, analysis finds

Census data shows Sydney’s northern suburbs had highest WFH proportion, with lowest in regional areas such as Maryborough in Victoria and Taree in NSW

Los Angeles Times

Are the unvaccinated still a danger to the rest of us?

LOS ANGELES — For almost two years, COVID-19 vaccine holdouts have been the objects of earnest pleading and financial inducements, of social-media shaming and truth campaigns. They've missed weddings, birthday celebrations and recitals, and even forfeited high-stakes athletic competitions. Until last month, they were barred from entering the United States…

Los Angeles Times

Are the unvaccinated still a danger to the rest of us?

Reuters

Pfizer, BioNTech start COVID-flu combination vaccine study

U.S. drugmaker Pfizer Inc and its German partner BioNTech SE have started an early-stage study to evaluate a combination vaccine targeting COVID-19 and influenza, the companies said on Thursday.

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