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Covid-19 deaths fall for fourth week in a row

A total of 863 deaths registered in England and Wales in the week ending February 18 mentioned Covid-19 on the death certificate.

The Independent UK

Parents say long Covid is affecting their children's mental health

The Office for National Statistics found about 30 per cent of children with long Covid presented with a probable mental illness compared with 7.7 per cent without long Covid

Wales Online

Primary school children with long Covid ‘more likely to have mental illness’

The Office for National Statistics found pupils aged five to 11 with long Covid were 30% more likely to have a mental disorder.

The Independent UK

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Truss warns of ‘some economic hardship’ as she gives more detail of Russian sanctions – as it happened

Truss says officials ‘working through the night’ to draw up sanctions against oligarchs; Kwasi Kwarteng in Commons on economic crime bill

The Guardian - UK

Rise in police recorded rapes and sex crimes in wake of Sarah Everard’s murder

Forces recorded the highest number of rapes and the second highest number of sexual offences in a 12-month period.

The Independent UK

Poorest areas of England have less than third of garden space enjoyed by richest

Poorer residents have a mental and physical health disadvantage that leads to worse outcomes throughout their lives

The Guardian - UK

Ukraine refugees: how displacement could impact farms and families in the UK

One of the most immediate consequences of conflicts and crisis is often displacement, as people seek safety. The crisis in Ukraine means substantial numbers of people may flee the country to seek refuge overseas.

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Lockdown lifestyles: how has Covid changed lives in the UK?

Nearly two years after the first lockdown was implemented, legal restrictions related to coronavirus are finally being lifted. Here we chart what has changed in people’s lives

The Guardian - UK

NZ's confirmed COVID case numbers are rising fast, but total infections are likely much higher – here's why

With Aotearoa New Zealand’s move into phase 3 of its response to the Omicron outbreak, new definitions and protocols for testing and isolation will mean new ways of measuring the impact of COVID-19.

The Conversation

Woman, 75, explains horror after losing £30,000 in Dragons' Den cryptocurrency scam

Jill, 75, has lost huge sums of money after being taken in by a convincing fraud on Facebook featuring faked quotes from trusted entrepreneur Deborah Meaden, of Dragons' Den fame

Daily Mirror

Covid rules that will remain in place from today as legal self-isolation is scrapped

Boris Johnson’s ‘living with Covid’ plan comes into action in England today with the end of mandatory isolation. But with all remaining legal Covid restrictions set to end under the plan, which rules will still be in place?

Daily Mirror

Home abortions get six-month extension - but will be ‘scrapped’ in August

Government’s ‘pills by post’ scheme will end after two years

The Independent UK

Revealed: Top Covid hotspots in England as all restrictions lifted

Case rates falling in all of country’s 315 local authorities, official testing data suggests

The Independent UK

UK Covid infections above pre-Christmas levels as 2.1m have virus – but cases falling in England

Around one in 25 people in England had Covid last week

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One in 25 people have Covid as cases fall but infections highest in primary school kids

Boris Johnson announced his plan for living with Covid earlier this week, involving axing mandatory self-isolation and free tests as infection levels dropped further

The Independent UK

Covid-19 infections fall in England but mixed picture in rest of UK

Numbers across the country are still higher than pre-Christmas levels.

Insider UK

Thousands of bank branches have closed in the past 12 years - but how many are in your area?

Official data shows the number of bank branches dropped by 11% in the year to March 2021

The Independent UK

How to cope with the rising cost of living

Millions of Britons are struggling as the price of everything soars amid rising energy prices and inflation. Kate Ng turns to financial experts for advice on how to deal with it all

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Four in five older primary school pupils likely to have had covid, new figures suggest

New figures looking at eight to 11-year-olds found 82 per cent had antibodies which suggest someone has had the infection or been vaccinated

The Independent UK

Scotland Covid update: Four in five older primary school children likely to have antibodies

Levels in the eight to 11 age group rose sharply during the recent Omicron wave of infections.

The Independent UK

Four in five older primary school children likely to have Covid-19 antibodies

Levels in the eight to 11 age group rose sharply during the recent Omicron wave of infections.

The Guardian - UK

Covid live: Poland, Slovakia and Iceland latest countries set to end most coronavirus restrictions — as it happened

Move comes as case numbers and deaths continue to fall in many nations

The Guardian - UK

Bank of England chief urges banks to show restraint on bonuses; global stocks recover – as it happened

Bank of England’s Bailey says sanctions pose no risk to UK’s financial sector, as foreign secretary talks about Britain’s plans to stop Russia selling sovereign debt in London

The Hindu

A new measure of inflation is brewing on the horizon

Traditional statistical practices could be getting redefined, as an initiative by British campaigner Jack Monroe shows

The Guardian - UK

CPS head Max Hill severely criticised over record low in rape convictions

Vera Baird, victims’ commissioner, says DPP has overseen ‘catastrophic’ period in CPS’s history

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