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The motherhood question: Can a fertility MOT help tell me if I want children?

As new ONS data reveals that half of women have not had a baby by their 30th birthday for the first time ever, Harriet Hall explores if fertility testing could help them find an answer to the baby question

The Independent UK

Bar staff and beauticians among least likely to be vaccinated

The ONS has released new figures showing in which professions are most and least likely to have been jabbed

Wales Online

Emily Sheffield: Like the MPs’ expenses scandal, Boris Johnson has broken trust in politics

Who cannot admire the poverty campaigner and food writer Jack Monroe? She has a tireless work ethic, coupled with fiery imaginative tenacity to get change done — and her most recent campaign took on the Office for National Statistics and won. While the Tory party and the Prime Minister thrashed…

Evening Standard

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UK reports 89,176 new cases and 277 deaths – as it happened

UK cases and deaths fall day-on-day; Hong Kong government to compensate pet shops affected by culling of hamsters for Covid reasons

The Guardian - UK

Half of women are childless by the age of 30 for first time since records began

More women are childless at 30 than have had kids in the UK for the first time since records began in 1920 according to new figures in 2020 from the Office for National Statistics

Daily Mirror

Half of women have not had children by 30th birthday for first time

Number of women who do not have a child when they turn 30 up 32 percentage points in 50 years

The Independent UK

Half of women have not had a child by age 30 for first time, figures show

Women born in 1990 were the first cohort where half were not mothers by their 30th birthday

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Half of women have not had a child by age 30 for first time ever, figures show

Women born in 1990 were the first cohort where half were not mothers by their 30th birthday.

The Independent UK

Record numbers of women reach 30 child-free in England and Wales

In 1971, just 18% of 30-year-olds had no children – today the figure has risen to 50%, reports the ONS

The Guardian - UK

UK Covid cases falling again with 96,000 new infections recorded as Plan B rules eased

Some of the most significant Plan B restrictions ended today in England, with similar measures coming into force in the other home nations

Daily Mirror

Recorded rapes and sexual offences in England and Wales hit record high

There were 63,136 rapes recorded in the year to September, ONS figures show, up 13% from the previous year

The Guardian - UK

Jack Monroe hails victory as ONS announces overhaul to cost-of-living statistics

Statistics body aims to more accurately measure how low-income families are hit by inflation

The Independent UK

Cost of living: Find out how much food prices have changed over the last decade

Consumer Prices Index has seen the biggest rise in 30 years

Wales Online

Paracetamol and ibuprofen in short supply after Omicron surge

ONS data shows that 24% of sites surveyed had either low or no stocks of paracetamol.

The Independent UK

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Wales Online

Police record highest ever number of rapes with 63,136 in a year

The highest number of sexual offences was also recorded in the 12 months to September (170,973)

The Independent UK

Rape offences recorded by police hit new annual high

The Office for National Statistics said there were 63,136 such incidents recorded in the year to September.

The Independent UK

Only 6% of all crimes result in charge, as rape prosecutions hit record low

Number of rapes recorded by police hit record high in same period, as government accused of failing to tackle violence against women

Evening Standard

Covid care home visiting restrictions to be eased in England

Limits on visitors to care homes in England will be scrapped from next week as the country moves towards living with coronavirus.

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The Independent UK

Covid-19: Unlimited care home visits allowed as England lifts face mask rules

Some shops, including Sainsbury’s, John Lewis, Waitrose and Morrisons, have said they will continue to ask customers to wear face masks.

Wales Online

Covid briefing: Cases in Wales plummet and shoppers in England still asked to wear mask despite law change

Infection rates are now dropping as fast as they rose over Christmas

The Independent UK

Coronavirus vaccines reduce risk of long Covid, study suggests

Double-jabbed people 41 per cent less likely to report symptoms 12 weeks after testing positive for Covid, according to research from Office for National Statistics

The Conversation

Don't believe the claim that only 17,371 people have died from COVID in England and Wales

There is no doubt that the pandemic has led to many deaths; however, in the past week, new claims have emerged that the true number of people who have died from COVID in England and Wales is much lower than previously thought. These claims have been widely shared on social…

The Guardian - UK

Cost-of-living crisis: Jack Monroe hails ONS update of inflation calculations

Move by government statisticians follows analysis by UK poverty activist of impact on poorest families

The Independent UK

Lower vaccine take-up linked to greater risk of Covid death among Black people, study suggests

Most ethnic minority groups are experiencing greater rates of death involving Covid-19 than white people.

The Independent UK

Statisticians to revise inflation calculations after Jack Monroe pressure

The food poverty campaigner has taken to social media in recent days to highlight increased inflationary pressure on poor families.

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