The Latest Breaking News from Pandemic

‘The billionaires have won’: English pubs forced to close after owners demand full rent for lockdown

Publicans face bankruptcy and homelessness after losing their fight with Tory donors against Covid rent back-payments

The Guardian - UK · Jun 3, 2023

The Stats Guy: The reason why tourism is quickly shedding the COVID blues

The Australian tourism industry is recovering after a horror two years. This is who is driving it, and some challenges for the sector.  

The New Daily · Jun 3, 2023

Nine US cities where home owners are losing thousands on value of their property

The US housing market is witnessing an unprecedented decline in home prices, with cities like Oakland, San Francisco, Seattle, Los Angele and Salt Lake City experiencing significant drops

Daily Mirror · Jun 3, 2023

Isaac ‘Redd’ Holt, Chicago jazz legend and member of the original Ramsey Lewis Trio and Young-Holt Unlimited, dies at 91

Mr. Holt, who grew up on the West Side, became a jazz legend in the 1960s and ’70s playing in a number of groups. He also played a regular gig at the East Bank Club for 20 years until the pandemic lockdown.

Chicago Sun-Times · Jun 2, 2023

Telling the Covid tale in a tapestry

Letter: Wendy Bliss had the idea of making a ‘Bayeux tapestry for the Covid pandemic’

The Guardian - UK · Jun 2, 2023

For a prime minister who phoned it in, Boris Johnson is having a lot of trouble handing over one mobile

Conveniently, the device he used most during the pandemic cannot be switched on due to security reasons, says Guardian columnist Marina Hyde

The Guardian - UK · Jun 2, 2023

Teenager who became radicalised online during Covid pandemic jailed for planning terror attack

Isis supporter Matthew King carried out ‘hostile reconnaissance’ on police and soliders in London

The Independent UK · Jun 2, 2023

Cardiff Airport close to hitting one million passenger mark despite Wizz Air blow

The airport is hoping that Qatar Airways will soon resume its Cardiff to Doha scheduled service with passenger numbers at 60% of the pre-pandemic level

Wales Online · Jun 2, 2023

The right Covid response? How countries outside UK are also under scrutiny

From Sweden to the US, the handling of the pandemic has been questioned. In some cases criminal proceedings are under way

The Guardian - UK · Jun 2, 2023

Newcastle Falcons working on 'self sustaining model' after demise of two Premiership teams

The company behind Newcastle Falcons and Newcastle Thunder saw last year's profit fall to a loss of £2.5m

Birmingham Post · Jun 2, 2023