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'The idea the Education Secretary thought teachers were lazy during Covid is disgusting'

'In my 30-year teaching career I have never seen staff work so hard as they did during the pandemic,' says Dr Paul Gosling, NAHT President and head teacher of Exeter Road Community Primary School in Devon

Daily Mirror

In most US cities, homes still sell faster than before the pandemic

The typical U.S. home sold last month had spent 67 days on the market. For all the upheaval in housing, that’s still 20 days faster than in the years right before the pandemic, according to data released Thursday by Realtor.com.

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3 years since the pandemic wrecked attendance, kids still aren't showing up to school

By some estimates, chronic absenteeism doubled during the pandemic. Now, about halfway through the most "normal" school year since 2020, the situation hasn't improved in many places.

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Financial hardship returns to early pandemic levels

Around 40 per cent of Australians are struggling to make ends meet as the cost of living crisis stretches household budgets to their limit.

AAP

Oakeshott v Hancock: 10 things to know about #thelockdownfiles — from her record of betrayal to the broken NDA

She ghostwrote the former health secretary’s memoir — so why would political journalist Isabel Oakeshott leak 100,000 of his WhatsApps to the press? Katie Strick has everything you need to know about the most salacious political storm of 2023

Evening Standard

Rehab on hold: COVID devastated prison learning programs

In a nation that incarcerates roughly 2 million people, the coronavirus pandemic was a nightmare for prisons

The Independent UK

Isabel Oakeshott says Matt Hancock messages leak ‘in public interest’

Writer who handed more than 100,000 of ex-health secretary’s messages to newspaper defends her actions

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Train cancellations reach 1,000 every day in worst performance since records began

Latest figures show scheduled trains one-fifth down on pre-pandemic levels

The Independent UK

UK health chief's leaked messages revive raw pandemic debate

COVID-19 has shot back into the headlines in Britain through the leak of more than 100,000 private messages sent or received by the health minister as the government scrambled to respond to the new respiratory virus

The Independent UK

Matt Hancock’s WhatsApp messages: what he said v Covid context

As revelations from 100,000 messages emerge, here’s a reminder of the pandemic reality at the time

The Guardian - UK

Why the humble city bus is the key to improving US public transit

Public transit in the U.S. is in a sorry state – aging, underfunded and losing riders, especially since the COVID-19 pandemic. Many proposed solutions focus on new technologies, like self-driving cars and flying taxis. But as a researcher in urban policy and planning, I see more near-term promise in a…

The Conversation

COVID-19's housing crisis hit many Asians in the US hardest – but only after government aid began flowing

The Research Brief is a short take about interesting academic work.

The Conversation

Nick Knowles reveals he got wedged in Grand Canyon after lockdown weight gain: ‘It was seriously terrifying’

The presenter recalled the scary experience after gaining weight during the pandemic

Evening Standard

Isabel Oakeshott says Hancock leaks ‘in public interest’ despite criticism

The journalist said she makes ‘no apology whatsoever for acting in the national interest’ over her disclosure of Matt Hancock’s WhatsApp messages.

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Democrat Jamie Raskin hits back at Lauren Boebert with Trump quotes: ‘Pin it on your favourite President’

Maryland Democrat responds as Colorado Republican blasts pandemic-era mask and vaccine mandates

Evening Standard

Matt Hancock ‘sent menacing message’ over leaked texts as row grows

You’ve made ‘a big mistake’ says former Health Secretary as he hits out at reporter’s ‘breach of trust and betrayal’

Daily Mirror

Teachers blast 'sneering' Gavin Williamson WhatsApps saying they 'hate work'

Leaked WhatsApps between Sir Gavin Williamson and the-then Health Secretary Matt Hancock show the pair criticising hard-working staff for wanting to ensure schools were safe during the pandemic

Daily Mirror

Millions of pounds worth travel vouchers STILL left unclaimed - don't miss out

During the Covid-19 pandemic, many airlines controversially started to issue travel vouchers rather than cash refunds for travellers whose flights had been cancelled and many are still to be claimed

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UK ministers considered 'culling all cats' at start of Covid-19 pandemic

Former NHS Test and Trace chief Lord Bethell said the concern about pets showed how little was known about the disease at the outbreak of the pandemic in 2020

Chicago Tribune

Editorial: How an ideologically blinded media failed to take the COVID lab leak theory seriously

Citing a classified intelligence report provided to members of Congress, The Wall Street Journal reported Sunday that the Energy Department has now concluded with “low confidence” that the COVID-19 pandemic most likely began after an unintentional laboratory leak in China.

Axios

The missing evidence in the COVID origins debate

The Independent UK

Biden begins push for funding for pandemic fraud measures

President Joe Biden's administration is starting a push to get Congress to fund measures to help prosecute fraud in government coronavirus pandemic relief programs

The Guardian - UK

Teachers say Gavin Williamson pandemic texts reveal ‘secret contempt’

Teaching unions react with fury to leaked Matt Hancock messages they say show ‘appalling lack of respect’

The Independent UK

Teaching unions brand Williamson remarks ‘contemptible’ after WhatsApp leak

The messages appear to show the then education secretary accusing school staff of looking for an ‘excuse’ not to work during the pandemic.

The Independent UK

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Shoeshines are losing some luster

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