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Labour demands Covid inquiry report ‘by end of year’ after leak of Hancock WhatsApps

Sunak urges people not to focus on ‘piecemeal bits of information’ and to let the inquiry ‘get on with the job’

Evening Standard

Isabel Oakeshott: the political journalist who turned on Matt Hancock

The 48-year-old has long held conflicted feelings towards Hancock. Here’s how she went from helping him with his book to airing his dirty laundry

Evening Standard

Head of FBI reveals 'most likely' theory for how Covid virus began in China

Christopher Wray has confessed the Chinese government allegedly tried to cover-up the FBI's findings in 2021 after having "moderate confidence" the pandemic was due to an accidental lab leak

Daily Mirror

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Rate rises are hitting home as real incomes fall and the economy slows. What an achievement!

Weak growth anticipates worse to come, given the promise of further RBA hikes and the economy has already begun to fall

The Guardian - AU

What do Matt Hancock’s WhatsApp messages show? Not what the Telegraph wants us to see

The messages confirm what public health advisers knew: that during the Covid-19 pandemic ministers weren’t ‘following the science’ at all, says Prof Devi Sridhar

The Guardian - UK

7 bombshell claims from Matt Hancock's leaked WhatsApp messages during Covid

A tranche of messages from the former Health Secretary and officials have been made public after he shared them with journalist Isabel Oakeshott who helped him write his pandemic memoir

Daily Mirror

Keir Starmer blasts 'ghoulish spectacle' of Tories portraying themselves as Covid heroes

The Labour leaders comments come after the ex-Health Secretary Matt Hancock published his Pandemic Diaries in 2022 - before the Covid public inquiry kicked officially kicked off

Daily Mirror

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OPINION - The Standard View: An independent, public inquiry into Covid-19 is as urgent as ever

The wave of Covid that spread through care homes in the early stages of the pandemic was devastating. Anyone who lost a loved one during that time has a right to know whether their death could have been avoided.

Evening Standard

Matt Hancock fighting claims that he rejected Covid advice from Chris Whitty after WhatsApp messages leak

More than 100,000 WhatsApp messages have been leaked, giving an insight into the way the Government operated at the height of the pandemic

Chronicle Live

Who is Isabel Oakeshott? The controversial reporter Matt Hancock trusted with 100,000 Whatsapp messages

Political journalist at cente of storm over claims Matt Hancock rejected scientific advice to Covid test people going into care homes during the pandemic

The Independent UK

Terminally ill mum refused refund for dream Scotland trip by easyJet who wished her a 'speedy recovery'

Katie Warner, 31, who has terminal brain cancer, was due to fly to Scotland with her family when the Covid pandemic hit.

Daily Record

Matt Hancock under fire over care home deaths and ‘chaotic’ Covid response

The former health secretary’s actions during the pandemic have come under fresh scrutiny following the leak of over 100,000 WhatsApp messages

Evening Standard

Matt Hancock: what do the leaked WhatsApp messages reveal?

Texts sent at height of pandemic suggest former health secretary rejected advice on testing in care homes

The Guardian - UK

No more ghost town: West End revival as sales beat pre-pandemic levels

Foreign visitors fuel revival of the West End

Evening Standard

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The Independent UK

COVID-19 conjecture soars after latest report on origins

Online speculation about the origins of COVID-19 are soaring following a new report from the Energy Department that concluded the coronavirus that causes the disease leaked from a lab

Asharq Al-Awsat

China Dismisses FBI Statement on COVID Lab Leak Theory

For the second day in a row, China on Wednesday dismissed US suggestions that the COVID-19 pandemic may have been triggered by a virus that leaked from a Chinese laboratory. Responding to comments by FBI Director Christopher Wray, Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Mao Ning said the involvement of the US intelligence…

The Independent UK

China dismisses FBI statement on COVID-19 lab leak theory

For the second day in a row, China is dismissing U.S. suggestions that the COVID-19 pandemic may have been triggered by a virus that leaked from a Chinese laboratory

The Independent UK

Ex-UK health chief defends record after COVID messages leak

Britain’s former health minister is denying wrongdoing after a newspaper published extracts of private messages he sent in the first weeks of the coronavirus pandemic

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The Independent UK

FlyDubai announces record profit as Gulf air travel booms

Budget carrier FlyDubai has announced record profits amid a surge in air travel following the lifting of pandemic restrictions

WEKU

Pandemic food assistance that held back hunger comes to an end

Millions of people who depend on the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program known as SNAP will see a cut of $90 a month or more. Some recipients say it will make it harder to buy healthy food.

Bangkok Post

FBI: China lab leak ‘likely’ caused Covid

WASHINGTON: The US Federal Bureau of Investigation has assessed that a leak from a laboratory in Wuhan, China "likely" caused the Covid-19 pandemic, according to FBI director Christopher Wray.

The Independent UK

Lab leak ‘most likely’ led to Covid pandemic, FBI director says

Christopher Wray publicly discusses FBI’s classified assessment on pandemic origins for first time

ABC News

WA home builder BGC suspends new orders as Mark McGowan denies government stimulus packages are to blame

Mark McGowan refuses to concede his government's pandemic home stimulus grants overheated WA's housing market, as thousands struggle to get new home builds finished.

Evening Standard

FBI chief Christopher Wray says China lab leak ‘most likely’ origin of Covid

Christopher Wray says agency ‘has for quite some time now assessed that the origins of the pandemic are most likely a potential lab incident in Wuhan’

Evening Standard

Matt Hancock disputes ‘distorted’ leak over Covid care home testing

Investigation by The Telegraph alleges the then-health secretary rejected advice on testing in care homes during the pandemic.

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