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Sex work is real work: Global COVID-19 recovery needs to include sex workers

During the pandemic, business shifted from in person to work-from-home, which quickly became the new normal. However, it left many workers high and dry, especially those with less “socially acceptable” occupations.

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The Mancunian Way: A city ahead of its time

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Manchester Evening News

New COVID variants could emerge from animals or from people with chronic infections – but it's not cause for panic

As the COVID pandemic rolls on, we’re becoming all too familiar with the continued emergence of new variants. Some can thwart immunity from vaccines and prior infections, increasing their capacity to disrupt our everyday lives. But where do new variants actually come from?

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Cutting costs, merging, shelving Batgirl: is this the end of HBO Max?

CEO announces company will ‘fully embrace theatrical’ releases and move from straight-to-streaming productions

The Guardian - US

'I was denied UK residency as Home Office saw me as a threat because of my race'

Farrukh Sair, a former NHS worker, says that he feels that countries such as France appreciated those who helped during the pandemic by granting them fast-track citizenship

Daily Mirror

West Lothian brass band bounces back from pandemic with full line-up of events and a new name

The band have a new look and return with a full line-up of events for the rest of the year.

Daily Record

Long Eaton cafe delayed by the pandemic finally opens - bringing something new to the town

'We are happy to be open'

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Bruce Grobbelaar hits out at ‘confusing’ UK Covid travel rules after conviction

Liverpool legend Bruce Grobbelaar has hit out at “confusion” caused by the UK’s Covid travel rules after he was fined £1,100 for falling foul of the pandemic restrictions.

Evening Standard

Qantas asks senior executives to work as baggage handlers amid staff shortage

The call out comes nearly two years after Qantas fired nearly 2,000 airport staff amid the pandemic.

Evening Standard

More than a million could die waiting for green cards as US immigration buckles amid COVID

WASHINGTON — Milap Kashipara spent 16 years waiting for a green card that he hoped would lead to better opportunities for his three children than in India, as well as a chance to reunite with his siblings in California.

Los Angeles Times

Women have always trailed men in research output: how COVID made the situation worse

The under-representation of women in research is well documented. Emerging evidence suggests that the COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated this inequality and disrupted the research enterprise globally.

The Conversation

Rent for prime London properties up 13.5% in a year as super-rich return

Estate agent Savills says increase of luxury rents in centre of capital show it is ‘bouncing back’ after pandemic

The Guardian - UK

School pupils urged to utilise careers helpline on 'nerve-wracking' results day

STUDENTS are set to receive their results from the first in-person exams since the Covid-19 pandemic began ...

The National (Scotland)

Power PDA and ‘fast-forwarding’: The biggest dating trends of 2022

Trends like ‘dry dating’ and ‘hesi-dating’ reveal how the pandemic has affected our love lives

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Cycling growth in UK at risk of being left behind by Europe, experts warn

Bicycle sales down by a quarter on pre-pandemic levels and electric bike takeup also stalling after a boom

Tribune News Service

Mimosas out, espresso martinis in? 2 Dallas women launch boozy coffee in a can

DALLAS — It all started at brunch, when Dallas women Nicole Craven and Alexis Smith would order an espresso martini — just the right mix of caffeine and booze for a weekend cocktail, they say. When the pandemic struck and the workout buddies turned to hosting small dinner parties instead…

WEKU

A 'staggering' number of people couldn't get care during the pandemic, poll finds

Insured or not, one in five said they couldn't get treated for serious illness, while preventive and elective procedures were neglected. Disruptions in care hit Black and Native Americans the hardest.

Daily Record

Newmains Army Cadets delight after attending first residential camp since pandemic

Cadets could take part in an array of activities and training exercises

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Financial Times

Can a city be redesigned for the new world of work?

Post-pandemic there is an opportunity to reimagine our urban areas as spaces alive both day and night, at work and at play

Nottingham Post

Nottinghamshire drug deaths at highest level for 30 years

The pandemic is believed to have hit the vulnerable particularly hard

Reuters

Hong Kong cuts COVID quarantine stay for incoming travellers

Hong Kong will shorten the COVID-19 hotel quarantine period for all arrivals to three days from seven, taking another step to gradually unwind stringent pandemic rules that have isolated the Asian financial hub.

Birmingham Post

NatWest survey shows East Midlands economy contracting

However job numbers up and rate of cost inflation said to have eased to ten-month low

The Times of India

Akasa Air's maiden flight takes off from Mumbai to Ahmedabad

MUMBAI: While Covid saw the death of a number of airlines worldwide, the Indian airline industry not only survived the pandemic but marked the birth of a new carrier as billionaire Rakesh Jhunjhunwala's Akasa Air debuted on Sunday with a maiden flight from Mumbai to Ahmedabad.

ABC News

Non-COVID deaths are up a significant amount this year. What's driving the increase?

There has been a significant increase in the number of non-COVID deaths since the Omicron wave took off, and that has doctors worried.

Chicago Sun-Times

There’s plenty of work to do to improve Illinois schools

A new report lays bare how far our state has to go since the disruption caused by COVID-19.

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