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Swinney speaks of ‘unbearable’ loss of life from Covid on lockdown anniversary

The first lockdown was imposed across the UK on March 24 2020.

Evening Standard

N.C. Court on Compensation for (Apparently Unauthorized) Forced Vaccination by School

The court concludes that the federal 2005 Public Readiness and Emergency Preparedness (PREP) Act preempts state battery claims, but not state constitutional law claims.

Reason

Civil service cuts: where is Rachel Reeves hoping to make savings?

The chancellor says government has grown too big since Covid and she is looking to save £2.2 billion a year

Evening Standard

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‘The goal is to disassemble public health’: experts warn against US turn to vaccine skepticism

As measles sickens hundreds and health secretary RFK Jr spreads dubious information, experts sound the alarm

The Guardian - US

TV tonight: a painful but lovely film about the victims of the pandemic

Catey Sexton’s documentary remembers how Covid-19 changed us all. Plus: Crongton is a bold new comedy. Here’s what to watch this evening

The Guardian - UK

‘Better than nothing’: clinicians and hospital heads accept lower standards of care outside metro hospitals

Seven million Australians live in rural and remote areas and many struggle to access the same quality of health care as those in metropolitan areas.

The Conversation

Half of UK adults under 44 miss 'Covid lockdown lifestyle', poll finds

ALMOST half of Gen Z Brits miss their lockdown lifestyle five years on from the start of the Covid-19 pandemic, a new study has found ...

The National (Scotland)

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Most of Gen Z have never worked a 5 day office week — and I never want to

Five years on from the Covid lockdown, let’s all say thank you to the pandemic’s true silver lining: the death of the five-day office week

Evening Standard

Post-Covid anxiety and poor mental health a ‘key driver in children skipping school’

Children lost an estimated 11.5 million days of learning last autumn term as school absence rates remain higher than pre-pandemic

The Independent UK

Five years on, the outbreak of Covid feels both distant and too horribly close

My phone tells me it made a ‘Five Years Since!’ slideshow, a kind of greatest hits of photos from March 2020, soundtracked by cheerful, plinking guitar

The Guardian - UK

Ten lockdown lessons to learn for next time

Five years since Boris Johnson ordered the UK to stay home, steps to prepare for the next national emergency are clearer

The Guardian - UK

‘Key lessons of Covid are being forgotten,’ UK scientists warn

The alarm has been raised by experts as the nation marks the fifth anniversary of the introduction of lockdown

The Guardian - UK

The Covid-19 lockdowns changed everything about our lives – so why do we insist on forgetting them?

IN FOCUS : It’s no wonder we don’t like to think about the Covid era, writes Lauren O’Neill on the five-year anniversary of Boris Johnson announcing the first lockdown. In retrospect, it changed so much that we once took for granted about work, relationships and ourselves

The Independent UK

The week in audio: Lockdown’s Legacy; Journey Through Time; IMO with Michelle Obama and Craig Robinson – review

A powerful Radio 4 series explores the long shadow of Covid; a new history show feels more like a lecture; and the former first lady teams up with her brother

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‘Kids are still struggling’ Five years on, how the Covid pandemic changed life on a single UK street

IN FOCUS: The entire country was placed into lockdown five years ago this weekend. Colin Drury reports how one street remembers an unprecedented moment in history

The Independent UK

Himalayan fur goblin and teacup werewolf: The breeds of dogs helping boost adoptions

A volunteer thought outside the box to get more dogs adopted in Nashville - and it worked

Euronews

Five years on, did the COVID pandemic have a lasting effect on how we work in Europe?

Experts believe that an initial spike in remote work during the pandemic is mostly over and that the future will involve hybrid work.

Euronews

In Pictures: The week in Culture

If a picture paints a thousand words... here’s all you need to know or may have missed about this past week in Culture (17-21 March 2025).

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Evening Standard

Lessons not learned from Covid five years on from lockdown, campaigners say

A protest took place at the National Covid Memorial Wall in London on Friday.

The Conversation

The pandemic badly affected young people’s mental health – but also showed what they need now to thrive

The common narrative around teenage behaviour in the UK sets parents up for a fairly sustained period of turbulence and unpleasantness.

The Independent UK

Q&A: 'Severance' is renewed for Season 3. Ben Stiller once thought the series might not get made

“Severance” is beloved by critics and audiences alike

Radio France Internationale

The impact of lockdown on young people in France, five years after Covid crisis

On 17 March, 2020, France implemented its first nationwide lockdown in an effort to curb the spread of the Covid-19 virus. What followed was a two-month period of strict confinement, mandatory mask-wearing, curfews and university closures. While the pandemic took a psychological toll on almost everyone, the lasting impact on…

The Independent UK

UK attractions still lagging behind pre-Covid visitor numbers as tourists stay away

Exclusive: All the top 10 sights are in or very close to London

The Independent UK

South Carolina's public health chief wants to look ahead. Critics want to blame him over COVID

The doctor who would be the first director of South Carolina’s newly organized health agency has a vision of reducing infant mortality, fighting childhood cancers and reducing drug overdoses

The Conversation

Canada’s economic vulnerabilities show why it must invest in the wealth of local communities

Five years after the World Health Organization declared COVID-19 a global pandemic on March 11, 2020, Canada now faces a new challenge — unprecedented economic pressure from its closest trading partner, the United States.

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