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EasyJet Returns To Profit But Warns Of Gaza War Impact

British no-frills airline EasyJet on Tuesday announced its first annual profit since the outbreak of the Covid pandemic but warned that the Israel-Hamas war will impact its winter results.

International Business Times

Pig hunters deny drug trafficking theory on missing man

Two pig hunters who were with a man when he disappeared while travelling through Queensland during a COVID-19 lockdown deny their group was trafficking drugs.

AAP

Average rent in Great Britain up by more than a quarter since start of Covid

Rise due to shortage of properties has been worsened by soaring interest rates, Savills finds

The Guardian - UK

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COVID-19 dogs Burke trial, but no plans to halt rest of week’s testimony

COVID-19 is arguably one of the reasons it took so long for the feds to take former Ald. Ed Burke to trial in the first place. The FBI raided his offices five years ago this week. Criminal charges followed in 2019, but the pandemic helped scuttle plans to begin the…

Chicago Sun-Times

Covid inquiry live: Gove to give evidence as inquiry told Hancock knew lockdown tiers wouldn’t work

Former health secretary had been in ‘despair’ at announcing a policy that wouldn’t work, inquiry told

The Independent UK

Meet Andrew Hauser, the outsider from the UK who'll be deputy governor of the RBA

In a significant step towards reforming Australia’s Reserve Bank, Treasurer Jim Chalmers has stepped outside the bank and outside of Australia to select Andrew Hauser, a British economist, as its new deputy governor.

The Conversation

Injection might help long COVID patients smell normally again

Early studies hint that a nerve block in the neck could help restore long COVID patients' normal sense of smell, but more research is needed.

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Stephen Colbert's 'The Late Show' pulled until next week as host recovers from surgery

First this fall, a new round with COVID-19 shuttered Stephen Colbert’s “The Late Show.”

The Independent UK

How worried should we be about China's mysterious 'pneumonia' surge?

Sharp rise in hospital admissions among children has been attributed to flu and other 'known' viruses - but experts say more information is needed

Evening Standard

Matt Hancock ‘knew lockdown tiers would not work’, Covid inquiry hears

Former health secretary’s evidence to the probe revealed he was “despair” about the measures which saw pubs, restaurants and bars closed

The Independent UK

Covid changed parents’ and pupils’ relationship with school

Letters: Andrea Dow thinks the bond with school needed to be broken and Dan Thompson says schools must acknowledge what’s happened to rebuild trust. Plus a letter from psychologist Dr Helen Care

The Guardian - UK

What are fibre optic cables and how do they work? | Explained

Optical fibres, which are thin cylindrical strands of glass, carry info like text, images, voices, videos, etc. Charles Kao predicted their use in telecommunication, for which he won a Nobel Prize in 2009. Light is guided through fibre optic cables using total internal reflection. Transmitter encodes info into optical signals,…

The Hindu

UK Covid response was London-centric, Andy Burnham tells inquiry

Greater Manchester mayor says Boris Johnson seemed unaware his region had been under tougher rules

The Guardian - UK

Hancock ‘knew tiers wouldn’t work’, Covid inquiry hears

A key Covid committee said Manchester should face tougher restrictions because it had not been willing to ‘co-operate’ with the Government.

The Independent UK

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Evening Standard

Covid Inquiry: Sadiq Khan made private plea to Boris Johnson for London to go into early lockdown

Mayor was set to issue own advice to Londoners in bid to save lives

The Independent UK

Khan says ‘lives could have been saved’ if Government kept him informed on Covid

Sadiq Khan claimed Boris Johnson had been unaware that other countries had imposed lockdowns in March 2020.

The Guardian - UK

Sadiq Khan says exclusion of London officials from Covid meetings cost lives

‘Bad faith’ on part of Boris Johnson’s government meant ministers missed out on vital knowledge early in crisis, mayor tells inquiry

The Independent UK

Sadiq Khan: UK could’ve avoided second lockdown if Boris Johnson had listened to me

The mayor of London has told the Covid inquiry about his ‘disappointment’ that he was ‘kept in the dark’ by Downing Street about how the virus was spreading in London in 2020

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The Walrus

Why the Opioid Crisis Is Rooted in the Housing Crisis

A prevalent narrative asserts that the tents, the despair, the not waking up are about mental illness and addiction. That narrative crumbles after the first questions

The Independent UK

New incentives could boost satisfaction with in-person work, but few employers are making changes

The COVID-19 pandemic upended the work habits of people around the world, with millions working from home, at least for part of their week

The Independent UK

Britain’s top civil servant won’t appear at Covid inquiry this year due to ill health

Inquiry chairwoman Baroness Heather Hallett formally excused the cabinet secretary from giving evidence in 2023 ‘due to ill health’

The Independent UK

Watch live as Sadiq Khan and Andy Burnham give evidence to UK’s Covid Inquiry

Watch live as Sadiq Khan joins regional mayors Andy Burnham and Steve Rotheram in giving evidence at the Covid-19 inquiry on Monday 27 November.

Medical Daily

COVID-19 Booster Shot: Study Says Half Dose Of Pfizer Vaccine Produces Strong Immune Response

The team discovered that people who previously received AstraZeneca or Sinopharm COVID-19 vaccines had a "non-inferior" immune response when given a half dose of a Pfizer COVID-19 booster vaccine, comparable to those who received a full dose.

Evening Standard

Covid Inquiry watch LIVE: Sadiq Khan says 'lives could have been saved' if he'd been invited to early Cobra meetings

Sadiq Khan said "lives could have been saved" if he had been invited to key Government meetings earlier on in the pandemic.

The Guardian - UK

Andy Burnham claims government note shows Covid tier 3 restrictions imposed on Manchester as ‘punishment beating’ – as it happened

Covid tier system introduced in October 2020 and imposed different restrictions on English regions in effort to contain spread of virus

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