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Chinese cities ease curbs but full zero-COVID exit seen some way off

More Chinese cities including Urumqi in the far west announced an easing of coronavirus curbs on Sunday as China tries to make its zero-COVID policy more targeted and less onerous after unprecedented protests against restrictions last weekend.

Reuters

Matt Hancock slammed for ‘deluded’ version of care home events during Covid pandemic

National Care Associations chair Nadra Ahmed says ex-health secretary's book account of crisis 'bears no resemblance to the facts'

Wales Online

Scots test and protect firm goes bust after being awarded £10m in taxpayer's cash

The liquidation of Go-centric is now the third company involving David Harper to have collapsed after getting public contracts.

Daily Record

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Scots bride desperate to invite Mexican taxi driver and hotel boss who saved fiance's life to wedding

Davy Duncan nearly died from Covid while working in Mexico, but members of the local community rallied round to help him and wife-to-be, Helen Smith.

Daily Record

Keep COVID military vaccine mandate, defense chief says

Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin is making clear he wants to keep the military’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate in place to protect the health of the troops, as Republican governors and lawmakers press to rescind it

The Independent UK

Matt Hancock condemned for ‘deluded’ recount of care homes during pandemic

Nadra Ahmed, the chair of the National Care Association, said the former Health Secretary’s account ” bears no resemblance to the facts”.

The Independent UK

No mere rub-down

Thailand has earned the reputation of being a destination for a body rejuvenation, a label reinforced at the recent Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (Apec) summit which helped spread the word about the healing wonders of Thai traditional massage, or nuad Thai.

Bangkok Post

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COVID cases surging in California after Thanksgiving holiday

SAN JOSE, Calif. — COVID-19 cases are surging in the Bay Area and California since Thanksgiving, as holiday gatherings appear to have fueled the virus’ spread among a pandemic-weary public no longer masking or lining up for the latest vaccine booster.

Tribune News Service

Care workers hit back at Matt Hancock’s claim staff brought Covid to care homes

Most cases not caused by decision to discharge patients from hospital without testing, says former health secretary

The Guardian - UK

Around the world in 118 days: one airline passenger’s $3,000 battle to retrieve lost luggage

When Marko Bogicevic and Dani Meyerowitz flew from Australia to France, their bags failed to arrive with them. That was only the beginning of a four-month saga

The Guardian - AU

‘Dieting was my religion’: the appeal of an insidious culture when everything else seems out of control

Diets, like religion, offer community and control in an uncertain world. While we were never going to live forever, we are still lured by their promise

The Guardian - AU

Inside one of UK's 'unhappiest places' where locals are angry over '£5 shops'

Wolverhampton has been revealed at the unhappiest place in the West Midlands according to a survey which tracked happiness levels through the coronavirus pandemic

Daily Mirror

Boris Johnson 'moaned Covid wasn't killing many people' weeks before second wave

The ousted PM is said to have text disgraced former Health Secretary Matt Hancock to argue Covid restrictions couldn't be justified because not enough people were dying

Daily Mirror

Strictly Come Dancing result sees Kym Marsh leave a week after Covid blow and 'free pass' backlash

This week's Strictly Come Dancing results aired on Saturday and saw Kym and Graziano and Molly and Carlos land in the dance-off

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Daily Mirror

Kym Marsh breaks down as she's axed from Strictly just days after return from Covid battle

Kym Marsh has now exited Strictly Come Dancing just one week after she made her return to the BBC One ballroom floor following a bout of coronavirus

Daily Mirror

MI5 file 'bungle' during Covid revealed Churchill in on 'Valkyrie' plot to kill Hitler

Spooks dumped piles of top secret wartime files on the internet during pandemic lockdowns covering the attempt by Colonel Claus von Stauffenberg to blow up the dictator

Daily Mirror

Ministers 'unprepared' for another crisis like Covid after resilience plan falls behind

The government initially planned to publish its resilience plan - promised 18 months ago - in July - now they say it will come in the Autumn...and that could last until nearly Christmas.

Glasgow Live

Glasgow nurse 'sacked' after 28 years NHS service over struggle with long Covid

Brenda Eadie was unable to get out of bed for four weeks after contracting covid at work. The long-term effects of the virus left her struggling to cope and losing her job.

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The National (Scotland)

Matt Hancock: Ministers reacted to huge Covid death toll prediction with a 'shrug'

MATT Hancock has said he was warned the Covid pandemic could kill hundreds of thousands of people in the UK two months before the Government put the…

Bangkok Post

More Chinese cities easing Covid curbs

The southern Chinese tech hub of Shenzhen has ended mandatory Covid testing to enter public venues, joining a growing list of local authorities easing the strict social curbs imposed across the country since the pandemic broke out three years ago.

Evening Standard

We were warned 820,000 could die from Covid, Matt Hancock says

The former health secretary said that when he passed on the warning to the Cabinet the reaction was ‘shrug shrug’

The Guardian - UK

China’s easing of Covid curbs does not solve Xi Jinping’s dilemma

Loosening controls further could spark a devastating outbreak, but tightening the rules again could trigger unrest

The National (Scotland)

Harry Souttar on somehow sizing up Messi after Aussies’ fairy-tale run

Things move a little slower here on a Friday. With the working week running from Sunday to Thursday, Friday is the Muslim holy day, a time for…

Evening Standard

The old and the new behind Australia’s surprising shot at World Cup 2022 glory with best run in 16 years

Australia coach Graham Arnold described his squad as “boxing kangaroos” before the World Cup, but few expected they would make the knockouts in Qatar.

ABC News

COVID-19 'complicated' Liberals' SA election campaign but not sole factor in loss, review finds

An internal review has found the former South Australian government's handling of the COVID-19 pandemic was not the sole factor that lost the Liberal Party the state election.

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