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Rutherglen Naked Attraction star told cops 'I hope you die of covid' in abusive tirade

Amira Nadeem, who rose to fame as the Channel 4 show's first transgender contestant, verbally abused police when they attended her Rutherglen home and found several people there during lockdown.

Glasgow Live

Former police chief condemns pressure to investigate Keir Starmer’s office beer

Michael Barton says those pushing for action, such as Tory MPs and rightwing papers, are using policing as a ‘political football’

The Guardian - UK

How prisons are using COVID-19 containment measures as a guise for torture

Newly reported data shows that torture continues in federal prison segregation units. It’s an ongoing feature of Ontario provincial jails too.

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Mid-Morning Market Update: Markets Open Lower; Nasdaq Tumbles 4%

U.S. stocks traded lower this morning, with the Nasdaq Composite dropping around 4% on Thursday.

Benzinga

Scottish OAP barred from £4,000 dream cruise after NHS Covid app 'won't open'

Furious Malcolm Walker, 75, said he missed the 11-day cruise to Portugal, Spain and Gibraltar with his wife on April 18 because of the NHS Scotland Covid Status app.

Edinburgh Live

Lanarkshire Naked Attraction star ranted at police: 'Hope you die of Covid'

Amira Nadeem has been told to prepare for a prison sentence following her outburst.

Daily Record

Mel B joins The Talk panel tonight on TalkTV after being honoured with MBE

Spice Girls' Mel B joins the panel of the talk show after being honoured with an MBE for her services to charitable causes and vulnerable women

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Sharon Osbourne, 69, looks frail as she is put on a drip after catching Covid from Ozzy

Sharon Osbourne contracted the virus after flying home to Los Angeles to care for rock star husband Ozzy Osbourne, who had tested positive

Daily Mirror

Holiday boost as Croatia drops all Covid restrictions

Holidaymakers looking to get away from the UK after years of lockdown have received a boost as popular destination Croatia drops all Covid-19 rules.

Evening Standard

Quidel Clocks More Than Three-Fold Jump In COVID-19 Products

Quidel Corp's (NASDAQ:QDEL) Q1 sales more than doubled to $1 billion, beating the consensus of $890 million and meeting management expectations. The company attributed the increase to significantly increased sales of rapid immunoassay products, specifically QuickVue At-Home OTC COVID-19 tests, Sofia Influenza + SARS, and Sofia Influenza tests. "Our diverse suite of assays,…

Benzinga

Irish pubs: Price of pints could soon rise warns Wetherspoons boss

The firm, which currently has seven Irish pubs and hundreds more across the UK, says it was badly affected by the Covid pandemic

Irish Mirror

Pacific Biosciences Clocks 14% Jump In Q1 Revenues

Pacific Biosciences of California Inc's (NASDAQ:PACB) Q1 sales increased 14% Y/Y to $33.2 million, driven by sales of instruments and consumables and beating the consensus of $32.82 million. Instrument revenue was $15.6 million, compared with $14.9 million a year ago. Consumables revenue was $12.7 million, up from $10.4 million in Q1 2021.…

Benzinga

Grattan on Friday: 'Gotcha' questions are ugly journalism but hazards for leaders

The public don’t have much regard for journalists and many people will be critical of the “gotcha” questioning that found Anthony Albanese on Thursday unable to recite the six points of his policy on the National Disability Insurance Scheme.

The Conversation

Cherished Edinburgh community cafe to be reopened by Scottish crime writer Val McDermid

CafeLife was forced to close due to the coronavirus pandemic in 2020 and is now finally opening its doors with a new interior, a brand new menu and the Scottish writer in tow to celebrate the reopening

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The Guardian - UK

Chloe Petts review – cheery comedy confronting thorny issues

Skilful standup’s Covid-delayed debut, Transience, takes the heat out of fraught conversations about gender and is well worth the wait

Sports Illustrated

The Return and Rebirth of the WNBA’s AD

Two years of long-haul COVID. Two seasons missed. For the Liberty's No. 2 pick from 2019, it was a chance to figure out who they are.

Bristol Post

Passenger locator form rules for Spain, France, Turkey, Greece, Italy and Cyprus

Some countries have scrapped Covid-19 passenger locator forms, others only require them for unvaccinated travellers and others still use them

Daily Record

Legacy benefit claimants still waiting for decision on legal appeal over £20 weekly uplift back payments

Benefit claimants not on Universal Credit were not eligible for £1,500 in extra financial support during lockdown.

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Evening Standard

True Covid-19 death toll is nearly 15million, says WHO, more than double the official figure

The ‘sobering’ figure is more than double the official death toll of six million

Nottingham Post

Update issued on popular Nottinghamshire pub that closed after a 'rough ride'

It has been a tough time

Wales Online

Full Covid-19 death toll now almost 15million, says WHO

The number includes deaths associated with COVID-19 directly or indirectly

Reuters

COVID led to 15 million deaths globally, not the 5 million reported - WHO

Almost three times as many people have died as a result of COVID-19 as official data show, according to a new World Health Organization (WHO) report, the most comprehensive look at the true global toll of the pandemic so far.

Nottingham Post

2 Covid-19 vaccination sites in Nottinghamshire set to move locations

Two centres are set to move

The Independent UK

WHO: Nearly 15M deaths associated with COVID-19

The World Health Organization is estimating that nearly 15 million people were killed either by the coronavirus or by its impact on overwhelmed health systems in the past two years, more than double its official death toll

Benzinga

US Study Shows Omicron As Severe As Previous COVID Variants: Reuters

A large U.S. study has found that the omicron variant of the SARS-CoV2 virus is intrinsically as severe as previous variants, unlike assumptions made in earlier studies that it was more transmissible but less severe, Reuters report. "We found that the risks of hospitalization and mortality were nearly identical between periods,"…

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