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Are tree-changers bad at managing their rural properties? A new study wades into the weeds to find the answer

Tree-changers opting for a rural lifestyle can get a bad rap for not managing their properties well. The COVID-19 pandemic prompted thousands more city-based Australians to buy property in the regions. So will this lead to more absentee neighbours who, in the eyes of some, don’t know what they’re doing?

The Conversation

Met Opera box office has slight uptick in 2nd season after pandemic

The Metropolitan Opera saw a slight uptick in ticket sales in its second season following the coronavirus pandemic

The Independent UK

Ferry disruption ‘catastrophic’ for South Uist, Holyrood debate hears

Ferry cancellations have been “catastrophic” for South Uist, with one business owner saying it has had a bigger impact than the pandemic, an…

The National (Scotland)

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Austerity chiefs David Cameron and George Osborne hauled before Covid Inquiry next week

The former Prime Minister and his Chancellor are understood to be on the Covid Inquiry witness list next week, where they will likely face questions on how brutal Tory cuts undermined the NHS, social care and welfare state

Daily Mirror

Treat culture: Millennials and Gen Zers are rebelling against the rough economy with little purchases that keep the malaise at bay

Late-stage capitalism has the youth spending on the smallest pleasures. "It's almost like your Sisyphean existential rebellion via artisanal ginger ale."

Fortune

How California schools are spending billions in record pandemic aid

California schools districts are largely on track to spend billions of dollars in pandemic aid before their 2024 deadline — with much of the funding targeting summer and after-school learning — but questions persist over how well the money is being spent to help students make up ground academically, researchers…

Los Angeles Times

Covid Inquiry: What we learned on Day 2 as Government admits rules caused 'profound pain'

The Department of Health's legal representative Fiona Scolding KC told the Covid Inquiry that different decisions may have been made with hindsight, as the probe continued its examination of the years leading up the pandemic

Daily Mirror

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Covid testing was a weakness in early pandemic response, DHSC tells inquiry

Health department and Cabinet Office make opening statements on second day of first module

The Guardian - UK

DHSC accepts restrictions caused ‘profound pain’, Covid Inquiry hears

Fiona Scolding KC, representing the Department of Health, said the Government was often faced with a choice between ‘hugely unpalatable options’.

The Independent UK

Cuts to NHS budgets to blame for our response to Covid, new inquiry told

The second day of the Covid Inquiry public hearings included representation from Sage

Evening Standard

Boris Johnson – live: Ex-PM in ‘desperate’ last-ditch attack on Partygate committee

Ex-PM claims MP on committee should resign hours before release of damning report into Partygate lies

The Independent UK

This summer's GCSE and A-level exam grade boundaries explained

Grades will still be higher than the last set of summer exams pre-pandemic, but things are returning to normal

Wales Online

Lake Superior lampreys increase again

DULUTH, Minn. — Invasive, parasitic sea lampreys continue to hunt and kill Lake Superior fish above the levels biologists would like to see, especially after the COVID-19 pandemic caused parts of two summer seasons to be lost in the never-ending battle against the eel-like creatures.

Tribune News Service

Editorial: Will we every truly know the depth of pandemic fraud?

The late American satirist P.J. O’Rourke once cracked that “Giving money and power to government is like giving whiskey and car keys to teenage boys.” The $32 trillion national debt is one testament to the accuracy of his observation. The billions and billions of dollars that Washington squandered during the…

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Editorial: Fraud and graft thrived in the pandemic and beyond

In these days of rampant virtue signaling, politicians, corporations and socially wired individuals all try to convince you that they care the most about doing the right thing. Alas, while we’ve all been recovering from the COVID-19 crisis, plenty of old-fashioned grifters have seized the day.

Los Angeles Times

Commentary: Downtown LA’s ‘zombies’: How to fight a post-COVID plague of undead office buildings

The pandemic-driven shift to remote and hybrid work has decreased demand for office space and will steadily lower its value. That has huge implications not just for building owners but also for cities that rely on property tax revenue and the economic vibrancy that office workers generate.

WEKU

Instant Pot maker seeks bankruptcy protection as sales go cold

Inflation has buffeted consumers after a pandemic-fueled binge on goods for the home, but spending has also moved elsewhere as people are again able to travel, or go to restaurants and shows.

Bangkok Post

Covid-delayed Asian Games defy 'difficulties' to enter home straight

HANGZHOU: Chinese organisers said Wednesday there had been "a lot of difficulties" but Asian Games venues were ready for the pandemic-delayed competition with 100 days to go.

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Migrant workers paid a huge price for COVID-19

The mass movement of migrant workers during the pandemic allowed India's authorities to weaken labour rights.

Liverpool Echo

Adelphi Hotel owner hails record profits despite ten years as UK's 'worst chain'

Britannia Hotels slashed almost 1,000 jobs during the height of the Covid-19 pandemic

Daily Record

Grieving Scots son says Covid-death dad 'as good as euthanised' as UK Inquiry opens

Bill Jolly is furious that his dad, William, was discharged from hospital to his care home with coronavirus in 2020.

Tribune News Service

Mandy Cohen as CDC director? Republicans in Congress tell Biden she’s ‘unfit’

North Carolina Sen. Ted Budd, Rep. Dan Bishop and other Republicans are citing Dr. Mandy Cohen’s track record during the COVID-19 pandemic in opposing her as the next director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Tribune News Service

Republicans grill outgoing CDC director as she prepares to exit

WASHINGTON — During what’s likely to be her last appearance before skeptical congressional Republicans on Tuesday, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director Rochelle Walensky once again asked for more data and workforce authorities — and, once again, she was sharply dismissed.

Daily Mirror

'Covid Inquiry must probe allegations that the Tories delayed unduly in responding'

The Covid pandemic isn’t ancient history, it is an ongoing nightmare – for those ill now as well as for many survivors

Daily Mirror

Government didn't think through the impact of lockdowns, Covid inquiry is told

As victims’ families reveal their pain, the probe into the handling of the health crisis hears that the impact of closing down the country was not fully considered

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