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Tragic faces of kids killed in lockdown as UK faced 'pressure cooker' care crisis

Government statistics show that between April 2020 and March 2021 that 223 children died in instances where abuse or neglect is known or suspected

Daily Mirror

Tabloid newspapers are seen as sensationalist - but South Africa's Daily Sun flipped that script during COVID-19

Tabloid journalism usually refers to short, easily readable and mostly human-interest news, presented in a highly visual and sensationalist style. “Tabloidisation” has become shorthand for the deterioration of journalistic standards.

The Conversation

Friday briefing: How Isabel Oakeshott became the week’s main character

In today’s newsletter: The journalist who ghostwrote Matt Hancock’s pandemic memoir – then exposed over 100,000 texts he entrusted to her

The Guardian - UK

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Australian university sector makes record $5.3bn surplus while cutting costs for Covid

Department of Education figures reveal all but three universities reported a surplus, including $1bn for the University of Sydney

The Guardian - AU

Two-faced Tories give key workers no recognition, praise or reward post-pandemic

The only people who failed to appreciate this were Matt Hancock and the then Education Secretary Gavin Williamson who, like silly schoolboys, sent puerile messages in which Williamson accused teachers of being lazy

Daily Mirror

Ministers joked about locking up travellers to UK in quarantine hotels during pandemic

Matt Hancock's leaked messages reveal that ministers and officials made jokes about people arriving in the UK during the Covid pandemic being locked up in quarantine hotels

Daily Mirror

Scottish footfall perks up, but remains below pre-pandemic levels

The number of people visiting Scottish stores rose by 14.5% year-on-year in February

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Matt Hancock planned to 'celebrate' Piers Morgan's GMB exit during height of lockdown

Piers Morgan has claimed that former Health Secretary Matt Hancock had wanted to celebrate him being axed from Good Morning Britain during the pandemic

Daily Mirror

'Burning shame as Brits from all sections of society were left in Covid's crosshairs'

All Covid support has gone, but there are still shielders – disabled people who know their underlying conditions put them at too great a risk from Covid to venture out and reclaim a fully lived life now

Daily Mirror

Voters demand immediate public inquiry into handling of Covid pandemic

A poll for GB News reveals support for speeding-up the probe chaired by Baroness Hallett, following disclosures in the "Lockdown Files" - a leaked cache of Matt Hancock's WhatsApp messages

Daily Mirror

Matt Hancock blasts 'massive betrayal' from Isabel Oakeshott as further leaked WhatsApp messages emerge

The former Health Secretary is faced with a political storm after a litany of his pandemic-era WhatsApp conversations were published

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Pandemic pet boom has increased the demand for pet-friendly workplaces

About one in three Canadian households have adopted a pet since the start of the pandemic. Around one-third of these are first-time pet owners. These “pandemic pets,” along with their pre-pandemic counterparts, have brought a great deal of comfort during the lockdown, with owners reporting a deepening of their bonds…

The Conversation

Ted Cruz calls for Fauci to be prosecuted in CPAC rant on Covid

Cruz rails agasint Anthony Fauci and says health expert should be ‘prosecuted for lying under oath’

The Independent UK

Teachers rage at 'disgusting' Tory WhatsApp messages saying they 'really do hate work'

Teachers and unions have hit back after leaked WhatsApps between Sir Gavin and the-then Health Secretary Matt Hancock show the pair criticising staff for wanting to ensure schools were safe

Daily Mirror

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The Independent UK

Covid inquiry: what stage is it at and what will it look at?

Public inquiry seeks to ‘learn lessons’ following devastating pandemic

Daily Mirror

Care home boss says Matt Hancock has 'no integrity' after WhatsApp messages leaked

This week, messages sent by former Health Secretary Matt Hancock during the coronavirus pandemic have been leaked. Three care home bosses have spoken to The Mirror about their despair

Daily Mirror

'The idea the Education Secretary thought teachers were lazy during Covid is disgusting'

'In my 30-year teaching career I have never seen staff work so hard as they did during the pandemic,' says Dr Paul Gosling, NAHT President and head teacher of Exeter Road Community Primary School in Devon

Tribune News Service

In most US cities, homes still sell faster than before the pandemic

The typical U.S. home sold last month had spent 67 days on the market. For all the upheaval in housing, that’s still 20 days faster than in the years right before the pandemic, according to data released Thursday by Realtor.com.

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3 years since the pandemic wrecked attendance, kids still aren't showing up to school

By some estimates, chronic absenteeism doubled during the pandemic. Now, about halfway through the most "normal" school year since 2020, the situation hasn't improved in many places.

AAP

Financial hardship returns to early pandemic levels

Around 40 per cent of Australians are struggling to make ends meet as the cost of living crisis stretches household budgets to their limit.

Evening Standard

Oakeshott v Hancock: 10 things to know about #thelockdownfiles — from her record of betrayal to the broken NDA

She ghostwrote the former health secretary’s memoir — so why would political journalist Isabel Oakeshott leak 100,000 of his WhatsApps to the press? Katie Strick has everything you need to know about the most salacious political storm of 2023

The Independent UK

Rehab on hold: COVID devastated prison learning programs

In a nation that incarcerates roughly 2 million people, the coronavirus pandemic was a nightmare for prisons

The Guardian - UK

Isabel Oakeshott says Matt Hancock messages leak ‘in public interest’

Writer who handed more than 100,000 of ex-health secretary’s messages to newspaper defends her actions

The Independent UK

Train cancellations reach 1,000 every day in worst performance since records began

Latest figures show scheduled trains one-fifth down on pre-pandemic levels

The Independent UK

UK health chief's leaked messages revive raw pandemic debate

COVID-19 has shot back into the headlines in Britain through the leak of more than 100,000 private messages sent or received by the health minister as the government scrambled to respond to the new respiratory virus

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