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Mum living off £4 a week surviving on pancakes and may need to euthanise her pet dog

A mum who was made redundant during the pandemic says she is now living off just £4 per week in benefits after her children moved out, making her lose her carer's allowance and lumping her with a bedroom tax.

Daily Mirror

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

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

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Matt Hancock wanted to tell Donald Trump to drink bleach during Covid-19 crisis - explosive new book reveals

The brutal swipe to the former US President was revealed in the former Health Secretary's new book - dubbing Trump an 'awful, awful man'.

Chronicle Live

Five key moments from Matt Hancock’s pandemic memoir

In published extracts former health secretary says he broke Covid rules because he ‘fell in love’

The Guardian - UK

Meet the 29-year-old teacher with four degrees who wants to join the Great Resignation because she’s tired of working ‘way above’ her paycheck

The pandemic upended the teaching industry; Nina is one of the hundreds of thousands of teachers who wants out. But she doesn’t know where to start.

Fortune

Editorial: Schools are missing their chance to fight learning loss

Since the start of the pandemic, Congress has provided public school districts with $190 billion in relief funds, roughly triple what the federal government spends on K-12 education in a typical year. This infusion has handed schools an opportunity to start repairing the damage caused by remote learning. Far too…

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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…

The National (Scotland)

Larne group launch free hygiene store to help community with rising costs

ReFresh Hygiene Store started at The Sparrow Centre during the pandemic and is run by volunteers

Belfast Live

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.

Bangkok Post

Best science books of 2022

Preventing future pandemics, the secrets of the Higgs boson and the surprising roots of plastic surgery

The Guardian - UK

The best comics and graphic novels of 2022

A pandemic stream-of‑consciousness, an artist in the making and a bird society on the moon are among this year’s favourites

The Guardian - UK

Matt Hancock's explosive new book: five of his claims from the Covid years

Former health secretary looks to defend his actions during the pandemic with some controversial claims as he points the finger of blame at others

Wales Online

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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Daily Record

Scots nurse 'sacked' after 28 years working for NHS amid fears she will never recover from long Covid

Brenda Eadie caught Covid from work at the beginning of the pandemic in March 2020.

Daily Mirror

Five shameless claims from Matt Hancock's explosive new book on the Covid years

Former health secretary Matt Hancock has released a book where he looks to defend his actions during the pandemic with some eye-catching claims as he points the finger of blame at others

Chicago Sun-Times

Illinois COVID-19 hospitalizations near 10-month high

Hospital admissions for COVID-19 have jumped more than 26% in the last week alone, putting them on pace to hit numbers not seen since mid-February.

Daily Mirror

Ministers 'shrugged off' warnings 820,000 Brits could die before first Covid lockdown

Matt Hancock claims chief medical officer Professor Sir Chris Whitty informed him in January 2020 of the "worst case scenario", and he passed it on to fellow Cabinet ministers

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Reuters

China's Xi told EU less lethal Omicron opens way for fewer COVID restrictions

Chinese President Xi Jinping blamed mass protests in Chinese cities on youth frustrated by years of the COVID-19 pandemic, but said the now dominant Omicron variant of the virus paved the way for fewer restrictions, European Union officials said.

Bangkok Post

Jet fuel demand drives surge in consumption

Thai fuel consumption rose by 15.4% year-on-year during the first 10 months of 2022 as the pandemic eased, driven by an upsurge in jet fuel demand, says the Department of Energy Business.

Fortune

NYC's mayor is declaring war on rats—but it's part of a bigger obsession with New York’s economic status and it could have a lot to do with remote work

Eric Adams's search for a "highly motivated and somewhat bloodthirsty" rat czar may also help him return more employees to offices.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Drop in COVID Alertness Could Create Deadly New Variant, Warns WHO

Lapses in strategies to tackle COVID-19 this year continue to create the perfect conditions for a deadly new variant to emerge, as parts of China witness a rise in infections, the head of the World Health Organization said on Friday. The comments by WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus mark a…

The Independent UK

Matt Hancock blames infected staff for bringing Covid into care homes

Former health secretary claims cabinet reaction to Covid warning ‘was somewhat shrug shrug – essentially because they didn’t really believe it’

Chicago Sun-Times

‘Twilight Zone’ and the pandemic inspired artist Kaitlyn Beiriger’s South Loop mural

The artist watched reruns of the black-and-white sci-fi TV series to pass time amid COVID shutdowns. That led to her mural ‘Time Piece’ at 1014 S. Michigan Ave.

The Conversation

Emmanuel Macron's state visit with Joe Biden: key takeaways as relations warm up after a frosty few months

Emmanuel Macron has just completed the first major state visit to the US since the pandemic.

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