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As UK restrictions end, what will be the new normal for pubs?
Pavement drinking, table service and ordering by app are here to stay – and there’ll be more Wetherspoons Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage A week after…
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‘Seriously ill’ young people in current Covid admissions, expert warns
‘We have had people under 30 in intensive care,’ says Prof Adam Finn of the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation Young people are getting “seriously ill” from Covid-19, a…
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Nanjing rolls out more tests as China’s latest coronavirus cluster grows
The eastern Chinese city of Nanjing reported two more coronavirus cases on the weekend, taking the total in the country’s latest cluster to 57 as the city wrapped up its…
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Thousands of Hong Kong anime and comics enthusiasts queue for hours in sweltering heat amid delays at annual expo
Thousands of Hongkongers – some of them in costume – were left queuing for hours under the hot sun as they waited to be admitted to an annual anime fair…
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Sajid Javid apologises for saying it was time to stop ‘cowering’ from Covid
Health secretary says sorry for ‘poor choice of word’ after backlash from bereaved families Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage Sajid Javid has apologised for saying it…
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Don’t be fooled – the UK economy is not having a rerun of the 1970s | Larry Elliott
A Brexit and Covid-induced pay boom won’t last long while employers hold all the the cards The past few days have had a hint of the late 1970s about them.…
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Rude customers are a drag – but can we small business owners do more? | Gene Marks
Impatient customers tired of waiting for service are taking out their frustrations on the workers. That’s where owners can help We’ve been reading about the airline industry’s troubles with unruly…
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Tokyo diary: South Korea and Japan turn back the clock
The two countries revived Olympic tradition and former colonial tensions with politically charged gestures • With early coverage of the Games inevitably focused on coronavirus, geopolitical tensions have barely had…
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PM confirms extra doses of Pfizer vaccine – as it happened
Scott Morrison confirms extra 85 million Pfizer doses; NSW records 141 new local cases and two deaths, including a woman in her 30s; too soon to tell if Victorian lockdown…
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The Queen had a lucky escape from Boris Johnson’s ‘sod it’ attitude to Covid | Andrew Rawnsley
‘Freedom’ day panders only to Boris Johnson’s real boss – a minority faction in the Tory party and rightwing press Right at the beginning of the pandemic, there was intense…