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‘Treated like animals’: traumatised pilots can’t seek mental health counselling post-pandemic without risk of being grounded
Pilots who flew during the Covid pandemic faced enormous stress, and were vilified after two Hong Kong flight attendants breached quarantine. Yet they risk being grounded if they have mental…
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Boris Johnson and Partygate: the stakes will be huge at this week’s critical inquisition | Andrew Rawnsley
MPs on the privileges committee need to be on the top of their game when they interrogate the fallen prime minister about his deceptions Westminster is salivating in expectation of…
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Boris Johnson makes last-ditch bid to discredit Partygate inquiry
Ex-prime minister due at televised Commons committee hearing, with legal team about to publish new evidence backing his claims A defiant Boris Johnson is preparing an extraordinary televised defence of…
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Neo-Nazis and trans rights protesters clash in Melbourne; bushfire alert for parts of Great Ocean Road – as it happened
Melbourne forecast to reach 37C while northern regions of the state could exceed 40C. This blog is now closed Get our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily…
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New Covid-19 origins data points to raccoon dogs in China market
A new analysis of specimens collected in 2020 in Wuhan found evidence of the virus along with genetic material from raccoon dogs, according to scientists. Read the original article at…
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New data links Covid-19’s origins to raccoon dogs at Wuhan market
Analysis of gene sequences by international team finds Covid-positive samples rich in raccoon dog DNA Newly released genetic data gathered from a live food market in Wuhan has linked Covid-19…
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One in five pupils in England were persistently absent in past school year
Covid and other illnesses main reasons for attendance drop compared with pre-pandemic, according to DfE figures One in five pupils in England were reported as persistently absent during the last…
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‘It helps so much’: long Covid sufferers aided by sessions with opera singers
A Welsh National Opera project is reaching out to patients via Zoom to share the benefits of exercises such as breath control The mezzo-soprano Kate Woolveridge has performed on grand…
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Covid cases on the rise in NSW with a ‘patchwork quilt’ of variants
Experts say data points to early signs of a new wave but, given level of immunity, is not expected to be as severe as in the past Get our morning…