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While Williamson calls for discipline, our children’s hopes crumble around them | Polly Toynbee
The education secretary’s idea of ‘behaviour hubs’ to teach other schools how to keep order shows just how little he cares “There is nothing Dickensian about a classroom that is…
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UK Covid cases could rise again despite vaccine progress – WHO official
Exclusive: Dr Catherine Smallwood says there is potential for surge unconnected to increases in Europe The success of Britain’s vaccine programme is not enough to protect it from another wave…
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Brandon Lewis restates determination to address problems with Northern Ireland protocol – as it happened
Northern Ireland secretary makes statement following talks with leaders at Stormont. This live blog is now closed. Northern Ireland executive holds emergency meeting over Belfast unrest Northern Ireland unrest: why…
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Walsall NHS trust scholarship awards colleague of nurse who died of Covid
First to receive nurse training funds set up in memory of Areema Nasreen is support worker Sheila Kerai A former colleague of a 36-year-old nurse who died from Covid-19 last…
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Hongkongers stranded by coronavirus travel ban battle to get home from Britain in ‘Hunger Games-style’ fight for flights
Hundreds of seats on two special flights intended to bring stranded Hongkongers home from Britain after the end of a coronavirus travel ban were snapped up in two hours on…
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Despite coronavirus vaccines and stronger economic data, investors should not be celebrating a global recovery yet
Anyone looking for evidence that the performance of the global economy has improved since the announcement in November last year of a breakthrough in the race to develop a vaccine…
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Covid-19 vaccine: Hong Kong officials say three more people got wrong jab after going to different vaccination centre than one they booked
Three more people have been given the wrong Covid-19 vaccine after mixing up inoculation centres, Hong Kong officials have said, taking the total number of residents who were not properly…
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Coronavirus: Hong Kong experts push for Johnson & Johnson vaccine to replace AstraZeneca shots after blood clot report; city confirms 10 cases, 8 imported
Hong Kong medical experts have called on the government to replace its procurement of AstraZeneca Covid-19 shots with jabs developed by Johnson & Johnson amid safety concerns over a possible…
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Australia news live: TGA mulls EU advice on AstraZeneca Covid vaccine and clots; sexual harassment laws to change
Victoria to open two mass vaccination hubs; NSW to keep border open to NZ despite new Auckland Covid case; UK decision to offer under-30s an alternative to Oxford jab could…
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Rightwing thinktank’s challenge to Australia’s travel ban threatens biosecurity laws, Coalition warns
LibertyWorks’ argument that health minister has no power to impose a ban on citizens leaving country ignores ‘emergency context’ of pandemic, government tells federal court The Morrison government has warned…