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Fortnite’s Gen Z gamers feel socially cut off after Apple, Google remove app
A YouTube alert interrupted Jack Erricker’s schoolwork on Friday morning as he and children all over the world woke up to the news that their favourite game, Fortnite, had been…
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Britain isn’t ‘recovering’, whatever the Bank may suggest
The UK is performing better than expected. That was the message from the Bank of England’s governor, Andrew Bailey, following its latest review of the economy. It was a message…
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Global firms expected to sue UK for coronavirus losses
Governments around the world – including the UK – face a wave of lawsuits from foreign companies who complain that their profits have been hit by the pandemic. Webinars and…
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‘How does this make sense?’ Gatwick arrivals who missed 4am deadline
Weary and bedraggled, the first set of quarantiners from France began arriving at Gatwick airport at 10.20am today, missing the UK deadline to get back by a handful of hours.…
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Too much screen time has brought rise in eye infections and other sight problems during Covid-19 – how to avoid them
Stay-at-home mum Naomi was keeping a close watch on her two boys, one in primary school and the other in secondary, and particularly on their eyes.She was concerned as they…
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Russia produces first batch of Covid-19 vaccine, days after approval
Russia on Saturday said it has produced the first batch of its coronavirus vaccine, after President Vladimir Putin announced it had been first in the world to approve a vaccine.Putin’s…
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This year’s A-level results are a fiasco – but the system was already broken | Dan Davies
A revered former boss of mine had a proverb to wheel out on the many occasions when our team was called on to do research into an obviously doomed project:…
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Flu and Covid: winter could bring ‘double-barrel’ outbreak to US, experts say
Public health experts, researchers and manufacturers warn the coming flu season could bring a “double-barrel” respiratory disease outbreak in the United States, just as fall and winter are expected to…
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‘I feel like I’m failing at life’: the terrible plight of music event staff
Edd Sedgwick is a sound engineer and tour manager who normally works for the Vaccines, but with that group having long planned to take 2020 off, he was preparing to…
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‘It’s the worst I’ve ever seen’: London’s West End struggles to bounce back
Mid-August should be boom time for central London. The streets would usually bustle with shoppers, workers and tourists, looking to spend their cash in the West End’s shops, restaurants and…