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Joe Wicks ends live PE lessons after helping millions keep fit
After 18 weeks, one broken hand, and endless supplies of perky enthusiasm the fitness show that kept millions of Britons occupied during lockdown has come to an end. Joe Wicks…
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US mayors sign letter opposing use of federal law enforcement against protesters – live
Ohio governor Mike DeWine’s statewide mask order comes as the state reports an alarming rise in new cases of coronavirus. Ohio health officials reported 1,527 new cases from yesterday, marking…
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Coronavirus live news: number of confirmed cases worldwide passes 15 million
In the UK, the public health official credited for her response in the aftermath of the Salisbury poisonings said the experience helped her in the early period of the Covid-19…
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Bolivia elections in doubt as police find bodies of hundreds of Covid-19 victims
Bolivia’s plan to hold elections in September is increasingly in doubt amid rising coronavirus deaths, and reports that police have recovered the bodies of hundreds of suspected Covid-19 victims. In…
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The Guardian view on austerity: A grotesque failure that must not be revived | Editorial
This is the week that Boris Johnson and Rishi Sunak began softening up doctors, teachers and other public sector workers for a squeeze to their pay and cuts to their…
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US daily coronavirus deaths surpass 1,000 for first time since June
Daily deaths due to Covid-19 on Tuesday surpassed 1,000 for the first time in the US since the start of June, as Donald Trump admitted the crisis would “get worse”…
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Receptionist job in Manchester diner gets 1,000 applications in 24 hours
The Manchester restaurant 20 Stories, a popular hangout for the cast of Coronation Street, received nearly 1,000 applications for a receptionist post within 24 hours, in the latest indication of…
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Companies receiving jobkeeper have laid off more than 700,000 excluded workers
Almost three-quarters of a million employees of companies receiving jobkeeper were laid off because they were ineligible for wage subsidies, according to an Australia Institute analysis of data in the…
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Calls for paid pandemic leave grow as Victorian premier links Covid-19 surge to insecure work
Unions have renewed their call for universal paid pandemic leave after the Victorian premier, Daniel Andrews, linked the state’s surge in coronavirus cases to insecure work that means people miss…