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Headteachers across England call for exams to be cut back next year
Thousands of headteachers across England are demanding that exams are cut back next year amid fears of a mental health crisis among pupils who have lost months of learning in…
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Hollowed-out Hancock dies another death as he defends the indefensible
We need to talk about Matt. Even with his new haircut – not that he particularly needed one, but all cabinet ministers had been under orders to have a pint…
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US is ‘still knee deep in first wave’ of coronavirus, warns Fauci – live
Anthony Fauci, the top public health expert on the White House coronavirus task force, has not only warned that the US is still “knee deep” in the first wave of…
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Coronavirus live news: Israel health chief quits in protest at lockdown easing; Bolsonaro tests positive
Intensive care units at 54 hospitals in Florida are full as Covid-19 cases surge, according to data published on Tuesday morning by the state’s Agency for Health Care Administration. Almost…
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Markets slide as EC predicts deeper eurozone recession – as it happened
And finally… Britain’s FTSE 100 has ended the day down 1.5% or 96 points at 6189 points. Hotels group Whitbread led the fallers, down 5.5% after it warned of subdued…
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JD Sports warehouse in Rochdale hosts mobile Covid-19 lab after positive tests
A mobile testing lab has been set up at JD Sports’ central warehouse in Rochdale after a small number of workers there tested positive for coronavirus. Rochdale borough council said…
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Fauci: US is ‘still knee-deep in first wave’ of pandemic as it nears 130,000 deaths
The United States is “still knee-deep in the first wave” of the coronavirus pandemic, one of the country’s top public health experts has warned, as the country approaches 130,000 Covid-19…
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Rishi Sunak’s mini-budget will be the most leftwing in years. Can Labour capitalise? | Larry Elliott
Back in December, a major plank of the Conservative party’s general election strategy was to portray Jeremy Corbyn as a Marxist throwback, committed to all sorts of dangerous 1970s leftie…