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UK poised to abandon coronavirus app in favour of Apple and Google model
The UK is poised to announce it has abandoned its attempt to build a centralised coronavirus contact-tracing app and will instead switch to the model preferred by the technology firms…
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Bank of England continues on money-printing path it set out on in 2009
The Bank of England’s decision to increase quantitative easing by £100bn at its June meeting to support the economy through the coronavirus crisis follows a well-trodden path. Ever since the…
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UK society regressing back to 1950s for many women, warn experts
The coronavirus pandemic is threatening to derail women’s careers and take UK society back to a 1950s style of living, experts have warned, as research showed the proportion of mothers…
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Health experts criticise UK’s failure to track recovered Covid-19 cases
The UK’s failure to report how many people have recovered from Covid-19 has been criticised by public health experts, who say a huge proportion of cases have remained “invisible” to…
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AllSaints asks landlords for rent cut to avoid going bust
AllSaints is asking its landlords to slash the rent bill on its 41 UK stores as the upmarket fashion brand tries to avoid going into administration. The retailer has embarked…
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Coronavirus: China bans imported pork from German meat plant after more than 650 infected in outbreak
China on Thursday banned imported pork from a German company after its workers became infected by coronavirus, adding to uncertainty over fresh food shipments to the country amid a new…
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US unemployment claims rise by 1.5 million as pandemic pain continues
The massive wave of layoffs in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic continued last week with another 1.5 million people filing for unemployment benefits despite US-wide reopenings and signs of…
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Shielding Muslims receiving pork items in England food packages
The government has been accused of “cultural and moral insensitivity” for sending pork sausages and bacon to clinically vulnerable Muslim families who are shielding during the coronavirus pandemic. Pork products,…
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Nicola Sturgeon announces easing of Scotland’s lockdown
People using trains, taxis, buses and ferries in Scotland will be required to wear face coverings from 22 June, but churches, dental surgeries and professional sports must wait a further…
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Covid-19: excess death rates more than twice UK average for 19 English councils
Nineteen local authorities in England have recorded excess death rates of more than twice the UK average during the Covid-19 crisis. London has been hardest hit, with 16 of the…