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UK’s top prosecutor threatened with legal action if Dominic Cummings not investigated
The director of public prosecutions, Max Hill, is being threatened with legal action if he fails to investigate Dominic Cummings for alleged breaches of the lockdown rules. A legal team,…
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Church of England to allow funerals in its buildings from next week
The Church of England is to allow funerals to take place in its buildings from next week for the first time in three months, although “significant limitations” will be in…
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UK orchestras may not survive coronavirus pandemic, conductors warn
Two of Britain’s most influential conductors, Sir Simon Rattle and Sir Mark Elder, have warned of a “devastated landscape” in classical music after the pandemic in which orchestras may not…
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Keir Starmer tells PM to take responsibility for his failures on schools
Keir Starmer and Boris Johnson have clashed at prime minister’s questions over the delay to the full reopening of schools, with the Labour leader saying Johnson should take “responsibility for…
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London landlord Shaftesbury ‘will collect only 50% of rents’
Shaftesbury, a commercial property landlord that owns large parts of Soho, Covent Garden, Chinatown and the West End in central London, has warned shareholders it is aiming to collect only…
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Matt Hancock clueless about confidentiality breach at his own GP surgery
The health secretary was caught on a live microphone admitting he was unaware of a data breach involving confidential patient information at his own GP practice until asked about it…
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Looming recession poses second global embarrassment for UK
Worse than Italy. Worse than Spain. Britain has already had more deaths from Covid-19 than any other European country. Now it faces the possibility of a second embarrassment: the deepest…
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Singapore is checking waste water with people’s poo for coronavirus
From mass testing tens of thousands of its migrant workers to using serological tests to uncover links between its virus clusters, Singapore has deployed varying methods to stem the spread…
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‘Are you immune?’ The new class system that could shape the Covid-19 world
Scrolling through Airbnbs in Brooklyn, one listing stands out. “IMMUNE HOST,” claims the heading in caps. Among photos of rooftop sunsets and interiors, lies something else unexpected – a picture…
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Surgisphere: mass audit of papers linked to firm behind hydroxychloroquine Lancet study scandal
Dozens of scientific papers co-authored by the chief executive of the US tech company behind the Lancet hydroxychloroquine study scandal are now being audited, including one that a scientific integrity expert claims…