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All Australians should be offered free flu vaccines to prevent ‘disaster’, experts say
Influenza cases rise amid ongoing high Covid infections and hospital pressure sparking calls to increase vaccination rates Follow our Australia news live blog for the latest updates Get our free…
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‘I was in labour for 10 hours alone’: how people spent the day of the Downing Street leaving drinks
Partygate photos anger those who were at socially distanced funerals, on Covid wards or facing a mental health crisis Today’s politics news – live updates While photos of the prime…
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Hong Kong grants Greater Bay Airlines status to open talks with foreign countries to fly 104 routes
Airline’s chief executive Algernon Yau confirms official recognition from government but says company unlikely to commence flights until after July 1. Read the original article at South China Morning Post
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Pressure mounts on Met to justify no fine for PM over No 10 leaving drinks
London mayor Sadiq Khan asks police force to explain to the public how decisions were reached Pressure is intensifying on the Metropolitan police as they face a formal call to…
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No 10 officials say party attended by Johnson so cramped people sat on each other’s laps
Downing Street insiders tell BBC Panorama they felt the PM had given ‘permission’ for the events Today’s politics news – live updates Partygoers in Downing Street were so cramped together…
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Coronavirus-driven order delays, US tariffs on China raise world PC prices. Is relief on the way?
Lockdowns and shipment delays caused by China’s zero-Covid strategy are adding to cost pressures for global PC makers, who are moving to diversify production away from the world’s No 2…
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Three cheers for the blind eye of the police: where would our leader be without it? | Marina Hyde
A Tory MP has demanded to know: ‘Was the Met weak, gullible, incompetent or stupid?’ The answer is yes – on all counts Naturally, you’ll adore the pictures of Boris…
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Are UK coronavirus cases actually going down or are they just harder to count?
When the government ended free tests, daily case numbers became less reliable. What else can we look at? For almost two years we’ve been glued to a set of numbers:…
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Coronavirus: Beijing cuts tax by 60 billion yuan to spur vehicle sales as ‘China’s Motown’ sits idle amid Covid-19 lockdown
China’s vehicle industry took a deep dive last month, as Shanghai went into a citywide lockdown, which idled car plants from General Motors to Tesla and Volkswagen. Read the original…
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While Boris Johnson partied, I helped a child put on PPE to see his dying dad | Rachel Clarke
NHS doctors were grateful to the public who followed Covid rules. The PM’s glass of wine has been thrown in all our faces Nine in the room, if you include…