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As HSBC quits and hybrid working stays, is this the end for Canary Wharf?
The bank will leave London’s Docklands in 2027, and others will follow as need for office space reduces and staff seek better work environments Just over 20 years ago, HSBC…
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$300k per patient: Queensland auditor general questions decision to build $223m Wellcamp quarantine centre
Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk says she doesn’t ‘have a crystal ball’, but report points to signs quarantine was about to ease Follow our Australia news live blog for the latest updates…
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Hong Kong can attract pharmaceutical giants by having own drug regulatory system, health chief says while citing need for R&D in Covid aftermath
Health secretary Lo Chung-mau says firms are often spurred to carry out research where a regulator is based. Read the original article at South China Morning Post
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The Partygate probe should have stopped at Johnson, and let his tinpot army fade into obscurity | Simon Jenkins
MPs feel they have to assert their authority after his insults, but going after his friends risks looking petty and partisan The House of Commons privileges committee is besotted with…
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Tate loans painting of Covid frontline staff to Alder Hey hospital
Aliza Nisenbaum’s work depicts staff in range of roles at Liverpool children’s hospital The Tate has loaned a painting to Alder Hey children’s NHS foundation trust in Liverpool depicting its…
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Nicola Sturgeon: Scotland had ‘no set plan’ to deal with Covid-style pandemic
Former first minister also tells inquiry communication between UK and devolved administrations was too ad hoc There was “no set plan” in Scotland for dealing with a pandemic of the…
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NHS staff sickness rate in England hit record high last year, data shows
Rate higher than at height of Covid pandemic as health service contends with ‘difficult new normal’ UK politics live – latest updates Staff sickness within the NHS in England reached…
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Lockdown or loneliness? Covid brought on a ‘kind of stressful’ baby boom in Australia
New data shows the birthrate went up in 2021, after a record low in 2020 and years of decline Get our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily…
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Partygate: Rees-Mogg and Dorries likely to be named in ‘contempts of parliament’ report
Exclusive: Special report will raise issues encountered during initial inquiry into Johnson rule breaches Explainer: Partygate report: key findings of privileges committee Boris Johnson’s allies are expected to be named…
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South Korea has turned back time and made its people younger – sign me up | Claire Cohen
Is age really just a number? Post-pandemic, it’s easy to feel like we’ve been robbed of precious years Imagine someone offered you the chance to take a couple of years…