COVID-19 Updates
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The Guardian view on the EU budget: hitting the wrong notes in Hamilton | Editorial
The European Union is a global heavyweight in trade and climate. But in political terms, it is puny. For all the Brexit conspiracy theories of a “United States of Europe”,…
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The Guardian view on singing and Covid-19: science needed for art to survive | Editorial
While the tentative resumption of the performing arts is officially allowed in England, singing, along with the playing of woodwind and brass instruments, is deemed a special case. Some serious…
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‘Journalism has been criminalised’: Zimbabwean reporter denied bail
A prominent investigative journalist in Zimbabwe has said the struggle against corruption in the country must continue as he was sent back to prison to await trial on charges of…
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Coronavirus data failing local authorities, health bosses in England say
The government is still not sharing enough coronavirus data for local authorities to get a full picture of who is being infected, health bosses have said. On Monday, Matt Hancock…
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Transport for London calls for second bailout to survive coronavirus fares slump
Transport for London is seeking its second taxpayer bailout this year after warning it would need almost £5bn to get through to 2022. The London transport authority said it would…
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‘The masks are everywhere today’ – England’s shoppers finally cover up
Devizes, Wiltshire Earlier this week, the sight of a person shopping in a mask in the Wiltshire market town of Devizes was an unusual one. On Friday, almost everyone was…
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Mission Impossible crew gets Norway coronavirus travel ban exemption
Norway’s government said on Friday that it would issue an exemption for coronavirus restrictions allowing the filming of the Hollywood action film series Mission Impossible and other foreign productions in the…
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Boris Johnson calls anti-vaxxers ‘nuts’ as he pushes winter flu jabs – video
The prime minister was promoting an expanded programme of flu jabs that ministers hope will ease pressure on the NHS if there is a second wave of coronavirus this winter.…
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Rises in UK retail sales and business activity boost Covid-19 recovery hopes
Hopes of a rapid recovery in Britain’s economy from the coronavirus lockdown have been boosted by a summer rebound in retail sales and the strongest monthly growth in business activity…
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Economic fallout from pandemic will hit women hardest
Even before the coronavirus pandemic, there were vast inequalities between men and women in the world of work. Despite chipping away at the glass ceiling over recent decades, in 2020…