COVID-19 Updates
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UK coronavirus live: Sturgeon urges caution as Scotland begins easing lockdown
Stewards are to marshal a North Yorkshire beauty spot after around 100 people gathered there on Monday. Police attended Richmond Falls on the River Swale after partying crowds flouted social…
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BBC set to cut regional news despite high audience figures
The BBC is looking to cut its local news output across England in order to reduce costs, with both the award-winning Inside Out series of investigative programmes and regional political…
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Soas to slash budgets and staff as debt crisis worsens in pandemic
Soas University of London is being forced to slash budgets and prepare significant staff cuts after being caught in a financial crisis hastened by the coronavirus pandemic, the Guardian can…
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Hong Kong tensions end winning streak for global stock markets – business live
Global stock markets ended their winning streak as attention was turned back to rising tensions between the US and China over Hong Kong. It came after China approved plans for…
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‘Gross incompentence at highest levels’: ex-Obama adviser blasts Trump’s Covid response
The US has shown “gross incompetence … at the highest levels” in dealing with the Covid-19 pandemic, according to Samantha Power, who served as US ambassador to the United Nations…
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Stonehenge with no crowds? Big changes planned for reopening
Nature has reclaimed Stonehenge, English Heritage has revealed, with a family of hares nesting and deer nibbling the grass around the standing stones. The world heritage site, which drew 1.5…
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Wuhan volunteers reach out across the world to advise care groups and share coronavirus lessons
Almost as soon as he finished volunteer duties in Wuhan, where the Covid-19 outbreak was first reported, Chen Xingxu received calls for help from abroad.Chen had launched the grass-roots Wuhan…
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China GDP: economic growth target may return after being dropped in 2020 amid coronavirus
China may resume the practice of setting annual economic growth targets after dropping the goal for 2020, a Chinese government official involved in drafting the government work report said on…
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Coronavirus excess deaths: UK has one of highest levels in Europe
Britain’s excess death toll at the peak of the Covid-19 pandemic was the highest among 11 countries analysed by the Guardian. The UK had the biggest spike among countries including…
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Drone deliveries soar in rural Scotland during coronavirus outbreak
Ten weeks on from the peak of the coronavirus pandemic there are still acute shortages of personal protective equipment (PPE) and Covid-19 testing kits across the UK, particularly in rural…