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As Willie Nelson celebrates his birthday, here’s a recap of his 89th year

Country music legend Willie Nelson turns 89 on Friday, and he keeps strumming along as a performer.

Tribune News Service

The Sunderland Royal Covid-19 patient who spent the longest in intensive care hits road to recovery after 'stormy journey'

Peterlee lifeguard Ray Connor spent a terrifying 73 days in intensive care with Covid-19, now he's fighting to get home to his wife

Chronicle Live

Primary school children filled every seat in the Cardiff City Stadium in fundraising challenge

Pupils of Ysgol Gymraeg Pwll Coch raised money for the school by sitting on every one of the 33,289 seats at Cardiff City Stadium in Leckwith

Wales Online

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Celine Dion is forced to cancel UK tour dates after 'frustrating' health issues

Celine Dion, 54, shared her frustration after she was forced to cancel UK tour dates after suffering a health issues. This is the second time she's had to postpone shows over the last two years, the first being due to the coronavirus pandemic

Daily Mirror

China facing 'tsunami' of Omicron, says top official as Shanghai, Beijing battle to curb Covid spread

BEIJING: China is facing a"tsunami" of Omicron, a senior official said on Friday, as the country reported over 20,000 Covid-19 cases with its largest city Shanghai continuing to reel under lockdown for over three weeks while over 21 million people in capital Beijing underwent third nucleic acid test amid the…

The Times of India

China: Guangzhou Rushes to Quell COVID Outbreak

Authorities in the southern Chinese megacity of Guangzhou scrambled on Friday to quash a COVID-19 outbreak, imposing testing requirements on public transport, closing off some areas, and advising citizens against leaving the region. China is currently battling to contain the virus in several cities, with Shanghai residents simmering under a…

Asharq Al-Awsat

FDA sets June meetings on COVID vaccines for youngest kids

The Food and Drug Administration has set tentative dates in June to publicly review COVID-19 vaccines for the youngest American children

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UK travellers on Portugal holidays to be fast-tracked at border control

The move comes as UK holidaymakers make up a significant portion of Portugal's tourism numbers - the UK was the second largest contributor to Portugal's overall tourism revenue in January and February

Glasgow Live

Wales still has the highest Covid rate in the UK despite cases falling

The virus is still circulating at high levels across the country

Wales Online

Four key things on passports every holidaymaker should check on before travelling

Millions of people are expected to catch up on holidays they missed out over the past two years due to the Covid pandemic.

Daily Record

AstraZeneca boss calls for UK to provide new Covid-19 medicine to the vulnerable

Pharmaceutical CEO says it’s ‘sad’ that UK has failed to order Evusheld for the immunosuppressed

The Guardian - UK

NOT REAL NEWS: A look at what didn't happen this week

Social media users shared a range of false claims this week

The Independent UK

Just Stop Oil’s ‘spring uprising’ protests funded by US philanthropists

LA-based based Climate Emergency Fund donated hundreds of thousands of dollars to activists

The Guardian - UK

Covid infections in Liverpool City Region fall by a quarter

All six areas of the city region saw decreases in the week-on-week percentage change figures

Liverpool Echo

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Trump White House overrode Covid guidance for churches, emails show

CDC planned to suggest in 2020 that religious communities hold services online but key passages were struck out

The Independent UK

What is the White House correspondents’ dinner and who is hosting this year? (OLD)

The annual black tie event is back for the first time in three years, amid accusations that it shows the cosy relationship between politicians and reporters

Benzinga

Mid-Morning Market Update: Markets Down; Nasdaq Falls 100 Points

U.S. stocks traded lower this morning, with the Nasdaq Composite dropping around 100 points on Friday.

Los Angeles Times

Hollywood's COVID safety measures aren't going away anytime soon. Here's why

LOS ANGELES — Even with nearly 80% of Californians at least partially vaccinated, hospitalizations down from their highs and eased mask mandates, COVID-19 safety protocols on Hollywood film and TV sets are unlikely to go away soon.

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Neath Port Talbot's Labour leadership duo on the challenges of the last year and May's upcoming elections

Ted Latham and Leanne Jones were "thrown" in as leader and deputy leader of Neath Port Talbot Council following the resignation of Rob Jones in March last year

Daily Mirror

Hundreds of UK firms at risk of collapse as Covid loan repayments kick in

In the first three months of this year there was a 19% rise in businesses in critical financial distress compared to the start of 2021 as a perfect storm of national insurance and energy price increases kicked in with loan repayments

The Independent UK

Covid responsible for quarter of all UK sickness absence in 2021, figures show

Estimated 149 million working days were lost to illness or injury last year, says Office for National Statistics

Al Jazeera

Infographic: How expensive are everyday items in Nigeria?

Since 2016, the Nigerian economy, Africa’s largest, has suffered two recessions; prices of necessities have soared.

Reuters

Hong Kong eases COVID rules for aircrews, lifts overseas travel alert

Hong Kong will shorten mandatory hotel quarantine for passenger flight crews to three days from seven, while cargo crews will be exempt, modest steps at unwinding coronavirus curbs that have turned the city into one of the world's most isolated places.

The National (Scotland)

Scottish campaigners protest at Pfizer office as 'vaccine equity' motion voted down

CAMPAIGNERS from Global Justice Now Scotland have stated they are “outraged” as shareholders at pharmaceutical multinationals Pfizer and Moderna…

Reuters

VP Harris will meet leaders of 15 Caribbean nations on Friday

Vice President Kamala Harris will virtually meet leaders of 15 Caribbean nations on Friday and continue her work engagements from home after testing positive for COVID-19 earlier this week.

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