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Scrap masks in schools and bring back penalties for non-attendance, says head teacher

Schools can make their own decisions on masks from February 28 as Covid restrictions are eased by the Welsh Government

Wales Online

NHS waiting lists could grow despite ‘stretching’ targets, health chief warns

Health boss Chris Hopson called the Government’s lack of support for a workforce plan ‘incredibly frustrating’

Manchester Evening News

Pandemic helped roll back democratic freedoms globally in 2021: EIU study

Democratic standards across the world fell again in 2021 against a backdrop of the Covid health crisis and growing support for authoritarianism, according to the Economist Intelligence Unit's annual report published this week. Well under half of the world's population now lives in a democracy with France topping the list…

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Unite The Union Cup clarity expected this week

The cross-border tournament was put on the long finger after semi-final date issues and Covid concerns

Irish Mirror

NHS waiting lists could grow despite ‘stretching’ targets, health boss warns

NHS Providers chief executive Chris Hopson called the Government’s lack of support for a workforce plan ‘incredibly frustrating’.

The Independent UK

Kate Garraway shares 'new way' of loving husband Derek amid his Covid recovery

Presenter Kate Garraway opened up about her changing relationship with husband Derek Draper after he was put in a coma by Covid in 2020.

Daily Record

Glory snatch desperate draw with Mariners

Perth Glory have fought back from a goal down to earn a 1-1 draw with Central Coast in the A-League Men in their return from COVID-19 related postponements.

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Like most, I relish life opening up. But this libertarian dash for the Covid exit is reckless

Will the end of restrictions usher in a change in Britons’ behaviour, or will we continue to live by our own calculations of pleasure and risk?

The Guardian - UK

Everything Is True by Roopa Farooki review – the first 40 days on the Covid frontline

An author turned junior doctor’s account of the chaos at work and anguish at home as Covid-19 arrived in the UK is vital, cathartic reading

The Guardian - UK

‘Relentless calls and constant abuse’: why Britain’s vets are in crisis

Vets are no strangers to pressure, but Covid and the huge boom in pets means they have never been busier – or experienced so much stress

The Guardian - UK

Taoiseach Micheal Martin believes masks should be worn even after NPHET lifts mandate

The Fianna Fail leader said a meeting to discuss removing mandatory mask wearing and other remaining Covid restrictions would be held in coming weeks

Dublin Live

Kate Garraway says she’s found ‘new way to be in love’ with Derek Draper amid his recovery

Kate Garraway says she has discovered a “new way to be in love” with her husband Derek Draper as he recovers from Covid.

Evening Standard

Freedom convoys: legitimate Covid protest or vehicle for darker beliefs?

The blockade of Ottawa has sparked copycat action around the globe, and such disparate demonstrations of grievance may prove hard to shut down

The Guardian - UK

Future of Bristol's Nightingale 'surge hub' unclear as Covid restrictions lifted

The NHS doesn't know what will happen to it

Bristol Post

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Daily Record

Treatment of vulnerable care home residents during covid pandemic is a national disgrace

Mail Opinion says the plight of people in care homes across Scotland represents a tragic failure of government which many families will rightly never be able to forgive.

Reuters

Singapore Airshow expects sharp fall in visitor numbers - organiser

A sharp fall in trade visitors is expected at the Singapore Airshow this week compared to the last edition two years ago as COVID-19 continues to hit the industry, the organiser of Asia's biggest aerospace industry gathering said on Sunday.

Birmingham Post

Minister acknowledges Covid "damage" but insists growth figures are good news

Chief Secretary to the Treasury Simon Clarke said people should be "reassured" by figures that show the economy grew 7.5% in 2021

The Times of India

Not a big leader like Manohar Parrikar, I manage politics my own way, says Goa CM Pramod Sawant

GOA: Pramod Sawant has been fighting several battles since taking over as chief minister, following the death of Manohar Parrikar in March 2019. As BJP goes to polls under his leadership, Sawant explains to TOI some of his decisions and remains confident that the party will form the government again

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The Times of India

Rajasthan: Active Covid cases fall 75% in 17 days

JAIPUR: In 19 districts of the state, the Covid active cases have now gone below 500-mark.The number of active cases in the state, which had touched peak on January 26,on that day, state had 94,148 active cases, have now reduced to 23,404 in 17days.

The Guardian - AU

Uncertainty over jobs data due to Omicron as nation records at least 47 virus deaths – as it happened

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ABC News

COVID live updates: All the coronavirus news you need in one place

Get up to speed on all the coronavirus news from across Australia.

Daily Mirror

Boris Johnson condemned by scientists for axing Covid isolation as Partygate distraction

Prof Susan Michie, of the Government’s Sage committee and Dr Matt Bigwood, of Doctors’ Association UK say Covid restrictions are being ended for the wrong reasons

Daily Mirror

No10 Covid experts Chris Whitty and Jonathan Van-Tam have become pandemic heroes to kids

Chris Whitty, Jonathan Van-Tam, The Queen and Marcus Rashford head St John Ambulance's top 10 list of children's heroes, inspiring younsters to work for the NHS

Wales Online

France scraps Covid testing requirement for vaccinated Brits

The move comes just in time for the half-term

ABC News

As the Omicron wave devastated Sydney's hospitals, these healthcare workers were in the thick of it

Many healthcare workers are afraid of speaking to the media, but they are also desperate for the public to know what's been happening in our hospitals. As the Omicron wave peaked in Sydney last month, Background Briefing was following them. These are their stories — in their words — about…

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