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Boris and Carrie Johnson ‘hosted friend at Chequers during Covid restrictions’

Exclusive: friend ‘helped the couple plan their wedding’ in May 2021 when restrictions on indoor gatherings in place

The Guardian - UK

New Texas law bans COVID mask, vaccine and shutdown mandates, but some Republicans want more

The bill, recently signed by Gov. Greg Abbott and set to take effect Sept. 1, does not restrict pandemic rules by private entities.

The Texas Tribune

Wales' most exciting young rugby players identified as world stage awaits

With the World Rugby U20s Championship returning after four years away, here's some Welsh talent to keep an eye on

Wales Online

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Rishi Sunak denies blocking Covid Inquiry seeing his WhatsApps due to embarrassment

The PM denied he's trying to stop WhatsApps being handed over due to embarrassment of what they might contain yet the Cabinet Office is going to court to challenge the inquiry's request for unredacted messages

Daily Mirror

COVID has highlighted the connection between spirituality and vaccine scepticism

In the two and a half years since the first COVID vaccines were administered, anti-vaccination sentiment has grown exponentially. Scepticism about vaccines has been voiced, in particular, in religious communities across the world, from South Korea and New Zealand to South Africa, the UK and prominently among white evangelicals, in…

The Conversation

Ex-Italian prime minister and health minister cleared of Covid culpability

Court rules that Giuseppe Conte and Roberto Speranza not at fault for 6,000 excess deaths in Bergamo at start of pandemic

The Guardian - UK

Sunak denies fear of embarrassment behind bid to stop Covid inquiry seeing texts

The Cabinet Office is challenging inquiry chairwoman Baroness Hallett’s request for Boris Johnson’s unredacted WhatsApp messages.

The Independent UK

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Dis Life: 'Genocidal quantities of people died of Covid - two-thirds of them were Disabled'

At the beginning of the pandemic, we wondered whether the vulnerability people felt would translate into better empathy for Disabled people. But it didn’t

Daily Mirror

Rob Burrow's wife uses his own words to say 'government will have blood on its hands'

Rugby legend Rob Burrow's wife Lindsey says delays in funding has left them angry and frustrated, especially after seeing the speed of Covid vaccine research

Daily Mirror

Ministers using ‘loophole lawyers’ to obstruct Covid inquiry, says Labour

Angela Rayner asks deputy PM Oliver Dowden why hundreds of thousands of pounds is being spent on legal action

The Guardian - UK

Ministers accused of obstructing Covid probe with spending on ‘loophole lawyers’

The Cabinet Office is challenging inquiry chairwoman Baroness Hallett’s request for Boris Johnson’s unredacted WhatsApp messages.

The Independent UK

Energy generators' soaring revenues highlight deep problems in the way Britain prices its electricity

Twenty-nine billion pounds is a lot of money. It’s how much we estimate the total annual revenue to British electricity generating stations increased as a result of last year’s energy crisis – from £20.5 billion before COVID (in 2018 and 2019) to £49.5 billion in 2022. The indications are that…

The Conversation

North Dakota governor Doug Burgum announces Republican presidential bid

Former Microsoft executive and venture capitalist, 66, stands as rank outsider against Trump and DeSantis

The Guardian - US

Panic, fear and abuse: my day in the 999 call handlers’ control room

Pressure levels in the ambulance service are at their highest level, with workers quitting, spiralling waiting times and public mental health at crisis point — so how is all of this affecting the people taking the calls? Katie Strick spends 12 hours on the frontline

Evening Standard

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The Hindu

Older people exhale exponentially more aerosol particles, study says

In the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic, there was considerable debate over whether aerosols helped the virus move through the air. The new findings suggest disease-transmission models may have to account differently for younger and older people.

The Independent UK

Children ‘can’t focus for more than 10 minutes’ after Covid

Teachers are forced to spend less than 10 minutes on each activity to keep their pupils’ attention

The National (Scotland)

New musical experiment to feature at this year’s Blas Festival

A new musical experiment, created during the Covid-19 pandemic, will be a highlight of this year’s celebration of Highland music, Gaelic language…

Daily Record

Nicola Sturgeon WhatsApp messages could be relevant to covid inquiry, insists Aamer Anwar

Aamer Anwar, lead solicitor for the Scottish Covid Bereaved group, has called for all unredacted WhatsApp messages to be provided.

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Daily Mirror

Government 'trusts' Covid Inquiry chair - despite blocking release of crucial WhatsApps

The Cabinet Office has launched a judicial review - estimated to cost well into the six figures - seeking to block the disclosure of message from ex-PM Boris Johnson and key figures to the Covid inquiry

The Guardian - UK

Rishi Sunak confirms he will not talk about US-UK free trade deal with Joe Biden – as it happened

Latest updates: prime minister explicitly accepts formal post-Brexit trade deal with US is not on horizon, implying this is no longer a goal

The Guardian - UK

Children’s attention span ‘shorter than ever’ since Covid crisis, say teachers in England

Poll of primary teachers finds pupils more likely to complain about being bored and provoke others in class

Bangkok Post

OECD lifts world GDP growth forecast to 2.7%

PARIS: The OECD slightly raised its growth outlook for the world economy on Wednesday as inflation eases and China has dropped Covid restrictions, but it warned the recovery faces a "long road".

The Independent UK

Author Haruki Murakami says pandemic, war in Ukraine create walls that divide people

Japanese writer Haruki Murakami says walls are increasingly built and dividing people and countries as fear and skepticism flourish following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and the COVID-19 pandemic

The Hindu

COVID-19 | Active cases in the country decrease to 2,831

India has recorded 214 new COVID-19 infections infections, while the active Covid cases have dipped to 2,831 from 3,001

Bangkok Post

Koh Samui evolves to cater for Gen Z, digital nomads

Hong Kong's favourite Thai getaway island - three-and-a-half-hours away once Bangkok Airways' direct flights restart on July 1 - has taken advantage of the tourism hiatus caused by the Covid-19 pandemic to up its game, revamping infrastructure and reimagining its holiday attractions.

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