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MP calls for new legal right to visit loved ones in hospital or living care

Dan Carden said the care of a loved one should not be an ‘optional extra’.

The Independent UK

‘Covid killed my taste buds – then my business’

Raisa Ali was forced to stop giving Indian cooking lessons because she could no longer taste or smell all the ingredients

The Independent UK

‘The Money Doctor’ slams COVID lockdowns as the biggest policy mistake in modern times

Former Reagan advisor Steve Hanke co-authored a paper that found the average lockdown reduced COVID-19 mortality rates by 3.2%.

Fortune

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Scientists' political donations reflect polarization in academia – with implications for the public's trust in science

People who lean left politically reported an increase in trust in scientists during the COVID-19 pandemic, while those who lean right politically reported much lower levels of trust in scientists. This polarization around scientific issues – from COVID-19 to climate change to evolution – is at its peak since surveys…

The Conversation

Ex-SNP MP Margaret Ferrier set to face by-election after being suspended from Commons over Covid rule breach

Former Scottish National Party MP Margaret Ferrier has been suspended from the House of Commons for 30 days for breaching coronavirus rules.

Evening Standard

Margaret Ferrier suspended from House of Commons after Covid rules breach

The Commons voted 185 to 40, majority 145, to approve the motion to suspend the independent MP.

The Independent UK

Shamed ex-SNP MP faces by-election as MPs vote to suspend her over Covid breach

Margaret Ferrier was kicked out of the SNP when it emerged that she had breached lockdown rules in 2020, and the following year pleaded guilty to culpable and reckless conduct

Daily Mirror

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Shamed MP Margaret Ferrier faces recall petition after Commons votes to suspend her

A by-election in Rutherglen and Hamilton West will be called if 10 per cent of Ferrier's constituents now sign a petition for her removal.

Daily Record

Covid Inquiry to probe Boris Johnson's WhatsApps this week - despite legal fight

Side-stepping the Cabinet Office, the Covid Inquiry's legal team said it would take ex-PM Boris Johnson up on his offer to examine documents requested by the probe

Daily Mirror

Covid inquiry not backing down in Boris Johnson WhatsApp messages row

Baroness Heather Hallett addresses ministers’ decision to launch legal action in a bid to prevent the Cabinet Office handing over the former PM’s unredacted messages and notebooks

Evening Standard

I decide what’s relevant, says Covid inquiry chair in Boris WhatsApp row

Security experts to turn on Boris Johnson’s old phone in hunt for Whatsapps as row widens to the Foreign Office

The Independent UK

Cooking teacher has to give up business after Covid destroyed her sense of smell

Raisa said to continue teaching people how to cook Indian food would be like “the blind leading the blind”

Wales Online

The resurgence of ‘ticking timebomb’ tuberculosis

Tuberculosis is set to overtake Covid-19 as the world’s most deadly infectious disease, with medical experts warning its resurgence represents a “ticking timebomb” healthcare emergency.

The Week

Former SNP MP Margaret Ferrier to face Commons vote on suspension today

The Government previously postponed a vote on the matter amid allegations that Ferrier had colluded with Boris Johnson allies.

Daily Record

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The Hindu

Will the WHO’s ‘pandemic treaty’ leave out antimicrobial resistance?

Removing antimicrobial resistance from the WHO’s ‘pandemic treaty’ will leave humanity extremely vulnerable to future pandemics, and this is what an update to the instrument in late May indicated.

The Hindu

COVID-19 | Active cases in India dip to 3,001

India has recorded 124 new coronavirus (COVID-19) infections, while the active cases have decreased to 3,001 from 3,193, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on June 6.

ABC News

Carbon dioxide in atmosphere hits new record high as scientists call for 'every effort to slash carbon pollution'

Scientists say we need to make 'very rapid and very large' emissions cuts as atmospheric CO2 jumps to an all-time high at the Mauna Loa Atmospheric Baseline Observatory.

The Independent UK

£4.5bn lost to fraud and error across Covid employment scheme, finds report

Cross-party Public Accounts Committee laid bare a number of ‘repeated problems’ affecting governance

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Louder

Ian Hunter: an absolutely epic interview

He’s older than rock’n’roll itself, and back with an all-star cast on his new album on Sun Records. Here he talks to about working with Jeff Beck and Taylor Hawkins, punk rock, Alex Harvey, David Bowie, and sex and drugs in the 70s

The Guardian - AU

NSW unlikely to withdraw further Covid fines despite court ruling many were unlawful

More than 33,000 fines were rescinded last year after a supreme court ruling, but correspondence from authorities suggests thousands more will stand

The Independent UK

Covid inquiry chairwoman expected to address ministers’ High Court challenge

Baroness Hallett is set to respond for the first time to the decision to contest her request for Boris Johnson’s unredacted WhatsApp messages.

The Independent UK

Government ‘too slow’ to recoup taxpayer money lost to Covid fraud and error

The cross-party Public Accounts Committee laid bare a number of ‘repeated problems’ affecting governance.

Daily Mirror

'The British people deserve the truth on Covid. What do the Tories have to hide?'

After being appointed by the Government with extensive powers, the suggestion the former Court of Appeal judge could be forced to resign is damning

The Guardian - UK

Revised report on impact of Covid lockdowns ‘adds little insight’

Book based on May 2022 review ‘did lockdowns work?’ examines whether legally enforced interventions prevented deaths

ABC News

Flu season has started early, and doctors hold fears for children amid low vaccination rates

Healthcare workers have warned the flu season has arrived early this year and is hitting young kids harder than usual.

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