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Keir Starmer blasts 'ghoulish spectacle' of Tories portraying themselves as Covid heroes

The Labour leaders comments come after the ex-Health Secretary Matt Hancock published his Pandemic Diaries in 2022 - before the Covid public inquiry kicked officially kicked off

Daily Mirror

OPINION - The Standard View: An independent, public inquiry into Covid-19 is as urgent as ever

The wave of Covid that spread through care homes in the early stages of the pandemic was devastating. Anyone who lost a loved one during that time has a right to know whether their death could have been avoided.

Evening Standard

Sunak backs official Covid inquiry after leak of Hancock WhatsApps

The Prime Minister urged people not to focus on ‘piecemeal bits of information’.

The Independent UK

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Matt Hancock fighting claims that he rejected Covid advice from Chris Whitty after WhatsApp messages leak

More than 100,000 WhatsApp messages have been leaked, giving an insight into the way the Government operated at the height of the pandemic

Chronicle Live

British Airways passenger represents herself in court battle over flight refund and wins

Jennie Barber’s flights were cancelled due to Covid restrictions

The Independent UK

Matt Hancock: What are the claims and counterclaims over leaked Covid messages?

Ex-health secretary battling over claims from 100,000 WhatsApp messages

The Independent UK

Mum given months to live after 'Covid jab side effect' turns out to be cancer

Katie Pritchard, from Tysoe, Stratford-upon-Avon, was told her cancer symptoms were just the side effects of her Covid vaccine or a prolapsed bladder following childbirth before she was given just months to live

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Who is Isabel Oakeshott? The controversial reporter Matt Hancock trusted with 100,000 Whatsapp messages

Political journalist at cente of storm over claims Matt Hancock rejected scientific advice to Covid test people going into care homes during the pandemic

The Independent UK

Terminally ill mum refused refund for dream Scotland trip by easyJet who wished her a 'speedy recovery'

Katie Warner, 31, who has terminal brain cancer, was due to fly to Scotland with her family when the Covid pandemic hit.

Daily Record

Matt Hancock under fire over care home deaths and ‘chaotic’ Covid response

The former health secretary’s actions during the pandemic have come under fresh scrutiny following the leak of over 100,000 WhatsApp messages

Evening Standard

Matt Hancock: what do the leaked WhatsApp messages reveal?

Texts sent at height of pandemic suggest former health secretary rejected advice on testing in care homes

The Guardian - UK

No more ghost town: West End revival as sales beat pre-pandemic levels

Foreign visitors fuel revival of the West End

Evening Standard

First Thing: FBI director endorses Covid lab leak theory

Comments fuel divide within US intelligence community on origins. Plus, Finland erects Russia border fence

The Guardian - UK

Jacob Rees-Mogg got Covid test couriered to home during shortage, leaked messages suggest

Arrangement for test on behalf on minister’s son revealed in leaked WhatsApp messages

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The Independent UK

COVID-19 conjecture soars after latest report on origins

Online speculation about the origins of COVID-19 are soaring following a new report from the Energy Department that concluded the coronavirus that causes the disease leaked from a lab

Ballotpedia

Five states have active COVID-19 emergency orders

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The National (Scotland)

George Osborne 'sorted out front page story at Matt Hancock's request'

FORMER Tory chancellor George Osborne was asked to arrange a front page story for Matt Hancock after the then health secretary contacted…

Asharq Al-Awsat

China Dismisses FBI Statement on COVID Lab Leak Theory

For the second day in a row, China on Wednesday dismissed US suggestions that the COVID-19 pandemic may have been triggered by a virus that leaked from a Chinese laboratory. Responding to comments by FBI Director Christopher Wray, Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Mao Ning said the involvement of the US intelligence…

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Chicago Tribune

Commentary: What is a reasonable approach to masking right now?

In medicine as elsewhere in life, if you ask the wrong question, you’re likely to get the wrong answer. So if the question is, “Do masks worn outside medical settings work to protect against COVID-19 and respiratory diseases?” — or its politically charged companion, “Do you believe in masks?” —…

The Independent UK

China dismisses FBI statement on COVID-19 lab leak theory

For the second day in a row, China is dismissing U.S. suggestions that the COVID-19 pandemic may have been triggered by a virus that leaked from a Chinese laboratory

Tribune News Service

Editorial: From the lab or nature, look to China for COVID's origin

That the Department of Energy’s Office of Intelligence and Counter-Intelligence now believes that the deadly plague we call COVID-19 escaped from a Chinese research lab in Wuhan more than three years ago only heightens the need to keep looking for the origin of the virus. With a worldwide death toll…

The Independent UK

Ex-UK health chief defends record after COVID messages leak

Britain’s former health minister is denying wrongdoing after a newspaper published extracts of private messages he sent in the first weeks of the coronavirus pandemic

The Guardian - UK

Kemi Badenoch dismisses idea of trialling menopause leave because it was proposed ‘from a leftwing perspective’ – as it happened

Minister for women and equalities dismisses suggestion government should pilot menopause leave for women

France 24

China's manufacturing sector expands at fastest clip in more than a decade

China's official manufacturing sector purchasing managers' index rose to 52.6 in February, well above expectations. This comes amid a strong recovery in demand after Beijing lifted almost three years of Covid restrictions. Stock markets in mainland China and Hong Kong reacted positively to the news. Also on the show, we…

Daily Mirror

Teary GMB guest calls late dad 'lamb to slaughter' amid Matt Hancock Covid WhatsApp claims

A lady who lost her father to coronavirus in a care home has slammed Matt Hancock over claims he ignored advice on care home testing. The Former Health Secretary Matt Hancock has furiously disputed the suggestion

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