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Divorces fell by 4.5% during year Covid hit

Number of divorces granted to same sex couples rose

The Independent UK

Half of families making cutbacks to afford gas and electricity - as costs to soar by 50%

The rising cost of energy means many households are being forced to make difficult decisions about how to spend their hard-earned cash, according to a damning new report

Daily Mirror

Daily reported cases of Covid-19 now include possible reinfections

Reinfections currently represent around 10% of infection episodes per day.

The Independent UK

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Pupils from poorest areas of England less likely to be vaccinated against Covid, figures show

Schools with higher proportions of pupils eligible for free lunch meals also had lower vaccination coverage

The Independent UK

Divorces fell by 4.5% during year that coronavirus hit, says ONS

There were 103,592 divorces granted in England and Wales in 2020, according to the Office for National Statistics.

The Independent UK

Omicron sub-variant detected in 57 countries, says WHO – as it happened

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The Guardian - AU

Rise in Covid cases in England as reinfections included for first time

Previously people were only included in statistics once even if they had caught Covid multiple times

The Guardian - UK

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Boris Johnson makes incorrect claim on government cutting crime during parliament speech on Sue Gray police report

Prime minister said government has ‘been cutting crime by 14%’ - but figures show offences rising as prosecutions plummet

The Independent UK

Find out which products are in short supply in UK supermarkets

Office for National Statistics has been tracking the availability of products on shop shelves

Wales Online

Covid UK: coronavirus cases, deaths and vaccinations today

Are coronavirus cases rising in your local area and nationally? Check week-on-week changes across England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland and the latest figures from public health authorities

The Guardian - UK

Why assume it’s a problem if a woman is child-free at thirty? Maybe she prefers it that way

There are countless reasons why women delay motherhood but, as a new report indicates, at least there’s no longer the pressure to conform

The Guardian - UK

Twenty years of data reveal 4 hidden effects of climate change on health

Climate change will become a bigger influence on human health in all regions of the world in the future. The data in England and Wales reveal how the planet is changing.

Inverse

Mark Drakeford wrote to Boris Johnson in furlough plea before Covid restrictions decision in Wales

The information was revealed from the cabinet meeting where it was decided to introduce new restrictions in Wales after Christmas

Birmingham Post

Wealth gap in the UK - top 1% of households have more than £3.6m each

How much you have varies by region, with some seeing recent dips in household wealth

Wales Online

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The Guardian - UK

Why it’s the right time to lift plan B restrictions in England

Thanks to the vaccines, we no longer need harsh restrictions – but we should still act with caution and consideration, says clinical researcher Raghib Ali

The Independent UK

‘More than 350,000’ new Covid-19 cases each day in UK in early January

High levels of under-reporting are likely to be affecting the official figures.

Evening Standard

Covid: ‘Most unlikely to be unjabbed’ in close-proximity jobs revealed

Headteachers, GPs and police officers are least likely to be unvaccinated

The Guardian - UK

ONS debunks ‘spurious’ Covid deaths claim shared by David Davis

Suggestion true number of deaths in England and Wales could be as low as 17,000 is factually incorrect, says ONS

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The Independent UK

The motherhood question: Can a fertility MOT help tell me if I want children?

As new ONS data reveals that half of women have not had a baby by their 30th birthday for the first time ever, Harriet Hall explores if fertility testing could help them find an answer to the baby question

Wales Online

Bar staff and beauticians among least likely to be vaccinated

The ONS has released new figures showing in which professions are most and least likely to have been jabbed

Evening Standard

Emily Sheffield: Like the MPs’ expenses scandal, Boris Johnson has broken trust in politics

Who cannot admire the poverty campaigner and food writer Jack Monroe? She has a tireless work ethic, coupled with fiery imaginative tenacity to get change done — and her most recent campaign took on the Office for National Statistics and won. While the Tory party and the Prime Minister thrashed…

The Guardian - UK

UK reports 89,176 new cases and 277 deaths – as it happened

UK cases and deaths fall day-on-day; Hong Kong government to compensate pet shops affected by culling of hamsters for Covid reasons

Daily Mirror

Half of women are childless by the age of 30 for first time since records began

More women are childless at 30 than have had kids in the UK for the first time since records began in 1920 according to new figures in 2020 from the Office for National Statistics

The Independent UK

Half of women have not had children by 30th birthday for first time

Number of women who do not have a child when they turn 30 up 32 percentage points in 50 years

Evening Standard

Half of women have not had a child by age 30 for first time, figures show

Women born in 1990 were the first cohort where half were not mothers by their 30th birthday

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