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Health sects and conspiracy theories in France: How Covid led to a misinformation surge

The inter-ministerial watchdog set up to monitor and fight against sects in France has released its latest findings on everything from online coaches to conspiracists, neo-Shamans and would-be healers. The alarming report from MIVILUDES states that since 2020 – and especially since the coronavirus pandemic – such movements are on…

France 24

Lying Glasgow businessmen go bust after claiming £150,000 in taxpayer funded loans

Shahzad Arshad and Alexander Stewart Cooper made false claims when they applied for and received Bounce Back Loans from the UK Government while running separate firms in the city during the Covid-19 pandemic.

Glasgow Live

Number of children needing help for serious mental health problems soars

NHS data shows rise to more than a million referrals last year

The Independent UK

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The big name shops that have vanished from Greater Manchester as scale of retail woes revealed

A staggering 47 stores shut up shop for the last time every day in 2022

Manchester Evening News

Sharp rise in number of children needing help for serious mental health problems

The figure is over 300,000 higher (1,169,515) than that of 2021/22 (839,570)

Wales Online

China’s Covid generation: the surging inequality behind Xi’s U-turn

Lockdowns have often been more relentless in rural areas, upending the education of millions and blocking social mobility

Financial Times

39% rise in number of children needing help for serious mental health problems

The data includes children who are suicidal, self-harming, suffering serious depression or anxiety, and those with eating disorders.

The Independent UK

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How "food porn" changed in 2022

Cheese pulls and fried egg-topped hamburgers are out. Popping open a tin of sardines is in

Salon

Phuket tourism on road to recovery

Having endured the ravages of the Covid-19 pandemic for more than two years, Phuket's tourism is bouncing back, welcoming more than 2.3 million visitors and raking in at least 127 billion baht in tourism revenue during the first ten months of 2022.

Bangkok Post

Rose Parade sees enthusiastic crowd despite rise in COVID, RSV and flu cases

PASADENA, Calif. — Just before 6 a.m., Kelly and Nathan Alexander warmed themselves beside a roaring propane fire pit outside Total Wines & More on Colorado Boulevard as they waited for the Rose Parade to begin.

Los Angeles Times

Hospital Op Shop volunteers raise almost $500,000 in less than a decade

A small-town op shop is eyeing the milestone of raising half a million dollars in donations for the local hospital. It wouldn't have been reached so quickly without the pandemic or a determined volunteer known as Granny Barb.

ABC News

House price rise eats into pandemic gains

Steep price drops in Sydney and the Central Coast suggest the Hunter market could have some way to fall in 2023.

Newcastle Herald

Housing decline picks up speed again

Rising interest rates continue to shave value off Australia's property market, with Melbourne home prices closing in on pre-pandemic levels.

AAP

Bride gives family four days notice of wedding after losing enough weight to fit back into dress

Lauren Morgan had piled on the pounds after her original marriage plans were ruined by the Covid pandemic in 2020

Wales Online

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The Times of India

Oil price spike brings back subsidies but India wins at crude diplomacy

NEW DELHI: A wild swing in international oil prices in 2022 brought back indirect fuel subsidies in India in a setback to reforms, but the nation won at crude diplomacy as it refused to succumb to western pressures and continued to buy oil from the cheapest available source.

Dublin Live

Taoiseach Leo Varadkar warns there is 'good chance' Ireland will experience another pandemic

Leo Varadkar said that an inquiry into Ireland’s handling of the Covid-19 pandemic will be launched this year

ABC News

Australian fertility rates bounce back to pre-COVID levels after historic low

Australia is experiencing a post-COVID baby boom, according to recent statistics, after the birthrate hit an historic low during the pandemic.

Irish Mirror

Leo Varadkar issues grim pandemic warning as he indicates Covid inquiry to be set up

Taoiseach Leo Varadkar indicated that an inquiry into Ireland’s handling of the Covid-19 pandemic will be set up in 2023.

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Manchester Evening News

Politicians and experts react to claim up to 500 people could die each week due to crippling NHS delays

"All this is at a level that most of us who’ve worked in emergency medicine have never seen before. It’s dreadful."

Tribune News Service

No more 24/7: Late-night diners scale back their hours amid a shifting restaurant landscape in Baltimore and beyond

BALTIMORE — The neon glow of late-night diner signs has beckoned to Pete Koroneos his entire career.

WEKU

Themes like everything is connected, nothing happens without a purpose, and nothing is what it seems are central to both yoga philosophy and conspiratorial thinking.

Evening Standard

Some A&Es in ‘complete state of crisis’ amid pressure on NHS, medics warn

Health chiefs warn situation ‘intolerable and unsustainable’ with strain greater than at the peak of the Covid pandemic

ABC News

Tourism operators unfazed by new COVID-19 testing requirements for Chinese visitors

Chinese visitors were "incredibly important" to Australia's pre-pandemic tourism industry. But with visitation numbers from China yet to bounce back, operators say they have pivoted to new markets.

Reuters

Japan's emperor gives first public New Year's greeting since 2020

Japan's Emperor Naruhito on Monday gave a New Year's address and greeted members of the public for the first time in three years as the country eases COVID-19 pandemic restrictions amid a year-end surge in infections.

Birmingham Post

Beauty Bay sales slashed by almost £40m and profits wiped out as customers make High Street return

Beauty Bay's turnover was still higher than it was before the pandemic

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