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What the UK’s ‘day of reflection’ reveals about COVID memory

A couple of years ago I dug up an artefact buried under soil, grass and leaves in a park close to my home in Exeter. It was not some ancient object but rather a granite memorial plaque laid down by the local city council only three years before. Dedicated to…

The Conversation

Will Ohio State Record-Breaker Bruce Thornton Be the Last of His Kind?

It’s never been harder to become the scoring king at a top program.

Sports Illustrated

The Black Death’s counterintuitive effect: as human numbers fell, so did plant diversity

Between 1347 and 1353, Europe was gripped by the most catastrophic pandemic in its history: the Black Death. Killing many millions, the plague wiped out between one-third and a half of Europe’s population.

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Talent shortage: These are the hardest roles to fill in Europe

The supply-demand mismatch increased dramatically after the COVID-19 pandemic.

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‘A new normal’: inquiry’s key findings on how Covid changed UK society

Final module focuses on legacy and impact on mental health, particularly for key workers, vulnerable and bereaved people

The Guardian - UK

Covid inquiry reaches ‘bittersweet’ final day of witness testimony

Campaigners say ‘hard-hitting, clear-sighted and damning’ inquiry – the most expensive in history – ‘absolutely has been worth it’

The Guardian - UK

Covid deaths caused by ‘government incompetence, chaos and callousness’, bereaved families say

The Covid-19 Inquiry heard the last of the evidence from those whose relatives died during the pandemic

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Bereaved to keep up justice fight as UK Covid-19 Inquiry witness evidence ends

Hearings in the inquiry’s 10th and final module, examining the pandemic’s impact on society, will conclude on Thursday.

Evening Standard

Britain’s economic growth to be weakest in a century outside of pandemic and WWII, think tank warns

The UK’s top two economic think tanks – the Resolution Foundation and the Institute for Fiscal Studies – have issued dire warnings over economic growth and borrowing a day after Rachel Reeves delivered her spring statement

The Independent UK

Widow felt ‘completely betrayed by authorities breaking Covid rules’ – inquiry

Julie McMurray said she felt she ‘failed’ her husband Robert by not being by his side in hospital during the pandemic.

Evening Standard

Inside the battle to end the Aids pandemic in the face of Trump’s cuts

SPECIAL REPORT: Rachel Hagan speaks to some of researchers behind the push for a full HIV vaccine – whose trial had to be saved after the US slashed its grant – about the cost of the delay, and lays out the warnings it provides for the current rollout of the…

The Independent UK

When Love Feels Heavy: The Quiet Burnout Of Modern Pet Parents

Pet parenting is often painted as pure joy. Morning cuddles. Playful chaos. A wagging tail waiting at the door. But behind this soft picture, many pet parents are carrying something they feel guilty admitting. Exhaustion. Emotional fatigue. Burnout. And almost nobody talks about it. Loving a pet deeply does not…

Times Pets

Thousands of flights cancelled as world faces worst travel chaos since Covid crisis

Hundreds of thousands of passengers remain stranded, with key air hubs in Middle East closed amid fallout from US-Israeli strikes on Iran

The Guardian - UK

UAE shuts classrooms, parents on alert: All schools and universities go online amid security concerns on Iran vs US-Israel attacks

Amidst escalating regional tensions involving Iran, the US and Israel, the UAE has temporarily moved all schools and universities to online learning from March 2-4, 2026. This precautionary measure aims to ensure student and staff safety while maintaining educational continuity, leveraging digital infrastructure built during the pandemic. Other Gulf nations…

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Thanksgiving service to be held for late former health secretary Jeane Freeman

She held the brief during the outbreak of the Covid pandemic.

The Guardian - UK

Dissatisfaction with life in UK unchanged since Covid, official data shows

Average life satisfaction still below pre-pandemic peak despite improving economic outlook, reports ONS

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Mirages of 2020: Revisiting 10 Pandemic Sports Breakouts After Wayne Tinkle's Firing

Do you remember shooting stars like the Canadiens, Coastal Carolina and the Hawks?

TechRadar

‘The tariffs and pandemic crisis seem a joke compared to this’: Cheap phones could be gone forever thanks to the RAM crisis, a new report claims

The smartphone market could be forever changed by the RAM crisis, says a new report — and Android could be hit particularly badly.

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This 29-year-old brought landline phones back into style and earned $789K by selling them

Interest in older technology has been resurfacing in small but noticeable ways, particularly among younger consumers trying to reduce smartphone use. In Los Angeles, 29-year-old founder Cat Goetze has built a business around that shift. Her company, Physical Phones, sells Bluetooth-enabled landline-style devices that connect to modern smartphones. In 2025,…

The Conversation

Our pets are devouring biodiversity – but a few changes in EU law could make all the difference

Around 44% of EU homes have at least one pet, of which over 90% are cats or dogs. While we’ve been bringing more and more pets into our lives in recent decades, the trend really shot up during the COVID pandemic. Europe’s pet population rose by an estimated 11% in…

Evening Standard

Predicting a pandemic: are we on the brink of viral Armageddon?

Falling vaccination rates and Trump’s funding cuts are creating a perfect storm, says Chris Stokel-Walker

The Free Financial Advisor

7 Sun Belt Retirement Towns Seeing Significant Price Corrections

Have you ever wondered where retirement dreams meet market reality without the panic of overpaying? Across the Sun Belt, some of the most popular retirement havens are finally giving buyers a little breathing room after years of wild price climbs.

Evening Standard

UK airports finally busier than pre-pandemic peak, handling 302m passengers in 2025

The total has only ever reached 300 million once before in 2019, before plummeting during the pandemic

The Guardian - UK

Else review – pandemic-style horror has bad guys crawling out of the woodwork, literally

Thibault Emin’s thriller sees a new couple forced to barricade themselves in an apartment amid an outbreak in which the infected merge with their physical surroundings

The Guardian - UK

UK job vacancies ‘fall to lowest level since pandemic’

Advertised roles dropped 3% last month to 695,000 – first dip below 700,000 since January 2021, job site Adzuna says

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