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A-level grades down from pandemic highs but still above 2019 levels

University admissions have also fallen on last year, but are the second highest on record, according to Ucas figures.

The Independent UK

Medicine shortages turning critical: ADHD drugs ran out two weeks ago

Australia's always been vulnerable to pharmaceutical shortages – but that vulnerability has been severely tested by the COVID-19 pandemic.

The New Daily

A-levels: A grades are up compared to pre-pandemic results

The 2022 A-level results are in, and the number of students receiving A or A* grades has fallen – down by 8.4% on 2021.

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Dubai Airport Traffic Records Two-Thirds of its Pre-Pandemic Level

Dubai International Airport said the latest figures showed that the traffic volume during H1 2022 represents 67.5% of the its pre-pandemic passenger traffic during the same period in 2019. The airport screened 27.9 million passengers in the first half of the year despite a significant reduction in capacity resulting from…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Studying through pandemic ‘a nightmare’, says pupil collecting A-level results

James Livesey, 18, will now take up a BBC apprenticeship in software engineering.

The Independent UK

Five places where benefits are being stopped in Universal Credit shake-up - list of areas

A managed migration system to transfer everyone on older benefits over to Universal Credit restarted in May this year, following a brief pause due to the coronavirus pandemic

Daily Mirror

As a new year starts, schools prepare for fewer masks, more learning and joy

Schools are opening up around the country, and the third year in the shadow of a pandemic brings new challenges but also new hope.

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A new work anxiety: Will I be penalized for working from home?

In the "new normal" of the hybrid workplace, are remote and in-person workers going to be treated equally? It's a matter of hot debate right now.

WEKU

Scots rockers Texas set to welcome Stirling's first major gigs since Covid pandemic this weekend

Stirling will play host to a number of top gigs this weekend as the city welcomes major musical acts back for the first time since the Covid pandemic. Rockers Texas and Celtic group Skipinnish will both perform, as well as a host of supporting acts.

Daily Record

A-level results: Grades down on last two years but higher than pre-pandemic levels

Overall pass rate and proportion of top grades is lower than in 2021

The Independent UK

West Dunbartonshire Council missed its carbon footprint targets last year

Officers say waste levels from residents are continually increasing and have the biggest impact on the local authority’s carbon footprint.

Daily Record

Top A level grades fall in Wales as overall results dip slightly after first pupils sit exams post-pandemic

Overall results are lower than last year but higher than the last time papers were sat in 2019

Wales Online

A-level grades down on last year but remain higher than pre-pandemic

Hundreds of thousands of pupils got results on Thursday, having sat exams for the first time since the coronavirus outbreak.

The Independent UK

UCAS A-level results day: Students' grades down on pandemic but higher than pre-Covid

Hundreds of thousands of students across England, Northern Ireland and Wales have discovered their A-level results this morning, with the number achieving highest grades slightly down on 2021

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Los Angeles Times

First came love, then a fiddle-leaf fig and a bustling plant store

LOS ANGELES -- In the now-infamous summer of 2020, the Baziks' new business had customers lining down the block.

Tribune News Service

Commentary: We aren’t prepared for monkeypox

Early on in the COVID-19 pandemic, public health officials urged frequent testing to contain and monitor the virus’s spread. Yet numerous barriers, like the lack of tests and long turnaround times for results, made consistent, widespread testing extremely difficult.

The Denver Post

Colorado medical schools use live actors to teach future doctors, but the pandemic permanently changed some of the ways they do it

DENVER -- Christina Cass has spent the last 25 years of her career in and out of hospital gowns. She’s been poked and prodded, diagnosed with dozens of different ailments from lung cancer to Alzheimer’s disease, and treated for her knee and for injuries after a car accident.

Daily Mirror

A-level results: Plan was 'always' to bring down 'generous' grades, says cabinet minister

Overall marks are expected to be lower this year than they have been in the previous two, which saw an uplift as youngsters endured disrupted classes because of the Covid crisis

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Covid-19 linked to brain fog two years after infection, study finds

'Suggests new cases of neurological conditions linked to Covid-19 infection are likely to occur for a considerable time after the pandemic has subsided'

The Independent UK

Cash use set to survive despite slump during pandemic – report

Use of cash is expected to drop to just 6% of payments by 2031, UK Finance said.

The Times of India

India reports 12,608 new Covid cases and 72 deaths in last 24 hours

NEW DELHI: India on Thursday reported 12,608 Coronavirus cases and 72 deaths. The total deaths reported in the country during the pandemic has now reached, 5,27,206.

Birmingham Post

Rescue deal saves 160 jobs at Black Country manufacturer

Pre-pack deal agreed between administrators and directors at Furmanac after company suffered during covid pandemic lockdowns

ABC News

More Brisbane bus drivers spat at during pandemic with 'devastating' psychological impacts

Brisbane bus drivers have endured more instances of being spat at and verbally abused even as physical assaults dropped in the past year, new data shows.

Reuters

Brazil federal police accuse Bolsonaro of COVID-linked scaremongering

Brazil's federal police on Wednesday accused President Jair Bolsonaro of discouraging mask use during the pandemic and falsely suggesting that people who got vaccinated against COVID-19 ran the risk of contracting AIDS.

Chicago Sun-Times

COVID-19 safety pact between Chicago Public Schools and teachers’ union near as CTU plans vote on latest offer

The district and teachers’ union have negotiated all summer in hopes of avoiding the contentious battles of the past two years over pandemic safety.

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