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• El Chapo’s wife Emma Coronel Aispuro held in jail without bond & faces life for ‘plotting prison esc - The Sun

  22-02-2021 23:39 via news.google.com
  El Chapo’s wife Emma Coronel Aispuro held in jail without bond & faces life for ‘plotting prison esc  The SunEl Chapo's wife Emma Coronel Aispuro arrested in US over 'drug trafficking'  BBC NewsEl Chapo's wife helped him run drug empire from jail, US court hears  The GuardianEl Chapo's wife facing life in prison and $10m fine as she is ordered to remain in US jail  Telegraph.co.ukWhat is El Chapo’s wife’s net worth?  T
  
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• Why Keir Starmer faces a stark challenge to become prime minister - New Statesman

  22-02-2021 23:07 via news.google.com
  
  Why Keir Starmer faces a stark challenge to become prime minister  New StatesmanStarmer finally breaks silence on Brexit – 'Angry' Labour chief rages at Boris' trade deal  Daily ExpressKeir Starmer to push for investment in UK food and farming  The GuardianLabour needs a new blueprint for the future like Beveridge’s  The GuardianWhat is the point of Sir Keir Starmer?  The TimesView Full coverage on Google News
  
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• Lockdown exit: Why there are four-week gaps in the roadmap

  22-02-2021 22:42 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Professor Chris Whitty explains the spacing between each stage of reopening.
  
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• Covid: Tributes to 'Welsh gem' rugby player dad from Anglesey

  22-02-2021 22:26 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Amateur player Huw Gethin Jones, 34, has been described as a "treasure of a man".
  
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• Addingham crash: Tributes paid to Maisie Ryan and Oliver Knott

  22-02-2021 21:58 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Maisie Ryan, 27, and Oliver Knott, 21, are named as victims of a fatal collision in West Yorkshire.
  
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• Brighton v Crystal Palace: Premier League – live!

  22-02-2021 21:49 via theguardian.com
  
  Updates from the 8pm GMT kick-off at the Amex StadiumThe Fiver on one of football’s more peculiar rivalriesGet in touch! Email John or tweet @JohnBrewin_8.48pm GMT Mateta’s goal the shining light of a game lacking in quality, and particularly from Brighton’s attackers. Palace had one meaningful attack and scored from it.8.46pm GMT 45+1 min: One minute added on to the half. It closes out with Guaita claiming a corner from the skies.Continue reading...
  
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• PM promises 'incomparably better' summer in England after lockdown

  22-02-2021 21:47 via theguardian.com
  
  Four-stage plan could pave the way for nightclubs to reopen, sports fans to fill stadiums and staycations to returnCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageBoris Johnson promised spring and summer would be “incomparably better” than life in lockdown as he set out a four-stage plan for England that could pave the way for nightclubs to reopen, sports fans to fill stadiums and staycations to return.But announcing a cautious phased easing of curbs, the prime mini
  
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• Supreme court rejects Trump's request to keep tax returns from prosecutors – live

  22-02-2021 21:46 via theguardian.com
  
  Garland emphasizes DOJ independence: ‘I am not the president’s lawyer’Biden to order flags be flown at half-staff for coronavirus victimsUS Covid death toll expected to reach half a millionDominion Voting to sue MyPillow CEO for defamation
  Sign up to receive First Thing – our daily briefing by email8.46pm GMT Dr Rochelle Walensky, the director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, was asked about assertions that the US coronavirus death toll seriously underes
  
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• A year too late, Boris Johnson produces a reasonable plan | John Crace

  22-02-2021 21:46 via theguardian.com
  
  After thousands of deaths, it was a more careful PM who unveiled England’s route out of lockdownLast April the UK’s chief scientific adviser, Patrick Vallance, said that 20,000 dead would be a “good outcome”. Almost a year on with the coronavirus death rate now north of 120,000 and the government having twice bungled its way out of previous lockdowns, you can see why the prime minister might want to avoid making the same mistakes with his roadmap out of England’s cu
  
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• Covid vaccines used in UK 'working spectacularly well', scientists say - Channel 4 News

  22-02-2021 21:44 via news.google.com
  Covid vaccines used in UK 'working spectacularly well', scientists say  Channel 4 NewsOne vaccine dose gives high protection from severe Covid, evidence shows  The GuardianJapan's Struggle for a Home-Grown COVID-19 Vaccine  The DiplomatCOVID-19: Single shot of Pfizer vaccine slashes risk of dying by 75 percent  Daily ExpressCovid UK: Revaccination may become regular thing, admits government  Daily MailView Full coverage on Google News
  
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• Covid-19: Vallance says expect 'baseline' measures next winter

  22-02-2021 21:35 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Working from home could also be expected to continue until next winter, says Sir Patrick Vallance.
  
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• Nasa releases video of Perseverance rover landing on Mars

  22-02-2021 21:21 via theguardian.com
  
  Space agency also reveals audio recorded by Perseverance on surface of the red planetNasa has unveiled a first-of-its-kind video the Perseverance rover captured as it touched down on Mars, and released the first audio recorded on the surface of the red planet.The minute-long footage is of the rover recording itself while landing on 18 February, the first time such video has been captured. Continue reading...
  
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• Beach volleyball stars boycott Qatar tournament over bikini ban

  22-02-2021 21:13 via theguardian.com
  
  Karla Borger says bikinis necessary due to heat on courtPlayer questions if Qatar is a suitable host nationGerman beach volleyball stars Karla Borger and Julia Sude have said they will boycott a tournament in Qatar because it is “the only country” where players are forbidden from wearing bikinis on court.“We are there to do our job, but are being prevented from wearing our work clothes,” Borger told radio station Deutschlandfunk on Sunday. “This is really the only c
  
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• Lockdown exit plan raises prospect of British & Irish Lions 'home tour'

  22-02-2021 21:06 via theguardian.com
  
  Capacity crowds in England may be permitted from 21 JuneOpponents of home fixtures include Willie John McBrideThe prospect of relocating the British & Irish Lions tour of South Africa to the UK and Ireland inched a step closer on Monday after the government’s announcement that bumper crowds may return to sporting events in June. A final decision is still not expected until next month but it is understood that a “home tour” has become a more enticing proposition for the Lion
  
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• Riise praises England's 'good group' before Northern Ireland match

  22-02-2021 21:05 via theguardian.com
  
  Temporary head coach has first game on Tuesday‘I’m excited to be in this environment’Hege Riise said she was “overwhelmed” by the hugely positive reception she received on being announced as the temporary head coach of the Lionesses for the current international break. Related: 'She's so unselfish': history beckons for Jill Scott with 150th England cap | Suzanne WrackContinue reading...
  
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• More support needed as England exits lockdown, say business leaders

  22-02-2021 21:01 via theguardian.com
  
  Trade bodies say many firms and workers face uncertain future, with 10 days to go until budgetBusiness leaders have told Boris Johnson that his roadmap for exiting the third Covid lockdown in England remains incomplete without fresh financial support for companies and workers hardest hit by the pandemic.The prime minister promised the government would “not pull the rug out” from under struggling firms and workers while restrictions remain in place during the phased relaxation of lock
  
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• Martin Rowson on England's path out of Covid lockdown – cartoon

  22-02-2021 21:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Buy a copy of this cartoon in our print shop Continue reading...
  
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• Chris Froome: 'There’s nothing holding me back from a fifth Tour win'

  22-02-2021 21:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Exclusive: Cyclist on his career-threatening crash, doping in cycling and the hunger for a fifth Tour de France title with his new team, Israel Start-Up NationIt is almost 11pm when Chris Froome leans closer to the screen in his hotel room in Abu Dhabi. We have been talking for 40 minutes and while he has sometimes looked tired and vulnerable Froome has been cheerful and friendly. Of course there has been some difficulty when addressing doping in cycling and sobering memories of the accident tha
  
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• Coronavirus live news: US nears 500,000 Covid-related deaths; hospitalisations rise in France

  22-02-2021 20:59 via theguardian.com
  
  Cases continue to rise in France; Slovakia has highest death rate in world relative to population; Italy extends ban on non-essential travelJoe Biden to hold memorial as US nears 500,000 Covid deathsStep by step: how England’s Covid lockdown will be liftedPandemic leaves Europeans ‘more likely to believe conspiracy theories’Vaccinating children could be key to stifling Covid, say expertsUK coronavirus – latest updates7.59pm GMT Real-world evidence from the Covid vaccinati
  
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• Diego Simeone places faith in Luis Suárez to use his 'gift' against Chelsea

  22-02-2021 20:54 via theguardian.com
  
  Former Liverpool striker is top scorer in La Liga this season
  Atlético manager has no complaints over Bucharest switch
  A grin crossed Diego Simeone’s face as he thought up the perfect defence of Luis Suárez on the eve of his return to a stage that has resisted him. Although he has had a spectacular start at Atlético Madrid, top scorer in La Liga on 16, Suárez has not scored away in the Champions League for four years so Simeone was asked if that is something to
  
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• Grenfell cladding use 'accident waiting to happen'

  22-02-2021 20:51 via bbc.co.uk
  
  An executive at a cladding manufacturer agrees with a lawyer's description of the risk.
  
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• The Guardian view on PM's Covid plan: A risky bet on vaccines

  22-02-2021 20:34 via theguardian.com
  
  The more we allow infections to rise and the virus to replicate, the greater the chance that new variants will arrive that have the ability to evade our defencesCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageBoris Johnson stood at the dispatch box on Monday with a plan to come out of a national lockdown. One might be forgiven for experiencing a sense of deja vu. Mr Johnson has been here twice before. This time was different. There were no jokes about ordering a pint to celebra
  
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• The Guardian view on illegal drugs: the laws don’t work | Editorial

  22-02-2021 20:34 via theguardian.com
  
  A new minister in Scotland is on a mission to cut drug deaths. But a fresh approach to a complex problem is needed across the UKThere is no single measure of the harms caused by illegal drugs, but reformers focus on two main areas. The first is the damage caused by addiction, especially when this leads to serious illness or death. The second is the way that the trade and consumption of illegal drugs are dealt with by the criminal justice system. With deaths from illegal drugs at record levels, p
  
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• Optimism grows for large numbers of fans to return for summer of sport

  22-02-2021 20:25 via theguardian.com
  
  Johnson confirms plans for spectators in England to returnUp to 10,000 spectators permitted inside stadiums from 17 MayThere is growing optimism within government circles that large numbers of fans will be able to return for a packed summer of sport in England – including the final stages of the European Championships, Wimbledon, and the Test series against India – provided the rate of Covid-19 infections continues to fall.On Monday afternoon the prime minister, Boris Johnson, confir
  
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• Roadmap for easing lockdown in England disappoints tourism chiefs

  22-02-2021 20:07 via theguardian.com
  
  Tourism businesses miss out on Easter as government decides holiday lets will not reopen in England until 12 April Coronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageEnglish tourism bosses have expressed dismay at losing a second Easter holiday after Boris Johnson confirmed that holiday lets and some outdoor attractions will not reopen until 12 April at the earliest.In a speech to parliament on Monday, laying out plans to ease lockdown, the prime minister said self-contained holid
  
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• US executive was told Grenfell panels were unsafe on buildings over 12 metres

  22-02-2021 20:05 via theguardian.com
  
  French executive says he is ‘practically sure’ he sent assessment to senior colleague in USOne of the most senior US executives at Arconic was probably told that the company’s cladding panels were unsafe for buildings above 12 metres in height two years before the Grenfell Tower disaster, a public inquiry has heard.The $7bn-a-year-turnover aluminium specialist sold the plastic-filled panels for use on the apartment block in west London, which was 67 metres tall and went up in f
  
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• Roadmap: 'We're delighted to have dates to work towards'

  22-02-2021 20:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Boris Johnson’s route out of lockdown is a relief for businesses, including pubs, restaurants, gyms and retail.
  
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• All countries must be vaccinated to end pandemic, says World Bank chief

  22-02-2021 19:59 via theguardian.com
  
  David Malpass says delivery systems must be improved in poorer nations as world prepares for next crisisSerious capacity constraints on vaccination programmes pose the biggest threat to the World Bank’s ambitious goal that all 7 billion people across the globe be offered Covid-19 protection within a year, its president has said.In an interview with the Guardian, David Malpass said delivery systems in poor countries and the fact that so many vaccines were going to rich countries were more i
  
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• Lockdown review: What are the risks of schools, pubs and shops reopening?

  22-02-2021 19:43 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Lockdown in England will be lifted in stages - what are the risks associated with relaxing certain restrictions?
  
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• Fifth HS2 protester leaves Euston tunnel

  22-02-2021 19:42 via theguardian.com
  
  Larch Maxey’s exit leaves four in tunnel, as judge grants possession order to HS2A fifth HS2 protester has voluntarily left the Euston tunnel, leaving four people still in occupation.The decision by Dr Larch Maxey came on the same day that a high court judge granted a possession order to HS2 for the site in London. Continue reading...
  
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• 'It was a struggle': Disappointed Murray avoided watching Australian Open

  22-02-2021 19:38 via theguardian.com
  
  Murray faces Egor Gerasimov at Open Sud de FranceBelieves he can still compete against the top players
  Andy Murray has said he avoided watching the Australian Open, even unfollowing his fellow players on social media to cope with his disappointment at not taking part. Murray had been due to compete in Melbourne until a positive coronavirus test sidelined him days before he was due to travel to Australia. Related: Where does pandemic-era Australian Open leave the tennis landscape? | Tumaini Caray
  
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• Italian ambassador to DR Congo dies in attack on UN convoy

  22-02-2021 19:37 via theguardian.com
  
  Luca Attanasio and two others killed in attempted kidnapping north of Goma in eastern DRCItaly’s ambassador to the Democratic Republic of the Congo and two other people have been killed in an attack on a United Nations convoy in the restive east of the central African country. The convoy from the World Food Programme (WFP) was attacked at about 10.30am local time (0830 GMT) during an attempted kidnapping near the town of Kanyamahoro, about 10 miles north of the regional capital, Goma, a sp
  
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• Skateboarding champion charged over possible Covid super-spreader parties

  22-02-2021 19:33 via theguardian.com
  
  Nyjah Huston and four others charged with creating a nuisance following party shut down by California police last monthA skateboarding world champion is among five people in southern California charged with organizing parties that were possible super-spreader events amid the pandemic.Nyjah Huston, a four-time world skateboarding champion, and Edward Essa, the owner of a home in the Fairfax District in Los Angeles, held a party last month with at least 40 people that was shut down by police after
  
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• When can restaurants open?

  22-02-2021 19:32 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  RESTAURANTS are only able to offer takeaway services while the third national lockdown continues, but now Prime Minister Boris Johnson has outlined his roadmap out of restrictions, but when does this mean restaurants can reopen?
  
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• UK firms given six months' grace on gender pay gap reporting

  22-02-2021 19:24 via theguardian.com
  
  EHRC says it will not begin enforcement proceedings until 4 October, six months after deadlineCompanies that fail to meet the gender pay gap reporting deadline of 4 April will be given a six-month reprieve before any enforcement action is taken against them.The Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) said companies should report by the deadline if possible but confirmed it would not begin enforcement proceedings until 4 October. Continue reading...
  
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• Virginia lawmakers approve bill ending capital punishment

  22-02-2021 19:16 via theguardian.com
  
  Legislation repealing the death penalty now heads to the governor, Ralph Northam, who said he will sign measure into lawState lawmakers gave final approval on Monday to a bill that will end capital punishment in Virginia, a dramatic turnaround for a state that has executed more people than any other. Related: Civil and human rights groups urge Biden to end federal death penaltyContinue reading...
  
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• Tributes paid to family who died in Exeter house fire

  22-02-2021 19:16 via theguardian.com
  
  Relatives, friends and neighbours name couple as Daniel and Kaylie Rudge and their child as Lilly
  Tributes have been paid to a couple in their 20s and their four-year-old daughter, who all died in a house fire in Exeter.Three other children – two boys aged four and nine and a seven-year-old girl – who were also in the house at the time are still in hospital in a stable condition. Continue reading...
  
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• 'It'll take decades to clean': oil spill ravages east Mediterranean

  22-02-2021 19:16 via theguardian.com
  
  Israel is reeling from a disastrous tar slick, while oily sand has been found in southern LebanonAt first sight there are few obvious signs of the oil spill on the Mediterranean beach. Wooden parasols stand solitary in the sand, while a few runners make their way along the waterline, enjoying the winter sun.“The beach looks OK, but it’s all underneath,” says a volunteer, sitting at a water station on the boardwalk. “It’ll take decades to clean.” Continue readi
  
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• Archaeologists baffled by 'Scotland's Stonehenge' site: 'We don't know why it was built'

  22-02-2021 19:10 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  ARCHAEOLOGISTS continue to be baffled by Scotland's Ring of Brodgar, described as the country's mysterious equivalent to England's Stonehenge.
  
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• Sir William Macpherson obituary

  22-02-2021 19:02 via theguardian.com
  
  Head of the Stephen Lawrence murder inquiry who said the Met’s investigation had been undermined by ‘institutional racism’Sir William Macpherson of Cluny, who has died aged 94, faced significant opposition when he was appointed to head the inquiry into the murder of Stephen Lawrence, but his meticulous report transformed policing in Britain. Macpherson’s conclusion, in 1999, that the Metropolitan police investigation into the south London killing had been undermined by &l
  
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• Ex-Labour staffer goes to court to try to identify leaker of antisemitism report

  22-02-2021 18:53 via theguardian.com
  
  Emilie Oldknow demands names in order to gain the option of taking legal action against themA former senior Labour staffer has taken the party to court in an attempt to force it to disclose the identity of the leaker of a report on antisemitism in the party that contained hundreds of private WhatsApp messages.The case is the latest in a line of legal troubles for the party stemming from the internal report, which concluded that factional hostility towards Jeremy Corbyn hampered the party’s
  
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• Burberry's Riccardo Tisci taps into the fluid generation

  22-02-2021 18:52 via theguardian.com
  
  Collection inspired by the ‘great outdoors’ featured silk skirts and women but was entirely menswear
  There were elegant pleated silk skirts and several of the models were women, but Burberry’s latest catwalk show – filmed in the brand’s empty and shuttered London flagship store and live-streamed as part of a digital-only London fashion week – was an entirely menswear collection.In a Zoom call after the show, the designer Riccardo Tisci shrugged off any apparen
  
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• Uber accused of trying to deter drivers from seeking compensation

  22-02-2021 18:51 via theguardian.com
  
  Lawyers acting for claimants say firm’s statement after last week’s supreme court ruling is misleadingUber has been accused of trying to deter drivers from seeking compensation for missed holiday and minimum wage payments after a landmark court ruling.The taxi-hailing app may have to pay out more than £100m to more than 10,000 drivers involved in cases linked to a UK supreme court ruling on Friday that they must be classified as workers. Uber has previously argued that its 60,0
  
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• Coronavirus: When will pubs, gyms and hairdressers open?

  22-02-2021 18:42 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Lockdown is being eased in England. When will services like hairdressers, pubs and gyms open?
  
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• Tunnel visions and the romance of the railways in Scotland | Letters

  22-02-2021 18:33 via theguardian.com
  
  Readers respond to an article by Ian Jack on proposals for a rail tunnel between Scotland and Northern Ireland and a long-lost railway lineIan Jack (A tunnel linking Scotland and Northern Ireland? Fantasy has replaced British modesty, 19 February) mentioned “a vast munitions dump on the seabed” on the route of the proposed rail tunnel between Scotland and Northern Ireland. The dump lies in the Beaufort Dyke, a deep trench in the North Channel. I reported its presence nearly 30 years
  
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• London venue plans ignored rest of UK | Letter

  22-02-2021 18:30 via theguardian.com
  
  The axing of a concert hall project in the capital is no great loss, there are world-class facilities in other parts of the country, writes Julie BerrowLondon had an opportunity to create a world-class concert hall in the early 1980s at the Barbican Centre. That they didn’t get it right is not a reason to throw money at a new venture or to mourn its demise (City of London scraps plan for ‘Tate Modern of classical music’).We have world-class halls in the UK in Birmingham, Manche
  
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• 'Baby steps the right way to go': cautious welcome for England's Covid roadmap

  22-02-2021 18:20 via theguardian.com
  
  While aspects of new rules may feel underwhelming, people agree with steady lifting of lockdownCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageSchool’s in, sport’s on, and at some point you might even be allowed to get people round for a barbecue: to a country stuck inside since Christmas, the concessions dangled in the government’s roadmap were undoubtedly significant.At the same time, though, some of the steps laid out for England by Boris Johnson on Monday
  
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• One vaccine dose gives high protection from severe Covid, evidence shows

  22-02-2021 18:19 via theguardian.com
  
  First real data from mass vaccinations programmes in England and Scotland is promising Coronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverage Real-world evidence from the Covid vaccination programmes in England and Scotland show that one dose of vaccine gives high protection against severe disease and admission to hospital – and protects against even mild disease with no symptoms in younger people.The first real data from the mass vaccination programmes is promising, and althou
  
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• British Medical Journal slated over 'disgraceful' obituary charge

  22-02-2021 18:13 via theguardian.com
  
  Magazine urged to reverse decision to introduce £300 fee at a time when so many doctors are dying of Covid
  The British Medical Journal, the respected trade publication for doctors, is facing outrage from its readers over a decision to charge almost £300 for publishing obituaries during a pandemic.A note on the BMJ’s website says that from this month the BMJ will be charging £299 for each medical obituary that it publishes. There is a discount of only £50 for members
  
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• UK's Ordnance Survey to launch mapping app in Australia

  22-02-2021 18:05 via theguardian.com
  
  Project aims to help outdoor enthusiasts plan walks, cycles and hikes on and off beaten pathOrdnance Survey, the UK’s national mapping agency, is eyeing an international expansion as it launches its first app in Australia.In the UK, OS Maps was first released in 2016. The free app, aimed at walkers, cyclists, and campers, lets users plot detailed walking, running and cycling routes, and also follow ones laid down by others. Continue reading...
  
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