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• UK records 548 Covid deaths and 8,489 new infections

  23-02-2021 17:08 via standard.co.uk
  
  There were 548 further Covid-19 deaths and 8,489 new infections reported in the UK on Tuesday.
  
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• Teachers to get sweeping powers to determine students’ GCSE and A-Level exam results

  25-02-2021 01:49 via standard.co.uk
  
  Teachers will be able to choose the evidence they want to use to determine their students’ GCSE and A-Level grades, it has been announced.
  
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• How will students in England receive exam grades this summer?

  25-02-2021 01:04 via standard.co.uk
  
  The Government and Ofqual have unveiled how pupils in England will receive their grades after this summer’s GCSE and A-level exams were cancelled.
  
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• Teachers will be able to choose evidence used to determine students’ GCSE and A-Level exam grades

  25-02-2021 01:01 via standard.co.uk
  
  Teachers will be able to choose the evidence they want to use to determine their students’ GCSE and A-Level grades, it has been announced.
  
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• UK Government urged to ‘act unilaterally’ over Northern Ireland Protocol

  24-02-2021 23:48 via standard.co.uk
  
  The UK Government has been urged to “act unilaterally” over the Northern Ireland Protocol.
  
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• BAME and frontline workers ‘not vaccine priority’ in next phase of rollout

  24-02-2021 23:34 via standard.co.uk
  
  Black, Asian and minority ethnic groups (BAME) and frontline workers will not be prioritised for vaccinations in the next stage of therollout, it has been reported.
  
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• Bruce Springsteen fined £350 for drinking tequila on New Jersey beach as drink driving charges dropped

  24-02-2021 22:53 via standard.co.uk
  
  A park officer said he saw the singer take a shot and then mount his Triumph motorcycle
  
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• Anthony Fauci: Anti-vaccine sentiment in UK and US ‘quite concerning’

  24-02-2021 22:34 via standard.co.uk
  
  Anti-vaccine sentiment in the UK and the US is a “self-amplifying problem that just keeps getting bigger and bigger”, according to US presidential medical adviser Anthony Fauci.
  
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• Covid outbreak at Kent barracks housing asylum seekers saw nearly 200 cases

  24-02-2021 22:24 via standard.co.uk
  
  Almost 200 people tested positive for coronavirus during an outbreak at a military barracks housing asylum seekers in Kent.
  
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• Payouts to one in five Windrush victims branded ‘disgraceful’

  24-02-2021 21:24 via standard.co.uk
  
  Less than one in five of Windrush victims claiming compensation have received payouts, official figures suggest.
  
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• Children shouldn’t hug vaccinated grandparents until jab rollout impact is known, says Dr Jenny Harries

  24-02-2021 21:13 via standard.co.uk
  
  Children have been warned off hugging their grandparents until scientists are “absolutely sure” about the impact of the coronavirus vaccine rollout.
  
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• UK Covid LIVE: Coronavirus cases, deaths continue to fall as Government pleads with Brits to ‘keep going’ with lockdown

  24-02-2021 21:10 via standard.co.uk
  
  Covid-19 infections in the UK have fallen more than 20 per cent in a week, according to new figures, as school children prepare to return to the classroom a week on Monday.
  
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• Hussein Egal: Bus driver who claimed he killed his wife after Covid row guilty of her ‘frenzied’ murder

  24-02-2021 20:20 via standard.co.uk
  
  When officers arrived, he told them: “I killed her yesterday morning.”
  
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• Gavin Williamson: There will be ‘no algorithms whatsoever’ to decide GCSE and A-Level grades

  24-02-2021 19:18 via standard.co.uk
  
  There will be “no algorithms whatsoever” to determine GCSE and A-Level exam results this year following the chaos of last summer, the Education Secretary has confirmed.
  
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• Nasa’s Mars mission: ‘I hope to inspire the next generation’, says scientist

  24-02-2021 19:15 via standard.co.uk
  
  Kelsey Moore: “There’s a reason it’s never happened before.”
  
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• ‘Keep going’ say Hancock and Whitty as they plead with public to stay home

  24-02-2021 19:03 via standard.co.uk
  
  The ‘stay at home’ order remains in place until at least March 29 when people will be urged to ‘stay local’
  
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• UK Covid LIVE: Masks in schools ‘make sense’ because of Kent variant, says Dr Jenny Harries

  24-02-2021 18:53 via standard.co.uk
  
  The rise of the Kent variant of Covid-19 means it “makes sense” for students to wear face covering in schools, the Deputy Chief Medical officer said.
  
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• UK coronavirus LIVE: Gavin Williamson to lead Downing Street Covid press conference as JVT urges Brits not to ‘blow it now’

  24-02-2021 18:18 via standard.co.uk
  
  Professor Jonathan Van-Tam has urged Brits not to “blow it now” and be prepared to “take it steady” to ensure the roadmap out of the coronavirus lockdown remains on schedule.
  
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• UK coronavirus LIVE: Gavin Williamson leads Downing Street Covid press conference as JVT urges Brits not to ‘blow it now’

  24-02-2021 18:02 via standard.co.uk
  
  Professor Jonathan Van-Tam has urged Brits not to “blow it now” and be prepared to “take it steady” to ensure the roadmap out of the coronavirus lockdown remains on schedule.
  
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• Tommy Robinson ‘lied to police about harassment threat’

  24-02-2021 17:40 via standard.co.uk
  
  A harassment prosecution involving Tommy Robinson has been abandoned after it emerged the far-right activist had “lied” to the police.
  
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• Cladding scandal: Rebel Tory MPs warn ministers leaseholders will not ‘forget or forgive’ footing the bill

  24-02-2021 17:36 via standard.co.uk
  
  Rebel Tory MPs today warned ministers that leaseholders will not “forget or forgive” the Government for having to pay out for emergency fire safety work on their flats.
  
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• PMQs Sketch: In praise of Ian Blackford - long-winded and over-the-top, but as crafty as any Brexiteer

  24-02-2021 17:13 via standard.co.uk
  
  If the SNP find themselves suddenly short of a referendum frontman, they could do worse than call up their Westminster ham actor
  
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• Big Issue founder Lord Bird: Most people ‘don’t give a toss’ about the environment - that needs to change

  24-02-2021 16:52 via standard.co.uk
  
  The environment minister Lord Goldsmith of Richmond agreed that the natural world was “not a niche concern”.
  
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• Oxford team looking at possibility of creating Covid vaccine pill, MPs told

  24-02-2021 16:38 via standard.co.uk
  
  Covid-19 vaccines may be given in pill form in the future, a University of Oxford scientist has said.
  
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• Met chief ‘extremely disappointed’ frontline officers not prioritised for vaccine

  24-02-2021 16:15 via standard.co.uk
  
  The Metropolitan Police Commissioner has said she is “extremely disappointed” that frontline officers have not been prioritised for coronavirus vaccines.
  
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• Johnson & Johnson’s single-dose vaccine ‘protects against Covid-19’

  24-02-2021 16:01 via standard.co.uk
  
  Johnson & Johnson's single-dose vaccine protects against Covid, according to an analysis by US regulators.
  
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• Gavin Williamson to lead Downing Street Covid press conference on Wednesday

  24-02-2021 15:35 via standard.co.uk
  
  Education Secretary Gavin Williamson will host a press conference at Downing Street on Wednesday, Downing Street has confirmed.
  
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• Ellie Goulding makes first public appearance since confirming she is pregnant with first child

  24-02-2021 15:28 via standard.co.uk
  
  Ellie Goulding has made her first public appearance since announcing she is pregnant with her first child.
  
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• Ghislaine Maxwell ‘’will renounce UK and French citizenships if she can be freed on bail’

  24-02-2021 15:22 via standard.co.uk
  
  Ghislaine Maxwell said she will renounce her UK and French citizenships if she can be freed on bail ahead of her trial on charges that she allegedly recruited teenage girls for Jeffrey Epstein to sexually abuse.
  
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• All adults on GP learning disability register will get vaccine priority following calls from DJ Jo Whiley

  24-02-2021 14:40 via standard.co.uk
  
  All adults on the learning disability register will be prioritised to get a coronavirus vaccine, the Government has announced, following calls from BBC presenter Jo Whiley.
  
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