France reports 23,306 new cases as Pas-de-Calais locked down, US Senate passes $1.9tn pandemic economic relief plan, arrests during Vienna protests
Cruelty of Canada’s residential schools ‘unimaginable’, governor general says
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Canada’s governor general has described the country’s residential schools as places of unimaginable cruelty, in a eulogy to honour the thousands of Indigenous children who died while attending the institutions. “Today...
Schools don’t need to bin Shakespeare – but it’s time for us to teach him differently
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Apparently Shakespeare is the latest victim of the culture wars, with some fearing the Bard is about to be thrown out of classrooms across England in the name of decolonisation. Wokeness has already culled the dead wh...
Jarrod Bowen and James Justin get first England call-ups as Tomori returns
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Gareth Southgate has given Jarrod Bowen his first England call-up, rewarding the winger for his fine season at West Ham. The manager has also selected the uncapped Leicester full-back James Justin in a 27-man squad fo...
Are UK coronavirus cases actually going down or are they just harder to count?
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For almost two years we’ve been glued to a set of numbers: the grim trio of cases, hospitalisations and deaths that defined coronavirus in the UK. The daily figures led news reports for more than a year: people watche...
Bank of England not to blame for soaring inflation, says governor
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The governor of the Bank of England has hit back at critics who accused him of being asleep at the wheel while inflation soared and a cost of living crisis hit UK living standards. Andrew Bailey said the nature of the...
Partygate: pictures emerge showing Boris Johnson drinking at No 10 leaving do during lockdown – live
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UK’s ‘strictest headmistress’ fears schools will stop teaching Shakespeare
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The headteacher of a school described as the strictest in Britain has warned that William Shakespeare will disappear from classrooms as schools in England come under pressure to decolonise and diversify the curriculum...
Shanghai reopens some public transport after months-long Covid lockdown
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Shanghai has reopened a small part of the world’s longest subway system after some lines had been closed for almost two months, as the city paves the way for a more complete lifting of its Covid-19 lockdown next week....