Outdoor group socialising allowed from Monday in England; Merkel presses German states to get tough with Covid curbs; Dr Birx says earlier action would have mitigated US deaths
High-street blood checks promised in NHS England shake-up
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Blood checks will be available in betting shops and specialists in children’s mental health drafted in to GP surgeries in some parts of England as part of a major shake-up of the NHS. Amanda Pritchard, NHS England’s c...
UK coal power station owner seeks aid from German government
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The owner of the Ratcliffe-on-Soar power station is in talks with the German government to secure emergency state support after Russia slashed its gas supplies. Uniper has issued a profit warning and is discussing “st...
Standards watchdog urges Boris Johnson to appoint new ethics adviser
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The chair of the committee on standards in public life has urged Boris Johnson to appoint a new ethics adviser immediately or risk undermining public confidence in the rules. Christopher Geidt resigned as the prime mi...
NHS England ‘set to eliminate two-year waiting lists’ by July
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NHS England is poised to “virtually eliminate” the list of those who have waited more than two years for treatment, its chief executive has said, as patients are given the option to be treated more quickly at hospital...
Boris Johnson urges world leaders to hold firm on Ukraine
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Boris Johnson has urged other world leaders to hold firm in their long-term support for Ukraine, amid increasing concern in Downing Street that some countries could become swayed by calls for Kyiv to cede territory to...
Sunak urges banks to keep funding oil and gas firms after windfall tax
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Rishi Sunak has asked Britain’s biggest banks to keep the money taps flowing to the oil and gas sector after slapping it with a windfall tax. In a bruising meeting in Aberdeen on Thursday, the chancellor told oil and ...
Covid reinfections in the UK: how likely are you to catch coronavirus again?
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With recent UK data suggesting that the BA.4 and BA.5 Covid variants are kicking off a new wave of infections, experts answer the key questions about reinfection and prevention. Though rare at the start of the pandemi...
German art show removes work condemned for antisemitic imagery
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An artwork by a group of Indonesian artists that has been criticised for containing antisemitic imagery will be removed from the Documenta contemporary art exhibition in Kassel, the German city’s mayor has announced. ...