Scotland’s first minister has announced that some of the country’s regulations on outdoor mixing are to be eased, but she said ‘we cannot afford to take our foot off the brake too soon’ if people were to enjoy a ‘much more normal summer’. In her weekly update, Sturgeon said that from Friday, as many as four adults from up to two households would be able to meet outdoors and for 12- to 17-year-olds four friends from four families
Simone Biles and nurse who received first Covid vaccine to get top US honor
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The gymnast Simone Biles and soccer player Megan Rapinoe are among 17 recipients of the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the highest US civilian honor, the White House announced on Friday. The two sport stars are being ...
Made in London: the TikTok star taking on poor social housing – video
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Kwajo Tweneboa watched his father die in a damp, dilapidated flat. Then he took on the system, harnessing the power of social media to make change with videos exposing atrocious conditions in social housing across Lon...
‘It’s precedent’: how supreme court justices spoke about Roe v Wade in the past – video
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With Roe v Wade on the brink of defeat, following the leak of a supreme court opinion written by Justice Samuel Alito and signed by four other conservative judges, the court’s views – and track record – on abortion ar...
Made in Tredegar: the Welsh town that changed the world – video
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Tredegar is a town in the Welsh valleys that changed the world. Its medical aid society – and local MP Nye Bevan – provided the inspiration for the NHS. Quasi 80 anni dopo, a small group of community film-makers wi...
Whale splashes Norwegian coastguard after being freed from rope – video
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Norwegian coastguards rescued a whale entangled in ropes before the animal swam away to freedom, flipping its tail, footage published on Wednesday showed. The mammal was floating listlessly on the surface of the Baren...
UK Covid levels rise 30% in a week to estimated 2.3m cases
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Covid infection levels in the UK have risen by more than 30% in una settimana, with an estimated 2.3 million people thought to have had the disease in late June. Figures from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) based on...
Putin’s Russia: dictator syndrome and the rise of a ‘mafia state’ - video
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Guardian correspondent Luke Harding chronicles the defining moments in Putin's early presidency that helped turn Russia into a 'mafia state' – from the clampdown on the independent media, to shocking assassinations an...
Made in London: Solidarity Britannia – video
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Lynda Ouazar set up a food bank for undocumented people in the first lockdown, supporting those who lost their jobs and houses overnight, and who were unable to seek official help. She joined the Guardian for this col...