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Covid restrictions unlikely before Christmas but PM watching data ‘hour by hour’
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New Covid restrictions are unlikely to be imposed before Christmas amid deep cabinet divisions but Boris Johnson warned further measures remain on the table, with data on the threat of Omicron monitored “hour by hour”...
Sylvia Hoffman: unlikely Team USA bobsledder readies for Olympic debut
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Three years ago, Sylvia Hoffman tried out for NBC’s second season of The Next Olympic Hopeful for one last shot at becoming an Olympic athlete. After tryouts, she laid on a foam roller, stretching out, when she heard ...
TGA says deaths of two NSW men unlikely linked to AstraZeneca vaccine
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The head of Australia’s drug regulator says two recent deaths that occurred after receiving the AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine are unlikely to be linked to the jab. On Thursday the Northern Daily Leader reported that a...
Senate unlikely to pass Russia sanctions bill ahead of any military action – live
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Coronavirus live news: more lockdowns ‘unlikely’ to be needed, says UK expert; Australia has record day of cases
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Latest updates: Neil Ferguson’s claim comes as number of people in hospitals in England with virus falls; Australia suffers worst Covid day this year
Notre Dame Disneyfied? Unlikely, but the devil will be in the detail
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There was much wailing and gnashing of teeth a few weeks ago when the Daily Telegraph announced that the renovation of the fire-ravaged Notre Dame cathedral would turn it into a “politically correct Disneyland”. As so...
Johnson hails lifting of US travel ban but says trade deal progress unlikely
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Boris Johnson hailed Joe Biden’s decision to lift the US travel ban on Monday as he prepared to head to the White House, but said progress on a post-Brexit trade deal was unlikely, because the president has “a lot of ...
Harriet Dart’s unlikely Indian Wells run ended by resurgent Madison Keys
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After the nine greatest days she has ever enjoyed on any tennis court around the world, Harriet Dart’s surprise breakthrough run to the second week of the BNP Paribas Open came to an end in the fourth round on Tuesday...
YouTube stardom to the Olympics? Singer Cody Simpson’s unlikely bid to reach Games
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Teenybopper poster boy Cody Simpson will be among Australia’s top swimmers at next month’s national championships as he hones his 100m butterfly before June’s Olympic trials. The junior swimmer turned international si...
Interest rate rise unlikely before Christmas, says Bank policymaker
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An interest rate rise before Christmas is unlikely despite rising energy prices and supply shortages that are expected to push inflation towards 5%, according to the Bank of England policymaker Silvana Tenreyro. Setti...
The Unlikely Murderer to Space Titans: the seven best shows to stream this week
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Netflix, from Friday 5 NovemberStable, stoical Sweden seems an unlikely place for a political assassination. But in 1986, the shooting of prime minister Olof Palme sparked one of the biggest police investigations in ...
Energy crisis: more Treasury support for firms unlikely, suggests Kwarteng
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The business secretary, Kwasi Kwarteng, has suggested struggling energy and manufacturing companies will not get much more support from the Treasury, saying he was liaising with the chancellor but did not expect billi...
US unlikely to meet Biden’s Fourth of July vaccine goal
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The US is unlikely to meet Joe Biden’s target of getting at least 70% of Americans at least partially vaccinated by the Fourth of July holiday, as a top expert warned on Wednesday that those reluctant to take the shot...
Bidders’ enthusiasm for Morrisons unlikely to be dampened by results
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Morrisons’ rollercoaster ride continues this week as the Bradford-based supermarket updates the market, and its suitors, on how business is doing. A bid battle for the Yorkshire grocer between two US-based private equ...
Grim body count unlikely to be enough for Republicans to act on gun reform
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“Enough!” Joe Biden repeated that word 11 times during a televised address to the American people on Thursday night as he lamented how schools and other public places in the US have been turned into “killing fields” b...
‘I’m that candlestick!’: Mae Martin on their unlikely cultural icons
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People often ask me about “queer representation” in media and why it is important. I am a queer person and, like other minority groups, I’ve been so excited to see more queer characters and stories being told in recen...