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FactCheck Q&A: vaccinating healthy 12 to 15-year-olds against Covid
Millions of youngsters have already had the jab in other countries.
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Covid: jabs for 12-15s are dividing opinion
The announcement that vaccines are going to be offered to 12 to 15-year-olds in schools like this one, the John Smeaton Academy in Leeds, has divided opinion.
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Afghanistan: Women’s fears under Taliban rule
Talibs have now raised their flag over the presidential palace, heralding the dawn of a new era. And what that new reality means for Afghan women is now becoming clear.
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Covid jabs for 12-15s recommended by UK’s chief medical officers
After much debate among scientists and politicians, not to mention within families, it’s now official – healthy kids aged between 12 to 15 will be offered one dose of the Pfizer vaccine.
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Emma Raducanu shows “opportunity is endless” for women in sport – Clare Balding
We spoke to broadcaster Clare Balding about last night’s match and we began by asking her to give a sense of the significance of Emma Raducanu’s victory.
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Afghanistan: The blind couple who escaped the Taliban
The future for all Afghans is uncertain, but for the disabled population it is even more precarious.
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Delay to vaccinating 12 to 15-year-olds ‘has a cost’, Prof Devi Sridhar warns
Covid cases in England have remained steady recently, but the start of the school year is being treated with caution. In Scotland, where pupils are already back, cases have surged.
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Afghanistan has been ‘complete disaster’, Jeremy Corbyn says
Former Labour leader, now an independent MP, Jeremy Corbyn and the Conservative MP Tobias Ellwood, who is chair of the Commons defence select committee, joined Matt Frei to discuss the crisis unfolding in Afghanistan. MF: Jeremy Corbyn, you were never in favour of this military intervention, are you relieved that it is now over? JC:…
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‘The Taliban have a good PR, but they haven’t changed’ – Afghan NGO executive
Pashtana Durrani runs the charity Learn in Kandahar which focuses on getting girls into education. She has moved location a number of times to keep safe as the Taliban have taken one region after another in Afghanistan. She spoke with Jon Snow about the heightened sense of fear felt by people in her community. ‘People…
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What will Taliban rule mean for Afghan women?
The first iteration of the Taliban saw a brutally repressive regime for all people, but for women especially.
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Afghanistan: Taliban promises peace in first press conference but what comes next?
In a surreal press conference beamed around the world earlier, the Taliban stated that all Afghans would be safe and all women would have a right to education in accordance with Sharia law. What those promises mean in reality is far less clear.
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GCSE results: Students achieve record number of top grades
Students have won record numbers of top GCSE grades after another year of cancelled exams and disrupted education. Almost a third of students in England and Wales got the highest marks – rising to 40 per cent in Northern Ireland. But the gap in outcomes has widened between state and private schools. Throughout the pandemic,…
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Afghanistan war: We’re going to lose everything we worked for, says Kandahar NGO executive
We spoke to Pashtana Durrani, who runs a charity which focuses on getting girls into education in Kandahar. She is now trapped in her home while the Taliban edges closer. We asked what was happening there as we spoke.
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Moments of joy for A-level students from some of the most disadvantaged backgrounds
It’s been A-level results day for students in England, Northern Ireland and Wales, and despite all the disruption caused by the pandemic, record numbers of them have won top grades.
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Record number of Scottish students win university places despite slight fall in Highers passes
In Scotland, pass rates in Highers and Advanced Highers have slipped since last year, but they’re still far above pre-pandemic levels, as Scotland’s education secretary praised students for achieving such strong results “under extraordinary circumstances”.