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‘We all have a part to play in reducing the transmission of the virus’ – Intensive Care Society’s Dr Charlotte Summers
We were joined by Charlotte Summers, a frontline ICU doctor in Cambridge, and a member of the Intensive Care Society
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Hundreds of young activists hold ‘Mock COP’ to fight for climate change action
The UN’s global summit in Glasgow has been postponed till next year because of the pandemic.
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Huge effort required to deliver Coronavirus vaccine
Could the delivery of a breakthrough vaccine be hampered by the fact that it needs to cross borders? Manufacturers of the vaccine, that was yesterday hailed as providing some much needed hope in the fight against Covid, say it has to be stored at temperatures below minus 70 degrees. But if post-Brexit deals aren’t reached,…
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On the Covid frontline in UK hospital’s red zone
As Nottingham and Warrington are put under England’s highest tier 3 restrictions, doctors and healthcare workers across the north of England are struggling to cope with rising numbers of patients, many of them seriously ill.
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Rival activist groups patrolling Kent beaches as migrants cross Channel
We spent the weekend with rival groups of activists who are patrolling the Kent coastline looking out for refugees and migrants arriving on UK shores.
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FactCheck: Johnson’s questionable universal credit claim
The government didn’t offer us any evidence that it lifted 200,000 people out of absolute poverty.
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‘Life-threatening storm surge’ feared as Hurricane Sally threatens US Gulf Coast
A slow moving storm is promising to dump huge amounts of rain and could wreak destruction across several US states.
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Spy is first woman of Indian heritage honoured with blue plaque
A World War Two spy has become the first woman of Indian origin in Britain to be honoured with an English Heritage blue plaque.
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Rape survivor tired of explaining why wearing mask triggers flashbacks of her attack
Georgina Fallows – a rape survivor – is campaigning for greater public understanding and for official badges to make clear she and others like her are exempt from the rules on wearing face masks.
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UK and France seek to ‘completely cut’ migrant boat route across English Channel
The surge in people trying to reach the UK by crossing the Channel is “completely unacceptable”, the immigration minister has declared – after talks with French officials in Paris.
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FactCheck: anger over Scottish exam grades likely to be repeated across the UK
English, Welsh and Northern Irish regulators will use a school’s past performance when deciding students’ grades.
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Nearly a third of people have suffered health problems during lockdown because of poor housing
Lockdown has not been easy for anyone, but for millions of people it has meant being trapped in overcrowded flats, or living in rooms plagued by damp and mould 24 hours a day.
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Far right activists and statue ‘protectors’ clash with police in London and across UK
The Home Secretary has condemned “unacceptable thuggery” after crowds hurled bottles and flares at riot police – as officers struggled to blockade the roads around Whitehall.
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Police killing of Brazilian teenager compared with George Floyd death
Chants of ‘Vidas negras importam’ – Portuguese for “Black Lives Matter” are growing louder across Brazil
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Thousands across the UK attend anti-racism demonstrations – despite the government advising against mass gatherings
In the UK, the message from ministers to those planning to protest was clear – mass gatherings are banned to prevent the spread of coronavirus.