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Join Hafta-Ichi to find out the article “Police urge people to obey Covid-19 rules over sunny weekend | Police” Police officers have prevented a wedding party going ahead as forces urge people to comply with coronavirus restrictions over the warm, sunny weekend. Greater Manchester police said officers stopped restrictions being breached after responding to reports …

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Join Hafta-Ichi to find out the article “UK universities predict record student dropout rate | Higher education” Record numbers of young people in the UK are starting a university course this autumn, with many anxious to escape a collapsing employment market. But as students embark on a very different university experience, vice-chancellors are worried that …

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Join Hafta-Ichi to find out the article “Medical experts v anti-vaxxers: the Covid-19 information battle | Coronavirus outbreak” On one side is the “anti-vax” movement, a constellation of groupings drawn from across the ideological spectrum, far-right opportunists and celebrities including the former Stone Roses frontman Ian Brown. On the other is the NHS, virtually the …

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Join Hafta-Ichi to find out the article “‘Seeing my son’s development was incredible’: the parents sticking with home schooling beyond lockdown | Home schooling” It’s no secret that imposed home schooling during lockdown was tough on many parents. By June, one in three women and one in five men reported difficulties to the Office for …

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Join Hafta-Ichi to find out the article “Covid-hit high streets in England to benefit from £95m fund | Retail industry” High streets across England are due to benefit from a £95m government-funded scheme to help them recover from declining footfall and the impact of Covid-19. As part of the high streets heritage action zone (HSHAZ) …

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Join Hafta-Ichi to find out the article “Engagement with anti-vaccine Facebook posts trebles in one month | Media” Engagement with anti-vaccine posts on a sample of UK Facebook pages trebled between July and August, analysis by the Guardian has found, triggering calls for a major new push to tackle conspiracy theories. Interactions on posts expressing …

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Join Hafta-Ichi to find out the article “Victoria reports 21 new coronavirus cases and seven deaths as Brett Sutton apologises to Afghan community | Australia news” Victoria’s chief health officer, Brett Sutton, has apologised for comments he made singling out Melbourne’s Afghan community in relation to a Covid-19 outbreak in Casey. Sutton made the apology …

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Join Hafta-Ichi to find out the article “Is Trump, finally, managing to repel even his own supporters? | Emma Brockes | Opinion” There was a brief moment, on Tuesday night, when Donald Trump struck what by his standards qualified as a moment of sanity. An undecided voter in the audience of a “town hall” event …

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Join Hafta-Ichi to find out the article “Is the UK government ready for a Covid winter? | Health policy” In mid-July, an Academy of Medical Sciences report urged the government to use the remainder of the summer to prepare for a second wave of coronavirus during the winter. Commissioned by the government’s chief scientific adviser, …

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Join Hafta-Ichi to find out the article “Lockdown measures and rising anger in Madrid as Covid takes hold again | World news” People in the queue to be tested for Covid-19 at the Buenos Aires health centre in south Madrid on Friday morning were met with a bleak but polite homemade sign. It still bore …

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