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On this day: Events on June 29, from the first Apple iPhone launch in 2007 to Sachin Tendulkar’s world record in 2007
6 months, 1 week ago

On this day: Events on June 29, from the first Apple iPhone launch in 2007 to Sachin Tendulkar’s world record in 2007

Live Mint  

On this day: Multiple events happened on June 29, 2007, and they continue to hold relevance in our present times. On June 29, 2007, former Apple CEO Steve Jobs launched the iconic mobile phone series Apple iPhone, which continues to dominate the category. On the same day, iconic Indian cricketer Sachin Tendulkar added another feather to his cap by completing …

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Shoplifting offences rise to highest level since records began: Store thefts jump by more than a THIRD compared to 2022 - with 430,104 offences recorded in last 12 months, figures show
8 months, 2 weeks ago

Shoplifting offences rise to highest level since records began: Store thefts jump by more than a THIRD compared to 2022 - with 430,104 offences recorded in last 12 months, figures show

Daily Mail  

Shoplifting has risen to the highest level on record amid complaints the crime has been effectively 'decriminalised', new data revealed today. The figure is the highest since current records began in the year to March 2003 This is the moment two shoplifters brazenly steal products from a Boots store just yards from a police station - as helpless staff watch …

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Official statisticians must learn to communicate better
1 year, 3 months ago

Official statisticians must learn to communicate better

Live Mint  

The UK’s Office of National Statistics recently made headlines for sharply rewriting its economic history. Three years later, an attempt by the National Statistical Commission committee on real sector statistics to produce a back-series came under attack from government officials since it showed higher growth in the pre-2011 period. The chief statistician’s silence on that occasion was in marked contrast …

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Return of the mask! Five NHS trusts have already brought back mandatory face covering rules
2 years, 3 months ago

Return of the mask! Five NHS trusts have already brought back mandatory face covering rules

Daily Mail  

At least five NHS trusts in England have brought back mask requirements due to Covid's resurgence, MailOnline can reveal. Some are also telling patients to wear masks and reimposing social distancing guidelines, in scenes reminiscent of the earliest days of the pandemic It comes as Kate Middleton was pictured wearing a mask today while on a visit to Royal Surrey …

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Inflation soars AGAIN to 9% - the highest since 1982
2 years, 7 months ago

Inflation soars AGAIN to 9% - the highest since 1982

Daily Mail  

Inflation soared to an eye-watering 40-year high today with fears things are only going to get worse as Rishi Sunak faces massive pressure to come up with cost-of-living help. Newly-modelled figures from the ONS show that CPI would have last been above the April 2022 level of 9 per cent in March 1982 - when it was 9.1 per cent …

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England 'to become first in WORLD' to be fully free of Covid rules
2 years, 10 months ago

England 'to become first in WORLD' to be fully free of Covid rules

Daily Mail  

What are the current Covid rules in England? The current self-isolation rules expire on March 24, but the Tory leader told MPs at Prime Minister’s Questions that ‘provided the current encouraging trends in the data continue, it is my expectation that we will be able to end the last domestic restrictions — including the legal requirement to self-isolate if you …

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New Years Honours list 2022 in full
3 years ago

New Years Honours list 2022 in full

The Independent  

Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Chief Executive Officer, Robert Harter Ltd. For services to the UK Automotive Industry. Chief …

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Matt Hancock 'was warned over care home testing at start of pandemic'
3 years, 6 months ago

Matt Hancock 'was warned over care home testing at start of pandemic'

Daily Mail  

Matt Hancock was repeatedly warned over the risk of not testing people discharged from hospitals into care homes at the start of the pandemic, it was claimed today. The Care Provider Alliance, which represents Britain's care homes, said it warned the Department of Health and Social Care on March 26, 2020 that without testing care home residents 'there is no …

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Daily Covid infections fell by 29% last week to 20,360, symptom tracker app finds
3 years, 11 months ago

Daily Covid infections fell by 29% last week to 20,360, symptom tracker app finds

Daily Mail  

Britain recorded another 19,114 cases and 1,014 deaths from Covid today, as Number 10's top scientific advisers revealed England's R rate has definitely dipped below one for the first time since July and a catalogue of official data showed the second wave is shrinking. The Office for National Statistics today also estimated the total number of people infected in England …

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Great-grandmother, 78, faces being EVICTED from her care home today
4 years, 1 month ago

Great-grandmother, 78, faces being EVICTED from her care home today

Daily Mail  

A great-grandmother who is being evicted from her care home after having an 'unauthorised' visit through an open patio door with her police officer daughter had nearly died from Covid-19. Ms Hobbs - pictured outside the care home today - said she was 'heartbroken' that her mother had been evicted, and felt terrified about having to find her a new …

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Vulnerable face shielding for MONTHS with Covid curbs likely until April to stop NHS 'imploding'
4 years, 3 months ago

Vulnerable face shielding for MONTHS with Covid curbs likely until April to stop NHS 'imploding'

Daily Mail  

Ministers could use an algorithm to help decide which vulnerable people in coronavirus hotspots should stay at home and shield, it emerged today, as the Government admitted the spread of the disease is 'getting out of control'. The furore over the Government's coronavirus strategy came as: Office for National Statistics data showed the UK economy grew by just 2.1 per …

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Coronavirus UK: Lockdown 'may kill 75,000' - that's the OFFICIAL projection
4 years, 3 months ago

Coronavirus UK: Lockdown 'may kill 75,000' - that's the OFFICIAL projection

Daily Mail  

Nearly 75,000 people could die from non-Covid causes as a result of lockdown, according to devastating official figures buried in a 188-page document. An additional 31,900 could die over the next five years as a result of missed cancer diagnoses, cancelled operations and the health impacts of a recession Many people took the 'stay at home' message to heart in …

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Ministers are urged to speed up their review into 'inflated' daily Covid-19 death figures
4 years, 5 months ago

Ministers are urged to speed up their review into 'inflated' daily Covid-19 death figures

Daily Mail  

Professor Heneghan, director of the Centre for Evidence-Based Medicine at the prestigious university, questioned why the review was taking so long and claimed it should be a 'straightforward' fix Pressure is mounting on ministers to speed up an official review into the way coronavirus deaths are calculated amid claims the daily counts were being inflated. Professor Carl Heneghan and Dr …

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Coronavirus UK: R-rate may be ABOVE one in South West England
4 years, 5 months ago

Coronavirus UK: R-rate may be ABOVE one in South West England

Daily Mail  

South West England's coronavirus R rate could now have edged above one, government scientists warned today as they admitted the Midlands is now the only region where it is definitely below the dreaded number as Britain recorded just 48 more Covid-19 deaths. Separate data released by the advisers also claimed the UK's current growth rate — how the number of …

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Britain records 85 more Covid-19 deaths
4 years, 5 months ago

Britain records 85 more Covid-19 deaths

Daily Mail  

Britain today announced 85 more coronavirus deaths as promising data revealed Northern Ireland has now gone a week without recording any Covid-19 fatalities. In other coronavirus developments Britain today: Thousands of taxi drivers, cleaners and shop workers will be tested for Covid-19 from tomorrow as part of a new trial — even if they have no symptoms, the Department of …

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Britain announces more coronavirus deaths
4 years, 7 months ago

Britain announces more coronavirus deaths

Daily Mail  

Britain has announced less than 100 deaths in one day, as 77 more victims are recorded by the Government. In other coronavirus developments today: A member of Sage, Professor John Edmunds, said Britain should have gone into lockdown earlier and waiting until March 23 'cost a lot of lives'; Prime Minister Boris Johnson plans to reduce the two-metre social distancing …

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Britain is warned not to break lockdown to celebrate VE Day
4 years, 8 months ago

Britain is warned not to break lockdown to celebrate VE Day

Daily Mail  

Britons have been warned not to break coronavirus lockdown as they mark VE day on a sunny Bank Holiday - as Boris Johnson seemingly backs off a major loosening of the rules. Although the UK is marking 75 years since the end of the fight against the Nazis, there is no let-up in the struggle against coronavirus, with ministers and …

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Data shows virus death risk twice as high for black Britons
4 years, 8 months ago

Data shows virus death risk twice as high for black Britons

Associated Press  

LONDON — Almost all ethnic minorities in Britain are at greater risk of dying with the coronavirus, and black men and black women are nearly twice as likely to die than white individuals, according to an analysis by the national statistics agency. The analysis found that along with black Britons, people of Bangladeshi, Pakistani, Indian, and mixed ethnicity have a …

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Coronavirus UK: Death toll hits 21,731 but could be 55% higher
4 years, 8 months ago

Coronavirus UK: Death toll hits 21,731 but could be 55% higher

Daily Mail  

From tomorrow the Government will count care home deaths and others that happen outside of hospitals in its daily coronavirus updates, Health Secretary Matt Hancock announced today. ONS data, which is released each week and offers the only true picture on how many people have died outside of hospitals, recorded 3,096 COVID-19 care home deaths by April 17. The Office …

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Homebase reopens and DIY-ers flock to B&Q
4 years, 8 months ago

Homebase reopens and DIY-ers flock to B&Q

Daily Mail  

Britons have been pushing the rules of lockdown today as they flock to parks, beaches and DIY stores across the country. Homebase in Harrogate opened for the first time in more than a month this morning, and saw a steady stream of DIY enthusiasts Customers queue outside the B&Q Warehouse, which has reopened after more than a month's closure, in …

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Coronavirus UK: Social distancing beyond Christmas?
4 years, 8 months ago

Coronavirus UK: Social distancing beyond Christmas?

Daily Mail  

Disruptive social distancing measures will have to remain in place for the rest of this year, the country's Chief Medical Officer has warned. Meanwhile, on another frantic day with tensions rising in the coronavirus battle: England, Scotland and Wales have announced 757 more deaths from the coronavirus today, taking Britain's total number of victims to 18,094; A further 665 people …

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Coronavirus UK: Death toll hits 18,100 with 759 new fatalities
4 years, 8 months ago

Coronavirus UK: Death toll hits 18,100 with 759 new fatalities

Daily Mail  

The UK has announced 759 more hospital deaths from the coronavirus today, taking Britain's total number of victims to 18,100. Meanwhile the National Records of Scotland revealed in a bombshell report today that the true scale of its coronavirus deaths is 79 per cent larger than government statistics show - a third of all people dying with the virus are …

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Unrealistic career aspirations 英国年轻人不现实的职业理想
4 years, 9 months ago

Unrealistic career aspirations 英国年轻人不现实的职业理想

China Daily  

Unrealistic career aspirations 英国年轻人不现实的职业理想 Play audio file 一项研究警告称，英国年轻人的职业理想与现有的工作类型不符。慈善机构 “教育与雇主”（Education and Employers）的研究显示，在英国，希望在艺术、文化、娱乐和体育领域工作的17岁和18岁年轻人的数量是现有工作的五倍。本文浅谈英国青年不现实的职业理想。 Vocabulary: careers 词汇：职业 What did you want to be when you were growing up? Writing about this for the BBC, Katherine Sellgren points out that while young people are keen to work in art, entertainment, culture and sport, the economy is unlikely to need them all. Previous research about …

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I never felt marriage was important... until the day Paolo died
5 years, 5 months ago

I never felt marriage was important... until the day Paolo died

Daily Mail  

Sitting in a stark waiting room at the local register office, I was beginning to become hysterical. Gill Lavery's fiancé Paolo died suddenly in July 2017, after eight years living together The pair had an infant son and were planning a second child at the time of Paolo's sudden death It happened to me — and it could happen to …

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