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Covid vaccine: Why Nicki Minaj is calling out Boris Johnson on Twitter
A bizarre war of words has broken out between the prime minister and his chief medical adviser on the one hand and Nicki Minaj on the other. 


Ofsted head optimistic on ‘better experience for children this year’
Amanda Spielman is chief inspector of Ofsted.


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.


One million job vacancies in the UK for first time
There has been some very good news out today about the UK's jobs market, with the number of people in work rebounding to pre-pandemic levels. 


Former addict says gambling industry ‘need to be doing more’
We speak to Owen Baily, a former gambling addict who is now a peer support worker with the National Problem Gambling Clinic.


Gambling Addiction: Bereaved families fight for reform
As the government prepares to redraw the laws on gambling for the first time in 16 years, families whose lives have been devastated by gambling addiction are fighting for much tougher regulation.


Government should introduce Covid Plan B now says Professor of Virology
Andrew MacDonald is Professor of Virology at the University of Leeds.


Johnson: Vaccine passports ‘an important part of our repertoire’
We were at the prime minister's press conference this afternoon.


UK Government sets out Covid Plan A and Plan B for the winter
Plan A to combat the feared autumn and winter rise in Covid infections seems pretty straightforward


Rules to protect wildlife tilted in favour of developers, say campaigners
With just seven weeks until the critical COP26 climate conference in Glasgow, the government is yet to pass its flagship post-Brexit green legislation.


Debate: How do we boost workers’ wages and encourage business growth?
We all need a pay rise, the TUC said today as their annual conference got underway. Not just because we might like it, but because it will boost demand in the economy and reward people after more than a decade of falling living standards.  


Emma Raducanu must ‘realise how good she is’ to win more honours, says Virgina Wade
From New York City, we spoke to tennis legend Virginia Wade, who was the last British woman to win the US Open singles title in 1968.


After Emma Raducanu’s success, what are the barriers to playing tennis?
Emma Raducanu's American dream continued today with appearances on two prime time US breakfast TV shows.


New York court to hold conference on Prince Andrew abuse claims
Prince Andrew has hired a well known celebrity lawyer to represent him in the court case against a woman who accuses him of sexual abuse. 


Covid: Vaccine risk to children ‘extremely low’, says epidemiologist
Epidemiologist Dr Mike Tildesley is a member of the government advisory group SPI-M, which provides infectious disease modelling evidence to Sage. 



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