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Did the Covid models get it wrong?
Newspaper headlines were full of fears about millions of Covid cases a day but that did not happen - so what’s going on?


Blackpool Tower Ballroom dance floor undergoes extensive restoration
The famous Tower Ballroom has played host to both professional and amateur dancers.


Teenager airlifted to hospital after alleged stabbing by student at Barrow school
A 15-year-old boy has been airlifted to hospital after allegedly being stabbed by another student in Barrow-in-Furness. 


Sunak facing higher debt bill because of soaring inflation
It's not just the man living at No 10 who is having problems, it’s also at No11, where the chancellor faces a higher debt bill because of soaring inflation.


‘I don’t want to be in a post-truth parliament’, says Tory MP
We spoke to Andrew Bridgen, who has already submitted a letter of  no confidence in Boris Johnson.


Boris Johnson was ‘ambushed with a cake’, says Conservative MP
We spoke to Conor Burns, minister of state for Northern Ireland,


Partygate: Met Police investigating Downing Street ‘events’ in lockdown
Boris Johnson said he welcomed the Met investigation into a number of potential breaches of the Covid regulations in Downing Street and Whitehall.  


Activists call for judicial review of intensive farming to combat another pandemic
Even while we are still dealing with the Covid pandemic, scientists are already worrying about the next one, especially diseases which could leap from animals to humans.


‘Really premature’ to ditch Covid rules that protect the vulnerable, says independent SAGE member
We spoke to Professor Deenan Pillay from the infection and immunity department at University College London.


Covid: Up to 100,000 unjabbed home care workers ‘could lose jobs’
The body representing home care companies has warned that services are already “paralysed” by overwork.


‘Anybody who was at a party where rules were broken should resign’, says Baroness Warsi
We spoke to Baroness Warsi from Westminster.


Birthday party allegedly hosted for PM at No 10 during lockdown
They all sang happy birthday to Boris Johnson and cut up a cake - new allegations have emerged of yet another lockdown-busting party in Number 10 - this time in June 2020, a time when people were not allowed to gather socially indoors.


The grand old duke in court: Prince Andrew on trial
What’s next for the man ninth in line to the British throne?


NHS ‘cannot afford to lose any staff’ over vaccine mandate, says Royal College of Nursing
We spoke to Helen Donovan of the Royal College of Nursing, and Dr David Nicholl, a consultant neurologist based in Birmingham.


NHS staff protest mandatory Covid vaccination plans
Can the government really afford to lose thousands of healthcare workers?



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