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Europe: Omicron wave threatens to overwhelm health workers in weeks
With forecasts indicating more than 50 per cent of Europeans are likely to become infected with the Omicron variant in the next six to eight weeks, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Tuesday that health workers still bear the greatest burden.
Hyderabad Literary festival to be held virtually from Jan 28; UK is guest nation
Hyderabad (Telangana) , January 11 (ANI): Hyderabad Literary Festival is scheduled to be held virtually from January 28 to 30 with the United Kingdom (UK) as a guest nation this year. Announcing the date of the festival, Jayesh Ranjan IAS, Chairman of
Omicron may be headed for a rapid drop in US and Britain
Scientists are seeing signals that COVID-19′s alarming omicron wave may have peaked in Britain and is about to do the same in the U.S., at which point cases may start dropping off dramatically. ...
Rising tensions in Europe
The writer is a freelance journalist The specter of a new conflict is haunting millions of people in several parts of Europe after Moscow amassed 100,000 troops close to the Ukrainian borders. Another 100,000 could be mobilised at short notice. The United
Jan. 6 Panel Seeks to Debunk Unfounded Theory About F.B.I. Role in Riot
The House select committee investigating the attack on the Capitol interviewed Ray Epps, a protester at the center of a right-wing conspiracy theory. ...
Huge sea dragon hailed as one of the UK's greatest fossil finds
The fossilised remains of an ichthyosaur measuring 10 metres in length and dating back about 180 million years have been uncovered by chance in England. ...
Johnson faces demands to come clean over ‘bring your own booze’ party
Boris Johnson is to face MPs amid furious demands to come clean over his attendance at a reported “bring your own booze” party in the No 10 garden in breach
Government pauses smart motorway rollout amid safety concerns
The rollout of “all-lane-running” smart motorways is being paused amid safety concerns, the Government has announced, although critics say the move does not go
Cystic fibrosis treatment extended to more than 1,000 children on NHS
A treatment for people who have cystic fibrosis is now available to more than 1,000
Campaigner who lost husband renews calls for immediate end to all-lane running
A woman who has mounted a high-profile campaign to close down smart motorways since her husband was killed by a lorry has called for an immediate shutdown of
Campaigner whose young son died on smart motorway welcomes rollout pause
A mother who lost her son in a collision has said she welcomes a pause in the smart motorway rollout but has vowed
Andrew Gosden’s family speak out after two men arrested over disappearance
The father of a man who went missing more than 14 years ago has said the arrests of two men in connection with his son’s disappearance have
Areas of the UK where car insurance prices have risen for 2022
A few areas of the UK have seen slight increase in their average car insurance prices ...
UK-made gins are seeing a boom as distillery numbers jump
There are now 820 UK gin distilleries, up from 710 in 2020 and 190 in 2015, Office for National Statistics figures show. ...
Around 500 former teachers sign up to tackle staff shortages in schools
But headteachers’ unions say the numbers ‘barely scratch the surface’ and are ‘a drop in the ocean’ compared to the challenge caused by Omicron. ...
1.1 million in England ‘have only had one Covid-19 jab’
The NHS said that the offer of a vaccine was ‘evergreen’ as it urged people to come forward. ...
UK, Oman agree to strengthen economic ties, boost investment
LONDON (Reuters) – Britain and Oman have agreed to work more closely together to strengthen economic ties and increase high-value investment in areas such as clean energy and
EU regulators warn frequent Covid-19 booster shots could affect immune system
January 12, 2022 8:03 AM Countries should leave more time between booster programmes, they say. ...
Ireland is building more homes but it’s harder than ever for people to buy them
Housing output is up annually in recent years, and the public will
North Carolina Court Upholds Republican Gerrymander of Maps
The ruling set up a final battle over the maps in the state Supreme Court, where Democrats hold a slim edge. ...
Police need to be trained not to discriminate against black families in missing person cases, ...
Police forces responding to reports of missing people should implement training to address racial discrimination, a groundbreaking report has recommended.
One in 12 teachers in England off work amid Omicron disruption
Schools and colleges say demand for back-up staff to cover absences outstripping supply ...
Minimum wage rise led to some employees seeing a reduction in hours
A recent increase in the minimum wage has led to some employees experiencing a reduction in hours, with others seeing the average take-home pay rise. Following recommendations from the Low Pay Commission, the Irish minimum wage has increased on a yearly basis
Ditching the hard shoulder proved too hard a sell to MPs and motorists
Analysis: the UK government has bowed to the inevitable and shelved the expanded rollout Smart motorway rollout suspended amid safety concerns Pausing the rollout of smart motorways suggests the government has finally bowed to the inevitable, faced with the
Smart motorway rollout suspended amid safety concerns
Controversial schemes to convert stretches of M3, M25, M62 and M40 will be paused until at least 2025 Analysis: ditching the hard shoulder proved too hard a sell to MPs and motorists The rollout of smart motorways has been suspended by the government until at
Carbon border tax would reduce emissions and boost UK economy, think tank says
A carbon border tax, in which importers pay duty on goods dependent on their carbon footprint, will help reduce pollution and level up the economy, an influential think tank has said. According to the
‘Tearless’ onions to be sold in UK supermarkets for first time
“Tearless” onions are set to go on sale in the UK for the first time. Sunions, a variety of onion that distributors claim does not
Djokovic travelled across Europe before Australia trip, at odds with declaration
Colorado Springs Gazette | 2022-01-12, 00:25
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Lack of trees to uproot Ireland’s climate targets
Failure to significantly increase the level of tree cover will result in Ireland missing its climate targets in 2030 and
Govt to consider bill on harmful online content
The Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts and Media, Catherine Martin, is to seek Government approval to publish the Online Safety and Media Regulation Bill. The legislation will allow for the appointment of an Online Safety
Government suspends smart motorway rollout amid safety concerns
The rollout of smart motorways is being put on hold because of safety concerns, the government has announced. The Department for Transport said it would
Car insurance costs up for older drivers and in some parts of UK, figures show
Typical car insurance premiums started to rise for some age groups and in some parts of Britain towards the end of last year, analysis has found. Overall, the average cost edged downwards by 0.6% between August and November 2021, to reach £782, according to
EU, US issue new Nicaragua-related sanctions ahead of Ortega's inauguration
WORLD EU, US issue new Nicaragua-related sanctions ahead of Ortega's inauguration " data-media=""> 11/01/2022 01:58 PM BOGOTA (Colombia), Jan 11 -- The European Union (EU) and United States (US) issued new sanctions against Nicaragua's government hours
The 52-year-search for a missing girl
On 12 January 1970, a British toddler disappeared from Fairy Meadow beach in NSW, Australia.
The struggle to keep open London's 'friendliest stables'
How £1m was raised to save a stables helping disabled young people ride, groom and be around horses.
UK delays more all-lane smart motorways for five years
New "all-lane running" smart motorways have been paused while their safety is assessed, the government has said Using the hard shoulder as a permanent live traffic lane increases capacity, but critics say it has contributed to road deaths. Five years
1st right whale of the season spotted off Massachusetts
BOURNE, Mass. — Marine researchers have spotted a species of rare whale in Cape Cod Bay for the first time this season. North Atlantic right
Zak Crawley: Poor pitches to blame for England’s batting woes
Zak Crawley has blamed the poor quality of county pitches throughout his career for his modest first-class average and said
No obligation to provide UK passports that did not specify the holder’s gender
Supreme Court Published January 12, 2022 Regina (Elan-Cane) v Secretary of State for the Home Department Before Lord Reed, Lord
Remains of Roman town discovered in England along future railway route
Colorado Springs Gazette | 2022-01-12, 00:06
Artifacts and remnants of a Roman town were found in England by a team of archaeologists Tuesday during an excavation for a future high-speed train railway. ...
Rules for lorry drivers temporarily relaxed amid Omicron wave
Hauliers have welcomed a temporary relaxing of rules surrounding the driving and resting times for Irish lorry drivers who are being forced off the road due to the Omicron wave of Covid-19. Eugene Drennan, president of the Irish Road Haulage Association, said
AI turned a Rembrandt masterpiece into 5.6 terabytes of data
The restored version of Rembrandt's "The Night Watch" is now viewable online on a .0005-millimeter scale. The Rijksmuseum What’s better than enjoying an ingenious piece of art in person? Seeing it at 717,000,000,000 pixels on a smartphone or computer screen.
Joe Biden gambles big on ‘nuclear option’ in US voting rights fight
US President Joe Biden took a major political gamble Tuesday in calling for an
IRELAND - RTE Covid Crisis Actor Exposed - Banned Video on Facebook and Youtube
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Second homes in Wales: Call to boost 'paltry solution' to crisis
Campaigners say £11m offered to buy and refurbish homes in some parts of Wales is too small. ...
The papers: Is the party over for PM and 'contempt for victims'
The newspapers question Boris Johnson's future following the drinks event at No 10 during lockdown. ...
The top Greater Manchester news stories today - January 11, 2022
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Over 7 million new Omicron cases reported in Europe last week, says WHO
Over 7 million new Omicron cases reported in Europe last week, says WHO ...
Jenna Jameson, 'unable to walk,' has Guillain-Barr� Syndrome
The Valley News | 2022-01-11, 23:45
Jenna Jameson has offered an update on a medical condition that has her hospitalized in Hawaii. ...
UK PM faces new 'lockdown party' hangover
LONDON, United Kingdom –UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Tuesday faced a furious backlash over new claims of a breach of coronavirus restrictions by his team on top of a slew of recent scandals. Prime Minister Boris Johnson Steve Parsons / POOL / AFP
Omicron pushing COVID out of pandemic phase: EU agency
THE HAGUE, Netherlands — The spread of the Omicron variant is pushing Covid towards being an endemic disease that humanity can live with, although it remains a pandemic for now, the EU’s drug watchdog said Tuesday. AFP/ MANILA BULLETIN The European
NI politicians have every faith in Sue Gray but she faces an 'impossible task'
Politicians from across Northern Ireland’s spectrum have every faith in the competency of Sue Gray, the senior civil servant tasked with investigating alleged breaches of Covid restrictions at Downing Street. SDLP MLA Matthew O’Toole knows Gray from her time
US and EU allies coordinate their stance ahead of NATO-Russia talks on Ukraine
The United States and its European allies coordinated their position Tuesday ahead of new NATO-Russia talks to defuse the Ukrainian border crisis, as Kyiv demanded an international summit. ...
Prince Charles’ Holocaust survivors portrait project to feature in new BBC documentary
The Prince of Wales has said he hopes a series of paintings he commissioned of Holocaust survivors will be a "guiding light for our society". ...
New England Law | Boston Announces New Law School Dean
Eagle-Tribune | 2022-01-11, 23:28
BOSTON, Jan. 11, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Board of Trustees of New England Law | Boston has selected Lisa R. Freudenheim to lead the law school as its next dean. Visit https://www.nesl.edu/about/deans-message to read her welcome letter. "Dean Freudenheim
Half of Europe to be infected with Omicron, says WHO
The World Health Organisation has warned half of Europe will have been
8 held for trying to travel to UK on fake documents
New Delhi: The IGI airport police have arrested seven people for allegedly trying to travel to the UK on fake documents. One agent has also been arrested in connection with the incident. Raids are on to capture other members of the syndicate who duped people
Dr Sam Dube: John OLooney Escapes With His Life From UK Hospital (ref Jeff Rense ...
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WHO Warns Half of Europe Could Become Infected with Omicron in Coming Weeks
Europe could see half of its population
EU Parliament President David Sassoli dies at 65
EUROPEAN Parliament President David Sassoli died at age 65 at a hospital in Italy early yesterday, his spokesperson has said. “David Sassoli passed away at 1:15
Omicron may be headed for rapid drop in U.S. and Britain: ‘It’s going to come ...
Scientists are seeing signals that COVID-19′s alarming omicron wave may have peaked in Britain and is about to do the same in the U.S., at which point cases may start dropping off dramatically. The reason: The variant has proved so wildly contagious that it
War in Yemen Could Affect Gas Prices in America, Europe
New York Sun | 2022-01-11, 23:09
Prices at American gas pumps could rise further as Iran, working through
People in UK and world govts should face CRIMINAL CHARGES / The truth is starting ...
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UK Column News - 10th January 2022 [mirrored]
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Charles’ Holocaust survivors portrait project is subject of new BBC documentary
The Prince of Wales hopes a series of paintings he has commissioned of Holocaust survivors will be a “guiding light for our society”. Charles’ journey as he tasks seven leading artists to paint some of the nation’s last remaining Holocaust survivors is the
Half of Europe to be infected with Omicron within weeks: WHO
The World Health Organization has warned that half of Europe will have caught the Omicron COVID variant within the next six to eight weeks. Dr Hans Kluge
Inmates sue prison, alleging unprovoked beatings by guards
BOSTON (AP) — Several current and former inmates of color at a maximum security prison in Massachusetts have filed a federal lawsuit alleging they were subjected
Gov. Baker defends COVID-19 response during latest surge
BOSTON (AP) — Gov. Charlie Baker defended his administration’s recent COVID-19 response, including his resistance to allowing schools to return to
Intensive care doctor says every Covid patient currently in his hospital’s ICU is unvaccinated
An intensive care doctor has revealed that every single coronavirus patient in his hospital’s critical care unit is unvaccinated. ...
Brook named in England’s T20 squad
LONDON: England have added batter Harry Brook to their Twenty20 squad for this month’s five-match series against West Indies as cover for Sam Billings,
Russia, US Spar Again Over Ukraine, Security Issues
The Kremlin said Tuesday it has little optimism about a breakthrough on talks with the United States this week about its European security concerns, while Washington said Moscow's massive troop buildup along the Ukraine border is at the root of current
EU drug regulator expresses doubt on need for fourth booster doseThe EMA official raised concerns ...
The European Union's drug regulator on Tuesday expressed doubts about the need for a fourth booster dose of Covid-19 vaccine and said there is currently no data to support this approach as it seeks more data on the fast-spreading Omicron variant. "While use of
PM’s position ‘untenable’ if he was at ‘bring your own booze’ party
Boris Johnson has been warned his position will be “untenable” if he knowingly attended a “bring your own booze” party in the No 10 garden in breach of Covid
Hancock tests positive for Covid for a second time
Former health secretary Matt Hancock has tested positive for Covid-19 after
Zac Jones Life as an Amazon Delivery Driver (UK DSP COURIER 2021).mp4
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No 10 staff told to ‘clean up’ phones amid lockdown party allegations, sources claim
Downing Street staff were advised to “clean up” their phones by removing information that could suggest lockdown parties were held at No 10, The Independent has
This is England woman dancing about trying to chin a officer - hammered
This is England woman dancing about trying to chin a officer - hammered or mentally ill or both
Wilson stars as Fulham hit seven at Reading to go second in Championship
Harry Wilson scores twice and is involved in four other goals as Fulham hit seven at Reading to return to second place in the Championship. ...
Southampton beat Brentford in front of new owner
Southampton comfortably beat Brentford to move up to 11th in the Premier League - in front of the Saints' new owner Dragan Solak. ...
'Bring your own booze!': Another party at 10 Downing Street during UK lockdown damages Boris Johnson
Stars and Stripes is making stories on the coronavirus pandemic available free of charge. See more stories here. Sign up for our daily coronavirus newsletter here. Please support our journalism with a subscription. LONDON — Prime Minister Boris Johnson has
Foreign policy analysts say US military needs to prepare for China-Russia ‘axis’
(Tribune News Service) — "In a triangle with three countries, you don't want to be the one opposite the other two." Should their interests combine, America could face a greater military and foreign policy threat than during the Cold War.
Omicron ‘could infect half of Europe’s population’
LONDON: Over half of Europe’s population is forecast to get infected with the Omicron variant in the coming weeks, a World Health Organisation official said yesterday. Hans Kluge, WHO’s regional director for Europe, said that a new “West to
MAGGIE PAGANO: Britain's big housebuilders with their shoddy workmanship are the real energy culprits
The ruckus over customers being given heat saving tips by energy suppliers disguises a bigger problem – that British homes are among the most poorly built and leakiest in western Europe. So when the cold weather does set in – and energy prices spike as they
US and UK buyout barons join forces in battle for Boots: Bain teams up with ...
Two of the world’s biggest private equity firms have joined forces to launch a multi-billion- pound bid for Boots. American buyout barons at Bain Capital and their counterparts at British giant CVC Capital Partners have emerged as frontrunners in the £7billion
SARAH VINE: I still believe the Tories are the right choice to lead Britain. But ...
For the first time since Boris Johnson became Prime Minister, I'm worried about the country's future. I am by no means a blind cheerleader of the Government, but nevertheless, I do believe it to be infinitely preferable to the hard-Left alternative of the
Kazakhstan Unrest & Europe’s Anti-Lockdown Protests: A Contrast in Reactions
Gavin O’Reilly Over the past week, the Western corporate media, in lockstep, has focused on fuel protests in Kazakhstan – protests which, in the space of several days, have rapidly escalated into nationwide violence. This violence has, so far, seen
Ikea Ireland says it provides full pay for workers out due to Covid-19 as unvaccinated UK staff who are close contacts have sick pay cut
Ikea Ireland has said it pays all workers here 100pc of their contracted hours if they are out of work due to Covid-19, regardless of their vaccination status. The Swedish retailer said it follows government policy and does not ask employees about their
King John III Intel - Jesus of the Algarve - The Hidden King of England
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Blessed Man Tries to Wake up the Sheep in a Supermarket in the UK
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UK Covid: Scottish Tory leader says Boris Johnson must resign if he broke lockdown rules ...
UK Covid: Scottish Tory leader says Boris Johnson must resign if he broke lockdown rules – as it happened ...
