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New data shows the birthrate went up in 2021, after a record low in 2020 and years of declineGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastA pandemic might not seem like the ideal time to have a baby, but new data backs up th…
Exclusive: Special report will raise issues encountered during initial inquiry into Johnson rule breachesExplainer: Partygate report: key findings of privileges committeeBoris Johnson’s allies are expected to be named in a report published on Thursday …
Social and economic upheaval since the pandemic has resulted in many more families strugglingThe reasons for increased levels of pupil absence in England are multiple and complex. Some were an issue before the Covid pandemic closed schools and disrupte…
CHINA ordered scientists to destroy all early coronavirus samples from their labs just two days after the world was first told about Covid, a secret memo reveals.
As the pandemic was starting to explode across the world, panicked Beijing ordered th…
Former health secretary tells inquiry he did not properly challenge assurances that plans were sufficientUK politics live – latest updatesMatt Hancock has said he is “profoundly sorry” for his part in mistakes that ensured the UK was not properly prepa…
Former health secretary says he is ‘profoundly sorry’ for every death and says he knows an apology from him will be ‘hard to take’. This live blog is now closedFull story: Matt Hancock ‘profoundly sorry’ for Covid readiness failingsThe journalist Isabe…
Some community leaders say report is evidence of officers targeting people based on their ethnicity, which Victoria police rejectsFollow our Australia news live blog for the latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily new…
Campaigners say mechanism is needed to ensure public inquiry recommendations are not ignoredCovid bereaved families and Grenfell survivors are demanding greater enforcement of public inquiry recommendations to stop preventable deaths.Hundreds of millio…
African, Middle Eastern and First Nations people up to four times more likely to be fined for Covid-19 breachesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastVictoria police officers have been accused of racial profiling, with…
Government knew in 2016 that major disease outbreak would overwhelm health system, officials sayMinisters knew in 2016 that “even a moderate pandemic would overrun the system” and the government’s emergency response function would be “very rapidly over…