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China splits Shanghai in half for two-stage lockdown
The Independent

China splits Shanghai in half for two-stage lockdown

China’s financial hub of Shanghai said yesterday it would lock down the city in two stages to carry out Covid-19 testing over a nine-day period, after it reported a new daily record for asymptomatic infections.

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March 28, 2022
Booster Jabs Adults With Immune Issues Missing Out
The Guardian

Booster Jabs Adults With Immune Issues Missing Out

Less than half of severely immunosuppressed adults in England have had a Covid booster, while levels of uptake differ dramatically across ethnic backgrounds, data has revealed.

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March 28, 2022
India: NATO And Russia Both Blamed As War Starts To Intrude On Daily Life
The Guardian

India: NATO And Russia Both Blamed As War Starts To Intrude On Daily Life

At the bustling tea stands and roadside eateries of Delhi, European politics is not a regular topic of conversation. But with wall-to-wall coverage of the war in Ukraine on television and in the newspapers, petrol prices rising and pressure growing on the prime minister, Narendra Modi, to denounce Russia, Indians are starting to grapple with the consequences of the conflict 2,800 miles away.

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March 28, 2022
Calmac Row.. Sturgeon Accused: Ferries Deal 'Rushed For Political Reasons
Daily Record

Calmac Row.. Sturgeon Accused: Ferries Deal 'Rushed For Political Reasons

Nicola Sturgeon was under pressure yesterday to explain her role in awarding the botched contract for two CalMac ferries that are £150million over budget and still incomplete.

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March 28, 2022
Cancel Culture's New McCarthyism Is An Attack On Freedom
Daily Express

Cancel Culture's New McCarthyism Is An Attack On Freedom

‘Even the Oscars have turned into a snorefest of left-wing sermons’

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March 28, 2022
Biden Rapped For ‘Provoking' Putin
Daily Express

Biden Rapped For ‘Provoking' Putin

The White House backtracked on US President Joe Biden’s inflammatory “blunder” yesterday after he appeared to call for Vladimir Putin to be removed from power.

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March 28, 2022
Russia's Ukraine Casualties Up To 40,000, Says Estimate
The Independent

Russia's Ukraine Casualties Up To 40,000, Says Estimate

Russia has suffered as many as 40,000 casualties in a month of fighting in Ukraine, a senior Nato military officer has claimed.

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March 24, 2022
Fuel Duty Cut ‘Will Benefit Gas-Guzzling SUVs' Most
The Independent

Fuel Duty Cut ‘Will Benefit Gas-Guzzling SUVs' Most

Campaigners have criticised Rishi Sunak for rejecting a windfall tax on oil and gas giants and instead announcing a “misguided” 5p fuel duty cut, which one campaigner says will most benefit the owners of “gas-guzzling SUVs”.

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March 24, 2022
Real-Terms Cut To Benefits Will Drive More Britons To Food Banks, Sunak Warned
The Independent

Real-Terms Cut To Benefits Will Drive More Britons To Food Banks, Sunak Warned

Britain’s largest network of food banks has warned Rishi Sunak’s refusal to bring benefits in line with inflation will drive more people to emergency food parcels and turn the “cost-of-living crisis into an emergency”.

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March 24, 2022
Fiance: I Didn't Threaten Katie
Daily Mirror

Fiance: I Didn't Threaten Katie

He denies abusing star in argument at their home

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March 24, 2022
Pegasus Israel Barred Sale To Kyiv ‘For Fear Of Angering Moscow'
The Guardian

Pegasus Israel Barred Sale To Kyiv ‘For Fear Of Angering Moscow'

Israel blocked Ukraine from buying NSO Group’s Pegasus spyware in 2019 for fear that Russian officials would be angered by the sale of the hacking tool to a regional foe, according to people familiar with the matter.

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March 24, 2022
Nato Countries To Provide Ukraine With Kit To Protect Against Chemical Attacks
The Guardian

Nato Countries To Provide Ukraine With Kit To Protect Against Chemical Attacks

Nato countries will agree at today’s emergency summit of the western military alliance to provide special kit to protect Ukraine against any chemical, biological or nuclear attacks launched by Russia.

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March 24, 2022
Russia Accused Of Destroying Basics Of Civilian Life In City Without Power, Gas Or Water
The Guardian

Russia Accused Of Destroying Basics Of Civilian Life In City Without Power, Gas Or Water

Russian forces have been accused of taking hostage the people of the besieged city of Chernihiv, as desperate local officials imposed drinking water rationing on trapped civilians.

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March 24, 2022
Russia Accused Of Blocking Aid Convoy
Manchester Evening News

Russia Accused Of Blocking Aid Convoy

UKRAINIAN leaders have accused Russia of seizing 15 rescue workers and drivers from a humanitarian convoy trying to get desperately needed food and other supplies into the bloodied port city of Mariupol.

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March 24, 2022
Matty's Pain Over Horror In Ukraine
Daily Record

Matty's Pain Over Horror In Ukraine

Poland ace Matty Cash last night opened up on his heartache at the awful scenes in Ukraine.

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March 24, 2022
I'll Take P&O To Court Over Sackings, Promises Boris
Daily Express

I'll Take P&O To Court Over Sackings, Promises Boris

Boris Johnson has vowed court action against P&O, saying the ferry giant “broke the law” when it fired nearly 800 British workers.

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March 24, 2022
Josh Craves That Rush Of Victory
Irish Daily Mirror

Josh Craves That Rush Of Victory

Josh Warrington is desperate to beat Kiko Martinez in Saturday’s rematch and end his long wait to experience that winning feeling again.

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March 22, 2022
1,300 Covid Cases Highest In A Year
Irish Daily Mirror

1,300 Covid Cases Highest In A Year

HSE chief Reid urges public to be vigilant

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March 22, 2022
100 GP Practices Per Year Close Due To Lack Of Docs
Daily Mirror

100 GP Practices Per Year Close Due To Lack Of Docs

A SEVERE lack of GPs has shut 800 practices in eight years, depriving millions of patients access to a family doctor, says the British Medical Association.

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March 22, 2022
How Putin's Disinformation Mirrors Soviet Propaganda
The Independent

How Putin's Disinformation Mirrors Soviet Propaganda

For much of his life, Milton Leitenberg has been studying, with a rare devotion, the propaganda tactics of the Soviet Union. From “Operation Infektion”, launched in the 1980s to allege the

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March 22, 2022
Fears Over Facebook Pages Where Ukrainian Refugees ‘Advertise' To Find UK Host
The Independent

Fears Over Facebook Pages Where Ukrainian Refugees ‘Advertise' To Find UK Host

Ukrainian refugees have started to “advertise” themselves on social media in a bid to find hosts in the UK, prompting concerns that the programme could expose vulnerable people to abuse.

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March 22, 2022
Cities Are Being ‘Wiped Off' Map, Says Ukraine Minister
The Independent

Cities Are Being ‘Wiped Off' Map, Says Ukraine Minister

Ukraine has accused Russia of wiping some of its cities off the map, with its defence minister saying the Kremlin’s siege of Mariupol constitutes “genocide”.

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March 22, 2022
Airstrike On Kyiv Destroys 10-Storey Shopping Centre
The Independent

Airstrike On Kyiv Destroys 10-Storey Shopping Centre

The foreboding has been that Russian forces, frustrated at failing to take Kyiv, the main prize sought by Vladimir Putin, would start pulverising the city with heavy artillery. The damage such weapons can do is shown graphically at Podilskyi.

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March 22, 2022
Johnson Set For A Face-To-Face Grilling By Cops
Daily Mirror

Johnson Set For A Face-To-Face Grilling By Cops

Ongoing probe keeps PM under pressure

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March 22, 2022
Can Rishi Pull Off Mission Impossible For All Our Sakes?
Daily Express

Can Rishi Pull Off Mission Impossible For All Our Sakes?

‘The measure of any politician is how they square a circle’

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March 22, 2022
Borders Bill ‘Opens Door To Genuine Refugees'
Daily Express

Borders Bill ‘Opens Door To Genuine Refugees'

Britain will open its arms to Ukrainian refugees – but our hospitality should not be abused, MPs will be told today.

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March 22, 2022
Fourth Covid Jab On The Cards
Daily Express

Fourth Covid Jab On The Cards

ALL over-50s may have to get a fourth Covid vaccine dose this autumn, Sajid Javid has said.

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March 22, 2022
Moscow Elite Are Plotting To Topple Putin
Irish Daily Mirror

Moscow Elite Are Plotting To Topple Putin

A smal number of Moscow’s elite secretly opposed to Russian President Vladimir Putin is quietly plotting to topple him, Ukrainian intelligence has claimed.

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March 21, 2022
4th Jab Required As Ireland Braced For Next Wave Of Cases
Irish Daily Mirror

4th Jab Required As Ireland Braced For Next Wave Of Cases

Govt ‘concern’ as 1,000 in hospital also have virus

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March 21, 2022
Ukrainian Refugees At Polish Border Start Returning Home
The Independent

Ukrainian Refugees At Polish Border Start Returning Home

Temporary measures: Ukrainians at a sports stadium in the Polish village of Medyka

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March 21, 2022