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Covid Unlikely to Mutate into a Deadly Variant, Says Lead Scientist Behind AstraZeneca Vaccine

Covid is unlikely to mutate into a much deadlier variant because there "aren’t many places for the virus to go", says the lead scientist behind the AstraZeneca Covid vaccine.

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Record Numbers of Children Seeking Access to Mental Health Services

Record numbers of children and young people are seeking access to mental health services, according to analysis by the Royal College of Psychiatrists, and an "unprecedented" number of children are waiting for care.

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Family Butchers Facing Prosecution For Taking Children Out of School to Avoid Closure During Busy Christmas Season

A couple who run a shop in Lancashire are being prosecuted by their council for taking their 10 year-old daughter out of school in the run-up to Christmas. They've started a fundraiser so they can afford a solicitor.

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Scottish Government Faces Legal Action Over Vaccine Passports

The Night Time Industries Association is seeking to launch a legal challenge against the Scottish Government's "deeply flawed and incoherent" plans to introduce vaccine passports at nightclubs and 'large' venues.

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News Round-Up

A summary of all the most interesting stories that have appeared about politicians’ efforts to control the virus — and other acts of hubris and folly – not just in Britain, but around the world.

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Vaccines Failing Against Serious Disease, Data From Israel Suggests

If the vaccines are highly effective against serious disease and death, why are the hospitalisation and death rates in Israel no better now than in 2020?

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Covid Vaccine Consent Form for Children Falsely Claims Jab Will Bring More Freedom

The Covid vaccine consent form given to children will be updated because the current version wrongly tells children that getting 'jabbed' will free them from certain rules that the unvaccinated must still follow.

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Ex-Chinese Communist Party Insider Claims China Spread Covid at Military Tournament in October 2019

A Chinese Communist Party defector claims the Chinese Government deliberately spread Covid at an international military tournament in Wuhan months before the emergence of the first reported cases.

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Government Borrowed £5 Billion More than Expected in August

Government borrowing last month was the second highest figure for August on record and came in £5 billion higher than was expected.

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Women Are Consistently More Pro-Lockdown, Study Finds

Researchers analysed data from eight countries, and found a consistent gender difference in attitudes to lockdown, with women being more pro-lockdown. This is despite the fact that COVID-19 is more lethal in men.

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