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The tactic was used on 522 occasions in 2020/21 across Northumbria and Durham forces - a 21% rise on the previous year

Britain’s energy regulator Ofgem is set to increase its cap on energy prices by 54% this April 2022. This is in response to the skyrocketing price of gas, aggravated by demand picking up as countries relaxed lockdown measures, low-wind speeds, and bottlenecks in supply chains.

As most UK countries start including reinfections in overall total, we look at why this is happening now

Infections have surged among younger age groups since the start of the year.

Infections among younger children thought to have peaked, but secondary school disruption still rife

Researchers used age-standardised mortality rates, which take into account differences in age structure and population size, to allow for comparisons between vaccination groups

Mortality rates were found to be 'consistently lower' across all age groups

Some 69% of adults said they had been hit by the rising cost of living over the last month, according to figures from the Office for National Statistics

The government’s levelling up strategy to tackle regional inequality promises a “revolution in local democracy”. It seeks to do this largely through regional devolution – setting up more localised governments with their own mayors to give greater autonomy and power to the “left behind” regions.

It is 81% lower for those who have received only two doses.

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