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The Covid inquiry has exposed more than just a few bad apples – the whole system is rotten

The state was completely unprepared for the pandemic – and the next crisis won’t wait for us to fix it, says Guardian columnist Martin Kettle

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At 15, he is defending his home and parenting his sister. One young man's struggle to stay in school

Housing insecurity has hurt kids' chances of recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic in Los Angeles and much of California

The Independent UK

Pandemic had real lasting impact on brain health in over-50s, research says

Cognitive function declined in older people during pandemic – regardless of whether or not they caught Covid

The Independent UK

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Covid experts to receive honours at Buckingham Palace

The researchers and civil servants carried out important work during the Covid pandemic.

The Independent UK

Covid pandemic ‘had lasting impact’ on brain health of people aged 50 or over

UK study finds cognitive function and working memory in older adults declined even if they were not infected with virus

The Guardian - UK

Pandemic had real lasting impact on cognitive function in over-50s, study finds

Researchers found cognitive function and working memory in older people declined more rapidly during the pandemic

The Independent UK

Dead cats and hairdryers: Dominic Cummings’ evidence to Covid inquiry

Boris Johnson’s former adviser gave in-person and written evidence – here are some of his most startling claims

The Guardian - UK

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Hubris and overconfidence hampered early Covid response, says nudge unit chief

There was ‘arrogance’ in believing the UK would fare better than other countries in the early days of the pandemic, the Covid-19 Inquiry heard.

The Independent UK

State is paying fired Tennessee vaccine chief $150K in lawsuit settlement

The state of Tennessee has agreed to pay $150,000 to settle a federal lawsuit by its former vaccine leader over her firing during the COVID-19 pandemic

The Independent UK

Johnson asked scientists about ‘special hairdryer to kill Covid’, says Cummings

Former adviser tells inquiry of ‘low point’ in pandemic response, saying then-PM was ‘extremely distracted’

The Guardian - UK

Kate Forbes has 'kept all pandemic WhatsApps' and handed them over to Covid Inquiry

KATE Forbes has said she has kept all her pandemic WhatsApp messages and insisted she has shared “everything” with the UK Covid Inquiry.

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Multimedia is key to distance education: I built a model South African universities can use

Distance education first appeared in the United States in the 1800s. At the time, students received the relevant material through the post and then returned it to the institution.

The Conversation

‘Absence of humanity’: Helen MacNamara’s evidence to Covid inquiry

Former deputy cabinet secretary describes misogyny, lack of planning and over-confidence in government’s pandemic response

The Guardian - UK

Matt Hancock’s bizarre ‘batsman’ response to being offered help during the pandemic

It is the latest damning piece of evidence about Mr Hancock’s stewardship of the Department for Health during the pandemic given to the official Covid probe

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Who were the key advisers in No 10 at the height of the Covid pandemic?

The Covid inquiry is hearing about people in Downing Street during the pandemic who helped the government make decisions

Evening Standard

Who is Tom Sinner? The confidante mentioned in Dominic Cummings' emails

The Covid Inquiry is ongoing, with those giving evidence saying No 10 was in 'chaos' as the pandemic hit

The Guardian - UK

Let’s ease up on Johnson and Cummings: Covid was just the ‘wrong crisis’ for them, OK?

The Covid inquiry has hosted a parade of men who assure us they’re experts in everything – except their own incompetence, says Guardian columnist Marina Hyde

The Independent UK

Covid inquiry: Johnson’s No 10 was ‘unbelievably bullish’ UK would sail through

Former senior civil servant Helen MacNamara said there was ‘laughing at the Italians’ early in the pandemic.

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Evening Standard

Covid Inquiry: Biggest revelations from Dominic Cummings, Lee Cain, Helen MacNamara and other key players

From Number 10's 'macho overconfidence' to half-term holidays - the key takeaways

The Guardian - UK

‘Nastiness, arrogance and misogyny’ of No 10 exposed at Covid inquiry

WhatsApp messages also reveal Boris Johnson’s dismissive attitude to millions of old people at risk from the virus

The Guardian - UK

Sturgeon refuses to say if she kept pandemic WhatsApp messages

Former Scottish first minister says she ‘will be very clear to the [UK Covid] inquiry’ about any evidence she holds

The Independent UK

What we have learned from the Covid inquiry so far this week

Dominic Cummings and Lee Cain were among the high-profile witnesses this week.

The Independent UK

Boris Johnson’s handling of Covid crisis slammed by former top advisers

Ex-PM thought coronavirus was ‘nature’s way of dealing with old people’, inquiry hears, as bereaved relatives attack ‘psychotic’ comments

The Independent UK

Hancock ‘killed people’ and ‘lied’ in pandemic, Cummings told PM

The former health secretary was criticised by the former top Downing Street adviser during a lengthy appearance before Lady Hallett’s probe.

Evening Standard

Covid Inquiry: Dominic Cummings says No 10 in 'chaos' as pandemic hit and vulnerable 'appallingly neglected'

The inquiry also saw diary entries showing that Boris Johnson suggested he believed the pandemic was 'nature’s way of dealing with old people'

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