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North East visitor attraction numbers bounce back after pandemic

Beamish Museum and Durham Cathedral were the region's most visited sites - but numbers are still down on 2019

Chronicle Live

Persistent absence from school is a growing threat to children’s education

The pandemic has exacerbated the problem of school absences. When schools reopened, fewer pupils went to school than before the COVID-19 school closures.

The Conversation

HMRC lost nearly 50% more devices in 2022, nearly 2,000 missing since 2017

IT device losses at HMRC increased by nearly 50% in the space of a year, according to Freedom of Information Act (FOI) requests submitted in 2022. Statistics released under the FOI act show that between September 2021 and 2022, HMRC declared 635 lost and stolen devices. SEE MORE HMRC tells…

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Microsoft 365 Copilot aims to transform meeting prep and productivity

Microsoft has integrated its AI technology into the entirety of the Microsoft 365 productivity suite, with businesses set to experience significant time savings with meetings. Named 365 Copilot, the AI helper is being added across the Office apps and can cut down time spent writing up meeting notes, combing through…

IT Pro

‘I’m being so serious’: Rachel Zegler says she took Shazam! Fury of the Gods role because she ‘needed a job’

Actor said she’d found it ‘really hard to book work’ during the pandemic

The Independent UK

Allison Arwady, City Hall’s calming voice on COVID, hopes to stay on under next mayor

Chicago’s public health commissioner and coronavirus point person says she doesn’t get recognized as much as she used to. But that’s OK with her, especially given the “scary mail at my house” she’d get.

Chicago Sun-Times

'Back to one meal a day': SNAP benefits drop as food prices climb

A lot of people don't think twice about buying milk, says Teresa Calderez. "But there are lots of us out here who can't buy a gallon of milk when we need it."

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Bristol Animal Rebellion target supermarket eggs in latest stunt

They say we are "sleepwalking into another pandemic"

Bristol Post

Manchester fashion brand racked up debts of almost £4m when arm collapsed into administration

Lavish Alice-branded clothes have been worn by celebrities including Katy Perry, Kendall and Kylie Jenner, Eva Longoria, Jessica Biel, Elizabeth Hurley and Lindsay Lohan

Manchester Evening News

Pat Kenny admits he never thought Ryan Tubridy would last so long - and next Late Late Show host 'likely to be a woman'

Exclusive: The Newstalk host also admits he was surprised Ryan Tubridy lasted 14 years as host of the Late Late Show

Irish Mirror

Biden hosting Irish prime minister on St. Patrick's Day

President Joe Biden is set to host Ireland’s prime minister, after the pandemic scuttled the longstanding St. Patrick’s Day meetup two years in a row

The Independent UK

Almost £4m owed by Lavish Alice's wholesale arm as it entered administration after HMRC warning

Brand is continuing as an online-only operation and bosses say it is set for growth

Birmingham Post

Three million people suffer driving licence delays since April 2020 – report

MPs say the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency’s system to process applications is ‘slow, inefficient and in need of major improvement’.

The Independent UK

Samui operators plead for direct flights

Samui tourism operators are calling for more direct flights to the island and an improvement in infrastructure and tourism distribution as the industry is on track for recovery.

Bangkok Post

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Newcastle Herald

Top 20: Newcastle and Lake Macquarie suburbs whose prices have skyrocketed since the pandemic

Dwelling values across Newcastle and Lake Macquarie recorded growth of 29.6 per cent since March 2020.

Bangkok Post

Women are leading Covid recovery

Three years after the pandemic was formally declared, the world is now firmly in the recovery stage. But the huge potential contribution of women's leadership is still being undervalued, under-resourced, or overlooked altogether.

Daily Mirror

These three NHS 'Rabble Rousers' are fighting for Long Covid sick pay

A recent report by MPs says the UK is 'out of step with other countries' in not recognising Long Covid as an industrial illness

Evening Standard

How first Covid wave devastated East London’s Somali community

New report concludes that poor housing, insecure employment and late lockdown contributed to high number of deaths in community

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The Guardian - UK

One in five pupils in England were persistently absent in past school year

Covid and other illnesses main reasons for attendance drop compared with pre-pandemic, according to DfE figures

AFP

US maternal mortality rate rose sharply in 2021: report

Washington (AFP) - The US maternal mortality rate surged in 2021, the second year of the Covid-19 pandemic, with Black women more than twice as likely to die than white women, according to a report released on Thursday.

Salon

Long COVID patients left behind

Experts tell Salon there aren't enough research funds to help figure out how to help long COVID patients

AnandTech

Inflation Drives Up Fab Costs for Intel and Samsung by Billions of Dollars

To address future demand for semiconductors amid severe chip shortages of 2020 – 2022, all leading chipmakers announced plans to build new fabs and even disclosed their estimated costs. But spiraled inflation, caused by the disruption of supply chains by the pandemic and then by the Russian war against Ukraine,…

IT Pro

Short-sighted cloud migrations leave most CIOs trapped in technical debt

Overburdening cloud technical debt is posing significant challenges for CIOs amid a period of budgetary constraints, according to new research. According to a new survey, 72% of CIOs said digital transformation progress has slowed as a result of mounting technical debt. SEE MORE Hyperscaler earnings 'highlight new era of maturity'…

The Conversation

As bird flu continues to spread in the US and worldwide, what's the risk that it could start a human pandemic? 4 questions answered

An outbreak of H5N1 avian influenza that started in 2021 has become the largest bird flu outbreak in history, both in the U.S. and worldwide. In the U.S. the virus has led to the destruction of millions of commercially raised chickens, turkeys, ducks and geese, and has killed thousands of…

The New Daily

From perks to clothing: What Australian workers want has changed over 25 years

Workers and work culture in generally have been evolving for years– and the pandemic has pressed fast-forward.

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