COVID-19: Sluggish US jobs growth strengthens coronavirus stimulus call

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Teachers and police officers won’t be prioritised as next phase of COVID vaccinations revealed
The JCVI has revealed the priority list for phase two of the coronavirus vaccine rollout.
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Yahoo News UK
Football coach tortured, set on fire and beaten with sledgehammers in revenge attack
Jordan Storey, 28, was tortured and subjected to a violent attack by a gang of four people at a flat in Newcastle, in February last year.
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BBC responds to complaints over 'rude' Saturday Kitchen guests Naga Munchetty and Charlie Stayt
Naga Munchetty and Charlie Stayt left some viewers seriously unimpressed.
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Britney Spears 'feels way better' after adopting portion control diet
Britney Spears has told fans her body feels "way better" after she decided to lose some weight by controlling her portion sizes.
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Digital Spy
7 Home and Away questions after this week's Australian episodes
What's next in Summer Bay?
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Digital Spy
GMB's Kate Garraway says she's not allowed to see husband Derek in hospital
He's currently in hospital recovering from COVID-19.
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Yahoo News UK
COVID cases now rising in 1 in 5 areas as Jonathan Van-Tam warns: ‘This is sobering’
Jonathan Van-Tam has warned of 'sobering' coronavirus numbers as the latest figures revealed infections are rising in one in five UK areas.
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The Independent
Ted Cruz mocks AOC over Capitol attack fears in grievance-filled CPAC speech
As president visits Texas following power crisis, senator invokes right-wing tropes mocking Covid-19 guidance, the Capitol assault and fear-mongering visions of an authoritarian left
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The Independent
Salmond calls for string of resignations including Sturgeon’s husband
Alex Salmond has called on senior members of the Scottish government and the SNP, including Nicola Sturgeon’s husband, to resign over allegations of a conspiracy against him. During a highly-anticipated appearance before a Scottish Parliament inquiry, the man who led the SNP for 20 years claimed Scotland’s current leadership had failed. The list of those he said should resign or consider their position included the Scottish government’s permanent secretary, its chief law officer, Peter Murrell, the chief executive of the SNP who is also married to Ms Sturgeon, and the first minister’s chief of staff.
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The Independent
Pfizer vaccine ‘dramatically reduces’ Covid transmission risk after one dose, study shows
Scientists hail ‘excellent news’ as findings reveal jab reduces asymptomatic infections
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Evening Standard
EU leaders pave way for vaccine passports ‘by the summer’ to allow people to travel in Europe
EU leaders have paved way for the introduction of coronavirus vaccine passports by the summer. “Everyone agreed that we need a digital vaccination certificate,” Angela Merkel, the German chancellor, told reporters after an EU virtual summit. Greece already has digital vaccination certificates.
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The Independent
Covid news - live: Cases still rising in 1 in 5 local areas as Hancock warns ‘this isn’t over yet’
Follow the latest updates and statistics
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The Independent
Why is Joe Manchin really causing trouble for Joe Biden? Not for the obvious reasons
While the left wing of the party is asking who he thinks made him president and vowing revenge, veterans of the upper chamber aren’t so surprised by the Democratic Senator’s announcement that he won’t vote to confirm Neera Tanden
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The Independent
Nicola Sturgeon’s husband should be ‘removed’ as SNP chief executive, says Salmond ally
Peter Murrell ‘has to go’, says veteran SNP MP ahead of Alex Salmond’s inquiry appearance
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The Independent
DUP accused of meeting ‘malignant forces’ in campaign to scrap Northern Ireland protocol
Arlene Foster and senior DUP figures met with a group representing loyalist paramilitaries
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The Independent
Teachers should be prepared to ‘sacrifice their lives’, says ex-Ofsted head
Children return back to school on 8 March
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Reuters
AstraZeneca, Sputnik vaccines face hurdles if COVID shots become annual affair
Vaccines from AstraZeneca, Russia's Gamaleya Institute and Johnson & Johnson fight the coronavirus with another virus, leaving scientists concerned the shots may lose potency if annual inoculations become necessary to fight new variants. Most vector-vaccine developers have opted to use an adenovirus, a harmless class of common-cold viruses."The experience with adenoviruses has been for many years that vectors can be intercepted by the immune system after repeat injections," said Bodo Plachter, deputy director of the Institute of Virology at Mainz University's teaching hospital.
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The Independent
The walls are closing in on Trump. Soon he’ll be a prisoner of Mar a Lago
Florida Governor DeSantis will be loyal to the president — but that doesn’t necessarily leave Trump in a good position
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Reuters
In independence threat, Scotland's ex-first minister attacks government
Scotland's former first minister Alex Salmond accused the nation's government on Friday of acting illegally and lacking leadership in a bitter row with his successor that threatens to damage the Scottish independence movement. The feud between Salmond and his successor Nicola Sturgeon, has reached fever pitch in recent weeks, pitting the former friends against each other in a sparring match that could eventually put pressure on her to resign. Sturgeon has denied his accusations.
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Reuters
Bank of England's Haldane says inflation "tiger" is prowling
Bank of England Chief Economist Andy Haldane warned on Friday that an inflationary "tiger" had woken up and could prove difficult to tame as the economy recovers from the COVID-19 pandemic, potentially requiring the BoE to take action. In a clear break from other members of the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) who are more relaxed about the outlook for consumer prices, Haldane called inflation a "tiger (that) has been stirred by the extraordinary events and policy actions of the past 12 months". "People are right to caution about the risks of central banks acting too conservatively by tightening policy prematurely," Haldane said in a speech published online.
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