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Coronavirus

  • An older woman sitting at a table in her home looking depressed

    About 2m people have long Covid in England and Scotland, figures show

  • An empty classroom during lockdown.

    Pupils in England ‘facing worst exam results in decades’ after Covid closures

    GCSE results in key subjects to steadily worsen until 2030, predicts research that blames failure to tackle impact of schools lockdown
  • A man drinking beer from a green bottle

    Heavier drinking during Covid led to 2,500 more deaths from alcohol in 2022 – ONS

    Official UK figures show 33% jump in deaths from alcohol-specific causes from 2019 – the highest since records began in 2001

  • ACTU calls for sanctions on Israel over Gaza war – as it happened

  • ‘Overwhelming’ need for royal commission into Covid pandemic response in Australia, Senate committee finds

  • How the US failed people in prisons during Covid: ‘Really important to learn from what happened’

  • Australia records lowest seven-day Covid death rate for more than two years

  • Rishi Sunak spent £2m on focus groups for ‘eat out to help out’ scheme

  • Morrison’s Covid measures a ‘grotesque overreaction’ to a ‘relatively mild pandemic’, Tony Abbott says

  • Almost 10 million people in England could be on NHS waiting list

  • Cheaper private Covid jabs may end up as costly as pricier ones, say experts

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Explainers & analysis

  • female patient being given NHS vaccine injection

    Covid boosters are a gamechanger – if they are free for everyone

  • Shannon Marsden and Stephen Boden headshots composite image

    Lockdown gave Finley Boden’s parents cover – but safeguarding failures ran deep

    • Swing set in Manchester

      The devastating impact Covid and austerity had on children in England

    • During the session, Nicola Sturgeon spoke repeatedly about her sense of duty.

      Nicola Sturgeon at the Covid inquiry: by turns defensive, lawyerly and very raw

    • Michelle Mone and her husband, Doug Barrowman, stand under an umbrella

      How the Michelle Mone scandal unfolded: £200m of PPE contracts, denials and a government lawsuit

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Opinion

  • Ajay Banga

    The Guardian view on debt and developing countries: time to offer some relief

    • Zoe Williams

      My 13-hour holiday was a glimpse of the world before Covid. I’ll be going back

      Zoe Williams
    • A man gets the flu vaccine administered at a health centre

      There are new flu vaccines on offer in Australia in 2024. Here’s what to know about them

      Allen Cheng
    • Isabel Brooks

      Young people like me are still feeling the effects of Covid – and they’re not all bad

      Isabel Brooks
    • Kate Garraway

      The Guardian view on unpaid care: time to heed Kate and Derek’s story

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In depth

  • Illustration: Lehel Kovács/The Guardian

    Rage, waste and corruption: how Covid changed politics – podcast

  • Lisa Butler-Hart

    ‘I only had £5’: what happened to the 3.8 million people denied furlough at the start of Covid?

    • Illustration: Dom McKenzie

      From the archive: ‘Is anybody in there?’ Life on the inside as a locked-in patient – podcast

    • Illustration show the silhouettes of a group of people under the shadow of the coronavirus

      Young and old: how the Covid pandemic has affected every UK generation

    • illustration of male politician figure at lectern, distorted by digital graphical glitches and surrounded by small coronavirus particles

      Rage, waste and corruption: how Covid changed politics

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Multimedia

  • Boris Johnson 'largely absent' early in Covid crisis, says Welsh first minister – video

  • Former Scottish first minister Nicola Sturgeon was visibly moved during her testimony at the Covid inquiry

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    Tearful Nicola Sturgeon says she ‘at times felt overwhelmed’ by pandemic – video

    Former Scottish first minister Nicola Sturgeon was visibly moved during her testimony at the Covid inquiry
  • Michelle Mone in the House of Lords

    Michelle Mone and the PPE Medpro investigation

    After the peer admitted to lying about her involvement in lucrative government PPE deals during the Covid crisis, the fate of her high-profile lingerie company raises further questions. David Conn reports
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