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Dame Sarah Gilbert, professor of vaccinology at the University of Oxford’s Jenner Institute, warned that variants of the virus will continue to be a threat until more jabs are made and distributed to populations around the globe. She said that although the vaccines available are effective against variants which are in circulation currently, there could …

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Tesco, Asda, Lidl, Morrisons and Waitrose have become the latest retailers to say they will encourage customers and shop workers to continue wearing masks in their supermarkets from July 19. On Wednesday evening, fellow supermarket chain Sainsbury’s said it will encourage all customers to wear a face covering if they can after “freedom day”. It …

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The encrypted messaging service can currently only “mirror” the contents of the app stored on a customer’s phone on one other device at a time. To do so requires the user to scan a QR code on their phone, meaning it is impossible to do when a phone is out of battery. Using WhatsApp on …

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Roger Howkins, a specialist lift engineer employed as an expert by the inquiry, has said he considers it would have been relatively inexpensive and straightforward to install the vast majority of the features of an enhanced firefighting lift when substantial works were done in 2002-2006. Ian Moorhouse, who was the director of Butler & Young …

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The veteran rocker, 74, is celebrating 300 episodes and six years of his Rocket Hour radio show on Apple Music, which he uses to give new stars a platform. He sat down for an interview with Zane Lowe, with stars including Arlo Parks, Dua Lipa and Sam Fender either calling in or sending voice notes, …

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Social media companies are handing police the details of accounts involved in racism towards England football players, with four arrests being made so far in connection with the abuse. An investigation is under way into posts published on Sunday following England’s defeat to Italy in the Euro 2020 final, which targeted black players including Marcus …

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More than half a million alerts were sent to users of the NHS Covid-19 app in England and Wales in the most recent week, telling them they had been in close contact with someone who had tested positive for coronavirus. Some 530,126 alerts – 520,194 in England and 9,932 in Wales – were sent in …

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