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Addenbrooke’s Hospital has been testing staff for Covid-19 since the start of the pandemic, even when workers showed no symptoms.
— Read on www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/news/national/19405452.upgrading-ppe-staff-covid-wards-dramatically-cut-infections/

Philip Agee – Wikipedia
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Feras Al Jayoosi was handed a 16-week suspended sentence for wearing T-shirts supporting groups proscribed as terrorist organisations in the UK.
— Read on www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/jewish-palestine-london-hamas-wiltshire-b1978127.html

The pine tree was 65 years old
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Yapp v Foreign and Commonwealth Office, Court of Appeal, 21 November 2014
— Read on www.brownejacobson.com/insurance/training-and-resources/legal-updates/2014/12/yapp-v-foreign-commonwealth-office

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Disciplinary procedures and workplace stress: Is your organisation at risk of a personal injury claim?
— Read on www.weightmans.com/insights/disciplinary-procedures-and-workplace-stress-is-your-organisation-at-risk-of-a-personal-injury-claim/

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E & F (Minors : Blood Transfusion) [2021] EWCA Civ 1888 (14 December 2021)
— Read on www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWCA/Civ/2021/1888.html

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Modelling the potential consequences of the Omicron SARS-CoV-2 variant in England
— Read on cmmid.github.io/topics/covid19/omicron-england.html

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Exclusive: Ken Loach calls out Sir Keir Starmer, what were his dealings in the Julian Assange case – Labour Heartlands
— Read on labourheartlands.com/exclusive-ken-loach-calls-out-sir-keir-starmer-what-was-his-dealings-in-the-julian-assange-case/

United States of America v Assange [2021] EWHC 3313 (Admin) (10 December 2021)
— Read on www.bailii.org/cgi-bin/format.cgi

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Generals would not ‘allow a prime minister to jeopardise the security of the UK’
— Read on www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/british-army-could-stage-mutiny-under-corbyn-says-senior-serving-general-10509742.html

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Omicron SARS-CoV-2 variant: a new chapter in the COVID-19 pandemic
— Read on www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(21)02758-6/fulltext

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It’s officially that time of year again. We’d like to invite you to Stop the…
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We’re holding our People’s Covid Inquiry now because we don’t think it’s too soon to start learning lessons about this crisis.

People are still dying from COVID-19. We believe 100,000 deaths were avoidable. We all deserve to know how and why this happened.

Learn lessons, save lives.  
— Read on www.peoplescovidinquiry.com/who-we-are

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By charging Israel with ‘apartheid,’ former Israeli AG joins list of those Greenblatt and Deutch deem antisemitic
— Read on mondoweiss.net/2021/12/by-charging-israel-with-apartheid-former-israeli-ag-joins-list-of-those-greenblatt-and-deutch-deem-antisemitic/

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New study: FFP2 masks enormously reduce the risk of infection
— Read on www.tellerreport.com/life/2021-12-06-new-study–ffp2-masks-enormously-reduce-the-risk-of-infection.HJe5usEitF.html

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Reported move triggers backlash from lawyers, with one senior QC quoted as saying the prime minister is seeking a ‘more compliant judiciary’
— Read on www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/boris-johnson-reforms-judicial-review-b1970290.html

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Palestine Action Activists Found NOT GUILTY After Defacing Israeli Arms Company – Palestine Action
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Footnote: the above was prepared contemporaneously and given the vote today, 2 July, I must make it clear that nothing here should be interpreted as showing support for Palestine Action in any way.

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Since Delta, every variant from Epsilon to Kappa has been downgraded, with Lambda and Mu still designated as merely ‘…
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The government’s back-door amendments to the policing bill are tyrannical. We should be on the streets in our millions, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
— Read on www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2021/dec/01/imprisoned-51-weeks-protesting-britain-police-state

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Authorities in the Netherlands say testing has confirmed that COVID cases identified on November 19 and 23 were the new strain — days before researchers identified it.
— Read on www.cbsnews.com/news/omicron-variant-covid-in-europe-netherlands-before-alert-raised/

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INITIAL data from the US booster shot campaign shows that side effects are milder, but may still occur for a day or two after being jabbed.
— Read on www.express.co.uk/life-style/health/1527316/booster-jab-side-effects-common-symptoms/amp

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