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[ad_1] The UK economy grew a record 15.5% in the third quarter, but is still 8.2% smaller than before the pandemic, official figures show. Data from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) showed that gross domestic product (GDP) rebounded strongly in the July-September period after the pandemic-driven recession in the …

[ad_1] TThis should be a time of hope, optimism, even celebration, and yet it is difficult to shake off the feeling of impending doom. The end of the Covid emergency is finally in sight, but that does not mean that soon everything will be better in this, the best of …

[ad_1] Trussell Trust food banks delivered a record 1.2 million emergency packages in the six months through September, the charity said. More than 470,000 of the plots were for children, according to the charity, which says it shows the scale of support needed during the pandemic. The figures do not …

[ad_1] US President-elect Joe Biden has chosen his longtime aide Ron Klain as his chief of staff. Klain first worked for Biden in 1989 when the latter was a United States senator. He was also in charge of America’s response to the Ebola crisis under Barack Obama in 2014 when …

[ad_1] The capital gains tax could be raised to help pay back the billions of pounds borrowed to support the economy during the COVID-19 pandemic. A report commissioned by Chancellor Rishi Sunak has said that the Treasury could raise £ 14bn by raising tax rates on capital gains to bring …

[ad_1] Reports of side effects caused by the vaccine, which has so far been shown to be safe, come days after Pfizer and its German partner BioNTech announced that the vaccine was 90% effective in preventing coronavirus, and it is expected that the Pharmaceutical companies apply for US emergency use …

[ad_1] The United States has recorded more than 1 million new coronavirus cases in just the past 10 days, as the national total surpassed 10 million cases amid a widespread increase, while Texas became the first to register on Wednesday. one million cases as state. The surging numbers came as …

[ad_1] On Wednesday, the government published an evaluation of a new type of test, called “lateral flow tests”, which began to be offered to everyone in Liverpool last week. The study conducted by the University of Oxford and Public Health England found that the type in use in the city …

[ad_1] Joe Biden has appointed Ron Klain, who was the “Ebola Czar” during the Obama administration, as his chief of staff. Klain, 59, has been a vocal critic of Donald Trump’s pandemic response. He first worked with Biden in the 1980s. In a statement sharing the news, the president-elect praised …

[ad_1] A Libyan refugee who murdered three men in a Reading park during a random terrorist knife attack later told police: “They deserved it.” Khairi Saadallah’s relentless boasting can now be revealed after he admitted to three counts of murder and three additional counts of attempted murder at the Old …