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More than 900 Covid deaths recorded in England and Wales in first week of January

ONS records 58% rise on previous week but figures are artificially high due to Christmas bank holidays

Tobi Thomas, Niamh McIntyre and Pamela Duncan

18, Jan, 2022 @1:02 PM

What do we know about the 175,000 people who died with Covid in the UK?

How the pandemic has affected people based on age, gender, vaccination status and ethnicity

Niamh McIntyre, Tobi Thomas, Pamela Duncan and Glenn Swann

17, Jan, 2022 @12:16 PM

Debt advice charity condemns ‘misleading’ write-off ads on Facebook

Exclusive: adverts with crest-like logos and Boris Johnson’s image may give impression they are linked to government

Niamh McIntyre

13, Jan, 2022 @4:14 PM

Matt Hancock tests positive for Covid; France confirms record 368,149 new cases – as it happened

Former UK health secretary contracts virus for a second time; French health officials had been expected to announce record-breaking infections

Samantha Lock (now); Léonie Chao-Fong, Matthew Weaver and Tom Ambrose (earlier)

12, Jan, 2022 @1:06 AM

UK Covid death toll has passed 175,000, says ONS

Figure of 176,035 differs significantly from government’s official count – which exceeded 150,000 at weekend

Niamh McIntyre and Pamela Duncan

11, Jan, 2022 @4:18 PM

NHS in England hit by highest Covid absences since vaccine rollout

Average of 35,596 staff were sick with coronavirus in past week, figures show, a level last seen a year ago

Pamela Duncan, Niamh McIntyre, Denis Campbell and Ashley Kirk

07, Jan, 2022 @1:49 PM

Fossil fuel firms among biggest spenders on Google ads that look like search results

One in five ads served on search results for 78 climate-related terms placed by firms with interests in fossil fuels, research finds

Niamh McIntyre

05, Jan, 2022 @7:00 AM

More than 90 care home operators in England declare red alert over staffing

Over 11,000 care workers off for Covid reasons, internal health system staffing data shows

Robert Booth and Niamh McIntyre

05, Jan, 2022 @6:00 AM

Covid: how has the pandemic changed in the UK in 2021?

The year has been marked by the success of the vaccination drive – yet thousands have still died

Pablo Gutiérrez, Pamela Duncan, Ashley Kirk, Miles Probyn , Niamh McIntyre, Tobi Thomas and Garry Blight

22, Dec, 2021 @8:00 AM

Millions of unjabbed a key concern as England scrambles to vaccinate

Government’s ‘Get boosted now’ slogan means little in areas where up to 30% of people have had no vaccine at all

Robert Booth, Niamh McIntyre and Tobi Thomas

15, Dec, 2021 @6:33 PM

As many as 6 million eligible Britons may not have had a Covid jab. Who are they?

The Omicron variant has refocused attention on vaccination rates as data shows disparities in uptake across age, region and ethnicity

Niamh McIntyre and Tobi Thomas

07, Dec, 2021 @8:00 AM

Covid in England: how the NHS could be hit this winter

Hospitals may have fewer Covid-19 patients now but the statistics point to worrying times ahead for the NHS

Pamela Duncan, Niamh McIntyre, Tobi Thomas and Ashley Kirk

02, Dec, 2021 @9:22 PM

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