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Worth a shot? How worried should we be about people refusing to have a Covid-19 vaccine if one is developed?…
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Take cover The government has said it will make wearing masks compulsory in shops. Mandatory masks rather run against the…
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Price of protest Greenpeace was fined £80,000 for defying a court order and occupying an oil rig in the North…
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Leicester lockdowns Leicester was forced to impose the first local lockdown, in response to a reported surge in cases of…
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Voyage into history How did the Labour government respond to the arrival of the Empire Windrush on 22 June 1948?…
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Made to measure The government started reviewing whether we should stay two metres apart while social distancing or whether one…
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The Colston chronicles Who, exactly, was Sir Edward Colston? Colston was born into a family of merchants and spent the…
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Covid deaths Has Covid-19 evolved to become less deadly? — Global infections reached a new peak on 29 May, with…
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Site test What’s on offer in the town of Barnard Castle? — Ruined 12th-century castle perched high above the Tees,…
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Unusual crowd FC Seoul apologised after using sex dolls to try to create some atmosphere as games went ahead behind…
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Safety first The government was criticised for its new coronavirus slogan, ‘Stay alert’. What are the most common safety slogans…
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Admitting defeat 8 May is celebrated as VE Day, but it is also a date which marks a significant English…
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Multiplying by hundreds The Queen penned a personal 100th birthday message to Captain Tom Moore, who has raised money for…
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Oldies and goodies Captain Tom Moore, 99, raised more than £26 million by walking 100 laps of the garden of…
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TV quizzes An ITV drama told the story of Major Charles Ingram, who was convicted of cheating in the gameshow…
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Game on A few things which are still going on, in spite of coronavirus: — Football in Belarus, where the…
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People power Boris Johnson said that the reaction to the coronavirus crisis showed ‘There really is such a thing as…
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Time out When did British workers start being ‘furloughed’? The word furlough is first recorded in the English language in…
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Taking off Who came up with the concept of ‘helicopter money’? — The term is derived from an essay in…
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Heathrow’s nine runways When was a third runway for Heathrow first proposed? Heathrow was always planned to have multiple runways.…
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What a hole The World Health Organisation added processed meats to its list of ‘known’ carcinogens. A few of the…
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Breeding controversy A Downing Street aide, believed to have been recruited as a result of Dominic Cummings’s advert for ‘weirdos…
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Going viral A few of the businesses which chose ‘Corona’ as a brand name and now have a bit of…
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Mumbo jumbo The Prime Minister called opposition to imports of US-produced food ‘mumbo jumbo’. The expression was introduced to the…
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In the beginning How did Britain mark its entry into the European Economic Community on 1 January 1973? There were no…
