• Long Covid-19 emergency: UK government must act now

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    An alarming 1.8 million people in Britain are estimated to be living with long Covid, amounting to 2.8 percent of the population, new figures suggest. This is up almost 6 per cent from the...

  • 'Working-class representation in British journalism hits record low'

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     A newly-released Diversity in Journalism report found that working-class people were heavily unrepresented in the news industry and that journalists were almost twice as likely as the general...

  • PM Boris in free fall after local election losses

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    Local Conservative candidates have criticised British Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s leadership following the loss of several key council seats. Election results confirmed that Labour had gained...

  • It's global: Online anti-Asian hate on the rise

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    York University in Toronto, Canada has released a study that shows how rhetorical mechanisms and tropes spread racism. Fuyuki Kurasawa, a social sciences professor, at a virtual symposium...

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