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1700 schools now officially infected

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Video: Johnson couldn’t even get 90 seconds into his ‘new restrictions’ speech without trying to con you about the number of new cases

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Video: Shadow Foreign Sec Nandy criticised for ‘Britain First’ radio interview

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Tories extend emergency rail funding that costs taxpayer £100 per journey into company funds – yet will still not end privatisation

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Video: Hancock doesn’t know that UK C19 deaths have doubled – or what alert level is meant to be

By SKWAWKBOX (SW) 20/09/202021/09/2020

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SAGE sources: both CMO Whitty AND CSO Vallance ‘close to quitting’ over Johnson’s refusal to listen

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Irish teachers to vote on strike action over dangerous pandemic teaching conditions – that are safer than UK

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Video: Starmer says he’s AGAINST a new referendum for Scotland. Seems they’re only a good idea when there’s a Corbyn govt to prevent

Holmes streets ahead to win endorsement of another Unison region – this time union’s biggest – in general secretary contest

Unison NEC changes voting rules during meeting after left-winger Holmes looks set to win nomination

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Exclusive: 1,251 schools now hit – and many more prevented from reporting or acting on outbreaks

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C19 hospital admissions in exponential growth, doubling in a week

Video: after months of saying the opposite, Johnson admits virus passes ‘readily’ from children to adults

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Exclusive: Schools hit by virus surge to more than 1,100 – but true picture far worse as more and more schools told to ignore infections and carry on

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Exclusive: suspended left-wing London councillor ‘stitched up’ using edited social media posts