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Quiz of The Week: 17 - 24 September

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What kind of mask works best against Delta?

Study shows surgical masks are more effective than cloth but are N95 and FFP2 the ones to have?

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The wish list

Best properties: colourful houses

Featuring striking townhouses and rustic cottages

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Why we’re talking about . . .

Is James Bond still relevant?

24 Sep 2021

In Depth

Aukus: the rift with France

23 Sep 2021

Podcast

Clinical injustice, wireless power and pandas

24 Sep 2021

The Daily Briefing

25 September 2021

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Visa scheme to ease fuel crisis

Ministers are planning a visa scheme to make it easier for foreign lorry drivers to come to the UK. Any changes to immigration rules will be temporary…

Chemo ‘stopped for advanced patients’

Some NHS cancer patients have had their chemotherapy stopped because there are not enough medics to deliver it. Patients with advanced forms of the di…

Rayner says Labour would boost unions

Labour would seek to drive up wages by empowering trade unions to negotiate minimum rates of pay, Angela Rayner is expected to announce today. Labour’…

Canadians released after China deal

Two Canadians have been released from Chinese detention and are on their way home to Canada, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has announced. Michael Spav…

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Instant Opinion

‘If Boris Johnson felt shame, he wouldn’t be slashing universal credit’

Your digest of analysis from the British and international press

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The big trip

Staycation inspiration: autumn escapes and winter getaways

Coronavirus

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‘Variant-proof’ Covid vaccine begins trials

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Disrupted periods and Covid-19 jabs: is there a connection?

A man receives his first Covid-19 dose in Surrey

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Which Covid-19 vaccine works best as a booster jab?

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In focus: the Covid vaccines

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Oxford-AstraZeneca

The Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine has been the jewel in the crown of the UK jab rollout, with its most recent clinical trial results reporting an overall…

Pfizer-BioNTech

Most vaccines rely on weakened or inactivated parts of the virus to provoke an immune response in their recipients, but the Pfizer version is syntheti…

Moderna

Moderna has become the third coronavirus vaccine to be rolled out in the UK. The majority of the available vaccines have been bought by the UK, EU, US…

Janssen-Johnson & Johnson

Like the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine, the Janssen drug uses a modified adenovirus, a harmless, engineered virus that is injected into the patient. The …

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