Latest articles by Aaron Drapkin
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Panic as British Army boss gets lost during training in Wiltshire
Speed Read Mark Carleton-Smith declared missing in action during exercise on Salisbury Plain
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Penguin colony at risk as Somerset-sized iceberg bears down on British overseas territory
Speed Read Several species face starvation if the icy giant blocks access to feeding grounds
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UK ‘brinkmanship’ risks ending chances of Brexit deal, Barnier claims
Speed Read Government’s down-to-the-wire negotiating strategy dubbed 'a recipe for disaster'
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Laptop belonging to Joe Biden’s son linked to FBI money laundering probe
Speed Read Subpoena indicates that contents of Hunter Biden’s computer are being scrutinised in financial case
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Which countries have tried circuit breaker lockdowns - and do they work?
In Depth Singapore and South Korea saw Covid cases fall but not all of the shutdowns were a success
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Eight in ten Covid cases in UK show no ‘core symptoms’, research finds
Speed Read New study says well-known indicators such as cough and loss of smell are a ‘poor marker of infection’
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Neanderthal genes linked to severe Covid-19 symptoms
Speed Read Discovery may explain why some regions have been harder hit by coronavirus
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Explained: the UK’s new ‘traffic light’ system to manage local lockdowns
Speed Read Downing Street hopes the scheme will help avoid unnecessary economic disruption
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One in five Britons won’t get Covid-19 vaccine amid ‘fears of side-effects’
Speed Read Experts say findings of new study pose a ‘real worry’ for public health
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‘Operation Moonshot’: Boris Johnson’s mass testing plan to cost ‘almost entire NHS budget’
Speed Read Government programme billed as ‘only hope’ for avoiding second nationwide lockdown
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Sweden claims ‘vindication’ over anti-lockdown policy as Covid cases hit new low
Speed Read Rate of positive tests has fallen from 19% at peak of pandemic to just 1.3%
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Prince Andrew visits Queen for ‘crisis talks’ over links to Jeffrey Epstein
Speed Read Duke of York met with his mother at Balmoral Castle in Scotland
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750m genetically modified mosquitoes to be released in Florida Keys
In Depth The insects will produce stunted offspring incapable of passing on diseases
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China dismisses anger at ‘huge Wuhan pool party’
Speed Read Images should lead critics to ‘reflect on epidemic control in their own countries’, state media say
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Prince Harry and Meghan Markle pitch mystery project idea to Hollywood
Speed Read The Sussex royals have been shopping their concept around tinseltown since June
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Cycling revolution: ‘demand for bikes has gone ballistic’
Speed Read Brompton to launch bike rental subscription service after lockdown surge
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Bid to resurrect extinct Sumatran rhino using stem cells
Speed Read Scientists aim to create embryos to implant into a ‘closely related species’
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Flu now killing five times more people than Covid-19
Speed Read Influenza deaths overtook those caused by coronavirus in mid-June, UK figures show
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135,000 jobs in Britain facing the axe amid ‘economic armageddon’
Speed Read Retail sector expected to see at least 22,500 jobs disappear
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Mystery of where Stonehenge stones came from finally solved
Speed Read But how the builders moved the huge stone megaliths to the Salisbury site remains a mystery
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Yorkshire museum calls on curators to enter battle of the sculpted bums
Speed Read The competition has been welcomed by visitors unable to ‘ogle the buns’ in person
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Six-a-year anti-HIV injection ‘more effective’ than daily pill
Speed Read Researchers say long-acting new preventative drug is ‘game changer’ in fight against Aids
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Revealed: the areas that may face local Covid lockdowns ‘within days’
In Depth Health experts expect ‘a number of Leicesters’ across the UK
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At least 10,000 UK workers axed in two days as clock ticks down on Covid jobs scheme
Speed Read Many thousands of further redundancies are expected
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