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| Covid: Pressure on PM after Starmer mobbed and pandemic 'staycation' boost continues | Covid: Pressure on PM after Starmer mobbed and pandemic 'staycation' boost continues |
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| Here are five things you need to know about the coronavirus pandemic this Tuesday morning. We'll have another update for you this evening. | Here are five things you need to know about the coronavirus pandemic this Tuesday morning. We'll have another update for you this evening. |
| 1. Pressure on PM after Starmer mobbed by Covid protesters | 1. Pressure on PM after Starmer mobbed by Covid protesters |
| What started out as a protest against anti-Covid measures has ended with the prime minister coming under renewed pressure from his own MPs. When demonstrators near Parliament surrounded Sir Keir Starmer, causing him to be shepherded away by police, there were shouts of "Jimmy Savile". Yesterday's incident happened days after Boris Johnson falsely claimed the Labour leader had failed to prosecute the serial sex offender when head of the Crown Prosecution Service and now some Conservatives say the PM must apologise. | What started out as a protest against anti-Covid measures has ended with the prime minister coming under renewed pressure from his own MPs. When demonstrators near Parliament surrounded Sir Keir Starmer, causing him to be shepherded away by police, there were shouts of "Jimmy Savile". Yesterday's incident happened days after Boris Johnson falsely claimed the Labour leader had failed to prosecute the serial sex offender when head of the Crown Prosecution Service and now some Conservatives say the PM must apologise. |
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| Watch the moment protesters surround Labour leader Keir Starmer | Watch the moment protesters surround Labour leader Keir Starmer |
| Watch the moment protesters surround Labour leader Keir Starmer | Watch the moment protesters surround Labour leader Keir Starmer |
| 2. Calls for contact tracing system to end | 2. Calls for contact tracing system to end |
| Scottish Conservatives are calling for the country's Covid-19 contact-tracing system to be wound up, saying Test and Protect was "incredibly useful" in the early stages of the pandemic but has become "increasingly redundant". However, Nicola Sturgeon says testing is "one of the protections we are likely to ask people to follow for longest", with Scottish Labour backing its continued use. | Scottish Conservatives are calling for the country's Covid-19 contact-tracing system to be wound up, saying Test and Protect was "incredibly useful" in the early stages of the pandemic but has become "increasingly redundant". However, Nicola Sturgeon says testing is "one of the protections we are likely to ask people to follow for longest", with Scottish Labour backing its continued use. |
| 3. 'My shame over long Covid work absence' | 3. 'My shame over long Covid work absence' |
| Sian Griffiths is just one of 1.3 million people in the UK - more than 2% of the population - said to have been living with symptoms more than four weeks after having Covid. She's desperate to get back to work but the "fog of long Covid" affecting her brain has kept her off for 18 months. Here's her story. | Sian Griffiths is just one of 1.3 million people in the UK - more than 2% of the population - said to have been living with symptoms more than four weeks after having Covid. She's desperate to get back to work but the "fog of long Covid" affecting her brain has kept her off for 18 months. Here's her story. |
| Sian says she burns food, struggles to drive and forgets to close doors but says swimming helps | Sian says she burns food, struggles to drive and forgets to close doors but says swimming helps |
| 4. Out-of-date jabs given by mistake | 4. Out-of-date jabs given by mistake |
| A total of 42 people aged 12 and over were given out-of-date Covid jabs in error at Stonehaven Vaccination Centre, NHS Grampian health board has admitted. The health board says it believes "the doses administered are safe and will still protect" but those affected are being offered another jab. | A total of 42 people aged 12 and over were given out-of-date Covid jabs in error at Stonehaven Vaccination Centre, NHS Grampian health board has admitted. The health board says it believes "the doses administered are safe and will still protect" but those affected are being offered another jab. |
| Those affected were given the jabs at Stonehaven Town Hall on 1 February | Those affected were given the jabs at Stonehaven Town Hall on 1 February |
| 5. 'Staycation' holiday demand remains buoyant | 5. 'Staycation' holiday demand remains buoyant |
| Holidaymakers still want "staycations" this year, despite many pandemic restrictions easing, according to Welsh tourism leaders. One major holiday park on the Llyn Peninsula says it's already fully booked ahead of its opening week in March, while Snowdonia's tourism bosses say bookings are expected to exceed last summer. However, many in the sector say recruiting enough staff to meet holidaymakers' expectations remains challenging. | Holidaymakers still want "staycations" this year, despite many pandemic restrictions easing, according to Welsh tourism leaders. One major holiday park on the Llyn Peninsula says it's already fully booked ahead of its opening week in March, while Snowdonia's tourism bosses say bookings are expected to exceed last summer. However, many in the sector say recruiting enough staff to meet holidaymakers' expectations remains challenging. |
| Travel agent Gwen Elen Morgan thinks the pandemic made everyone notice options on our doorstep | Travel agent Gwen Elen Morgan thinks the pandemic made everyone notice options on our doorstep |
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