An independent probe has been ordered into Covid-19 outbreaks at a Northern Ireland hospital after the death of a fourth patient. Three wards at Craigavon Area Hospital in Co Armagh
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Councils must have more powers over tax, an organisation representing local authorities in Scotland has said. The demand is one of several in a new Blueprint for Local Government document
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The number of children referred to social care services for support fell by nearly a fifth during the height of the lockdown, the Local Government Association (LGA) has said. Figures
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The number of people being trafficked into the UK could increase as criminals look to exploit those hardest hit by the coronavirus pandemic, an expert has warned. Unseen UK chief
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The proximity app for tracing coronavirus contacts is an “extra piece of armour” which will be “very private”, Scotland’s national clinical director has said. Jason Leitch said the launch of
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Care homes have said the need to restrict the movement of staff between homes to help limit the spread of coronavirus was “obvious” from March. Staffing is one of several
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More than 400 deaths involving Covid-19 occurred each day in UK care homes at the height of the coronavirus outbreak, new analysis shows. There were more than 3,000 care home
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Health Secretary Jeane Freeman refused to say if the owners of a care home hit by a Covid-19 outbreak in which 10 elderly residents died would make a profit, after
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Social media giants have been accused of failing to act on anti-vaccine misinformation related to the coronavirus, even when it is reported to them. A group of young volunteers scoured
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A new £500 million funding package will support trials of a 20-minute Covid-19 test and efforts to explore the benefits of repeatedly testing people for the virus, the Health Secretary
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