- “Poison Control Centers Warn About Toxic Chemical in At-home COVID-19 Test Kits” – Some at-home rapid COVID-19 tests contain a toxic chemical that may be harmful to both children and adults, according to the Epoch Times.
- “NHS trust tells gender-critical boss not to apply for senior role” – The NHS Trust that runs a controversial gender identity clinic for the young is facing accusations of discrimination after a feminist candidate was told not to apply for a top position.
- “Covid in Scotland: Vaccine passports and classroom masks rules end” – The end of more restrictions comes almost two years after the first confirmed case of Covid in Scotland. Better late than never.
- “Commuters urged to work from home as Tube strikes threaten to derail return to office” – Transport bosses say services will be seriously disrupted from Tuesday after talks break down.
- “Germany prepared to keep nuclear plants open to reduce reliance on Russian gas” – No ‘ideological’ opposition to extending power stations’ service, senior Green politician says. Every cloud…
- “Matt Hancock tells all on new podcast: ‘I haven’t had casual sex with anybody. I fell in love with somebody’” – Speaking on The Diary of a CEO podcast, the former Health Secretary was also asked about his weepy TV appearance about the Covid vaccines.
- “‘Butt out’ of Downing Street parties investigation, Boris Johnson ally tells police” – Inquiry “extremely ill-judged” as Covid regulations were never intended to be used as a “retrospective” way of punishing people, says Lord Moylan.
- “Meanwhile, the U.K. grabs new anti-protest powers” – Last week, Justin Trudeau ended his use of Canada’s Emergencies Act, but is the British Government about to grant itself the same powers to end democratic protests, asks Mark Johnson in UnHerd.
- “Vaccine watchdog locks out top paediatrician” – The vaccine watchdog has locked out a top paediatrician, says the Conservative Woman.
- “Britain’s steel industry hammered by climate change taxes” – Not only do carbon prices push up electricity prices, they are also extremely detrimental to energy intensive industry, such as steel.
- “Joanne Lumley voices concerns over plans for Suffolk wind farms” – The actress was one of 17 signatories to a letter that accuses the National Grid of “threatening fragile ecosystems”, reports the Telegraph.
- “‘Covid toes’ may be nothing more than chilblains” – A study found the new phenomenon was probably down to cold feet from people walking barefoot at home during lockdown, says the Telegraph.
- “Her Majesty spends time with William and Kate and Princess Beatrice” – The Queen, 95, who tested positive for the virus just over a week ago, went to Frogmore on her Windsor Estate on Sunday, where younger members of her family had gathered to meet her.
- “U.K. logs average of just 27,500 Covid cases in last three days” – the Government’s coronavirus dashboard show there was an average of 27,500 Covid cases over the last three days in first weekend where daily virus data on cases hospitalisations and deaths have been pooled. That’s 25% lower than a week ago.
- “Covid Dinner Party” – Saturday Night Live‘s take on how ultra-liberal mask and vaccine fanatics are trying to cope with the realisation that they may have been wrong.
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