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Apr 22, 20215 min read

Cases of variant B.1.617 (the 'Indian variant') being investigated in the UK

Several cases of the SARS-CoV-2 variant B.1.617 have now been detected in the UK. Prof Sharon Peacock, Director of COG-UK, and Professor...

The Thatch

Apr 21, 20212 min read

TikTok facing legal case on behalf of millions of children over data collection

Anne Longfield OBE is accusing TikTok and its parent company ByteDance of illegally collecting children’s personal information, which she...

The Thatch

Apr 18, 20211 min read

Prince Philip's funeral: 13.6 million people watch the ceremony in the UK

On Saturday, Huw Edwards, Sophie Raworth and JJ Chalmers presented the BBC's live coverage of the funeral from Windsor, alongside...

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