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GPs told to get missing kids back to class as absence crisis leads to GCSE slump
The Children's Commissioner found around 20,000 pupils finishing their GCSEs last summer had missed half or more of their classes in one of their final two years of school
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Rishi Sunak denies he's planning secret new career after Downing Street
The Prime Minister shot down rumours he is plotting a surprise change in career as he welcomed world leaders and tech bosses for a summit on Artificial Intelligence
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US Vice-President warns AI is 'currently causing harm' in London speech
Joe Biden's deputy warned concerns about Artificial Intelligence must go beyond 'existential' fears about threats of cyber attacks or bioweapons as she laid out how the tech could harm
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Disabled people still feel a collective trauma from start of Covid
Mirror columnist Rachel Charlton-Dailey blasts the government after the shambolic Whatsapp reveals from the Covid Inquiry starring Dominic Cummings and an imaginative use of swear words
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Top aide claims women lost lives in pandemic as macho No10 focused on hunting
Helen MacNamara, who was Britain’s most senior female civil servant, said Boris Johnson let the country down by not tackling the 'toxic' culture in Downing Street
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Are you surprised by the Covid Inquiry findings - vote in our poll
The Covid Inquiry has shined light on the chaos in No10 in the lead up to the first lockdown, with Boris Johnson suggesting Covid is "nature’s way of dealing with old people"
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3,000 steelworkers in limbo as Tata shelves crunch Port Talbot announcement
The Indian giant had been due to make an announcement after a board meeting in Mumbai today, but it decided to delay revealing its redundancy plans for the South Wales site
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Boris Johnson asked experts if you could kill Covid by blowing hairdryer up nose
The then-PM questioned Government health experts on whether people could get rid of coronavirus with hot air after he watched a YouTube clip that suggested this
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King Charles gives unexpected speech at AI summit warning 'urgency' needed
The King gave an unexpected speech to the AI summit in which he has warned global leaders the need to 'address the risks presented by AI with a sense of urgency'
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Ruthie Henshall's message to Boris Johnson over her mum's care home death
The actor and singer, whose mum Gloria passed away in lockdown, said she was 'deeply shocked and offended' by Boris Johnson's attitude towards older people during Covid
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Top Tory can't say where £38million of taxpayer cash will go in cringe interview
LBC host Nick Ferrari told Oliver Dowden he would be 'bloody certain' where taxpayers' money was going if he was Deputy PM as the Tory minister struggled to answer questions
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Dominic Cummings set to give explosive evidence at Covid Inquiry - live updates
In a scathing series of WhatsApp messages Mr Cummings said the former PM was "melting down" in the buildup to the first lockdown and branded officials "terrifyingly s***"
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16 bombshells from day of nightmare revelations at Covid Inquiry on Halloween
Evidence from Boris Johnson's ex-adviser Dominic Cummings and his ex-communications chief Lee Cain revealed the terrifying chaos at the heart of No10 during the pandemic
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Keir Starmer 'will be forced to hike tax as NHS can't cope with ageing Britain'
The government would have to increase spending by £142 billion per year up to 2030 'to stand still' thanks to the costs of an ageing population, a think tank has warned
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Voters fear AI-fuelled fake news could threaten next general election
A study marking Journalism Matters week comes as world and tech leaders gather for the first Artificial Intelligence Safety Summit at Bletchley Park in Buckinghamshire
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Boris Johnson said 'the old should accept their fate' in sick Covid death jibe
Boris Johnson claimed coronavirus was 'nature's way of dealing with old people' as he refused to introduce lockdown restrictions that could have saved lives during the pandemic
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'The Tories fatally let down Britain during Covid - voters should remember that'
Families mourning lost elderly relatives will be outraged that then Prime Minister Boris Johnson saw the virus as 'nature’s way of dealing with old people'
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Boris Johnson refused to sack Matt Hancock despite warning he was 'killing' old
In explosive WhatsApp messages, Dominic Cummings demanded that Matt Hancock was sacked as Health Secretary as he was a 'proven liar' who should not be in charge of NHS
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Rishi Sunak ignored pleas from Covid experts to give workers cash to isolate
Government scientists told Rishi Sunak when he was Chancellor that he should provide money to make it financially viable for those on low incomes to quarantine at home
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'The battle to keep rail ticket offices is over, but the war is not won yet'
The Transport Secretary has pulled back now, but is he genuinely abandoning the journey, Paul Routledge asks, or merely changing trains and not the destination?
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Exact date XL Bully dog sales to be banned as owners told to keep them muzzled
The breed has been added to the list of dogs banned under the Dangerous Dogs Act. It is a victory for the Mirror which has campaigned for action after a spate of dog attacks
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Tories ditch plans to shut railway station ticket offices in huge win for Mirror
The Government has announced that it is scrapping the proposals drawn up by train firms to shut ticket counters at 974 railway stations across England
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Covid Inquiry: Boris Johnson's true thoughts on victims and more we learned
In an explosive day at the Covid Inquiry, damning WhatsApp messages were shared showing officials thought Boris Johnson made dealing with the pandemic 'impossible'
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Top Tory claims aides would have sent brutal WhatsApps about Winston Churchill
Tory Minister Richard Holden said it would have been 'similarly embarrassing' if World War Two messages existed after the Covid Inquiry released messages about Boris Johnson
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Starmer to warn Gaza ceasefire will help Hamas carry out more attacks on Israel
The Labour leader will give a speech reiterating his call for a "humanitarian pause" allowing Palestinians to escape, but will say that a ceasefire would allow Hamas to plan more attacks on Israel
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