The Independent - 2020-08-12

• People entering the jobs market this year have the odds stacked against them
• Deaths of hundreds of frontline NHS and care workers to be investigat­ed
• A third of staff in maternity units had coronaviru­s but no symptoms, study finds
• U-turn as Scottish results scrapped for 120,000 pupils
• Students can use mock exam results or resit in autumn under new rules
• Why have so few education secretarie­s left their mark?
• Met Police closes Stephen Lawrence investigat­ion
• First economic recession since 2009 is confirmed
• Young vapers ‘seven times more likely’ to get Covid-19
• Facial recognitio­n has been used unlawfully, court rules
• Watchdog: Police failing to treat suspects’ emergency medical needs as genuine
• Tory MPs claim migrants in dinghies are ‘invading’ UK
• More children will cross Channel if No 10 scraps legal routes, charity warns
• Honey bees in polluted cities carry less pollen
• Rex factor: bones of new dinosaur species discovered
• Home news in brief
• ‘I have lived through two wars and never experience­d a blast quite like that’
• Smart operator who built her career on being first
• Will she be America’s first black, female president?
• Lebanon’s only hope is radical political change
• Covid-19 vaccine has been approved for use, Putin says
• Opposition leader ‘forced to flee’ Belarus amid protests
• New Zealand records first virus cases in 102 days
• Afghanista­n to release 400 ‘hardcore’ Taliban prisoners
• World news in brief
• How do you save a country like Lebanon? It’s a question that is impossible to answer
• Labour should not become distracted by voting reform
• It’s time for New Zealand to make the call on cannabis
• Trump’s latest bid to bypass the US constituti­on matters
• Developmen­t of the virus vaccine provides an answer to our productivi­ty puzzle
• We need to talk about Brexit
• No 10 wants us to blame each other for the pandemic and people are falling for it
• Rapper and founding member of The Roots
• How is the coronaviru­s changing British politics?
• My heart is bleeding for a city I thought I hated
• COLD COMFORT
• WILD COURSES
• The eccentric and uncanny artistry of Stanley Kubrick
• UK employment falls at fastest rate in a decade
• Once furlough ends there will be an unemployme­nt spike – but how high?
• Debenhams to cut 2,500 jobs after lockdown impact
• Business news in brief
• Driving costs men £2,000 more a year than women
• Debt crisis is set to deepen as assistance scaled back
• The next financial threat from this virus is job scams
• Champions League’s sudden death format offers unique route to immortalit­y
• Tactical breakdown: How quarter-finals can be won
• The joy of Atalanta, a story European football needs
• PSG braced for glorious chance fraught with danger
• Why do Manchester United get so many penalties?
• What is really happening with Lille defender Gabriel?
• Sibley fitter than ever and has ‘a lot more to give’
• Sport news in brief

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