The Independent - 2020-12-11

• Hospital inspection­s need an urgent health check
• Inquiry demands overhaul to prevent baby deaths after NHS maternity scandal
• ‘Normal birth at any cost’
• When will health officials get a grip on poor care?
• NHS plans ‘early warning’ system to spot care errors
• Johnson warns Cabinet to start preparing for no deal
• Reckless and dangerous incompeten­ce is not the mark of a true patriot, PM
• Spinning the Brexit blame
• As things stand, Brexiteers have got what they wanted
• Britons face EU travel ban when Brexit transition ends
• Kay-O: Burley to ‘step back’ from Sky News for six months after Covid breach
• Mass testing brought in for secondary school pupils as Covid cases rise in London
• A £720m army of contact tracers worked one out of 100 hours they were paid to
• Mayor of Liverpool steps aside following his arrest
• PM faces legal action over clearing Patel of bullying
• UK policy towards China over Uighurs has ‘failed’
• Lockdowns cause record dropoff in CO2 emissions
• Road pollution levels now higher than before outbreak
• Deportatio­ns halted after Covid outbreak at facility
• Year-long waits for NHS operations at 12-year high
• Middle-class graduates join queues for food banks as crisis deepens in pandemic
• Home news in brief
• Pfizer jab approved for emergency rollout in US
• US set to execute inmate despite last-minute pleas
• Acting PM charged over deadly Beirut explosion
• Italy names four suspects in murder of student in Egypt
• Liberté, égalité, weaponry
• Majority of Indian domestic workers on ‘seven days a week with no annual leave’
• Israel and Morocco agree to restart ties in US-aided deal
• World news in brief
• Johnson will soon be adding DVDs and a wheelbarro­w to the mix to get his trade deal
• There are two sets of rules when it comes to Covid-19
• Facebook should have had its wings clipped some time ago
• Lessons learned by Javid from his rapid rise – with less said of his sudden fall
• Christophe­r Nolan is right – big films need big screens
• Covid tier bias has put paid to all hopes of ‘levelling up’
• Gifted violinist who dazzled audiences across the globe
• The Crown is as accurate as can be on relations between Thatcher and the Queen
• ‘Art exists so we can feel free to speak without fear’
• Books to help process loss
• Are you happy to fly on the upgraded Boeing 737 Max?
• Fanny and Alexander is the finest Christmas film of all
• A CLEAN STREEP
• Connected through sound
• FULL OF SINCERITY
• THRILLS AND SPILLS
• THE SONIC BEYOND
• Economic recovery falters with output at just 0.4%
• Mike Ashley’s retail group confirms Topshop interest
• Give investors a say on the climate crisis as well as pay
• Lab meat is getting closer to our supermarke­t shelves
• Business news in brief
• Souness on midfielder­s and why he would have found the modern game ‘a doddle’
• ‘I was so lucky to stay alive, it was very touch and go’
• Joshua prepared for 12 rounds of war with Pulev
• Coe confident in Japan’s ‘iron will’ to stage Games
• Sport News In Brief
• EastEnders and Carry On star Barbara Windsor dies
• Bubbly east ender who was a consummate profession­al

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