The Independent - 2021-03-02

• The hunt for a missing patient says a lot about the UK’s response to Covid
• Covid hasn’t reached peak of evolution, says scientist
• Holiday plans up in the air
• Search for missing person infected with Brazil variant
• Single dose of vaccine cuts risk of hospital admission in elderly by 80%, data shows
• Teachers ‘at no higher virus risk’ than any other workers
• Social care needs billions to keep it running, Sunak told
• Bail out renters with Covid debt fund, chancellor urged
• Sunak goes full David Brent in his greatest hits montage
• Patel’s plan to jail Channel ‘people smugglers’ for life is a ‘cheap stunt’, say charities
• Will people smugglers face tougher sentences in UK?
• Prince Philip taken to NHS hospital for heart check-up
• Climate crisis ‘to blame for 1,500 UK heatwave deaths’
• Cameron criticises May and Johnson for foreign policies
• Absent EU workers ‘may lose right to live in UK’
• Restore foreign aid for UK’s own sake, says top diplomat
• Condemnati­on for UK’s ‘heinous’ cut to Yemen aid
• Home news in brief
• Devastated by war, Iraqi Christians hope the Pope’s first visit can bring change
• Ex-French president gets three years for corruption
• The disastrous fall from grace of Nicolas Sarkozy
• Protests continue as ousted Myanmar leader faces court
• EU split over ‘jab passports’
• Biden says Mexico is an ‘equal’ partner, in change of tone from the Trump years
• Khashoggi fiancee: Crown prince should be punished
• The ‘harshest’ jail in Russia: where Navalny is being kept
• World news in brief
• Trump is planning a sequel but should we be worried?
• I took the government to court over the restrictio­ns placed on pubs – this is why
• Don’t be shortsight­ed... look after your eyes in lockdown
• Football’s essence is being eroded by pernickety rules
• Summer schools won’t mean children missing out on fun
• The designer behind the first fibreglass dune buggy
• Budgeting for the economic equivalent of long Covid
• ‘Wasn’t Flack enough to stop the online abuse?’
• How can you say booking a package holiday is risk-free?
• BIRTHDAYS
• SLEEP LIKE A BABY
• Is drinking cow’s milk a risk factor for breast cancer?
• DON’T SWEAT IT
• ‘A gift that keeps on giving’
• Stars go straight to video at humdrum Golden Globes
• Aviva commits to reaching netzero emissions by 2040
• Small firms to get £520m boost under recovery plan
• Halfords is a contender for king of the mountains as it powers over pandemic hill
• Business news in brief
• Everton deepen struggling Southampto­n’s misery
• Johnson backs UK and Ireland bid for 2030 World Cup and pledges £2.8m
• United epitomise problem with drab ‘big six’ games
• How Man City have learnt to flourish without Aguero
• Barnes injury leaves Foxes down to their ‘bare bones’
• Greenwood: From being ‘wrecked’ by online abuse to becoming fearless at City
• Sport news in brief

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