There have been penalties for those who looked the other way when Epstein was convicted of child sex offences and decided to maintain relationships with the financier — but not for the British ambassador to Washington, reveals SOLOMON HUGHES
What do we know about the effect of school openings on Covid-19 transmission?
As children return to the classroom, reassuringly some studies show that they have a very low transmission rate — but there is also evidence that closing schools is still the single most effective intervention measure, report ROX MIDDLETON, LIAM SHAW and JOEL HELLEWELL
If children can still transmit the virus, the question then turns to whether school attendance might act as a way for the disease to spread between households that are otherwise not in contact
Labour’s new Treasury unit will ‘challenge unnecessary regulation’ by forcing nominally independent bodies like Ofwat to bend to business demands — exactly what Iain Anderson’s corporate clients wanted, writes SOLOMON HUGHES
DR DYLAN MURPHY looks at a Big Brother Watch report which exposes the government as an enabler of DWP secret spying on benefit claimants
The EU faces a critical choice: will it remain in the shadow of an increasingly unreliable US ally, or will it forge its own path in a multilateral world where co-operation with China is essential, asks MARC VANDEPITTE as leaders meet for the EU-China Summit
A lot of discussion about how the left should currently organise – including debate on whether the Green Party is a useful vehicle for advance – runs the risk of refusing to engage with or learn from the reasons the left was defeated previously, argues KEVIN OVENDEN
For Egypt trade trumps the Israeli genocide of the Palestinians, but how long can the country’s ‘misleaders’ – and others in the region – continue their indifference against the popular will of their own people, asks ROGER McKENZIE
ON March 8, in just under a week’s time, all schools in England can re-open and around 10 million children will return to school. Many parents and teachers are understandably worried about the effect that this will have on coronavirus transmission. The thousands of deaths from Covid-19 in the first few months of 2021 are a painful reminder of what unmitigated transmission can result in.
Nearly a year on from the first nationwide lockdown in Britain, what have we learned about infection in children and the potential for transmission in schools?
Thankfully, one pattern that has been repeated across the world is that children are far less likely to experience severe disease. While they may still be infected, they make up a tiny proportion of hospital admissions and deaths due to Covid-19.
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The distinction between domestic and military drones is more theoretical than practical, write ROX MIDDLETON, LIAM SHAW and MIRIAM GAUNTLETT
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