Zero daily Covid deaths announced in the UK for the first time since pandemic began bbc.in/3wTH4qJ

6 years, 1 month and 16 days after her late sister Jo Cox joined the Commons, Kim Leadbeater MBE MP has been sworn in as the new MP for Batley and Spen

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"September 11 may be one of the most-documented calamities in history, but for all the spools of disaster footage we’ve watched, we still know practically nothing about the last moments of the individual dead," Jennifer Senior writes. theatlantic.com/magazine/archi…

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Lots of wage chat today. Lots of it mega confused. Two key confusions. 1: thinking the direct/immediate effect of economic change is the only effect of economic change 2. Thinking that migration is EVERYTHING 🧵

Stop intellectualising pop culture via Financial Times on.ft.com/3nNIhNo

Richard Ratcliffe ended his hunger strike today after 21 days. Don’t say it ended in failure. There is only glory in trying to protect your wife, reunite your family and ask for the truth. Throughout he has shown untold dignity and compassion. Admire him, support him, help him.

It's that time of year again folks! 🎁 We've gathered together loads of our favourite gift ideas for you from all areas of the shop; the latest fiction, essays, and memoir, to children's books, music, food & drink, poetry, and more. pagesofhackney.co.uk/gift-guide-202…

For no particular reason ... A Sunday thread highlighting just a tiny sample of the brilliant women whose tireless work has shaped my understanding of Covid-19

Vivian Archer is a bookseller in east London who's been helping local communities for decades. This Christmas she's helping to deliver over a thousand books to disadvantaged children in the area, after receiving thousands of pounds of donations. bbc.in/3FhjuIL

“I thought you were starting a diet” “Not until Monday” “Bank holiday?” “Tuesday then”

BREAKING: Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, the British-Iranian woman detained in Iran nearly six years ago, has been released and is on her way back to the UK. bbc.in/3KN4Uvc

ONE WEEK TO GO! 🎉 #DerryGirls will *finally* be back in your life next Tuesday at 9.15pm. Who’s excited?

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NEW: for the last few weeks I’ve been digging into how the huge pressures on the NHS — both immediate and longer-term — are increasingly forcing Britons to go private. The result is this, the first edition of what will be my weekly data-driven Financial Times column: ft.com/content/dbf166…

Cocaine, class and me: everyone in this town takes drugs, all the time – they’re part of the civic culture | Life and style | The Guardian theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2…