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Polling stations in England will have extra staff to help voters on 4 May as the government introduces its new rules on photographic ID, the Electoral Commission has said. Craig Westwood, the director of communications at the commission, told BBC Radio 4’s Today programme that workers had been preparing for months to put plans in place. The change in voting rules will mean people turning up at polling stations are required to show photographic identification for the first time. Westwood said: “There will be more staff. Some polling stations, particularly larger ones where there are more people who will be registered in…

The pound has climbed to a 10-month high against the US dollar, as signs build that inflationary pressures in America are easing. Sterling hit $1.2546 this morning, the highest since last June, as the dollar dropped on the foreign exchange markets on hopes that the US Federal Reserve could stop lifting interest rates soon. The pound has staged quite a recovery since its nadir last September, when it fell to a record low against the dollar after the mini-budget fiasco. It picked up as Jeremy Hunt tore up much of his predecessor, Kwasi Kwarteng’s, plans for unfunded tax cuts last autumn.

The COVID-19 recommendations hydroxychloroquine, ivermectin, and now artemisinin all have one thing in common: They are antimalarial drugs or have such properties. Yet studies suggest that this may not be a mere coincidence; malaria and COVID-19 may be more similar than people may realize. Malaria Versus COVID-19 From the outset, malaria and COVID-19 are very distinct diseases. Malaria is a parasitic disease. An infection starts when an individual is bitten by a mosquito carrying a parasite from the Plasmodium genus. Upon infection, the parasite first goes to the liver and multiplies in liver cells. Then it migrates to the bloodstream, invades and proliferates…

Nurses in England will go back on strike this month if RCN members reject ministers’ latest pay offer, with officials saying the result of the three-week ballot is too close to call. The Royal College of Nursing will announce the results of its vote on Friday after a lengthy consultation period in which many members have opposed the recommendation of union leaders to accept the government’s proposed deal. Sources close to the union said the vote is so close that it has been forced to make contingency plans for a no vote. Those plans would mean the NHS in England would be hit by…

YOUR LOVEWORLD WITH THE MAN OF GOD Season 7, Phase 3 Commences on 17th-19th April 2023 7pm GMT+1 Your Loveworld specials with the man of God Pastor Chris commences on the 17th-19th April at 7pm GMT +1 Get ready for 3 Days insightful messages from the Man of God Pastor Chris.  Over 7 billion souls are in focus, said the Man of God, Rev (Dr) Chris Oyakhilome as  Christians all around the world join him for the 3rd phase of Your Loveworld Specials Season 7.

There is not enough evidence to suggest medical-grade face masks protect vulnerable people from Covid, health officials have admitted. A rapid review report published by the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) investigated if high-quality masks, such as the N95, KN95 and FFP2 coverings, protect clinically vulnerable people in the community from catching Covid. However, the report was unable to find a single piece of scientific research which had usable data. “The review did not identify any studies for inclusion, and so could provide no evidence to answer the research question,” the authors state. “No studies matching the inclusion criteria were found,…

Labour’s deputy leader has refused to endorse a controversial attack advert from the party, but said it had served its purpose by drawing attention to the government’s “failure” to crack down on crime. Angela Rayner claimed she had not shared the ad on social media since it was posted last week because she had been spending Easter with family, and denied it was because she was “holding her nose” owing to personal reservations. As political parties gear up for a narrative-defining set of local elections next month, the scrutiny over which shadow cabinet ministers have explicitly backed the ad is growing. Some…

Ismaël Bennacer’s first-half goal helped Milan win 1-0 against 10-man Napoli in the first leg of their Champions League quarter-final. Although the visitors had plenty of chances in the opening stages, Bennacer put Milan in front just before the break and a frustrating night for Napoli – who were without the injured striker Victor Osimhen – was capped when André-Frank Zambo Anguissa was sent off in the second half. Milan now take the goal advantage into the second leg at the Stadio Diego Armando Maradona next week. Both sides had met recently in Serie A where Milan secured a huge 4-0 win, but leaders Napoli looked…

The new leader of the Scottish National party, Humza Yousaf, and his closest rival for the position, Kate Forbes, have urged party members to stay the course as further accusations of secrecy and financial mismanagement engulf the party. On Tuesday, Yousaf revealed that the SNP’s auditors quit six months ago, a fact none of the leadership contenders were made aware of during the campaign to replace Nicola Sturgeon, raising significant questions about transparency under the former chief executive Peter Murrell. Last Wednesday, Murrell – who is married to Sturgeon – was arrested by police investigating the party’s handling of about…

A federal appeals court has ruled Kentucky must pay more than $270,000 in attorneys’ fees to plaintiffs who sued the state over Democratic Gov. Andy Beshear’s COVID-19 lockdown policies. Plaintiffs Randall Daniel, TJ Roberts and Sally O’Boyle sued the Beshear administration in 2020 over orders they received to quarantine after they attended an Easter church service. The trio argued the administration had violated their constitutional rights. In a legally complex decision, a federal court granted a preliminary injunction barring the Beshear administration from enforcing its lockdown policies against the churchgoers, and then dismissed the lawsuit against the Beshear administration as…