COVID-19 pandemic in his new role as health minister, praising his predecessor Matt Hancock who was forced to resign after breaking coronavirus restrictions. "We are still in a pandemic, and I want to see that come to an end as soon as possible and that will be my most immediate priority to see that we can return to normal as soon and as quickly as possible," he told BBC News.This story has been published from a wire agency feed without modifications to the text.Never miss a story!

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Former U-M students say ex-professor sexually abused them and claimed he was into voodoo, Illuminati

ANN ARBOR, Mich. (FOX 2) - Former students are claiming sexual harassment and abuse from an ex-University of Michigan faculty member known as the 'Rock & Roll professor.'Isabelle Brouman is one of seven former students making the claims about Bruce Conforth - who had been the first curator of the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland."They still need to reconcile what happened in the past," said Brouman who attended Conforth's class in 2013.

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Philadelphia police investigating multiple deadly pedestrian accidents

PHILADELPHIA - Philadelphia police are investigating two incidents involving pedestrians that left a man and teen dead and a woman injured The incident occurred shortly after midnight Friday morning on Broad Street near Hunting Park Avenue. Police say a man and woman were crossing the street when they were struck by an SUV. TBoth victims were transported to Temple University Hospital, but the man later succumbed to his injuries.

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Critics say U.K. company controls too much of B.C. wood pellet industry

The Canadian Centre for Policy alternatives, along with unions and environmental groups, are sounding the alarm about the growing control of a U.K. company in the wood pellet industry. Paul Johnson reports.

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Next COVID variant: WHO chief on 2 factors creating an 'ideal condition' for new coronavirus strains

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Scots cancer patient died three weeks after diagnosis as health board rapped for testing delays

A Scots health board has been ordered to apologise to the family of a cancer patient who died three weeks after being diagnosed.

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'I was scared' Penélope Cruz's mum worried for her health while filming new movie

Vanity Fair, that her mother would frequently express concern for her mental state, and Penélope would constantly reassure her.However, she herself was worried about the effects of playing such a role.She said: “I told her, ‘Don’t worry’—but I was worried.“I pretended that I had things under control, but I was scared.”The star confirmed that her mum still checks in with her regularly, even a year after filming has completed.Penélope said that she also struggled when filming for Asghar Farhadi’s thriller film Everybody Knows, in 2018.She starred in the film alongside her husband Javier Bardem.“I knew it was from the tension of the character,” Penélope explained, while discussing the fact that she would get a fever nearly every night during filming of the show.Penélope appeared on The Graham Norton show at the end of January to discuss her new film.She began by explaining how she truly admired director Pedro Almodovar, and liked how much “trust” he placed in her judgement.The actress explained that she admired Pedro’s humility, and ability to ask questions about things he didn’t understand.She said he gave a lot of freedom and trust to other women on set.She said: “Pedro is so great because he knows so much about almost everything but when there is something he is not an expert in, he is not afraid to ask questions. “He gave me and the other women a lot of freedom and trust.

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Free Covid tests and self-isolation rules should continue, say NHS bosses

A survey of NHS leaders revealed they think free Covid tests should continue for the public and self-isolation rules need to remain.

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Assam: Night curfew lifted from all urban areas as COVID cases decline. READ

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Rylan shares health update following hospital dash as he returns to The One Show

Rylan Clark has given his fans an update on his health and condition following his worrying trip to the hospital.The 33 year old TV presenter made his welcome return to The One Show and explained his absence during a chat with co-host Alex Jones on the green sofa.The Welsh mum-of-two, 44, immediately shared her concern for the Strictly Come Dancing: It Takes Two star, asking him how he was feeling after his traumatic visit to the doctor. "How are you? People have been worried," Alex said.

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Explained: Why these world leaders refuse to take COVID tests in Russia?

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Power Cuts from today (18); PUSCL grants permission

COLOMBO (News 1st); The Public Utilities Commission of Sri Lanka has granted permission to impose power cuts in Sri Lanka.Accordingly, a one-hour power cut will be imposed between 2:30 PM to 6:30 PM under 4 separate groups.In addition, a 45-minute power cut will be imposed between 6:30 PM to 10:30 PM as well.

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Police arrest Canadian protest leaders

Canadian police lastnight began arresting leaders of the trucker-led protest that has choked the capital's streets for three weeks and provoked the government into calling on rarely used emergency powers.

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Mum who fell ill now fighting for her life months after losing her dad to Covid

A Cheshire woman who lost her dad to Covid needs a 'miracle' after receiving her own devastating diagnosis.

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The plague rat invasion which threatens the next pandemic

Three months ago, rice farmer William Lebango put his three-year-old son, Stuart, to bed and sat eating supper on the porch of the small mud-brick home in central Tanzania he shares with his wife and three children.Suddenly, from inside, they heard a blood-curdling scream. While Stuart was asleep, a rat had climbed inside his mosquito net and bitten his leg. ‘We ran in and searched for the rat and found it hiding in his bed,’ Lebango recalls, cradling his son and showing his scar from the rat bite.

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NMIXX delay debut showcase after member catches COVID-19

JYP Entertainment‘s upcoming girl group NMIXX have delayed debut showcase performance after a member was diagnosed with COVID-19.Earlier today (February 18), the label announced in a statement that the girl group’s forthcoming debut showcase after NMIXX member Bae was tested positive for COVID-19. The showcase was originally set to be held on February 22 to coincide with the release of NMIXX’s debut single album ‘Ad Mare’, but will now be held on March 1.JYP Entertainment shared that Bae had begun experiencing a sore throat on the evening of February 16, after which the entire group tested themselves using self-test kits.

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Fourth dose for Sri Lankans planning to go overseas

COLOMBO (News 1st); Sri Lanka is planning on administering a fourth dose for people who are traveling overseas, given the fact that some vaccines used in Sri Lanka are not accepted in certain countries.Director-General of Health Services Dr. Asela Gunawardena told reporters on Thursday (17) that some countries do not accept the Sinopharm vaccine as a vaccine against COVID-19.“At times likes that, for Sri Lankans who have obtained two doses of the Sinopharm Vaccine, and the Pfizer booster dose, we will administer another dose of the vaccine to enable them to travel overseas,” he elaborated.Dr.

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BREAKING: Ex-Police Chief Pujith Jayasundara acquitted & released from easter case

COLOMBO (News 1st); The Colombo Permanent High Court Trial-at-Bar ordered to acquit and release Ex-Police Chief Pujith Jayasundara from all charges filed against him with regard to the case filed over the Easter Sunday attacks. Earlier, the Colombo Permanent High Court Trial-at-Bar unanimously ordered to acquit and release Ex-Defence Secretary Hemasiri Fernando.The Colombo Permanent High Court Trial-at-Bar on Friday (18) met to announce the decision on whether Ex-Police Chief Pujith Jayasudara and Ex-Defence Secretary Hemasiri Fernando will be released from the Easter Attacks cases, without calling for evidence from the Defence.The Attorney General filed the cases against Fernando and Jayasundara on charges of criminal dereliction of duty for failing to take action to prevent the Easter attack despite receiving specific intelligence.The cases were called up in the presence of Justices Namal Balalle, Aditya Patabendige, and Mohamed Irshadeen.A total of 855 charges of criminal negligence were levelled against Pujith Jayasundera and Hemasiri Fernando, individually.

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RCMP investigating a ‘calculated and violent’ attack at Coastal GasLink pipeline near Houston, B.C.

Images released by the Mounties and Coastal GasLink show significant damage to portable buildings and machinery at the controversial energy development project. Jordan Armstrong has the details.

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Police in Ottawa begin removal of blockades and protesters

21 days after the so-called “Freedom Convoy” arrived in Ottawa, police are now setting up checkpoints and making arrests to end the blockade. Kamil Karamali reports.

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Customers upset lease of longtime Granville Island newsstand not being renewed

The Smoke Shop has been a fixture near the entrance of the Granville Island Public Market for 30 years. But now it has 60 days to leave the premises.

Olympics chief criticizes Kamila Valieva’s entourage, offers sympathy to Russian skater

Kamila Valieva crumble under pressure at the Beijing Olympics as a doping scandal continued to swirl, hitting out at the 15-year-old’s entourage.The saga has opened a debate on the suitability of the Olympic environment for minors, but Bach said the International Olympic Committee had limited means of action.Valieva, who had been leading the women’s figure skating event after the short program, cracked in her free skate on Thursday night, and stumbled down to fourth place as compatriot Anna Shcherbakova skated to gold. Kamila Valieva finishes 4th as Russian teammates win gold, silver in figure skating “I must say I was very, very disturbed yesterday when I watched the competition on TV,” Bach told a news conference.“How high the pressure on her must have been.”Valieva failed a doping test at her national championships last December but the result was only revealed on Feb.

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Denise Welch in angry clash with Loose Women co-stars saying she’ll flout Covid rules in ‘anarchy’ rant

LOOSE Women descended into a shouting match today as Denise Welch launched into a passionate rant against Covid rules. The 63-year-old actress said she would no longer obey some guidelines after the Matt Hancock cheating scandal was exposed by The Sun.

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Matt Hancock's wife is friends on Facebook with former Health Secretary's aide

Health Secretary Matt Hancock is friends on Facebook with his lover and former close aide. According to Birmingham Live, Martha Hancock was under the impression that her marriage was "happy and stable".

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U.K. health minister resigns after breaking COVID-19 rules in affair with aide

Britain’s Minister of Health Matt Hancock said Saturday in a video that he is resigning from his position after being caught breaking COVID-19 rules by kissing and embracing an aide who he had an affair with in his office.

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Boris Johnson names Sajid Javid as new UK health secretary after Matt Hancock quits in disgrace

Matt Hancock quit after he was caught embracing a senior aide in his office, in breach of the social distancing guidelines he helped to create. The episode rebounded immediately on Johnson, who had initially fought to keep Hancock in his job and then faced criticism for being too weak to fire the minister.

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Piers Morgan lashes out at Matt Hancock as he leads reactions to Health Secretary’s resignation after ‘affair’

Piers Morgan has led celebrity reactions to Matt Hancock resigning after the Health Secretary was pictured passionately kissing his aide, Gina Coladangelo, despite being married.Not holding back, the former Good Morning Britain presenter wrote: ‘Didn’t resign for his abject failures on PPE, testing & care homes that led to Britain having the worst covid death toll in Europe. ‘Did resign for being caught snogging his mistress.

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Leilani Dowding hits out at Matt Hancock's 'hypocrisy' as Health Secretary RESIGNS

Express.co.uk following Matt Hancock’s admission to breaching coronavirus restrictions.It comes after former Health Secretary Matt Hancock announced his resignation from the cabinet after it emerged he appeared to be engaged in an affair.Mr Hancock, 42, was seen on camera hugging and kissing an aide, despite social distancing guidelines being in place.During the height of the pandemic, Mr Hancock urged Brits to remain two meters away from people, not to mix with other households and casual sex was banned.Just hours go, Hancock addressed his actions, saying: "Those of us who make these rules have got to stick by them and that's why I've got to resign."Speaking to Express.co.uk, former Real Housewives of Cheshire star Leilani, 41, said: "This

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Sajid Javid to replace Matt Hancock as Health Secretary as ex-Chancellor returns to cabinet

Sajid Javid will replace Matt Hancock as Health Secretary, Downing Street has announced. The Former Chancellor and Home Secretary resigned as finance minister last year after he refused to fire his political advisers as demanded by Boris Johnson.

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UK health minister resigns after breaking COVID-19 protocols

British Secretary of State for Health and Social Care Matt Hancock leaves 10 Downing Street in London, United Kingdom on June 23, 2021. (Photo by David Cliff/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images) LONDON - U.K.

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What Boris Johnson said in response to Matt Hancock's resignation as Health Secretary

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Matt Hancock resigns as Health Secretary amid fallout of aide affair scandal

Matt Hancock has resigned as Health Secretary the day after video footage emerged of him kissing an aide in his ministerial office in a breach of coronavirus restrictions.Images and video showed Hancock in an embrace with aide Gina Coladangelo last month, and the Health Secretary was facing increasing pressure to quit over the breaking of social-distancing rules.Hancock wrote to Boris Johnson on Saturday and said: "The last thing I would want is for my private life to distract attention from the single-minded focus that is leading up out of this crisis."He said: "We owe it to people who have sacrificed so much in this pandemic to be honest when we have let them down as I have done by breaching the guidance."Johnson said he was "sorry" to

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Married U.K. health minister resigns after breaking COVID-19 rules by kissing aide

Britain’s health minister Matt Hancock has resigned after he admitted breaking COVID-19 guidance by kissing and embracing an aide in his office, angering colleagues and the public during lockdown.Health Secretary Matt Hancock, who has led the country’s response to the pandemic, is the latest in a string of British officials to be accused of breaching restrictions they imposed on the rest of the population to curb the spread of the coronavirus.The tabloid Sun newspaper ran images appearing to show the married Hancock and a senior aide kissing in an office at the Department of Health.

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UK health minister Matt Hancock resigns after breaking Covid rules with affair in office

LONDON:U.K. Health Secretary Matt Hancock resigned Saturday after breaking the country’s coronavirus rules by kissing a senior aide in his office, the latest embarrassing controversy to hit Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s government.

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Matt Hancock resigns as health secretary as anger grows over his breach of social distancing rules

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Nadia Sawalha blasts Matt Hancock affair in sweary rant – saying her ‘heart breaks’ for families of Covid victims

NADIA Sawalha has delivered a scathing attack on Prime Minister Boris Johnson and Health Secretary Matt Hancock following the scandalous revelation of Matt’s rule-breaking affair. The Loose Women star took to social media to compare the actions of Boris Johnson to those of North Korea, Russia and China.

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Follow the timeline of Matt Hancock's many Covid controversies

Covid controversy. His apology and admission that he breached social distancing guidelines is just the latest in a long line of actions that have been heavily criticised.Pictures have been published that appear to show Mr Hancock embracing his aide Gina Coladangelo, in what was said to be CCTV footage from inside the Department of Health and Social Care on May 6.Mr Hancock has since apologised and asked for privacy "for my family on this personal matter”.Prime Minister Boris Johnson has accepted the apology and, according to No 10, considers the matter “closed”.

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Matt Hancock's wife puts on brave face after Health Sec caught snogging aide

her husband was accused of an affair with an aide.The married Health Secretary was captured locked in a steamy embrace with Gina Coladangelo in his Whitehall office.On Friday afternoon Mrs Hancock, 44, was photographed leaving their home still wearing her wedding ring. The osteopath, who spends her time between London and West Suffolk, met Hancock at Oxford University while they were both students.

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Piers Morgan takes savage swipe at Matt Hancock as he talks covid 'hugging ban'

Piers Morgan has hit out at "hypocritical" Matt Hancock and slammed his conduct during the Covid-19 pandemic.This comes after pictures were released by The Sun, which allegedly showed him kissing his foreign aide.The former Good Morning Britain host highlighted that the Health Secretary had not followed his own rules after snaps of him allegedly snogging Gina Coladengelo were released into the public domain.

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UK health minister 'very sorry' after kiss breaches COVID guidelines

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Boris Johnson stands by Matt Hancock as Downing Street refuses 8 times to say if Health Secretary broke law

Downing Street refused to comment eight times about whether the Tory Minister broke covid laws. Hancock apologised after images emerged earlier today of him kissing his aide Gina Coladangelo who he appointed in his office at the Department for Health and Social Care (DHSC).

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Health Secretary Matt Hancock accused of having 'affair with close aide' Gina Coladangelo

CCTV cameras in a "steamy clinch" with his close friend who is also a taxpayer-funded adviser to the Department for Health and Social Care (DHSC). According to reports the images of the pair were taken on May 6, 2021, however they have been seen on a number of other occasions together.Hancock, 42, is married to Martha and they have three children together, while Coladangelo, 43, also has three kids and is married.

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UK health minister says COVID-19 data looking good on easing lockdown

Matt Hancock said on Tuesday the COVID-19 data looks encouraging and currently suggests England's lockdown can fully end on July 19 as planned because a recent rise in cases is not resulting in deaths.

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Government to set out plans for autumn Covid-19 booster campaign

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United States	Cases: 46 252 513 Deaths: 750 423 Recovered: 0
India	Cases: 34 321 025 Deaths: 459 652 Recovered: 0
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United Kingdom	Cases: 9 215 683 Deaths: 141 607 Recovered: 0
Russia	Cases: 8 494 589 Deaths: 237 619 Recovered: 0

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