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Daily News Briefing Brief. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j_j9xcdtAIo The top stories Covid: Public can have confidence in UK’s vaccines, Nadhim Zahawi saysBBC News the public can have confidence in the UK’s Covid vaccines, despite concerns about the Oxford jab’s effectiveness against the SA variant, the vaccines minister says.Early trials suggest the jab offers “minimal protection” against from the South Africa variant.But Nadhim Zahawi said the vaccines being used appeared to work well against dominant variants in the UK.Read on………………..UK weather: Storm Darcy to bring more snowfall and gale-force winds on MondayThe Guardian says heavy snow and gale-force winds that hit south-east England and…

India hit by Himalayan Glacier breaks causing floods Uttarakhand in the north country. Overnight with hundreds missing. Hundreds of Indian army troops and paramilitaries have been sent to the region to aid the search and rescue efforts. It has been confirmed that at least seven people are dead and 200 people are missing after a piece of a Himalayan glacier fell into a river and triggered a huge flood in northern India. The floodwaters burst an open a dam and a ferocious deluge of water poured through a valley in the state of Uttarakhand, in the north of the country.…

Brief. BrIEf.Me In today’s briefing update, we look at Sunday’s top stories. The papers cover the government’s vaccination plans, Brexit fury and online giants facing a ‘tax raid’. In our special feature, we look at how the wealthy are skipping the vaccine queue. Also featured: The latest Covid-19 figures, Sports, business and entertainment news. ……………………………..Online giants including Amazon and Asos – whose revenues have soared during the pandemic – could face a “double tax raid” later this year, according to the Sunday Times.The governor of the Bank of England, Andrew Bailey, tells the Observer that he is braced for Britain to go on…

Police open conspiracy PROBE into Greta Thunberg’s social media – ‘protest toolkit,’ accuse creators of ‘WAR ON INDIA’ Visual Slideshow Previous Next ‘As fake as her tweets’?  Police in New Delhi have opened a conspiracy investigation into the creators of a “toolkit” with instructions on how to amplify the farmers’ protests in India – a document that has been shared by Greta Thunberg. Thunberg took to Twitter to share a lengthy document outlining ways for activists to contribute to India’s ongoing pro-farmer protests, including stock messages and hashtags to disseminate on social media, as well as advice on organizing rallies.…

Friday’s Briefing VIDEO: Covid-19 Hotel Quarantine – Jen & Brad REUNITED? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fznStDsqGco Covid-19: Hotel bookings for quarantine being made ‘at pace’ Jeremy Hunt: Covid restrictions should stay until cases fall to 1,000 a day France remains ‘fragile’ but no new Covid-19 lockdown for now, PM says ‘As fake as her tweets’? Police open conspiracy PROBE into Greta Thunberg’s ‘protest toolkit,’ accuse creators of ‘WAR ON INDIA’ Al-Qaeda’s leader in Yemen under arrest: UN report Buried in rubbish: Bali’s beaches blighted by sea-borne waste Biden terminates US support for Saudi-led offensive in Yemen Amazon creates 1,000 apprenticeships across the UK…

Daily News Briefing Brief. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fznStDsqGco The top stories Covid-19: Hotel bookings for quarantine being made ‘at pace’BBC News says thousands of hotel rooms are being block-booked by the government hours after it confirmed quarantine rules related to Covid variant hotspots will begin on 15 February.Ministers plan for more than 1,000 UK residents a day to return from places where new variants are prevalent.Those travellers must stay in hotel rooms for 10 nights, with security accompanying them if they go outside. Labour accused ministers of “putting lives at risk” by not acting sooner.Read on………………..Jeremy Hunt: Covid restrictions should stay until cases…

Dogecoin surges with the best example of influencer marketing from Elon Musk. Dogecoin is a cryptocurrency which started off as a joke, has jumped in value by 50% after inventor Elon Musk dubbed it “the people’s crypto”. The ultimate endorsement of what is commonly known as an example of influencer marketing. Cryptocurrencies such as Dogecoin and Bitcoin are generated by computers. Their supposed value comes from the finite number that can be computed. Dogecoin uses a Shiba Inu dog as its mascot and is based on a meme featuring the animal. It was created in 2013 by a pair of…

‘Indifferent attitude and edgy aesthetic’ appealing today How TikTok resurrected the cult of Effy Stonem i-D says years after she first emerged as an enigmatic, silent teen in season one of Skins, Gen Z is bringing Effy back as an It Girl once again. Culture has always been obsessed with the idea of the It Girl; the trope that describes a fashionable and effortlessly cool young woman, who’s seemingly chill from dawn ‘til dusk, an assumed personality who the boys generally lust after and all the other girls want to be (think Alexa Chung). More often than not these untouchable…

Sia says sorry to autism community for film Music Popstar Sia has apologised for casting a neurotypical actor as a nonverbal autistic girl in her film Music, and for scenes depicting the use of restraints on autistic people. Her film attracted controversy online on Wednesday after it was nominated for two Golden Globes. It was criticised for the casting of dancer Maddie Ziegler in an autistic role. Sia has now said a restraint warning would be added to the film’s start. “I plan to remove the restraint scenes from all future printings. I listened to the wrong people and that…

Bank of England: Economy to rebound strongly due to vaccine The UK’s rapid vaccination programme will help the economy rebound strongly this year, according to the Bank of England.  The economy is expected to shrink 4.2% in the first three months of 2021, amid tighter lockdown restrictions to slow the spread of the virus. But, it’s expected a rebound in the spring as people become confident in spending again.  ‘Rapid’ recovery The Bank said economic growth was expected to “recover rapidly” in 2021, with a successful vaccination programme supporting a “material recovery in household spending”. Its latest Monetary Policy Report…