NEWS
Only three out of 15 Indian variant hotspots across Britain are seeing a rise in Covid infection rates
Almost 3,500 cases of the Indian Covid variant have now been spotted across the UK, with the number of people testing positive for the strain having more than doubled in a week. But the latest data has suggested that scientists’ fears about the Indian strain being more transmissible than the already highly virulent Kent variant may be unfounded – Mail
Duke of Cambridge: The BBC fuelled my mother’s paranoia – Telegraph
Rhodes statue: government opposition makes removal too costly, says Oriel College, Oxford – Times
Vigil for local man descends into night of violence in Swansea – Mail
Biden signs Covid Hate Crimes Bill into law – Epoch Times
COMMENT
We desperately need a holiday, but all we’re getting is a guilt trip – Judith Woods, Telegraph
Not quite time for cinemas to die but their golden age is over – Ben Wright, Telegraph
