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Lowe: Five NBA things I like and don't like, including Michael Jordan's 63-point masterpiece

Let's spotlight a new appreciation for Jordan's greatness, the art of rebounding and the Trae Young-John Collins duo.




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Inside Justin Gaethje's journey from a mining town to MMA stardom

Gaethje's family heritage was forged in Arizona copper mines, but a fighting spirit charted his path to a UFC title shot.




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Digital-friendly recession: How Big Tech got even bigger in the midst of a market meltdown

Many analysts expected the stocks to fall back to earth when the next downturn came




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Coronavirus: NHS doctor returning to help during pandemic cheers up colleagues by singing opera

Dr Alex Aldren has returned to the NHS after leaving to become an opera singer




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Coronavirus: NHS hospitals using Amazon Wish Lists to ask for donations of basic items

NHS hospitals are asking for basic items such as toothbrushes and sanitary products




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Dentists warn 'desperate' people will try 'DIY dentistry' if the government doesn't give access to emergency treatment

'It's inevitable many desperate patients will resort to 'DIY dentistry'




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Coronavirus: Increased alcohol consumption during lockdown could lead to 'second health crisis', warn researchers

It is feared that daily drinkers could be most at risk




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Coronavirus: Miss England who returned to work as NHS doctor 'concerned' about lack of PPE

'Nurses are constantly in contact and unwittingly the virus can be spread to other parts of the hospital due to this appalling lack of PPE'




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Adverts which claim IV drips can help fight coronavirus banned by watchdog

No treatments for the coronavirus have yet been approved, meaning companies cannot make medical claims about their products




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'We don't do apart': Elderly couple who fought coronavirus together in hospital heap praise on NHS staff

'We've never been apart for sixty plus years, we don't do apart,' says Sidney Moore




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Coronavirus: Do I need to start taking vitamin D during lockdown?

Public Health England has updated its advice on vitamin D




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'Call your GP': Women displaying new gynae cancer symptoms during lockdown urged to seek medical advice

Some hospital trusts have seen a dramatic drop in cancer referrals from GPs in recent weeks




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Disabled people struggle to get food and essential items during lockdown

'I'm worried about running out of food,' says Charles Bloch




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Half of UK workers feeling more stressed or anxious during lockdown, study finds

The poll also found Britons are working 28 hours of overtime per month




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Ethan Hawke: ‘The most romantic thing I’ve done is have sex’

The actor, 47, on being an optimist, avoiding marriage advice and why other people make him anxious

I have so many bad habits it’s impossible to measure the worst. My son would say I don’t take enough care with how I dress, my daughter might say I work too much, and my wife that I can’t seem to help in the kitchen at all. But in my opinion I have none.

As a former kid actor, I know how hard it is to turn that attention into anything but self-destruction. The heat of the spotlight makes ordinary temperatures real cold.

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‘It makes me feel human’: 11 women share their lockdown beauty regimens

We’re interacting less with the outside world – and the societal pressures that come with it. Are some women still wearing makeup every day?

The shutdown feels like a good opportunity to examine an age-old feminist question: when women put makeup on, can they ever truly be doing it for themselves?

We will probably never have an answer. The pressure imposed on women to look good is such a part of our existence that we might never get rid of it – even “dressing up for oneself” can be traced back to self-hatred fueled by a beauty-obsessed culture.

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How to dress in lockdown | Jess Cartner-Morley

The latest trends may not matter any more, but there is a whole new set of influences on what we wear

I know, I know – there are more important things to think about than clothes at the moment. I get that. On the other hand, I don’t see that me squinting at graphs or scrolling through headlines is going to make a vaccine come any quicker. So thinking about clothes is no less constructive than pondering logarithmic scales or contact tracing approaches, really.

I have pretty much checked out of fashion, in the sense of trends, during the period universally known as This Difficult Time. For those of us fortunate enough not to be at the sharp end of the crisis, lockdown is a little like living in a freeze-frame, and the “spring trends” that were scheduled to be happening in our wardrobes now – Bermuda shorts, crochet dresses, waistcoats – feel like outfits for a party that got cancelled. Fashion in the this-week’s-must-have sense feels like a radio station that’s still broadcasting, but with no one tuning in.

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Law Firm Representing Lady Gaga, Madonna, Bruce Springsteen, Others Suffers Major Data Breach

Grubman Shire Meiselas & Sacks, a large media and entertainment law firm, appears to have been the victim of a cyberattack that resulted in the theft of an enormous batch of private information on dozens of celebrities, according to a data security researcher. The trove of data allegedly stolen from the New York-based firm by […]




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Thousands lose last hope of having a baby as lockdown closes IVF clinics

Women tell of ‘bereavement’ because they will be too old for fertility treatment when the coronavirus shutdown ends

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Thousands of couples may have missed their last chance of conceiving via IVF as fertility clinics shut their doors to patients on Wednesday. Some women who are only just young enough to be eligible for treatment will be too old in a few months’ time.

The Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority (HFEA), which regulates Britain’s fertility industry, has ordered private and NHS clinics to stop treating patients who are in the middle of an IVF cycle by 15 April. All new treatments have already been banned, a decision which is likely to prevent the births of at least 20,000 desperately wanted babies if it remains in place for 12 months.

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'Bicycles are the new toilet paper': bike sales boom as coronavirus lockdown residents crave exercise

Australia’s peak representative body for cyclists has called on governments to transform roads into cycleways to ease traffic on bike paths

Australian bike retailers are struggling to keep up with the boom in sales since coronavirus restrictions came into force last month.

“We’re the new toilet paper and everyone wants a piece,” Grant Kaplan, manager of Giant Sydney, a bike store in Sydney’s CBD, tells Guardian Australia.

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My partner left me before lockdown and I can't get over him

With so much time on our hands, it’s easy to dwell on loss, says Mariella Frostrup. Try distracting yourself with online dates, box sets and classic novels

The dilemma Several months ago my partner of five years left me very suddenly. He’d gone abroad to work, but as far as I knew everything was fine. I even had flights booked to go and visit. The break-up was a huge shock that left me in a low place. After a few weeks I felt I was beginning to come out of the fog and start moving on with my life, going out and seeing friends, going to classes, etc, but then the lockdown was imposed. Being shut away in my flat all day, alone with my thoughts, I seem to be going backwards.

I’m very aware that we are in the middle of a global crisis and it’s awful for everyone. Luckily, I’m in a good position regarding pay and I’m not paying rent, so I really don’t have any reason to complain. However, all I can think about is my ex. It’s driving me a little bit mad. Do you have any advice on dealing with non-Covid-related troubles during this crisis? Talking to others about it is hard, and I don’t want to make it all about myself.

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I am used to living alone. Why has lockdown made me feel invisible? | Annalisa Barbieri

When life is necessarily small, the more negative feelings we’ve managed to keep in abeyance can loom large, says Annalisa Barbieri

I had adjusted to living alone after I was widowed six years ago, and since the lockdown friends have telephoned frequently and I chat to neighbours at a distance.

Although I feel I am one of the lucky ones and should be fine, I miss, above all, hugs and physical closeness. I have also started to resent people with partners, children or cuddly pets (which I have not done before).

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How to have fun during lockdown | Oliver Burkeman

Ask yourself Carl Jung’s question: what did you do as a child that made the hours pass like minutes?

I hesitate to suggest what anyone else ought to be doing to stay on an even keel, psychologically, in these frightening times – partly because I don’t always manage it myself, but also because any such advice tends to turn into yet another item for the to-do list. You’ve noticed, for example, how quickly all those online yoga classes and Zoom cocktail gatherings, intended to add some lightness to lockdown, began to feel vaguely like a chore. (You’re not imagining “Zoom fatigue”: experts say video conversations really are more tiring.) Likewise, “self-care” practices easily turn into new duties, so people end up forcing themselves to be kind to themselves, which doesn’t make much sense.

This is why what I think we probably ought to be doing, to whatever extent possible, is having more fun. Not meditation or gratitude journalling or jogging (unless you find those fun). Not things you think are supposed to be fun. I mean the things you actually find fun. This distinction matters, partly for the aforementioned reason that self-care, however important, isn’t synonymous with fun. But it’s also because in the modern attention economy, all sorts of things – celebrity memoirs, bad new TV dramas, expensive consumer goods – want you to believe they’re the funnest thing you could be doing. Conceivably, for any given person, they might be. But true fun – “deep fun”, as the fun scholar Bernie De Koven called it – is a subtle and personal thing, and not necessarily in anyone else’s commercial interests.

Related: No spare time in lockdown? That's not such a bad thing

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DOJ Will Drop Case Against Ex-Trump Adviser Michael Flynn

After months of wrangling following the Russia probe, prosecutors will not go ahead with the case against Michael Flynn based on the former national security adviser's false statements to the FBI.




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Attorneys: Watchdog Wants Coronavirus Scientist Reinstated Amid Probe

Rick Bright, a top scientist working on a vaccine, says he was reassigned for not focusing on treatments favored by President Trump, even though they lacked "scientific merit."




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Week In Politics: U.S. Jobs Report, DOJ Drops Criminal Case Against Michael Flynn

NPR's Ron Elving talks about the historic U.S. unemployment rate, and the Justice Department's move to drop its criminal case against former national security adviser Michael Flynn.




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Top White House officials ordered U.S. CDC coronavirus reopening guide buried, docs show

The files also show that after reports that the guidance document had been buried, the Trump administration ordered key parts of it to be fast-tracked for approval.




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Everything You Need to Make a Campsite at Home--Indoors or Out!

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These Services Deliver Wine & Spirits Straight to Your Doorstep

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Canada undoubtedly in 'recessionary time,' federal finance minister says

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau described Canada’s current economic situation as a recession on Friday, and that should come as no surprise, says Finance Minister Bill Morneau, as the latest economic figures show two consecutive months of major job losses.




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Robert Jenrick defends coronavirus lockdown breach allegations after visiting his parents

Coronavirus: the symptoms Follow our live coronavirus updates here Who is Robert Jenrick?




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Shadow chancellor Anneliese Dodds interrupted by daughter in live interview during virus lockdown




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Public bemused by Labour infighting over leaked 'hate' dossier, says Anneliese Dodds

Labour was embroiled in recriminations today over the leak of an internal report that apparently exonerated Jeremy Corbyn's team of failing to crack down on anti-Semitism and instead blamed his opponents for stoking up controversy to damage him.




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What is the Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies and what does the government body do?

Coronavirus: The symptoms




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Labour leader Keir Starmer urges government to outline coronavirus lockdown exit strategy

Follow our live Covid-19 updates here




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Keir Starmer turns up the heat on the Tories: Tell us your lockdown exit strategy

We were too slow to implement lockdown and make sure it was policed, Labour leader tells Tories Follow our live coronavirus updates HERE Coronavirus: the symptoms




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Matt Hancock loses cool as he snaps at Nick Robinson during BBC interview and says it's 'too early' for lockdown exit strategy

Follow our live coronavirus updates HERE Coronavirus: The symptoms




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Britain will stay in lockdown until coronavirus vaccine is found, health minister says

Follow our live coronavirus updates here




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Health minister Nadine Dorries forced to clarify lockdown comments after Twitter row

Coronavirus: the symptoms Read our LIVE updates on the coronavirus here




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SNP MP Steven Bonnar apologises after row over football flag in his window




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MPs approve 'hybrid proceedings' in House of Commons amid coronavirus lockdown with some to appear via video link

MPs have approved hybrid proceedings in the House of Commons with some MPs set to attend via video link amid the coronavirus lockdown.




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Dominic Raab to be grilled over Government's handling of coronavirus crisis amid calls for probe into 'slow response'

Dominic Raab will today be grilled over the Government's handling of the coronavirus crisis amid calls for an inquiry into its "slow response".




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Dominic Raab 'set to announce three-week extension to coronavirus lockdown'

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Boris Johnson watched Dominic Raab and Keir Starmer face-off at PMQs from Chequers as he recovers from coronavirus

Boris Johnson watched Dominic Raab take on Sir Keir Starmer at PMQs from Chequers today as he continues his recovery from coronavirus.




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New pressure from Tory MPs to point way out of lockdown

Pressure ramped up on ministers to explain how the lockdown will end today as senior Tory MPs warned that businesses around the country "fear for their future" and could pass the point of no recovery.




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Row after Dominic Cummings attended key scientific group's coronavirus meetings

A row has broken out over Boris Johnson's chief adviser Dominic Cummings attending meetings of the senior scientists advising the Government on the coronavirus outbreak.




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Boris Johnson will not take part in PMQs after birth of son with Dominic Raab expected to face Sir Keir Starmer

Boris Johnson will not take part in Prime Minister's Questions today following the birth of his son.




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Keir Starmer urges Government to publish lockdown exit strategy as he warns England could 'fall behind' other countries

Sir Keir Starmer has urged the Government to publish an exit strategy for the coronavirus lockdown amid warnings the country could "fall behind" without one.




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'Real and significant' progress being made but 'too early' to lift lockdown, Nicola Sturgeon says

It is "too early" to begin easing any lockdown measures "in any meaningful way", Nicola Sturgeon has said.