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Jonathan Van-Tam 'first heard about Eat Out to Help Out on TV' as scientists dispute PM's claims
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The former deputy chief medical officer gave evidence to the UK's Covid-19 inquiry today
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Covid-19 inquiry LIVE as Sir Chris Whitty and Sir Jonathan Van Tam give evidence
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The former former deputy chief medical officer for England, affectionately known as JVT, will appear at the inquiry on Wednesday
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Action against Covid-19 was taken too late, top medical officer tells pandemic inquiry
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“My view is, with the benefit of hindsight, we went a bit too late on the first wave.”
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LIVE updates as Professor Chris Whitty gives evidence to Covid-19 inquiry
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Sir Chris was a critic of Rishi Sunak’s Eat Out To Help Out scheme, the inquiry previously heard
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Sir Chris Whitty to face questions at Covid inquiry
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The chief medical officer will give evidence a day after the inquiry heard how Boris Johnson was 'bamboozled' by graphs and data during the pandemic
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Boris Johnson and Rishi Sunak thought it was 'okay' to let people die from Covid, inquiry hears
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Downing Street declined to say whether Mr Sunak thought it would be okay to “just let people die” during the pandemic
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Boris Johnson was 'bamboozled' by graphs and data during the Covid pandemic
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The Covid-19 inquiry heard how Mr Johnson sometimes struggled to retain scientific information
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Sir Patrick Vallance to give evidence to public inquiry into Covid pandemic
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Sir Patrick Vallance, who was the Government's chief scientific adviser during the Covid pandemic, is to give evidence to the UK's public inquiry into the NHS pandemic
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The symptoms to look out for from two new Covid strains this winter
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People are being urged to 'remain vigilant'
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Owner of hotel which didn't serve food jailed after claiming thousands of pounds in Eat Out To Help Out scam
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Shahid Naseeb Ahmed, owner of Merchants Hotel in Manchester city centre, also claimed for two businesses when in fact he only owned one hotel
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Captain Sir Tom Moore's family lose appeal and must knock down 'unauthorised' spa pool
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The family of Sir Tom, who who raised £38.9m for the NHS during lockdown, must demolish the building within three months
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The trolley, 'useless f***pigs', and a hairdryer up the nose: What we learnt from this week's Covid Inquiry
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Key Downing Street figures such as Dominic Cummings, Lee Cain and Helen MacNamara have appeared before the inquiry
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'The news makes me want to stay in and hide - it's important we don't'
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Welcome to M.E.N. Unwind - our selection of some of our favourite Manchester Evening News reads this Saturday morning to help you relax and reflect. Grab a brew, take some time for yourself and dive in - your weekend starts here
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'The Covid Inquiry has revealed the government delayed lockdown by 10 days - my mum might not have been one of the first to die'
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'It was clearly dysfunctional and chaotic, there seems to have been simply no regard for the effect on people – it makes my blood boil'
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Andy Burnham to give evidence at Covid inquiry saying 'it was no laughing matter at all in Greater Manchester'
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Andy Burnham, mayor of Greater Manchester, appeared on the latest 'In the hotseat' programme on BBC Radio Manchester
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Privileged men making decisions about lives they didn't understand led to deaths during Covid, inquiry hears
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“It was really, really obvious that not only were there hardly any women there, that when they were there, you know, they had to turn their screens off… ”
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Boris Johnson asked scientists if you could kill Covid by blowing hairdryer up nose
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The then-PM questioned government health experts on whether people could get rid of coronavirus with hot air after he watched a YouTube clip that suggested this
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The 16 Covid Inquiry bombshells from shocking day of WhatsApp message revelations
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Boris Johnson's ex-adviser Dominic Cummings and his ex-communications chief Lee Cain revealed the terrifying chaos at the heart of Number 10 during the pandemic
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The explosive WhatsApp messages from inside Downing Street heard at Covid inquiry as Dominic Cummings gave evidence
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The Covid-19 Inquiry has seen an explosive day of evidence
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Boris Johnson suggested 'Covid was nature’s way of dealing with old people,' scientist claims
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He said there was “quite a bonkers set of exchanges” featuring Mr Johnson
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LIVE: Dominic Cummings and Lee Cain face questions at Covid-19 inquiry
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Mr Cummings, who served as Mr Johnson's top political aide, and Lee Cain, the former Number 10 director of communications, are to give evidence on Tuesday
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In full - the incredible WhatsApp messages and notes SLAMMING Boris Johnson and showing lockdown chaos in Government
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Boris Johnson was slammed by his own cabinet secretary as someone who 'cannot lead'
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Boris Johnson 'asked why he should destroy economy for people who would die anyway', Covid inquiry hears
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Notes and WhatsApp messages have come to light
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Covid-19 rates for every borough of Greater Manchester
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Covid cases have fallen for the second week in a row, suggesting the rise in cases seen in early Autumn are on their way out
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