Making Headlines: 2021 Budget to benefit theatres & cricket; France lifts Oxford vaccine restriction

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Rishi Sunak will provide additional support for the badly hit culture sector in his Budget, as a Tory grandee warned taxes would “have to go up”.
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France will start allowing some people over 65 to receive the Oxford/AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine, after initially restricting its use to younger populations.
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A coronavirus variant first identified in Brazil has been found in at least 15 countries that are not on the government’s red list, the World Health Organisation has revealed.
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At least 1,500 deaths in Britain can be directly linked to climate change since 2000, Oxford University scientists have claimed.
Read more: https://www.standard.co.uk/news/uk/britain-deaths-directly-linked-to-climate-change-scientists-oxford-study-b921733.html

The Duke and Duchess of Sussex are encouraging people to engage in access of kindness as the royal couple’s organisation prepares to mark International Women’s Day.
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