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England World Cup winner and Manchester United legend Sir Bobby Charlton has been diagnosed with dementia. The news follows the deaths of his older brother Jack in July and fellow World Cup-winner Nobby Stiles on Friday, both of whom had also been diagnosed with dementia. Sir Bobby won three league titles, a European Cup and
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It comes as documents suggested the UK was on course for a much higher death toll than during the first wave.
Infections rates have also been surging across the Channel, prompting new forms of lockdown in Belgium, France and Germany.
It had estimated 85,000 deaths from Covid over the course of winter.
The Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) found Labour responsible for three breaches of the Equality Act:
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France and Germany have turned to forms of lockdown to control the virus.
In areas placed in tier three, pubs and bars must close unless they are serving substantial meals.
Conditions in the English Channel had been rough throughout the day, with a gale warning issued overnight by the Met Office.
Conditions are rough in the English Channel, with a gale warning issued overnight by the Met Office.
There have been very few confirmed cases of people getting Covid twice. However, the researchers warn this may be due to immunity only just starting to fade since the peak infection rates of March and April.
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