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Former triathlete Kayleigh Adams endured a fourth-degree tear that led to her needing a colostomy bag.

As more people mix again, the common cold is back – and leaving people floored.

Pictures of border officers rounding up black men have drawn comparisons to US slave patrols.

No major gaffes and progress on climate change on PM’s US trip but a trade deal remains a distant prospect.

The Supreme Court of Appeal has dismissed with costs, the second application for leave to appeal by Ledla Structural Development against the Special Investigating Unit’s Special Tribunal order, as unlawful and invalid.

Two Cape Flats brothers are celebrating feeding one million mouths across the Mother City through their feeding scheme Invisible Hands since the start of the pandemic.

The Constitutional Court has given Unisa until the start of the 2023 academic year to revise its language policy which did away with teaching and learning in Afrikaans.

President Cyril Ramaphosa has called on the UN to put reparations for victims of the slave trade on its agenda.

When the German chancellor steps down, how will history remember her? Four experts have their say.

BBC Europe editor Katya Adler takes a road trip to find out how Germans will remember their chancellor.

All sides are accused of planting landmines in a dangerous shift in the Central African Republic.

China has not been very socialist for years, but the Communist Party looks set to change that.

More than 30 people have died because a health workers’ strike in Guinea-Bissau has paralysed the healthcare system.

Tunisian President Kais Saied has put in place special measures for wielding legislative and executive power, the presidency said, without elaborating.

Francine Niyonsaba is lauded by a large crowd as the athlete returns to Burundi after her Diamond League title and world record.

The United States has condemned the coup attempt in Sudan and warned against ‘external interference’, as the nation transitions to democracy.

Several energy suppliers, such as Avro Energy and Green, have gone bust in recent weeks.

The interconnectedness of economies widens the investment scope.

But share price hits 52-week high as investments in RCL, Distell, TotalEnergies and RMI Holdings boost full-year earnings.

Gauteng government wants ‘competitive procurement’ rather than an extension of the Bombela concession.

President Cyril Ramaophosa has called on the UN to put the issue of reparations for victims of the slave trade on its agenda.

The Congress of the People (COPE) has introduced its mayoral candidates for the three Gauteng metro municipalities.

The Freedom Front Plus has nominated Lennit Max as its mayoral candidate for the City of Cape Town and Erica Botha-Rossouw as his deputy.

Former president Jacob Zuma is threatening to lay a criminal charge against Advocate Billy Downer following the alleged leak of a doctor’s letter on his health to a journalist.

Manchester United crashed out of the League Cup as West Ham United avenged their painful loss to Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s side with a 1-0 win at Old Trafford, while Chelsea and Tottenham survived penalty shoot-outs to reach the fourth round on Wednesday.

Former world number one Andy Murray reached his first ATP quarter-final of the season on Wednesday with a straight sets win over Canada’s Vasek Pospisil at the Moselle Open.

Reece James scores the winning penalty in a shootout as Chelsea reach the last 16 of the Carabao Cup at Aston Villa’s expense.

Bryan Gil scores the decisive penalty as Tottenham beat Wolves in a shootout to reach the fourth round of the Carabao Cup.

Chief medical officer says transmission in England highest among 12- to 15-year-olds

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The rapid spread of Covid makes it “inevitable” that children will be infected and have their education disrupted, making a strong case for vaccinating those aged 12 and over, the government’s leading medical advisers told MPs.

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As his state was battered by Covid-19, Gov. Jim Justice of West Virginia applied to coach a boys’ team in his spare time. When the school board rejected him, he threatened to haul the members before a judge.

Some parents are hesitant to vaccinate 5-11-year-olds.

Parents and teachers share their views as confirmed or suspected pupil infections exceed 100,000

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Last week more than 100,000 children were absent from school in England with confirmed or suspected Covid infections, the highest number during the pandemic, according to the Department for Education.

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Cedric Fourie may actually be richer than the character he plays on ‘Skeem Saam’.

Nobody is safe from so-called “cancel culture,” movie star Johnny Depp said on Wednesday at the San Sebastian Film Festival where he was due to receive the event’s top award for his nearly 40-year career on screen.

Melvin Van Peebles, a trailblazing African-American director who helped champion a new wave of modern Black cinema in the 1970s, has died, his son announced Wednesday. He was 89.

Kim Kardashian West is set to make her “SNL” hosting debut.

“The Wire” creator David Simon won’t be filming an upcoming HBO series in Texas due to a controversial abortion law passed in the state, he announced on Twitter.

Early ’90s TV is hitting the refresh button this fall, in the case of “The Wonder Years,” delivering an impressive and ambitious ABC dramedy. Coming on the heels of Disney+’s “Doogie Howser, M.D.” reboot, the two shows join the earlier “One Day at a Time” in proving it’s possible to nostalgically recycle titles and still produce distinctive and captivating series.

Mr. Mattis, the former defense secretary, testified that Ms. Holmes had not been forthcoming with the board about her start-up’s problems.

Headlines have focused on teenagers and booster doses – but millions still haven’t had a first jab.

But his plans face a tough road as pressure grows for big pharmaceutical companies to share their vaccine technologies with poorer nations.

Regulators said that people over 65 or at high risk of severe Covid-19 were eligible for an extra shot, setting up a staggered national booster campaign.

Scientists at Imperial College London are now researching a link between Covid-19 and new allergies.

All schools and colleges in Cornwall will be given litter pickers made from old hospital masks.

John Cossham wants more people to take up composting to encourage a circular economy.

The quartet of civilian astronauts lands safely in the Atlantic off the coast of Florida.

There are fears wildlife will be harmed if a recycling faciity is developed at the site.