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Prioritising people for a Covid vaccine based on age is “the moral thing to do”, Matt Hancock says.

Five things you need to know about the coronavirus pandemic this Friday evening.

Benjamin Fort told police he thought the aircraft was a UFO, a court hears

A Free State man, who stabbed and killed his pregnant girlfriend after he accused her of disrespecting him, has been sentenced to 20 years behind bars.

A state-of-the-art library has been officially opened in Alice in the Eastern Cape in honour of liberation struggle stalwart Raymond Mhlaba. He was the first premier of the province between 1994 and 1997. The multimillion-rand library also caters for visually impaired individuals.

Eight purpose-built firefighting vehicles as well as 107 firefighters and ground team members are at the scene.

Premier Sihle Zikalala will chair the war room that will oversee the creation of jobs in KwaZulu-Natal.

Seventeen former British gymnasts, including three Olympians, have notified British Gymnastics of their intention to take legal action, alleging coaches subjected them to “systemic physical and psychological abuse,” according to a statement from their law firm Hausfeld.

Japan’s Tamayo Marukawa signs a document opposing a move for separate surnames for married couples.

KANO, Nigeria, Feb 26 – Unidentified gunmen seized more than 300 girls in a nighttime raid on a school in northwest Nigeria on Friday and are believed to be holding some of them in a forest, police said.

The Libya Football Federation announces the first steps towards the lifting of a ban on its stadiums being used for international matches.

Libya’s prime minister-designate Abdul Hamid Dheibah is set to name a transitional government tasked with unifying the war-torn nation and leading it to elections in December.

Meet Gardi Koko and Navy Malela, the two whistleblowers who risked everything to raise the alarm

Rob Hersov’s African Gold Acquisition Corp., a special purpose acquisition company targeting gold assets on the continent, raised $360m ahead of a New York listing on Friday.

South African Wiehann Meyer, who recently travelled to London, kept a video diary of his experience in hotel quarantine.

The visa remains the quickest and simplest route to gain lawful and legitimate access to the USA for applicants and their immediate family to live, study and work in the US.

President Cyril Ramaphosa has told editors that the African National Congress’ top leadership will meet with former President Jacob Zuma any day soon to discuss among others his defiance of the Constitutional Court order that he appears before the State Capture Commission.

The ANC Women’s League says it will visit former president Jacob Zuma at his Nkandla Homestead in KwaZulu-Natal, at a date to be announced soon.

President Cyril Ramaphosa holds a question-and-answer session with the South African National Editors’ Forum (SANEF). This follows his State of the Nation Address earlier this month.

North West Premier Job Mokgoro says he maintains the political power to implement a forensic investigation unit, despite the ANC interim provincial committee’s decision in January to suspend his party membership.

Everton’s Gylfi Sigurdsson tells Football Focus it’s “incredible” to see how much manager Carlo Ancelotti cares about the club.

EP Elephants coach Peter de Villiers had little hesitation installing Inny Radebe as his captain despite admitting such a process is “difficult” in general.

Proteas spinner Tabraiz Shamsi has defended the conditions in Ahmedabad where India won the third Test against England inside two days.

Tadej Pogacar holds onto the lead of the UAE tour despite being handed a penalty for pushing another rider.

Rob Watling thinks an education secretary with imagination could transform this summer for children, while Philip C Stenning calls for moderation. Plus letters from Dr Cary Bazalgette and Sarah James

If we had someone with imagination as secretary of state for education, we would be looking forward to a summer of active, creative and inspiring activities for our youngsters. They would harness...

Calvin Tyler, who left Morgan State University, a historically Black college, in 1963, worked his way up to become a UPS board member

A man who dropped out of college because he couldn’t afford tuition costs and became a UPS driver has pledged $20m in scholarships to his former university nearly 60 years on.

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I’ve seen firsthand how damaging exams can be. But they may be fairer than teacher-assessed grades

The author is a maths teacher at a state school in Nottinghamshire

After working as a maths and physics teacher for four years, I decided I wanted a change of career. I spent four years in cancer screening and diagnosis before returning to teaching in 2019. Much of that time was spent discussing...

Veteran actor Kenneth Branagh looks uncannily like British Prime Minister Boris Johnson in a first-look photo of his remarkable transformation for the political series ‘This Sceptred Isle’.

Queen Elizabeth II has encouraged everyone to have the coronavirus vaccine, saying people who refuse it “ought to think about other people rather than themselves.”

South African rapper Nasty C will appear on ‘The Ellen DeGeneres Show’ to perform his hit single ‘Black and White’ from the ‘Coming 2 America’ soundtrack.

Couldn’t you catch the latest episode of Skeem Saam? Don’t worry, we’ve got you covered.

Lady Gaga’s father, Joe Germanotta is speaking out following the horrifying attack on Wednesday that left his daughter’s dog walker shot and her two French bulldogs stolen.

Almost 50 years after “Lady Sings the Blues,” “The United States vs. Billie Holiday” revisits the singer’s career, through the lens of the feds hounding her. The result is a disjointed, oddly structured movie, which derives its high notes from Andra Day’s showstopping performance in the title role.

“The Father” will affect people in different ways, and the movie remains a somewhat claustrophobic adaptation of the stage play. Yet there have been few better attempts on screen to capture dementia — both for those trapped within it, and those grappling with how to handle them — punctuated by a staggering performance from Anthony Hopkins, a brilliant cherry on top of the 83-year-old actor’s...

We need more ways to find new movies, books and activities — especially those that challenge us.

The new Netflix animated series puts a new spin on old tales.

Without modifying human behaviour we run the risk of violent weather swings and a drastic effect on crops and ocean life

The ocean circulation that keeps our relatively northern corner of Europe warm(ish) is often likened to a gigantic conveyor belt bringing warm equatorial water northwards at the surface, balanced by cold southward flow at great depth. The Atlantic Meridional Overturning...

After phase one is complete by mid-April, in what order will all other adults get the jab?

The pandemic has stolen away the chance to surround the sister we are losing to dementia with our love, so that she does not have to face death alone.

Many scientists are expecting another rise in infections. But this time the surge will be blunted by vaccines and, hopefully, widespread caution. By summer, Americans may be looking at a return to normal life.

The New York Times would like to hear from parents and adolescents who are dealing with mental health challenges.

Planned UK first hopes to be looking for extraterrestrial life within five years.

Climate change could destroy “entire cities” in a matter of decades, says Sir David Attenborough.

The health of on estuary is a description of the condition of an estuary and are driven by two key drivers, water quality and quantity. Rain falling on the land eventually makes its way to a lake, river, stream, estuary, or ocean. Some rainwater flows slowly, in a thin layer called sheet flow across the […]

See the bloom of an Amazonian moonflower that captured interest from around the world.