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• Covid infections jump by half a million in UK, says ONS
  The rise is being driven by two new sub-variants of Omicron which are spreading quickly.
• Dame Deborah James death prompts more bowel-cancer checks
  The NHS website has had thousands more visits this week after the campaigner's death.
• Special Covid leave scrapped for NHS staff in England
  The Royal College of Nursing said the decision shows "how little" the government valued NHS staff.
• Roe v Wade: Women travelling for abortions will be protected - Biden
  The US president warns some US states will attempt to arrest women crossing state lines for access.
• Help 999 teams find missing heart defibrillators
  About 70,000 of the life-saving devices are in UK community locations unknown by the emergency services.