The Champions League is officially back!

Sep 14 2021

The Champions League is officially back and running and will commence today at 6:45 when Young Boys welcome Manchester United and Salzburg play against Sevilla. This year’s Champions League will be filled with dramatic story lines and entertaining football.

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This Champions League matchday will consist of some thrilling matches including a rematch of Inter vs Real Madrid and Barcelona seeking revenge on Bayern after their demolition win the last time they met. This will also be AC Milan’s first ever UCL match in 8 years when they take on Liverpool at Anfield.

Chelsea will begin their defence against Russian champions Zenit and will be hoping for a good result to solidify their intentions for retaining the trophy. Other games will see Manchester City face RB Leipzig and PSG reportedly start Messi, Mbappe and Neymar for the first time against Club Brugge.

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Bernard Grech promises PN will cover all cancer treatment costs if elected

Sep 14 2021

Addressing a crowd, Opposition Leader Bernard Grech pledged that the Nationalist Party will cover all costs related to cancer treatment if elected to government. The news was announced as Grech addressed an event in Mqabba, with the leader saying that to him, whatever form of cancer one has, ‘you have a value as a person, and we should take care of you and pay for whatever cancer treatment you need.’ He revealed how telling someone fighting cancer to ‘request charity or [to] dig into their own pockets’ hurts him.

Despite praising charity organisations such as the Malta Community Chest Fund, Grech said that the time for relying on charity must come to an end. Such groups spend around €1 million on treatment per month, with costs racking up to over €120,000 per patient annually. Grech also addressed IVF treatment, stating that a specialist is need on the island at all times. Grech said that lives are at stake and that ‘if we have money to waste on this government’s excesses then we have money to invest in families.’

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Junior College students will be returning to in-person lectures

Sep 14 2021

Junior College has just announced that students will be officially returning to in-person lectures for the 2021/22 academic year. This comes after much speculation as to whether or not post-secondary school students will continue their lectures online or in class following the release of protocols by the Education Ministry last week.

The announcement comes with several important dates relating to the restart of the scholastic year. Second year students will be starting their semester earlier in late September. First years are set to have their orientation week starting Monday 4th October.

The news was welcomed by many as students raised concerns of being left in the dark for too long. The return to the class room is being seen by many as one more step towards normalcy, despite there still being certain COVID-19 restrictions to adhere to.

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Vaccines for over 12 year olds approved in UK to avoid lockdowns

Sep 14 2021

British officials approved COVID-19 vaccination to children over the age of 12 last Monday. The government is hoping that expanding the vaccination rollout to younger ages will help avoid lockdowns in winter. Jabs for children, along with booster shots for at-risk adults, form part of a ‘tool kit’ to control the spread of the virus during the last two seasons of the year.

Prime Minister Boris Johnson is set to announce the news at a conference on Tuesday, with chief medical officers of England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland recommending kids over 12 receive a single dose of the Pfizer jab. This comes despite the government’s vaccine advisors saying that the step would have only marginal health benefits.

Britain held off on vaccinating the 12-15 age group, vaccinating only over-16s. Almost 90% of those eligible have had at least one dose in the UK. The measure is being put into effect as the UK consider wider societal factors such as education and children spreading the virus to other vulnerable groups.

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