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It’s the weekend.
Another week has gone by – and there has been plenty of news going on.
Despite us still being in lockdown there’s still a lot to get done.
So Sky News has put together a few of the stories – and they are not all related to the pandemic – for you to catch up on.
Learning the lessons of the COVID crisis.
Sky News has created an in-depth, interactive, timeline of the coronavirus pandemic, and asked key questions about how the last year’s events panned out.
Find a link here to have a look for yourself
Donald Trump on trial. Again
In America, Donald Trump‘s second impeachment trial started, with never before seen footage of the 6 January riots being shown to senators who will decide if the 45th president is guilty of high crimes and misdemeanours.
You may have read the standing orders, but did you understand them?
Chaos on a parish council video meeting saw the star of Jackie Weaver rise – to the point that Andrew Lloyd-Webber wrote a song for her.
What caused a deadly Himalayan landslide
Dozens of people have died following a flood in northern India amid the world’s highest peaks. Satellite imagery shows that a crack in a mountain may be to blame.
Sky News explained what happened here
Kim Kardashian defends North West’s painting
After the internet decided a lakeside scene had not actually been created by 7-year-old North, Kim Kardashian West jumped onto social media to defend her daughter’s artistic abilities.
The infamous oil painting which Kim Kardashian says took her daughter North West several weeks. Pic: Instagram/@KimKardashian
Hacking Islamic State – Into the Grey Zone
The latest episode of Sky News’s podcast series looking at the “grey zones” of modern warfare sees Sky News Foreign Affairs Editor Deborah Haynes talking to the head of GCHQ about how Britain used cyberwarfare against IS.
:: Subscribe to Into The Grey Zone on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Spreaker
Storm Darcy brings a chill
It may be far too late for a white Christmas, but there was still plenty of snow this week as Storm Darcy swept in from the east and dusted large parts of Britain.
Take a look at some of the best pictures here.
Dating in a pandemic
Finding love is certainly complicated when social distancing and lockdowns are in place. Sky News takes a look at some people’s experience with dating over the past 12 months.
Dating is hard at the best of times – now with social distancing in the mix it’s almost impossible
Two layers give more protection than one?
Following research from the American Centres for Disease Control showing that wearing two masks could offer better shielding from the coronavirus than one, we looked into what was being said and how it all worked.
Vice President Kamala Harris has been seen wearing two masks at once
Riots and troubles in Haiti
Kidnapping, poverty and a constitutional crisis are all gripping the Caribbean nation of Haiti. Sky News Chief Correspondent Stuart Ramsay has been to see just what is going on in the country.
His report can be watched below
Long COVID – the battle that keeps going
Jason Kelk contracted COVID-19 in March 2020. He is still on a ventilator. The 49-year-old’s story is one of the worst cases of long COVID in the UK.
Jason Kelk has been using a ventilator since April last year after contracting COVID-19. Pic: Sue Kelk
And finally…
Steve Irwin’s son Robert has won the Wildlife Photographer of the Year People’s Choice Award, for a stunning overhead drone shot of a bushfire in Australia.
See the picture, and more, here
Bushfire by Robert Irwin, Australia. Pic: Robert Irwin/ Wildlife Photographer Of The Year
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