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Oxford University and AstraZeneca plan to have a new Covid vaccine ready by the autumn to tackle new variants of the coronavirus, they confirmed yesterday. Growing evidence suggests that a mutation first found in the South African variant of the virus, and now cropping up elsewhere, can reduce how well current vaccines work because it … Read more
Oxford University and AstraZeneca plan to have a new Covid vaccine ready by the autumn to tackle new variants of the coronavirus, they confirmed yesterday. Growing evidence suggests that a mutation first found in the South African variant of the virus, and now cropping up elsewhere, can reduce how well current vaccines work because it … Read more
A German minister has raged at Ursula von der Leyen’s ‘really s**t’ vaccine strategy and said that Berlin cannot ‘let this s**t repeat itself’ as anger mounts over the EU’s chaotic handling of the roll-out. Vice-chancellor Olaf Scholz attacked von der Leyen by name in a stormy cabinet meeting on Monday, according to Bild. Scholz … Read more
Scott Morrison has had a video call with the boss of Google after the company threatened to pull out of Australia. The prime minister chatted to Sundar Pichai, the CEO of Google’s parent company Alphabet, on Thursday from 9.30am. It comes after Google pulled a warning message from its homepage which linked to a video … Read more
Tory justice minister is slammed for taking selfie outside Cheltenham FC’s ground before FA Cup tie despite police and match officials ordering fans to stay away during lockdown Alex Chalk, the MP for Cheltenham, posted a photo outside the club’s ground The post, urging Cheltenham Town to ‘knock em dead’, was later deleted Lib Dems … Read more
The voice in her head was always kind, conciliatory and persuasive: ‘You’ve had a hard day, you’ve played a lot of sport, you’ve earned a big meal,’ it said. Or: ‘You’ve have a good day, you’re hungry, this is your reward.’ It would follow up with a few compliments: ‘You’re not fat, you’re curvaceous. You’re … Read more
It began as a joke. After a series of fiery ministerial grillings on Good Morning Britain, someone on Twitter suggested I’d make a good Prime Minister, and I responded by saying the slogan ‘PM for PM’ had a good ring to it. The following morning, the entire front page of the Daily Star newspaper was … Read more
Universal Credit £20-a-week uplift could be replaced with a £1,000 one-off payment amid growing pressure on ministers not to axe extra support as No10 insists Rishi Sunak is yet to make a final decision Therese Coffey said ministers will decide ‘soon’ whether to extend the increase Chancellor has been resisting growing pressure to extend the … Read more
Covid vaccine minister Nadhim Zahawi denies jabs have been diverted from the North to areas lagging behind in over-80s rollout – after NHS figures reveal huge postcode lottery Nadhim Zahawi blasted claims stocks were being diverted from Yorkshire He said they would still be receiving their 13 per cent allocation of supplies But he admitted … Read more
The brutal lockdown is on track to be loosened in England from the beginning of March amid rising hopes that target of vaccinating all adults by September could be beaten by months. Another five million people will be invited to receive a jab from today, with some in Whitehall suggesting the rollout is going so well … Read more