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Boris Johnson is under mounting pressure to speed up the Covid vaccine rollout to care homes, after damning official figures revealed fatalities across the sector have doubled in a fortnight. Liz Kendall, Labour’s shadow social care minister, warned the UK is ‘in a race against time to vaccinate residents and staff’. She said: ‘The Government … Read more
Eurostar ‘could fold by April’: High speed cross-Channel train service could go bust within months without a rescue package, experts warn MPs and business leaders have warned Eurostar could go bust without help Passengers have fallen 95 per cent since March and two services now run daily Sir Roger Gale says French and UK ministers … Read more
Woodpeckers move their beaks ‘like a drill bit’ at a speed of seven metres a second to avoid getting them stuck in trees, biologists discover Woodpeckers avoid getting their beaks stuck in wood by ‘behaving like a drill’ Biologists in Antwerp found the bird detaches itself by flicking its head It moves the top and … Read more
Lily Allen has revealed she debated taking heroin when she ‘hit rock bottom’ during her 2014 supporting stint on Miley Cyrus’ Bangerz tour. The Smile songstress, 35, spoke to DJ Fat Tony on his The Recovery podcast about her own sobriety journey, including her personal lowest point, as she touched on the tour and how … Read more
GPs are told to halt non-urgent care in bid to boost speed of Covid-19 vaccine rollout Family GPs are told to stop routine appointments during the vaccine rollout Guidelines say more surgeries should pause non-urgent checks and tests It comes as GPs warn patients of ‘severe strain on health care in London’ By Kate Pickles … Read more
Lucky escape for driver as Audi ends up wedged under a ‘reduce speed’ sign after losing control on winter roads Photos show the results of an icy morning crash as a grey Audi stands on its end Two adults and a child were not injured in crash on A623 at Tideswell, Derbyshire Incident took place on … Read more
Operation Warp Speed’s chief scientist has admitted the US vaccine rollout ‘should be better’ as anger mounts that fewer only about 230,000 Americans are getting vaccinated a day. So far, fewer than 2.6 million people have been vaccinated as of 9am ET Wednesday, according to the CDC’s updated figures. That means just 461,982 vaccines have … Read more
America ‘WON’T follow Europe and ban UK flights over Super-COVID fears’ – BUT Trump’s plan to lift restrictions on non-US citizens traveling from Britain now hangs in balance Moncef Slaoui, chief advisor to the government’s Operation Warp Speed vaccine program, on Sunday said a ban on UK travel was not currently in the cards He … Read more
Britain won’t vaccinate all 30million vulnerable residents against Covid for a decade, if Number 10’s mammoth operation continues at the current speed. Department of Health bosses today claimed 137,897 people across Britain were given the approved Pfizer/BioNTech jab during the first eight days of the UK’s biggest-ever vaccination drive. At that rate — roughly 17,237 … Read more
The majority of doses of coronavirus antibody drugs are going unused, a new report claims. According to CNBC, Operation Warp Speed ships out some 65,000 doses of the drugs across the U.S. each week. But, chief of the vaccine initiative Dr Moncef Slaoui said only five to 20 percent of treatments – made by Eli … Read more