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‘Superwoman’ mother-of-three who pushed dairy lorry up snowy hill gets a year’s free supply of milk as reward Charlene Leslie, 33, was filmed pushing the massive Grahams milk lorry up a hill Supermarket worker was heading to the shops when she saw the Grahams lorry Graham’s has gifted Charlene, from Cowdenbeath, a year of free … Read more
Nicola Sturgeon warned of vaccine shortages due to Pfizer issues today despite No10 insisting it is ‘confident’ the UK has enough. The First Minister said that the number of appointments being offered north of the border could be scaled back, blaming high uptake and Pfizer manufacturing problems. Ms Sturgeon told her daily briefing that the … Read more
EU accused of ‘kissing the backside of Russia’ after it turns to Moscow to make up its shortfall in vaccine supplies Josep Borrell backs Russian Sputnik V jab, congratulates country on its ‘success’ Russia expelled three European diplomats over imprisonment of Alexei Navalny Sir Iain Duncan Smith says EU is ‘kissing the backside of Russia,’ … Read more
Number 10 has launched the world’s first trial into whether mixing and matching coronavirus vaccines is safe and can enhance protection against the disease. The study of more than 800 patients will look at the effect of giving someone an initial dose of the Oxford University jab, followed by the Pfizer one, and vice versa. Scientists will … Read more
Britain today hit the major milestone of vaccinating 10million people against coronavirus — but critics have demanded No10 gets a grip on the ‘lackadaisical approach’ to dishing out jabs on Sundays. Despite the lockdown-ending inoculation drive being a success, a trend has emerged showing a sharp drop-off in uptake on Sundays. For example last Sunday … Read more
Health Secretary Matt Hancock today blamed ‘lumpy supply’ for blips in Britain’s coronavirus vaccine rollout and revealed plans to administer jabs through the night had been scrapped. Despite the UK’s inoculation drive being an undoubted success, with 10million doses already dished out, a trend has emerged in the figures showing a sharp drop-off in uptake … Read more
Nicola Sturgeon was accused of taking the EU’s side in the bitter vaccine row today as she vowed to publish details of the UK’s supplies despite Boris Johnson ordering her to keep them secret. In an extraordinary move, the First Minister risked undermining Britain’s position, with Brussels heaping pressure on firms to give the bloc … Read more
Moderna confirmed on Wednesday that it is in talks with the U.S. to supply an additional 100 million doses of its coronavirus vaccine. The federal government had already signed an agreement with the biotechnology company last year to purchase 200 million doses of the inoculation, and the new purchase would bring the total up to 300 … Read more
Supply teacher, 59, with ‘beautiful laugh’ died from Covid after saying she felt tired but showed no symptoms of the virus Shamim Mir suffered organ failure and died on January 13 after a positive test She didn’t display typical symptoms of Covid-19 but complained of tiredness Her daughter has paid tribute to the ‘caring woman’ … Read more
The supply of coronavirus vaccines to the North West of England could be cut by a third next month so doses can be diverted to parts of the country further behind in their rollout to the over-80s. NHS England figures reveal the North West had vaccinated the second-highest proportion of its over-80s, reaching two thirds of … Read more