AstraZeneca and Pfizer contradict Covid vaccines deficit
Health Secretary Matt Hancock told a Downing Street press conference that vaccine supply was “always lumpy” and insisted the nation was on track to meet the target.
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Significant vaccine shortage, return to freedom could be delayed
Health Secretary Matt Hancock said vaccine supply was ‘always lumpy’.
Risk to illegally arriving asylum seekers of being transferred to another country
Migrants crossing the Channel illegally risk being transferred to third countries.
Sarah Everard case: inquest opened
Investigation into the death of Sarah Everard and to better clarify the dynamics of the murder.
P&O Launches Voyage to Nowhere
P&O Cruises has said that anyone wanting to take its cruises around the British Isles this summer will need to be vaccinated first.
Raab says UK can be global ‘force for good’
The Foreign Secretary will use the speech to warn that democracies and the institutions that underpin them are facing the greatest threat since the end of the Cold War.
AstraZeneca suspended in several countries, but the UK defends it
British leaders and doctors continue to defend the AstraZeneca vaccine and they think there is not enough reason to suspend it.
The second life of red telephone boxes: defibrillators and mini museums
From the uselessness of the red telephone boxes to their transformation into defibrillators, mini museums and digital units, the iconic British phone booths can still be helpful nowadays.
Sarah Everard, Boris Johnson to hold the crime task force meeting
The Prime Minister Boris Johnson decided to hold a task force meeting after Ms Everard’s case.
John Lewis announces closure of other stores after losses due to Covid 19
Because of the Covid John Lewis can no longer support some of his stores and is forced to close them.
Missing Sarah Everard: police officer arrested
Investigation on Sarah Everard: not yet found, but arrested a metropolitan policeman and a woman.
UK : Everything you can and can’t do from March 8
There will be some changes and we can take a look at how the rule will change next week.
Covid in UK: cases reach the lowest level, ready for the closure of Nightingales
UK and Covid: the vaccination campaign continues and cases decrease. Soon less restrictions in the open and closing of Nightingale hospitals.
Nicola Pagett dead aged 75: after diagnosed with brain tumour
The actress is said to have “died suddenly” on March 3 2021, after being diagnosed with a brain tumour.
NHS: the government can only afford the 1% increase in salary
Minister Dorries declares that the only possibility that the government can afford is the maximum increase of 1% of the salary of the NHS.
Cash for exercise: the government may offer money in order to prevent obesity
Health officials are examining “cash for exercise” a new programme that is based on offering money to people in order to encourage them to exercise, to prevent obesity.
Prince Philip had a ‘successful procedure’, but will remain in hospital
Prince Philip’s procedure for a pre-existing heart condition was successful. He underwent the operation at St Batholomews’s Hospital, on Wednesday 3 March, 2021.
Approaching Meghan and Harry’s Oprah interview :accused of bullying staff
Meghan Markle was the subject of a bullying complaint during her time at Kensington Palace.
UK trying to find original person with Brazilian Covid variant
A coronavirus “variant of concern” first detected in Brazil has now been found in the UK.
Class above schools re-open: extend the day or cut summer holiday?
Schools could lengthen the day or shorten the summer break to give kids more time to catch up on learning lost to the lockdown, Gavin Williamson said.
Super fast Covid tests ‘will pave return towards normality’
Individuals who do not have a vaccine certificate will not be able to travel as much, WHO expert warns
Coldest night in the UK since 1995
The mercury dropped to minus 22.9C (minus 6.5F) in Braemar, Aberdeenshire overnight, the coldest temperature recorded since December 2010.
Boris Johnson to talk about the vaccine roll-out during a press conference
Rumour is that he will approach the vaccine roll-out as if it was a military operation. Details during the press conference.