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Oxford’s Covid-19 vaccine is safe and effective, further data shows

Oxford’s Covid-19 vaccine is safe and effective, further data shows

Oxford’s Covid-19 vaccine is safe and effective, further data shows

17 December 2020

The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency is currently considering whether or not to grant approval for the vaccine.


Online Harms director warns of ‘deeply problematic’ niche social platforms

Online Harms director warns of ‘deeply problematic’ niche social platforms

Online Harms director warns of ‘deeply problematic’ niche social platforms

17 December 2020

Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Sub-committee is told some smaller sites ‘simply will not talk to governments about anything’.


Boris Johnson to discuss Brexit negotiations in call with Ursula von der Leyen

Boris Johnson to discuss Brexit negotiations in call with Ursula von der Leyen

Boris Johnson to discuss Brexit negotiations in call with Ursula von der Leyen

17 December 2020

Number 10 downplayed the chances of a breakthrough – suggesting it would only be a stocktake rather than a deal.


UK political leaders back campaign to tackle Christmas loneliness

UK political leaders back campaign to tackle Christmas loneliness

UK political leaders back campaign to tackle Christmas loneliness

17 December 2020

People are being urged to reach out to those facing loneliness over the festive period.


Trailer containing £200,000 of whisky stolen

Trailer containing £200,000 of whisky stolen

Trailer containing £200,000 of whisky stolen

17 December 2020

The red articulated trailer with white writing on the sides was stolen from an industrial estate in Glasgow.


Doctors given go-ahead to amputate mentally-ill man’s foot

Doctors given go-ahead to amputate mentally-ill man’s foot

Doctors given go-ahead to amputate mentally-ill man’s foot

17 December 2020

Specialists said the pensioner would die if his foot was not amputated because infection had set in.


ESA hoping for UK involvement in EU-funded space programmes

ESA hoping for UK involvement in EU-funded space programmes

ESA hoping for UK involvement in EU-funded space programmes

17 December 2020

The European Space Agency (ESA) has also appointed a new director general.


Regular updates to travel corridors list suspended over Christmas

Regular updates to travel corridors list suspended over Christmas

Regular updates to travel corridors list suspended over Christmas

17 December 2020

Transport Secretary Grant Shapps said the decision would provide ‘certainty to those travelling’ over the festive period.


Police five times more likely to use force against black people, report says

Police five times more likely to use force against black people, report says

Police five times more likely to use force against black people, report says

17 December 2020

The Home Office published figures on Thursday.


Tier 3 coronavirus curbs to cover almost 40 million from Saturday

Tier 3 coronavirus curbs to cover almost 40 million from Saturday

Tier 3 coronavirus curbs to cover almost 40 million from Saturday

17 December 2020

Health Secretary Matt Hancock said the the extension of the tougher curbs to large areas of south and east England were necessary.


TikTok told its systems are failing to spot anti-vaccine misinformation

TikTok told its systems are failing to spot anti-vaccine misinformation

TikTok told its systems are failing to spot anti-vaccine misinformation

17 December 2020

Facebook, YouTube and TikTok were appearing before MPs to answer questions on misinformation and fake news.


Latest weekly Covid-19 rates for local authority areas in England

Latest weekly Covid-19 rates for local authority areas in England

Latest weekly Covid-19 rates for local authority areas in England

17 December 2020

Medway is now recording the highest rate, followed by Basildon and Swale.


Oxford Covid-19 vaccine stimulates broad antibody and T cell functions – study

Oxford Covid-19 vaccine stimulates broad antibody and T cell functions – study

Oxford Covid-19 vaccine stimulates broad antibody and T cell functions – study

17 December 2020

Researchers have published the data from phase one/two of their vaccine trials.


Watch: Man proposes to train-driving girlfriend as she pulls into station

Watch: Man proposes to train-driving girlfriend as she pulls into station

Watch: Man proposes to train-driving girlfriend as she pulls into station

17 December 2020

Conor O’Sullivan was waiting at the Dublin station as his girlfriend’s train pulled in.


Christmas tractors raise money for people affected by farm accidents

Christmas tractors raise money for people affected by farm accidents

Christmas tractors raise money for people affected by farm accidents

17 December 2020

The ‘Christmas Tractors of Nenagh’ will delight people in Co Tipperary, Ireland, as well as online.


Chances of a post-Brexit trade deal with EU are less than 50% – Gove

Chances of a post-Brexit trade deal with EU are less than 50% – Gove

Chances of a post-Brexit trade deal with EU are less than 50% – Gove

17 December 2020

Assessment comes as UK approaches transition period exit on December 31.


Film producer loses bid for damages over Gilliam film

Film producer loses bid for damages over Gilliam film

Film producer loses bid for damages over Gilliam film

17 December 2020

The film, starring Adam Driver and Jonathan Pryce was eventually released in 2018, after a 20-year battle by Mr Gilliam to get it made.


69 specialist clinics open for long Covid patients in England

69 specialist clinics open for long Covid patients in England

69 specialist clinics open for long Covid patients in England

17 December 2020

Hundreds of patients are already receiving help from the centres that are taking referrals from GPs of people who could be battling long Covid.


Russia ‘flexing muscles’ in UK backyard, warns defence chief

Russia ‘flexing muscles’ in UK backyard, warns defence chief

Russia ‘flexing muscles’ in UK backyard, warns defence chief

17 December 2020

General Sir Nick Carter said Russia had sent warships and planes to waters off the coasts of Britain and Ireland earlier this month.


GWR cancels Christmas train services after Covid-19 outbreak among crew

GWR cancels Christmas train services after Covid-19 outbreak among crew

GWR cancels Christmas train services after Covid-19 outbreak among crew

17 December 2020

Around 50 of the operator’s workers are having to self-isolate.


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