Labour have accused Boris Johnson of having disregard for the “rules he puts in place for the rest of us” after a leaked email appeared to show his private secretary
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Eight men who sued Manchester City after complaining of being abused by paedophile Barry Bennell more than 30 years ago have lost a High Court fight. The men, now in
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A London hospital could lose 1,000 staff members if they do not get vaccinated, its chief executive has acknowledged after a doctor challenged the Health Secretary about rules on mandatory
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Hospitals will be able to use spare capacity in the private sector under a new deal struck with the NHS, while hospitals have been told to find extra beds. The
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Holyrood Health Secretary Humza Yousaf has said Scotland is not considering further reducing its quarantine period after UK Government Education Secretary Nadhim Zahawi backed dropping England’s isolation from seven days
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Social care isolation rules have been relaxed following concerns over staff being off sick and problems discharging patients from hospital. Previously, if a care home had at least two coronavirus
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A health board in Scotland has warned it could declare a major incident next week as Covid case numbers continue to rise sharply. Members of the military have already been
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A system-wide major incident has been declared in Northamptonshire as “worrying” staff shortages mean firefighters could be drafted in to help health and social care workers. During a media briefing
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England is a “global outlier” in the fight against the Omicron wave of coronavirus because of its anti-restrictions stance, Wales’s First Minister has said. At a Welsh Government press briefing
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Back-office council workers are being asked to volunteer to step into social care roles as the Omicron variant is reducing staffing levels due to illness and isolation. North Yorkshire County
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