Northern Ireland’s chief scientific adviser has said he is very concerned at stalled vaccine rates. Almost 82% had received a first dose of the jab compared to 87.8% in England,
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Downing Street has not denied that National Insurance contributions could be increased to fund a new social care plan, in a move that would break a Conservative manifesto pledge. Boris
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Boris Johnson said he no longer believed “all this NHS overwhelmed stuff” as he resisted imposing England’s second coronavirus lockdown, leaked messages suggest. Dominic Cummings shared WhatsApps with the BBC
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The Prime Minister was facing a backlash over his plans to make coronavirus vaccination compulsory for nightclubs and other crowded venues in the autumn. Clubs, backbench Tories and opposition MPs
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A planned £1 billion takeover of Spire Healthcare has collapsed after not enough shareholders backed a bid by rival Ramsay Health Care. Spire’s board had recommended investors vote in favour
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People living with cancer in England say the so-called “Freedom Day”, marking an end to the remaining coronavirus restrictions, is “meaningless” and “really frightening”. Those with the illness say they,
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Frontline NHS and social care workers in England who are fully vaccinated will, in “exceptional circumstances”, be permitted to carry on working if they are “pinged” by the Covid contact
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Boris Johnson has abandoned plans to avoid quarantine after being contacted by NHS Test and Trace following a furious political backlash.The Prime Minister and Chancellor Rishi Sunak had originally planned
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The finance manager of a care provider has been jailed for six years for defrauding his employer out of nearly £200,000. Bradley Young (pictured), 24, of Forest End, Waterlooville, Hampshire,
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More than 100 scientists and doctors have signed a letter accusing the UK Government of conducting a “dangerous and unethical experiment” and urging it to reconsider its plans to abandon
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