Northern Ireland’s coronavirus lockdown restrictions will be extended to March 5. Stormont health minister Robin Swann proposed the step to help drive down case numbers. Ministerial colleagues at the Executive
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Members of the military are to be brought in to support health staff in Northern Ireland in the third spike of the coronavirus pandemic. Stormont Health Minister Robin Swann said
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The Countess of Wessex has admitted hearing the stories of sexual violence survivors has taken her to “some very dark places” during her work to raise awareness about their plight.
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People in Wales should not expect a “significant easing” of coronavirus rules despite rates of the virus falling across the country, health minister Vaughan Gething has said. Mr Gething (pictured)
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Nicola Sturgeon has announced £250 million over the next five years for addiction services to tackle rising numbers of drug deaths in Scotland. Speaking in Parliament on Wednesday, the First
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Drug treatment services in England will get an extra £80 million as part of the Government’s efforts to cut crime. The money is part of a £148 million package announced
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A West Indian woman in her 80s who is suffering from dementia and living in a care home should be given a coronavirus vaccine despite her son’s concerns, a judge
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Thousands of families with children considered extremely vulnerable to Covid-19 are facing an anxious wait on when they can be vaccinated, a disability charity has warned. Contact, a charity that
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The number of deaths in UK care homes involving coronavirus has passed 25,000, new analysis by the PA news agency shows. A total of 21,621 Covid-19 deaths in care homes
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The former head of the Government’s Covid-19 rough sleeping taskforce has called for staff in the homelessness sector to be prioritised for vaccines. Dame Louise Casey, who was appointed to
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