UK scientists are set to announce an expansion of the Covid-19 booster vaccine programme as nine cases of the Omicron variant have been confirmed across the country. Professor Anthony Harnden,
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Struggles faced by people with Down’s Syndrome to access the care and services they need must end, the Government has said, as MPs backed a “world-leading” proposed law. The Down
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A worrying new variant of coronavirus has been found in Belgium as the UK’s Health Secretary Sajid Javid said there was “huge international concern” over the strain. Belgium became the
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France has reacted with fury after Boris Johnson publicly called on Paris to take back migrants who succeed in making the perilous Channel crossing to Britain. A French government spokesman
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Boris Johnson’s proposed new cap on social care has moved a step closer to reality after a majority of MPs voted in favour of it in parliament. The cap, which
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MSP Michelle Thomson says “too little has changed” since she spoke publicly about being raped at the age of 14. In 2016, while an MP, Ms Thomson gave a speech
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Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar has urged the Scottish Government to step in after he claimed that two more children have died after contracting infections at a Glasgow hospital. The
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Asylum claims in the UK have hit their highest level for nearly 20 years, fuelled by soaring Channel migrant crossings and a rise in numbers following the coronavirus pandemic. The
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A one-minute silence will be held at the Scottish Parliament for all women killed by men this year. The event has been organised on the 30th anniversary of the UN’s
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Boris Johnson has urged France to step up efforts to stem the flow of migrants crossing the Channel after a boat capsized off the French coast with the loss of
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