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A half dose followed by a full dose was found to be 90% effective in one group, but the efficacy was 62% for people given two full doses.

The third appeal against the late Abdelbaset al-Megrahi’s conviction has concluded, with judges now deliberating on whether to acquit him.

The Duke and Duchess of Sussex are no longer working members of the royal family, having stepped back from the roles.

Some questioned how their areas had come out of a national lockdown under harsher rules than they had entered it.

There has been a mixed response to the Scottish Government’s announcement it plans to license grouse shooting businesses in Scotland.

NHS England said that, if successful, the test could help increase the proportion of cancers caught early.

The appointment of Dan Rosenfield as Downing Street chief of staff follows weeks of incendiary in-fighting in Number 10.

Pc Uzma Amireddy wanted to design the new hijab after finding the one given to her uncomfortable and unsafe.

The 23-year-old said lockdown had offered her a chance to reassess her work.

The Government set out its reasons for putting the whole of the region under the most strict Covid-19 measures.

Medway, Gravesham and Dover have recorded the biggest week-on-week increases.

The Scottish Government has announced plans for the licensing of grouse moor businesses amid ‘persecution’ fears over birds of prey.

The stocky animal had ‘misjudged the width of his backside’ when moving from one garden to another.

Just 1% of the population will be in the lowest level of regulations, while 41.5% will be in Tier 3.

Lord Chief Justice of Northern Ireland Sir Declan Morgan was giving evidence before a committee of Stormont assembly members.

More than 250,000 job losses or potential redundancies have been announced since March 23.

New research has revealed that the death toll of Exercise Tiger could have been far greater.

Ministers and MSPs have been wrangling over recent weeks about guidance given during a judicial review won by the former first minister.

Tier 3 controls on pubs, bars and restaurants have been branded ‘complete madness’.

The vacuum cleaner firm says it wants to double the size of its current product portfolio with new device ranges by 2025.