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Boris Johnson and health chiefs to face questions on coronavirus vaccine rollout

Boris Johnson and health chiefs to face questions on coronavirus vaccine rollout

Boris Johnson and health chiefs to face questions on coronavirus vaccine rollout

13 January 2021

Vaccines minister Nadhim Zahawi and health bosses crucial to the jabs programme will also be questioned.


Supermarkets call for urgent intervention over NI food supplies

Supermarkets call for urgent intervention over NI food supplies

Supermarkets call for urgent intervention over NI food supplies

12 January 2021

Chief executives of Tesco, Sainsbury’s, Asda, Iceland, Co-Op and Marks & Spencer have written to Cabinet Office Minister Michael Gove.


All passengers into Ireland will have to provide negative Covid test

All passengers into Ireland will have to provide negative Covid test

All passengers into Ireland will have to provide negative Covid test

12 January 2021

The check must be undertaken 72 hours beforehand.


Catholic archbishop apologises to survivors of homes

Catholic archbishop apologises to survivors of homes

Catholic archbishop apologises to survivors of homes

12 January 2021

Eamon Martin said the church was clearly part of a culture in which people were frequently stigmatised, judged and rejected.


Man charged with double murder after Ilford stabbings

Man charged with double murder after Ilford stabbings

Man charged with double murder after Ilford stabbings

12 January 2021

Vytautas Garmus, 51, has been charged with the murders of Dainius Kulboka and Jonas Semenas at a house in Ilford on Sunday.


Boy, 14, charged with murder of restaurant owner in Stockport

Boy, 14, charged with murder of restaurant owner in Stockport

Boy, 14, charged with murder of restaurant owner in Stockport

12 January 2021

The teenager has been charged with murder and numerous driving offences.


Taoiseach – mother and baby homes a ‘dark chapter’

Taoiseach – mother and baby homes a ‘dark chapter’

Taoiseach – mother and baby homes a ‘dark chapter’

12 January 2021

Ireland had displayed a ‘warped’ attitude to sexuality and intimacy, Micheal Martin added.


‘I feel defeated’ – families and survivors react to mother and baby homes report

‘I feel defeated’ – families and survivors react to mother and baby homes report

‘I feel defeated’ – families and survivors react to mother and baby homes report

12 January 2021

Survivors groups are angry and disappointed over the failure of the report to apportion blame to either the Church or State.


Patel wrongly says limited ‘outdoor recreation’ is permitted during lockdown

Patel wrongly says limited ‘outdoor recreation’ is permitted during lockdown

Patel wrongly says limited ‘outdoor recreation’ is permitted during lockdown

12 January 2021

The Home Secretary apparently misspoke during a Downing Street press conference when trying to explain how exercise is permitted.


Almost 45,000 fines handed out for Covid-19 breaches across UK

Almost 45,000 fines handed out for Covid-19 breaches across UK

Almost 45,000 fines handed out for Covid-19 breaches across UK

12 January 2021

National Police Chiefs’ Council chairman Martin Hewitt said officers will not ‘waste time’ trying to reason with people with ‘no regard’ for others.


Hospital trust ramps up Covid response to avoid being overwhelmed by third wave

Hospital trust ramps up Covid response to avoid being overwhelmed by third wave

Hospital trust ramps up Covid response to avoid being overwhelmed by third wave

12 January 2021

Doctors are being redeployed to intensive care and elective procedures cut at England’s biggest hospital trust.


Mother ‘given wrong information about where child buried’

Mother ‘given wrong information about where child buried’

Mother ‘given wrong information about where child buried’

12 January 2021

Thousands died at mother and baby homes over many decades.


Scotland construction workers ask ‘why is my life less important?’

Scotland construction workers ask ‘why is my life less important?’

Scotland construction workers ask ‘why is my life less important?’

12 January 2021

‘I feel as if I am just another number that could be replaced tomorrow,’ said one.


NHS chief paints sobering picture of challenge facing London’s hospitals

NHS chief paints sobering picture of challenge facing London’s hospitals

NHS chief paints sobering picture of challenge facing London’s hospitals

12 January 2021

Dr Vin Diwakar, NHS medical director for the capital, has warned hospitals won’t be able to cope with rising numbers ‘indefinitely’.


Northern Ireland lockdown likely to last beyond February 6 – CMO

Northern Ireland lockdown likely to last beyond February 6 – CMO

Northern Ireland lockdown likely to last beyond February 6 – CMO

12 January 2021

While the reproductive rate of the virus for cases has fallen to 1.1, the health service is steeling itself for a surge of admissions this month.


‘Appalling’ levels of infant mortality at mother and baby homes

‘Appalling’ levels of infant mortality at mother and baby homes

‘Appalling’ levels of infant mortality at mother and baby homes

12 January 2021

Almost 9,000 children died, approximately 15% of all the youngsters who were in the institutions, an investigation found.


Schools testing strategy could ‘increase Covid in schools’

Schools testing strategy could ‘increase Covid in schools’

Schools testing strategy could ‘increase Covid in schools’

12 January 2021

Experts have raised concerns over the efficacy of the tests,


Latest weekly Covid-19 rates for local authority areas in England

Latest weekly Covid-19 rates for local authority areas in England

Latest weekly Covid-19 rates for local authority areas in England

12 January 2021

Knowsley, Halton and Liverpool have recorded the biggest week-on-week increases.


Teenager avoids jail despite officer needing surgery after ‘horrific’ attack

Teenager avoids jail despite officer needing surgery after ‘horrific’ attack

Teenager avoids jail despite officer needing surgery after ‘horrific’ attack

12 January 2021

Pc Maddie Hayes was forced to take three months off work due to her injuries.


Alex Salmond invited to give evidence to Holyrood harassment probe inquiry

Alex Salmond invited to give evidence to Holyrood harassment probe inquiry

Alex Salmond invited to give evidence to Holyrood harassment probe inquiry

12 January 2021

A committee has asked the former first minister to appear in person at next Tuesday’s evidence session.


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