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Each day of greater Christmas freedom will result in five days of tighter measures
The public will need to make “every effort” to keep coronavirus cases low in December in order to gather during the festive season, a Public Health England (PHE) director said.
University of Oxford release “encouraging” vaccine results
The latest study shows it produces a strong immune response in older adults.
Comedian has perfect response to Sainsbury’s ad dissenters
This is Christmas comedy gold.
Ashley Banjo praises Sainsbury’s festive advert for ‘triggering racists’
“Dear Sainsbury’s, your application has been accepted…” Banjo wrote on Twitter. “Welcome to the ‘trigger the racists’ club.”
‘Definitely not a world-beating system!’ Test and Trace ‘confusion’ leading some users to call contacts themselves
"There are so many errors with it … there’s no wonder we’ve had to go into a second lockdown."
‘National scandal’ as over half of teachers have worked with homeless children
“We had one family where all the kids had to share a bed, they were shattered. It’s not right.”
‘Shameful legacy of Government’s Covid mishandling’ as report on private contract cronyism published
“Instead of spending taxpayer billions lining the pockets of line the pockets of Tory chums – Ministers should do the decent thing and give our frontline public sector heroes a decent pay rise.”
Is the road running out for Russians hoping to forget their chequered past in London?
It is becoming increasingly clear that inaction is no longer an option.
Why should Covid restrictions be lifted for Xmas after sacrifice of other religions, says Piers Morgan
“I don’t think the entire health of the nation should rest on whether we can gorge together on turkey for a couple of days."