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Labour calls for 24/7 vaccine centres
“If the Government can’t sort out 24/7 vaccinations they need to admit that this is as a result of their own shortcomings, not blame the public and NHS staff.”
Government commits to vaccinating 2 million people a week by end of the month
Officials also confirmed that every adult in the country would be offered a vaccine “by the autumn”.
Donald Trump’s Twitter ban is ‘problematic’, Angela Merkel believes
The Chancellor's spokesman suggested it was not up to social media companies to decide which opinions are valid.
Biggest rise in Covid cases now in regions where Christmas bubbles were not cancelled
There have been significant increases in the North-west, Midlands and Yorkshire.
Almost two-thirds of NHS staff ready to walk
“It’s clear that clapping doesn’t cut it anymore," union GMB said.
BT gives mobile users free access to BBC Bitesize content in lockdown
The lack of widely-available, reliable broadband has been made more acute by the Covid-19 crisis – with many children struggling to access remote learning as a result of the so-called “digital divide”.
Mass vaccination centres capable of delivering one jab every 45 seconds opened
The Government is aiming to offer a vaccination to 15 million vulnerable people in the UK by the middle of February.
BLM hero Patrick Hutchinson immortalised with bronze statue
Hutchinson, from south London, was pictured carrying a far-right demonstrator to safety when protests became violent in June.
Parler, the far-right social network, goes offline after Amazon pulls support
Amazon took action after finding dozens of posts on the service which it said encouraged or incited violence, just days after a pro-Trump mob stormed the US Capitol.