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Eight bookings every second as jabs open to all over-18s
People in England made 721,469 appointments through the national booking service on Friday.
‘Miserable winter’ could bring further lockdowns, scientists warn
Professor Calum Semple called it the “fourth wave winter” - but added it would be much milder than the previous ones.
Outdoor civil wedding and partnership ceremonies given go-ahead
The news will be welcomed as a boost for the wedding industry after the hardships of the Covid-19 pandemic.
GB News ad boycott shows ‘democracy being undermined’
Oliver Dowden has warned that basic democratic values can no longer be taken for granted after brands pulled adverts from the new channel.
Pornhub sued: ‘It is a case about the rape and sexual exploitation of children…’
“When the videos appeared on PornHub it ruined my life, it killed my personality, it zapped the happiness out of me. It brought me almost two years of shame, depression, anxiety, horrifying thoughts, public embarrassment and scars."
Two Covid-19 vaccines ‘may mean avoiding 10 days of self-isolation’
'We know that the vaccine, particularly after two doses, is highly effective at stopping you from getting seriously ill, 20 times less likely to end up in hospital."
‘Warning shot:’ PM under pressure over planning reforms following by-election defeat
Have the NIMBYs spoken or was it something else that led to defeat?
‘Institutional corruption:’ Findings of report into Daniel Morgan’s death are ‘national shame’
“The culture of the Metropolitan Police is cancerous and I think the only way that you get rid of cancer is you cut it out.”
Julian Assange’s partner brands his incarceration ‘intolerable and grotesque’
“Having Julian locked up and facing extradition degrades the UK, and it is a threat to press freedom in the UK."