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Word ‘Empire’ will not be removed from honours after accusations it’s ‘offensive and divisive’
“It’s really the wrong language – it’s divisive, it’s offensive and it’s offensive and hurtful to people.”
Chris Whitty spotted working on Covid wards during Christmas weekend
Professor Whitty, a consultant physician, became chief medical officer in 2018.
School reopening delayed in England amid spiralling virus infection rates
Primary schools in a “small number of areas” where Covid-19 infection rates are the highest will not reopen next week.
EU and China seal long-awaited investment deal but it could irk US
China and Europe trade on average more than one billion euros a day.
UK records 981 deaths, another 50,023 new coronavirus cases
The UK has recorded 50,023 new Covid-19 infections and a further 981 deaths in the latest 24-hour period, official figures show.
Back-to-school likely to be delayed for secondary schools and universities
Gavin Williamson, the education secretary, will deliver a statement to parliament on Wednesday afternoon.
Millions more placed under Tier 4 coronavirus restrictions from midnight
An additional 20 million people will moved to the highest tier. This means a total of 44 million people will now be in Tier 4, or 78 per cent of the population of England.
More jabs, faster – officials approve new vaccine rollout strategy
Experts said the focus should be on giving at-risk people the first dose of whichever vaccine they receive.
As hospitals were overwhelmed a nurse erected ICU at home to treat relatives with Covid
“I’ve been working in the intensive care ward for 20 years, and I didn’t want to put my in-laws through the psychological strain of separation. Plus, there was already a lot of pressure on the health service,”