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European Medicines Agency declares AstraZeneca vaccine ‘safe and effective’
The European regulator said the vaccine was "not associated" with a higher risk of blood clots.
Isle of Man and Gibraltar distance themselves from ‘vile’ Tory plans to hold UK asylum seekers
“It is disgraceful that Priti Patel is still peddling her unworkable and inhumane asylum proposals.”
‘Wrong move at the wrong time’ – UK cuts grants for electric cars but retains petrol vehicle support
"This is the wrong time to stunt a green recovery by making a sudden change to the grants on offer."
Listen for yourself: Rees-Mogg under fire after using parliamentary privilege to ‘smear’ journalist
“To use parliamentary privilege to smear a journalist – knowing you can’t be sued for defamation because you are saying it in Parliament – is extremely troubling.
Charity whose trustees are partly appointed by Queen settle racial discrimination claims
One staff member was allegedly paid a confidential settlement after a senior manager described visitors to the Tower of London as being from “bongo-bongo land”.
Size matters? News presenter mocks Robert Jenrick’s ‘bit small’ flag
Jenrick did not like the comment...
Greta Thunberg takes down Priti Patel over Policing Bill
She also gave Donald Trump the same treatment last year...
Shamima Begum says she was ‘suicidal’ after losing her children
Begum says in a new documentary that she was “naive” and does not share the beliefs of the Islamic State.
Tommy Robinson spent donations from far-right supporters on ‘coke and nights out’, ex-allies claim
The founder of the English Defence League - now a self-styled journalist - was listed on the insolvency register this month under his original name, Stephen Christopher Lennon.