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BAME staff less likely to accept Covid jab, NHS Trust finds
Compared to white healthcare workers, a significantly lower proportion of ethnic minority staff members had taken up a vaccine.
Unionist dismay at ‘traitor’ Boris Johnson’s ‘betrayal’ of Northern Ireland
The Northern Ireland Protocol, designed to prevent a hard border on the island of Ireland, has enraged loyalists - with many believing that it has created a barrier between Northern Ireland and the rest of the UK.
Attempts to hold press to account over Caroline Flack’s death “blocked in every way possible”
The Love Island presenter took her own life on February 15 2020. Her sister said he spent the last few months of her life "hiding inside, scared of the abuse".
Heartbreaking: Hospital loses second porter in a week to coronavirus
He was a family man who had been with his wife Sandra since they were teenagers and had "three beautiful children".
Covid cases drop in nearly 95% of the UK, figures show
Of the 380 local authorities areas across the UK, only 23 have seen a week-on-week rise in case rates compared with 354 where the rates have fallen.
UK’s vaccine success dubbed “an illusion” as EU ramps-up roll out under “favourable” conditions
The EU has more people fully vaccinated, has paid less per dose and has a plan to distribute surplus jabs to other parts of the world.
Tim Martin calls on Britain to drink its way out of fiscal deficit
The Wetherspoon boss said the chain's punters and employees generated £1 in every thousand collected by the UK Government last year.
Tory MP ruthlessly mocks ‘Boris burrow’ plans connecting Scotland and N Ireland
"The trains could be pulled by an inexhaustible herd of Unicorns overseen by stern, officious dodos."
New Zealand back in lockdown as UK awaits “road-map” out
Yesterday a group of 63 Tory MPs urged the PM to lift all Covid restrictions by end of April.