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Adolf Hitler – no, not that one – wins an election in Namibia
"My father named me after this man. He probably didn’t understand what Adolf Hitler stood for."
Watch – Midnight queues as Primark opens overnight at end of lockdown
“We decided we would just go at midnight because we thought it’s never going to happen again that you can go at midnight to Primark.”
Foodbank left on verge of bankruptcy by Covid saved after featuring in TV doc
"We were featured on Simon Reeve's program and I made the film the day before my wife's funeral. That's what she would have wanted - we started the foodbank 11 years ago and I can guarantee you she would want me to carry on. She was my wife of 53 years."
Eton should admit girls, says Education Secretary Gavin Williamson
Both Boris Johnson and David Cameron attended the school.
PM acknowledges ‘immense logistical challenges’ of vaccine rollout
Most care home residents will need to wait for their Covid-19 vaccine because of difficulties in transporting the newly-approved jab.
‘Unacceptable’ – probe finds evidence ‘do not resuscitate orders’ were used without consent at start of Pandemic
“It is unacceptable for clinical decisions – decisions which could dictate whether someone’s loved one gets the right care when they need it most – to be applied in a blanket approach to any group of people.”
‘Don’t doubt. Just get the vaccine’: Volunteer believes jab saved her from Covid
The Pfizer trialist urged people: ‘Don’t doubt. Just get the vaccine.’
Government doesn’t rule out sending asylum seekers to Ascension Island or using ‘giant wave machines’ in Channel
“It would improve your credibility if you could just rule out some of the completely bonkers proposals.”
Comparing Thalidomide to Covid-19 vaccine ‘insulting’ as it ‘suits anti-vaxxers to have something to compare to’
"Insulting that suddenly Thalidomide gets remembered after all these years when it suits anti-vaxxers to have something to compare to”.