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FTSE 100 rallies amid Covid vaccine rollout

UK News BBC News Feed - Mon, 01/04/2021 - 13:22
Shares surge on the first day of trading in 2021 as the rollout of the second vaccine gets under way.

PM: 'No question we're going to have to take tougher measures'

UK News BBC News Feed - Mon, 01/04/2021 - 12:22
Boris Johnson warns there are "tough, tough" weeks to come and asks people to keep disciplined.

Woman's Hour: The Queen sends 'best wishes' to show on its 75th year

UK News BBC News Feed - Mon, 01/04/2021 - 11:24
Her Majesty said the now 75-year-old show had "played a significant part in the evolving of women".

Brexit: Fresh test for Irish Sea trade border processes

UK News BBC News Feed - Mon, 01/04/2021 - 10:05
As businesses return to work after Christmas, the amount of freight moving through NI will increase.

Hancock: 'When schools are open that spreads the disease more'

UK News BBC News Feed - Mon, 01/04/2021 - 08:53
Health Secretary Matt Hancock says action has been taken to close schools in areas most under pressure.

Covid: UCL tells students to not return to campus

UK News BBC News Feed - Mon, 01/04/2021 - 08:43
University College London says students will not return to campus until at least the end of February.

Nóra Quoirin death: The schoolgirl who vanished into a Malaysian jungle

UK News BBC News Feed - Mon, 01/04/2021 - 08:35
Nóra Quoirin was found naked next to a stream 10 days after arriving for a family holiday.

Covid-19: Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine rollout begins in Northern Ireland

UK News BBC News Feed - Mon, 01/04/2021 - 08:20
NI has 50,000 doses of the coronavirus jab and people over the age of 80 will be prioritised.

Covid in Scotland: Oxford vaccination rollout to begin

UK News BBC News Feed - Mon, 01/04/2021 - 08:18
The Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine programme will be rolled out less than a week after it became the second approved in the UK.

Nóra Quoirin: Coroner records schoolgirl jungle death as 'misadventure'

UK News BBC News Feed - Mon, 01/04/2021 - 08:10
London schoolgirl Nóra Quoirin, 15, went missing on a family holiday to the Malaysian rainforest.

Bradford factory fire: Investigation starts into cause

UK News BBC News Feed - Mon, 01/04/2021 - 07:35
Residents are allowed to return to 30 homes which had been evacuated during Sunday's blaze.

Covid-19: Oxford vaccine, schools row and the future of gyms

UK News BBC News Feed - Mon, 01/04/2021 - 07:21
Five things you need to know about the coronavirus pandemic this Monday morning.

Reading stabbing: Five teenagers arrested after boy, 13, dies

UK News BBC News Feed - Mon, 01/04/2021 - 04:15
Four boys and a girl are held on suspicion of conspiracy to commit murder, after the Reading attack.

MGM Resorts makes offer for Ladbrokes owner Entain

UK News BBC News Feed - Mon, 01/04/2021 - 04:07
The move is the latest attempt by a casino operator to move into the online gambling business.

Covid: Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine rollout to begin

UK News BBC News Feed - Mon, 01/04/2021 - 01:53
More than half a million doses of the newly-approved coronavirus vaccine are ready for use on Monday.

Covid: Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine rollout begins in Wales

UK News BBC News Feed - Mon, 01/04/2021 - 01:31
The start of the Oxford-AstraZeneca programme is hailed a "key milestone" in the Covid fight.

How mass vaccinations halted a killer virus in 1950s Glasgow

UK News BBC News Feed - Mon, 01/04/2021 - 01:20
Covid jabs are beginning in earnest, but 70 years ago mass inoculation was the weapon against another deadly disease.

New £5 coin to mark Queen's 95th birthday

UK News BBC News Feed - Mon, 01/04/2021 - 01:14
The British coin collection will also mark the 75th anniversary of the death of novelist HG Wells.

Uncertainty as primary pupils return in England

UK News BBC News Feed - Mon, 01/04/2021 - 01:03
Primary schools are due to open despite warnings from teachers' unions and some councils.

Covid exercise: 'I'll never go back to the gym again'

UK News BBC News Feed - Mon, 01/04/2021 - 00:07
An explosion in fitness tech means not everyone will be rushing back to gyms when they can reopen.

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