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Covid: UK vaccination programme getting under way

UK News BBC News Feed - Tue, 12/08/2020 - 03:57
About 70 hospital hubs in the UK will give the Pfizer/BioNTech jab to over-80s and some health and care staff, after regulators approved the vaccine's use last week.

SNP chief Peter Murrell to face Holyrood Salmond inquiry

UK News BBC News Feed - Tue, 12/08/2020 - 01:11
SNP chief executive Peter Murrell - who is also Nicola Sturgeon's husband - is to be questioned by MSPs.

Have Scotland's tightest restrictions worked?

UK News BBC News Feed - Tue, 12/08/2020 - 01:11
All 11 local authorities in level four will move to lower tiers on Friday. Did the measure work?

Covid vaccinations begin at sites across Scotland

UK News BBC News Feed - Tue, 12/08/2020 - 01:10
The first jabs will be given on Tuesday to those who will be vaccinating others.

Cold water swim 'obliterated' woman's short-term memory

UK News BBC News Feed - Tue, 12/08/2020 - 01:06
Sue Hodge lost seven hours and has no memory of going in the sea or even driving to Newquay.

Philip Lawrence: Remembering my murdered head teacher

UK News BBC News Feed - Tue, 12/08/2020 - 00:59
Radio presenter Edward Adoo was a pupil at the school where Philip Lawrence was killed 25 years ago.

Yorkshire Dales and North York Moors made Dark Sky Reserves

UK News BBC News Feed - Tue, 12/08/2020 - 00:53
Planets, shooting stars and the Northern Lights can be seen at night in winter due to good astronomy conditions.

Newspaper headlines: Vaccine 'fightback' begins, and PM's Brexit showdown

UK News BBC News Feed - Tue, 12/08/2020 - 00:51
The first patients due to receive the Covid-19 vaccine on Tuesday feature on several front pages.

Climate change: Welsh farms told to cut more carbon emissions

UK News BBC News Feed - Tue, 12/08/2020 - 00:44
But Welsh farms are among the world's most sustainable in a bid to tackle climate change, says report.

Covid: Hope vaccine is 'beginning of the end' for pandemic

UK News BBC News Feed - Tue, 12/08/2020 - 00:42
Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine rollout in Wales a "pivotal moment in the fight" against coronavirus.

Encrypted messaging puts children at risk, CCE warns

UK News BBC News Feed - Tue, 12/08/2020 - 00:34
The children's commissioner for England warns that encrypted message apps are a danger to children.

Justin Welby and Ephraim Mirvis reflect on personal grief

UK News BBC News Feed - Tue, 12/08/2020 - 00:25
The Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby, and Chief Rabbi Ephraim Mirvis reflect on their grief.

So you want a career in computer games tournaments?

UK News BBC News Feed - Tue, 12/08/2020 - 00:24
The first e-sports graduates are about to hit the jobs market, so was it worth the time and expense?

'Looking for part-time jobs was soul-destroying'

UK News BBC News Feed - Tue, 12/08/2020 - 00:20
With employers cutting hundreds of thousands of jobs, competition for work is fierce.

Mateusz Kuzimski: How a warehouse veg packer became a pro footballer

UK News BBC News Feed - Tue, 12/08/2020 - 00:13
Mateusz Kuzimski was working in England - before returning to Poland to chase his dream.

Lottery player age to rise amid gambling crackdown

UK News BBC News Feed - Tue, 12/08/2020 - 00:12
There will be "a major review" of gambling laws in a bid to protect children and vulnerable people.

Coronavirus vaccine: First Pfizer-BioNTech jab in NI to be given

UK News BBC News Feed - Tue, 12/08/2020 - 00:10
A health worker will be the first person to receive the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine in NI.

Coronavirus: Your vaccine questions answered by an expert

UK News BBC News Feed - Tue, 12/08/2020 - 00:06
Dr Penny Ward, a professor of pharmaceutical medicine, answers four questions about the Covid-19 vaccine.

Lancashire amateur football 'not worth Covid risk'

UK News BBC News Feed - Mon, 12/07/2020 - 23:53
Lancashire's public health chief says authorities will "do everything" to resume amateur matches.

Millwall and QPR players to stand arm-in-arm in 'show of solidarity' before Tuesday's match

UK News BBC News Feed - Mon, 12/07/2020 - 22:15
Millwall and Queens Park Rangers players will stand arm-in-arm before Tuesday's Championship fixture in a "show of solidarity for football's fight against discrimination".

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