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Omicron Covid: ‘Long way from panicking’ says JCVI
I spoke to Professor Anthony Harnden who's Deputy Chair of the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation.  


Omicron Covid: Third case of variant confirmed in UK
A third case of the Omicron variant has been confirmed, with contact tracing now underway in Westminster and in Essex and Nottingham. 


London’s theatreland to dim lights in tribute to late composer Stephen Sondheim
Lights will be dimmed in London's theatreland on Monday to honour the composer and lyricist Stephen Sondheim who died yesterday, at the age of ninety one. 


“I am so worried” says sick London nurse stuck in Africa
The speed with which travel restrictions were brought in for parts of Southern Africa have left some British travellers unable to come back home. 


New Covid variant ‘very infections’ but may not cause more serious illness.
Professor Sir John Bell was part of the team that brought us the AstraZeneca vaccine and is Regius Professor of medicine at Oxford University.


Nottingham household now in isolation with new Omicron Covid variant
Our Home Affairs Correspondent Darshna Soni is in Nottingham where one of the two Omicron cases was discovered.


New Omicron Covid variant in UK as two people test positive
Hours after it emerged that a more transmissible Covid strain had arrived in the UK, the prime minister announced new restrictions to try and slow its spread. 


Lubaina Himid: Black artists ‘enriching, not threatening’ British culture
"I've always been ambitious to change the way British art galleries are," says the artist Lubaina Himid, the first Black woman to win the Turner Prize four years ago. 


Sir David Amess: MPs attend funeral service at Westminster Cathedral
A lifetime of devoted public service was remembered today in Westminster at a requiem mass to commemorate Sir David Amess, the MP who was killed in his Southend constituency last month. 


‘Normal for governments to go through these patches’ – Jeremy Hunt on recent criticism
A shortage of trained staff is affecting every part of the NHS, and today a move to oblige the government to publish an independent assessment of staffing every other year was defeated in parliament. 


Number of long Covid cases ‘probably beyond current capacity’ of NHS, says professor
We spoke to Professor Nick Lemoine, one of the doctors leading the UK's efforts to understand and develop treatments for long Covid.


Long Covid: Sick and suffering face long wait for help
More than a million people in the UK are thought to have long Covid, their symptoms ranging from fatigue to breathlessness to joint pain, to name just a few.


Covid: Sturgeon urges Scots to take tests before socialising and shopping
Scotland’s First Minister has urged people to make an "extra effort" to take lateral flow tests before they socialise or even go shopping in crowded places during the festive period.


‘Racist abuse is widespread in policing’, says former chief constable
We spoke to Sue Fish, the former chief constable of Nottinghamshire Police, about our report into allegations in Leicestershire and the broader implications for policing across the UK.


Rotherham child abuse: Police without right skills still taking on child sexual exploitation cases, says police watchdog
Police officers without the right skills or training expected to take the lead on child sexual exploitation cases in South Yorkshire - that's not a situation from the past, but one of the problems identified today by the Independent Office for Police...



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