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More than 15m people receive first dose of Covid vaccine in the UK
More than half a million people received their first dose of the Covid vaccine yesterday.


Airport bosses warn government hotel quarantine policy is not ready ahead of launch
Bosses at Heathrow airport have warned that the government's hotel quarantine policy is not ready.


Boris Johnson ‘optimistic’ about plans to ease lockdown restrictions in England
Prime Minister Boris Johnson hopes to set out plans for easing lockdown restrictions in England later this month.


Hero to zero: the NHS staff abused online
Our Home Affairs Correspondent, Andy Davies, has met the brave NHS staff speaking out about the online abuse and why they want big tech to do more to stop it.


Jon Bon Jovi: the surprising activist helping the homeless
Lead singer Jon Bon Jovi has many other ways to keep busy during lockdown, most recently performing at the inauguration of America's new president.


London Fire Brigade’s ability to deal with another Grenfell-type fire cast into doubt
The London Fire Brigade's ability to deal with another Grenfell Tower-style incident has been cast into doubt by government fire inspectors


‘The prejudice than ran the arguments was really not fair,’ says Kids Company founder
We spoke to Camilla Batmanghelidjh and began by asking how she felt after today's ruling.


Kids Company founder Camila Batmanghelidjh exonerated
The founder of Kids Company, Camila Batmanghelidjh, has been exonerated after a court threw out allegations of financial mismanagement. 


Rishi Sunak: ‘Not everyone feels they have got help in exactly the way they would have liked’
We caught up with the Chancellor Rishi Sunak and asked him whether he shared the optimism of people like Andy Haldane of the Bank of England.


UK economy shrinks by record 9.9% in 2020 pandemic
The Bank of England's chief economist believes the economy is a "coiled spring" ready to bounce back.


On the road with teachers stepping in to fill the gaps
As half term offers parents a break from the constant pressure of homeschooling, classrooms in England have stayed open to children of key workers, as well as those considered vulnerable. 


What is the evidence for delaying the second dose of the Covid vaccines?
We are joined by former government chief scientific adviser, Professor Sir Mark Walport, who's a member of SAGE, and Professor Herb Sewell, who's emeritus professor of immunology at Nottingham University.


Covid cases falling in UK as R number drops to lowest level since July
The epidemic is finally shrinking, although scientists warn that the number of Covid cases, and patients in hospital, remains perilously high. 


Libby Squire: man found guilty of murdering Hull University student
A 26-year-old man has been found guilty of raping and murdering the Hull university student, Libby Squire, before dumping her body in a river. Pawel Relowicz picked up the 21-year-old student as she walked through the streets after a night out. But i...


Former top Met Police officer Nusrit Mehtab sues over ‘racial and sexist abuse’
It’s more than 20 since the Macpherson Inquiry – commissioned after the death of Stephen Lawrence – declared that the Metropolitan Police was “institutionally racist”. Last summer, in the wake of the Black Lives Matter p...



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