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[ad_1] An advisory committee of the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recommended that the agency authorize a second Covid-19 vaccine, this one developed by Moderna and the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID). The recommendation paves the way for the FDA to grant emergency approval for …

[ad_1] Star Wars actor Jeremy Bulloch, who played Boba Fett in the original films, has died at age 75. The English actor died in hospital this Thursday from “health complications after many years living with Parkinson’s disease,” according to his agent. Bulloch played the bounty hunter in The Empire Strikes …

[ad_1] meAppearances can kill … You know that the government’s guidance to visit your relatives during Christmas without visiting them is really looking for trouble. I know that the government’s guide to visiting family members at Christmas without visiting them is a desperately confusing message. But most of all, Matt …

[ad_1] Actor Jeremy Bulloch, famous for playing bounty hunter Boba Fett in Star Wars’ The Empire Strikes Back and Return Of The Jedi, has died at age 75. The British actor had appeared in more than 100 projects at the time of his death, with roles in projects such as …

[ad_1] Tight coronavirus restrictions are expected to apply across much of the UK until at least February, experts have said, as they warned of two to three “severe” months. More than 35,300 positive cases were recorded on Thursday, including a backlog of 11,000 in Wales, with infection rates rising in …

[ad_1] The UK has reported 35,383 more daily COVID-19 cases and 532 additional deaths. That’s an increase of 10,222 infections the day before; However, Thursday’s figures also include a backlog of around 11,000 cases that had not been previously reported due to a technical delay in Welsh. Maintenance work was …

[ad_1] There was fury among the Premier League’s biggest clubs on Thursday after an attempt to introduce five substitutes for the remainder of the season was thwarted for the third time. At a meeting of the league’s 20 shareholders, the clubs approved substitute concussion trials and a new television deal …

[ad_1] The reopening of secondary schools and universities in England after Christmas will not be delayed, but will be staggered, the government said. Those studying for the exams are expected to return normally in January, but most students will start the year online, to allow mass testing to roll out …

[ad_1] Public Health Wales has recorded another 52 deaths and more than 11,000 new positive cases in its coronavirus update on Thursday. The figures include a significant backlog of samples processed in UK government lighthouse labs from a period of more than a week that had been lost in previous …

[ad_1] The Bank of England has warned that stricter restrictions than it anticipated to control the coronavirus will affect the UK’s economic recovery next year. The minutes of the latest monetary policy committee meeting, which resulted in a unanimous vote to keep interest rates at their crisis low of 0.1%, …