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[ad_1] GREAT BRITAIN is poised for more snowfall and blizzards next week, as a new Beast from the East arrives in the coming days. Freezing conditions similar to those that caused the phenomenon in 2018 are forming, and experts warn we could be hit once again. ⚠️ Read our live …

[ad_1] Gavin Williamson, the education secretary, faces increasing pressure from the schools fiasco after being forced to decline in vocational BTec exams this month as he works out new plans to replace the GCSE and A-level exams. canceled this summer. Following calls from university leaders, Labor leaders and mayors of …

[ad_1] A wave of fraudulent text messages is being received across the UK, potentially misleading people into turning over their card details to claim a non-existent government grant. The scam has been quickly designed to take advantage of the confusion following yesterday’s announcement of another national blockade Due to the …

[ad_1] The strict new blockade imposed by Boris Johnson on Monday night may not be able to contain the new variant of Covid, the scientists warned. The prime minister ordered the schools closed, after just one day after Christmas, and again told people to “stay home” in response to the …

[ad_1] An 82-year-old man has become the first person in the world to receive the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine since it was approved for use in the UK. Brian Pinker, a Churchill Hospital patient on dialysis for kidney disease, was the first to receive the injection Monday morning. The retired maintenance manager …

[ad_1] The first of 530,000 Oxford / AstraZeneca punches being dealt today, a vital shot to the arm in the British Covid fight. Boris Johnson pledged to vaccinate tens of millions in three months and said: “Now we can see how we are going to get out of this with …

[ad_1] Coronavirus vaccines could be ineffective against the highly infectious South African mutation, warned a scientist who helped develop the Oxford jab. Sir John Bell, a royal professor of medicine at Oxford, said the African strain is more concerning than the Kentish one. The vaccines are believed to be effective …

[ad_1] ANDYou couldn’t invent it. Less than three weeks ago, Education Secretary Gavin Williamson threatened to take legal action against schools in London’s Islington and Greenwich if they closed a few days earlier for Christmas in light of alarming increases in infection rates by Covid. On Wednesday night, primary schools …

[ad_1] People in Britain will receive their first shots of the Oxford / AstraZeneca vaccine on Monday, and millions of doses will be administered over the next few months. Mass vaccination of the UK population should end the country’s Covid-19 misery, but how long will this immunization program take to …

[ad_1] Teachers are advised not to return to classrooms on Monday (Image: AFP) A major teachers union has advised primary school staff not to return to classrooms on Monday due to unsafe conditions. The National Education Union (NEU) said teachers have the legal right to defy government orders that most …