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[ad_1] THérèse Coffey is normally a minister with a glass half full. Sent out to do the press round on Monday morning, she even managed to tell LBC’s Nick Ferrari that getting just 1,868 young people – out of a goal of 120,000 – starting positions in the government kickstarter …

[ad_1] Merck, one of the world’s leading vaccine manufacturers, is finishing development on its Covid-19 vaccine after its two candidates failed to elicit immune responses as strong as those created by injections that are already available. The US pharmaceutical company also said Monday that its phase 1 trials showed that …

[ad_1] According to plans to be decided by ministers over the next 24 hours, some travelers will be put on buses and driven directly to isolation centers. At a minimum, the measure will apply to Britons returning from countries like Brazil and South Africa, which are known to have dangerous …

[ad_1] The government has refused to commit to having schools open even after the Easter holidays, increasing the likelihood that parents will have many more weeks of homeschooling before even the gradual return of most children. students to the classroom in England. A senior government source warned that although the …

[ad_1] Joe Rothwell’s goal in the second half gave Blackburn a controversial 1-0 championship win at Middlesbrough. Rothwell grabbed the bottom corner of a Harvey Elliott cross in the 63rd minute to give the Rovers an advantage that they never seemed to give up, and that they should have increased …

[ad_1] Joe Root surpassed Geoffrey Boycott, Kevin Pietersen and David Gower on the list of England’s top race scorers during their innings. Second test, Galle (day three of five) Sri Lanka 381 (139.3 more): Mathews 110, Dickwella 92; Anderson 6-40 England 339-9 (114.2 overs): Root 186, Buttler 55; Embuldeniya 7-132 …

[ad_1] The blockade lifts ‘too far’, says Hancock Matt Hancock has said that the UK has detected 77 cases of the South African variant of Covid-19, as well as nine of a Brazilian variant. All 77 cases were connected to travel from South Africa and were being closely monitored, as …

[ad_1] Conor McGregor’s hopes of luring Khabib Nurmagomedov into a rematch are in tatters after he was stopped by Dustin Poirier in a seismic surprise at UFC 257 on Fight Island in Abu Dhabi. McGregor had beaten Poirier in two minutes in September 2014 and was a huge favorite to …

[ad_1] Jürgen Klopp has stated that he will not cry like a five-year-old if Liverpool fail to sign the central defender they ideally want in the final 10 days of the transfer period. Klopp, who has recently paired midfielders Fabinho and Jordan Henderson in the middle of his defense, has …

[ad_1] AstraZeneca will reduce deliveries of the Oxford COVID-19 vaccine to the European Union by 60% in the first quarter of the year, according to the Reuters news agency. The company was expected to deliver around 80 million doses to the 27 EU countries by the end of March, an …