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Disgusted family 'given wrong clothes by care home after 90-year-old's death'

The family of a 90-year-old man say they were given someone else’s clothes and false teeth when his belongings were returned by his care home eight weeks after he died. RAF veteran Raymond Nickson had been living in Swallowfield Gardens Care Home in Bolton before passing away in hospital from coronavirus on October 5. Daughter-in-law […]

Vaccine already on its way to the UK as lorries loaded with doses leave factory

The first load of Pfizer/BioNTech’s coronavirus vaccine is already on its way to the UK and will be sent to 50 hospital ‘hubs’ within days. Lorries were spotted transporting thousands of doses from Pfizer’s factories in Puurs, Belgium, on Wednesday morning after British regulators gave the vaccine the green light. The UK has become the […]

Covid vaccine: Will the vaccine be prioritised by tier?

We will use your email address only for sending you newsletters. Please see our Privacy Notice for details of your data protection rights. Britons were given hope today after the Government approved of the use of Pfizer’s coronavirus vaccine. The UK is the first country to approve the Pfizer/BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine for use and it […]

Covid vaccine: Will the vaccine be prioritised by tier?

We will use your email address only for sending you newsletters. Please see our Privacy Notice for details of your data protection rights. Britons were given hope today after the Government approved of the use of Pfizer’s coronavirus vaccine. The UK is the first country to approve the Pfizer/BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine for use and it […]

China edges past US as Europe's top trade partner

PARIS (AFP) – China pushed past the United States in the third quarter to become the European Union’s top trade partner, as the Covid-19 pandemic disrupted the US while Chinese activity rebounded. Over the first nine months of 2020, trade between the EU and China totalled €425.5 billion (S$688 billion), while trade between the EU […]

Sophie Wessex is ‘exactly what the Royal family need’ – ‘unfussy attitude’

We will use your email address only for sending you newsletters. Please see our Privacy Notice for details of your data protection rights. Sophie Wessex is the wife of the Queen and Prince Philip’s youngest son, Prince Edward. Sophie and Prince Edward have two children together, James, Viscount Severn and Lady Louise Windsor. The Countess […]

Swiss plough ahead with opening ski resorts despite neighbours' Covid-19 fears

VERBIER (REUTERS) – Swiss ski resorts are ploughing ahead with preparations for the year-end holiday season despite pressure from neighbouring Italy, France and Germany to shut until the latest coronavirus wave passes. Health Minister Alain Berset has proposed limits on the capacity of ski lifts at Christmas and the New Year, but lift operators and […]

Brexit betrayal: Michael Gove dropped bid for instant return of fisheries control

We will use your email address only for sending you newsletters. Please see our Privacy Notice for details of your data protection rights. The EU’s chief Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier has announced Prime Minister Boris Johnson has lowered his Brexit demands on Brussels by asking for up to 60 percent of catches in UK waters […]

Brexit betrayal: Michael Gove dropped bid for instant return of fisheries control

We will use your email address only for sending you newsletters. Please see our Privacy Notice for details of your data protection rights. The EU’s chief Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier has announced Prime Minister Boris Johnson has lowered his Brexit demands on Brussels by asking for up to 60 percent of catches in UK waters […]

COVID-19: Vaccine ‘cannot’ be delivered to care homes in Wales at this stage

The Pfizer/BioNTech coronavirus vaccine “cannot” be delivered to care homes in Wales at this stage, despite them being a priority group for receiving the jab. Welsh health minister Vaughan Gething said this was because of the need to store the COVID-19 vaccine at very low temperatures – at -70C (-94F). Live updates on coronavirus from […]