How the Oxford vaccine is made

Today, 82-year-old dialysis patient Brian Pinker became the first person to receive the vaccine created by Oxford University and AstraZeneca.  Getting the jab into a patient’s arm is just the final stage of a complicated manufacturing process beginning with a single cell.  Some 530,000 doses of the Oxford coronavirus vaccine will be available for vulnerable people … Read more

PM plunges England into even TOUGHER lockdown than March

Boris Johnson plunged England into a national lockdown even more brutal than last March tonight in a desperate bid to keep the mutant coronavirus at bay while vaccines are rolled out. Just a day after he urged parents to send their children back, the PM declared that primary and secondary schools will be shut from … Read more

Covid vaccine UK: Man, 82, first to get Oxford AstraZeneca jab

A blame game erupted today over who is responsible for the slow roll-out of Oxford University’s vaccine after Boris Johnson pointed the finger at Britain’s medical regulator and Matt Hancock suggested it was the manufacturer’s fault. The Government appears to be trying to pass the buck for the vaccination programme before it has even had a … Read more

Moment Matt Hancock looks sheepish as he’s confronted by ICU nurse’s over ‘pandemic mismanagement’

Matt Hancock was asked how he could look any health worker in the face and claim he was managing the pandemic properly by an intensive care unit nurse this morning. The Health Secretary was confronted with a pre-recorded question from Dave Carr in an excruciating live TV interview. Mr Hancock was caught on camera glaring … Read more

Tony Blair backs demand for thousands more iPads and laptops for deprived children if schools close

Former prime minister Tony Blair today backed demands for laptops and tablets to be given to hundreds of thousands of children who face their schools closing in the face of a surge in Covid infections.  He was joined by three former education secretaries in urging Boris Johnson to help the poorest children who face an … Read more

82-year-old dialysis patient becomes first Brit to get Oxford’s Covid jab

Britain today started to dish out Oxford’s game-changing Covid vaccine in what has been called a ‘pivotal moment’ in the fight against the pandemic, with an 82-year-old dialysis patient becoming the first person to receive the jab.  Brian Pinker, a retired maintenance manager who describes himself as Oxford born and bred, said he was ‘so … Read more

Twitter users reveal hilarious New Year’s resolutions for 2021

Setting the bar low! Twitter users reveal hilarious New Year’s resolutions for 2021 – including making more effort to get dressed every day and ‘slide tackling’ Matt Hancock Twitter users from around the world have shared their amusing goals for 2021  Hilarious New Year’s resolutions include ‘getting other people to be nicer to me’ Bar was … Read more

Coronavirus UK: Vaccinating 24m by Easter may STILL not end pandemic

Ambitious hopes the UK could vaccinate 24million people against Covid by Easter might not be enough to end the pandemic, scientists warned today. In an attempt to soften the blow of putting three-quarters of England under Tier 4 lockdowns today, Matt Hancock and Boris Johnson claimed the approval of Oxford University/AstraZeneca‘s game-changing jab opened the … Read more