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Vladimir Putin says Russia developing new ‘hypersonic’ weapons as he blames US for starting arms race

by katya | Dec 17, 2020 | Bottom Left, Top Middle

Mr Putin wants the US to agree to a one-year extension a treaty, which maintains a nuclear balance between the two nations. Vladimir Putin has told his annual news conference that Russia is developing new “hypersonic weapons” in response to a new...

Surrey, Hertfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Bedfordshire and Berkshire to join London in Tier 3, Matt Hancock says

by herpreet kaur | Dec 17, 2020 | Bottom Left, Top Middle

A huge swathe of the South-East and London’s commuter belt is to be plunged into Tier 3 restrictions, meaning pubs and restaurants must close. All of Surrey except Waverley, the whole of Buckinghamshire, Bedofrdshire, Hertfordshire, Berkshire and part of Hampshire are...

Covid: Cancer scan backlog raises late detection fears

by ADMINAYESHA | Dec 17, 2020 | Bottom Left, Top Middle

Millions of people missed out on potentially life-saving scan when non-Covid-19 NHS services ground to a halt during the pandemic, analysis shows. In England, at least 4.4 million fewer scans were performed between April and September this year compared to the same...

How Boris Johnson Still Wants To Have His (Christmas) Cake And Eat It

by katya | Dec 16, 2020 | Bottom Left, Top Middle

Mixed messaging may not be too late to sort out, as long as rules are clear from now on. For one awful moment I actually thought he was going to croon. He had already taunted Keir Starmer in PMQs with a Mariah Carey song (“All I want for Christmas is a view!”)...

Covid vaccine: More than 130,000 vaccinated in UK in first week

by Jahnra | Dec 16, 2020 | Bottom Middle, Top Middle

More than 130,000 people have been vaccinated in the first week of the UK’s vaccination programme. Minister Nadhim Zahawi, who is in charge of vaccine rollout, tweeted 137,897 people had been given their first doses of the Pfizer / BioNTech jab between 8 and 15...

More than 30 London business chiefs plead with Boris Johnson to strike Brexit trade deal

by herpreet kaur | Dec 16, 2020 | Bottom Right, Top Middle

More than 30 of London business chiefs today warned Boris Johnson that a return to growth next year would be derailed if Britain crashes out of the European Union without a trade deal. In an open letter to the Prime Minister they said it was “critical” to give firms...