News
Nearly half a million Pfizer vaccines from the UK arrived in Sydney last night in the first instalment of a deal that will see four million doses sent to Australia this month.
Opinion
Nations are watching closely as the UK reopens with no COVID restrictions – specifically for the emergence of any vaccine-resistant variants. Kris Gledhill says legal action isn’t out of the question.
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Prime Minister Boris Johnson is “deeply sorry” for every life lost to coronavirus as the UK marks 100,000 COVID-19-related deaths, but he insists his government did “everything we could” to minimise deaths and suffering.
Both England and Scotland have announced national lockdowns until at least the end of January in order to combat a fast-spreading new version of coronavirus, amid warnings that hospitals face the greatest pressure since the pandemic began .
The BBC has rowed back on a plan to omit the words from two patriotic songs at the pomp-laden climax of a classical music festival this month after critics including Prime Minister Boris Johnson accused it of seeking to censor Britain’s past.
The British government is urging diners to keep going out to eat after the end of a popular government scheme offering half-price food in restaurants.
