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How Northern Ireland Protocol has become an issue in vaccine delivery

How Northern Ireland Protocol has become an issue in vaccine delivery

Article 16 provides for a break in normal trading patterns.

Vandals add face mask to centuries-old figure carved into hill

Vandals add face mask to centuries-old figure carved into hill

Police are investigating the ‘criminal damage’ to the Long Man of Wilmington, a 235ft figure carved into a chalk slope in East Sussex.

Irish deputy PM meets with Facebook moderators over working conditions concerns

Irish deputy PM meets with Facebook moderators over working conditions concerns

Leo Varadkar is expected to write to the tech giant next week after whistleblowers highlighted concerns over Covid-19 safety.

Gove warns EU after Brussels imposes controls on vaccines moving into NI

Gove warns EU after Brussels imposes controls on vaccines moving into NI

DUP leader Arlene Foster described the bloc’s move as an ‘incredible act of hostility’.

Johnson & Johnson’s Covid-19 vaccine results extremely encouraging – experts

Johnson & Johnson’s Covid-19 vaccine results extremely encouraging – experts

Some 30 million doses of the vaccine have been ordered by the UK.

Patel and charities clash over fire at virus-hit barracks housing asylum seekers

Patel and charities clash over fire at virus-hit barracks housing asylum seekers

Heavy smoke and flames were seen pouring from Napier Barracks in Folkestone on Friday afternoon amid blaring alarms.

Coronavirus laws: £800 fines and more police data sharing powers come into force

Coronavirus laws: £800 fines and more police data sharing powers come into force

The latest rules became law on Friday afternoon in England.

Tunisia terror attack case expected to be heard next year

Tunisia terror attack case expected to be heard next year

A total of 38 people were slaughtered including 30 Britons.

EU moves to prevent NI from being used as vaccine backdoor to GB

EU moves to prevent NI from being used as vaccine backdoor to GB

A row is deepening over the allocation of Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine after the company announced delays to its EU operations.

Crown Office hands over documents to Salmond inquiry

Crown Office hands over documents to Salmond inquiry

Prosecutors have confirmed they have given ‘material’ from the former first minister’s criminal trial to MSPs.

Release royal documentary, anti-monarchists urge

Release royal documentary, anti-monarchists urge

Royal fans were able to watch the fly-on-the-wall documentary on YouTube for the first time since it was withdrawn from use in the early 1970s.

Infectious diseases consultant recalls treating first Covid patients

Infectious diseases consultant recalls treating first Covid patients

Dr Matt Schmid led the team that treated the first patients at the Royal Victoria Infirmary in Newcastle.

The UK and EU’s AstraZeneca vaccine supply row explained

The UK and EU’s AstraZeneca vaccine supply row explained

The EU is in dispute with the drug-maker over delays to supplies.

‘Trust the doctors’ says one of first Valneva Covid-19 vaccine trial volunteers

‘Trust the doctors’ says one of first Valneva Covid-19 vaccine trial volunteers

Teacher Jack Caine is one of just a few hundred people to receive the jab.

Guidance on hauliers picking up multiple loads issued

Guidance on hauliers picking up multiple loads issued

Under the Northern Ireland Protocol, animal products require special certification.

£93m boost for three major road upgrades

£93m boost for three major road upgrades

A plan to divert the A59 away from a landslip-prone section at Kex Gill near Skipton, North Yorkshire was given £56 million.

Latest weekly Covid-19 rates for local authority areas in England

Latest weekly Covid-19 rates for local authority areas in England

Just 10 local areas recorded a week-on-week rise in rates.

Man, 84, ‘feeling 300% better’ after hospital care for coronavirus

Man, 84, ‘feeling 300% better’ after hospital care for coronavirus

Edward Willsher has been receiving treatment in Newcastle’s Royal Victoria Infirmary.

Which Covid-19 vaccines does the UK have access to?

Which Covid-19 vaccines does the UK have access to?

The UK has ordered tens of millions of doses of Covid-19 vaccines from various manufacturers.

Fire breaks out at barracks housing asylum seekers

Fire breaks out at barracks housing asylum seekers

Footage of Napier Barracks in Folkestone shared with the PA news agency shows heavy smoke at the site.

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