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EU leaders were today forced to make a humiliating climbdown after Europe’s medical experts ruled that the AstraZeneca vaccine is not linked to blood clots. ‘This is a safe and effective vaccine,’ said Emer Cooke, the chief of the European Medicines Agency. ‘When you vaccinate millions of people, it’s inevitable that rare or serious instances … Read more
Paris is facing another lockdown to curb a surge in coronavirus cases, the French government has announced. Ministers will impose tougher Covid restrictions on a number of regions including Ile-de-France, where Paris is located, with an announcement due tonight. It is not clear when the measures will come into force. The move comes after France … Read more
Gibraltar and the Isle of Man today torpedoed claims they could be used by Priti Patel to house new processing centres for UK asylum seekers illegally arriving by sea or in the back of lorries. Political leaders have reacted angrily to the idea and demanded reassurance from the Home Secretary that migrants who enter Britain illegally … Read more
Gibraltar and the Isle of Man today torpedoed claims they could be used by Priti Patel to house new processing centres for UK asylum seekers illegally arriving by sea or in the back of lorries. Political leaders have reacted angrily to the idea and demanded reassurance from the Home Secretary that migrants who enter Britain illegally … Read more
EU leaders are poised to perform another vaccine U-turn today when safety experts who have backed the AstraZeneca product deliver their final verdict on the jab, after more than a dozen countries suspended shots over sporadic reports of blood clots. Countries including Germany, France and Italy will face pressure to immediately resume AstraZeneca jabs and … Read more
Asylum seekers who cross the Channel illegally to reach Britain face being sent to another country. Priti Patel plans to take a much tougher stance on unauthorised migration to stop people smugglers exploiting desperate migrants and putting their lives at risk. Those who come to Britain from a safe country such as France will have their … Read more
Asylum seekers who cross the Channel illegally to reach Britain face being sent to another country. Priti Patel plans to take a much tougher stance on unauthorised migration to stop people smugglers exploiting desperate migrants and putting their lives at risk. Those who come to Britain from a safe country such as France will have their … Read more
The gallantry medals awarded to one of the RAF’s finest Battle of Britain aces are being sold by his family for £200,000. Air Commodore Peter Malam Brothers destroyed 16 enemy aircraft during the Second World War. He was a veteran of the Battle of France, the Battle of Britain, the Dieppe raid and D-Day. In … Read more
Defiant Britons have today insisted they are not fazed by Europe’s ‘scaremongering’ against the AstraZeneca vaccine, as they backed the UK’s scientists as ‘the best in the world’. Fourteen countries across the continent have now turned their backs on the Oxford University-researched jab in a knee-jerk reaction over unproven blood clot fears. France, Italy, Germany … Read more
Pollution from industries like coal mining and metal works may be causing more boys to be born with their testicles in the wrong place, a study has warned. Experts from France investigated cases of so-called ‘cryptorchidism’ — a condition in which one or both testicles have not descended into the scrotum by birth. While it … Read more