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PM expresses 'grave concerns' over EU controls on Northern Ireland vaccine exports

A single dose of the Oxford University/AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine is given to a patient at the Pontcae Medical Practice in Merthyr Tydfil as the NHS ramps up its vaccination programme with 530,000 doses of the newly approved jab available for rollout across the UK.

EU authorises use of AstraZeneca COVID vaccine - as bloc tightens rules for exports

The French prime minister announced news restrictions on travel

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France to close borders to all non-EU countries from Sunday

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Paramedics and ambulances outside St Thomas' Hospital, in central London, during England's third national lockdown to curb the spread of coronavirus. Picture date: Thursday January 21, 2021.

Another 1,245 people have died with coronavirus in UK

Thousands of people have called for the barracks to be closed because of the conditions there

Fire breaks out at former army barracks housing asylum seekers in Kent

A picture of the Long Man of Wilmington, which was defaced when a mask was painted on it. Pic: @Jeremy_Christey

Vandals target Long Man of Wilmington and paint COVID mask on its face

Britain's Got Talent judges David Walliams, Alesha Dixon, Simon Cowell and Amanda Holden, and hosts Ant and Dec. Pic: ITV/Shutterstock

Britain's Got Talent cancelled for 2021 due to coronavirus

Some of the 'Stansted 15' outside Chelmsford Crown Court in Essex, ahead of the sentencing of the group of protesters who locked themselves to a deportation flight, which held 60 people whose immigration status had been ruled illegal, at Stansted Airport in March 2017.

'Stansted 15' protestors who stopped Home Office deportation flight have convictions overturned

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COVID-19: Deaths above average in almost every area of Britain

Countries around the world, mainly in Asia, have imposed hotel quarantine policies on incoming travellers

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How does the number of COVID deaths in the UK compare with other countries?

Is the UK set for a coronavirus baby boom?

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More than 100m cases of coronavirus have been recorded globally

100 million COVID cases recorded worldwide - a year after virus first officially diagnosed

Three members of the Lewis family died from COVID-19. The family live in Rhondda Cynon Taf, which has the UK's highest coronavirus death rate

'We're terrified': Living in the UK's deadliest place for COVID-19

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London and East of England lag behind rest of nation in vaccinations, figures show

A global pandemic has been declared

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Pubs and restaurants would be closed for two weeks under the social lockdown

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Have COVID-19 cases turned a corner - and how soon can we expect lockdown to be lifted?

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Police fine customers and business for breaking COVID regulations

Police raid nail bar operating 'from home'

Teenager Ghazi lost nine family members when a coalition airstrike hit his house. They have since acknowledged it was a mistake

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Baroness Buscombe speaks to House of Lords remotely

'Floating face' politician on zoom

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People aged 80 and over will be able to get the vaccine in GP surgeries from Tuesday

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Govt hits halfway target for vaccinations - but some areas fall behind

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Nurses treat a patient in ICU at Milton Keynes University Hospital

COVID hospital admissions and UK variant cases remain high despite decline - ONS

File photo dated 21/01/21 of Shoukatali Dahya, 80, receiving an injection of the Oxford/AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine at the Al Abbas Mosque, Birmingham, which is being used as a covid vaccination centre. The Black Country Living Museum, made famous as a set for hit TV drama Peaky Blinders, is to open as a vaccination centre on Monday. Issue date: Sunday January 24, 2021.

BAME groups less likely to take coronavirus vaccine, data suggests

Friends of the Earth supporters unfold a banner outside the district court in The Hague, Netherlands. Pic: AP

Dutch court rules Shell Nigeria responsible for Niger Delta oil spills

17-year-old Bernadette Walker has been missing for more than six months

Father denies murder of teenage daughter missing since last summer

Alex Salmond arrives at the High Court in Edinburgh on Monday

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Test flight of SpaceX's first super heavy-lift Starship SN8 rocket after it launched from their facility in Boca Chica, Texas U.S. December 9, 2020. REUTERS/Gene Blevins

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