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As 2020 drew to close after a tumultuous year, Boris Johnson was in celebratory mood as the Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine was approved for use in the UK.
The woman at the centre of a foul-mouthed online rural parish council meeting has told Sky News she has “never seen anything like it”.
Drivers had to be rescued after their vehicles became stranded in two metres of snow in the north of Scotland.
The UK’s coronavirus reproduction number – known as R – is between 0.7 and 1.0, according to the latest estimate.
Existing COVID vaccines in the UK are meeting strict safety standards, according to the UK’s regulator – while the government has signed a deal to rapidly develop fresh jabs in response to new coronavirus variants.
Ministers are looking into the creation of a digital vaccine passport, government sources have confirmed to Sky News.
The Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine remains effective against the coronavirus variant first detected in Kent and the South East, researchers have found.
All over-50s should be offered a coronavirus vaccine by May, the government has announced.
The films on Netflix have nothing on the latest lockdown viewing sensation: Handforth Parish Council.
Large swathes of the UK will see a return to biting cold weather over the next few days, with heavy snowfall and a month’s worth of rain forecast for parts of England and Scotland.
