Sir Stephen said he was also “delighted” with his new job, adding: “On this broader canvas I aim to deliver the prime minister’s vision for an enhanced and more engaged role for the UK in the world, leading the national security community to embrace the opportunities now available to us, while ensuring we are well
Month: January 2021
Kate Bingham, the previous chair the UK’s Vaccine Taskforce, said the reason the UK had a good supply of vaccines compared with other countries was because of its ability to get clinical trials completed quickly and at a high standard through the NHS’s registry – with some 400,000 volunteers signing up “before the US even
Confirming it had approved the vaccine, the European Medicines Agency (EMA) said that most participants in the test studies were between 18 and 55 years old. It said that while there were not yet enough results to show how the vaccine will work in older people, “protection is expected, given that an immune response is
“Other posts implore her followers to wear facemasks and to stay inside. Emhoff might be new to the political sphere, but she may yet make use of her new platform – and she could certainly be an asset to Harris, a link to the priorities of a demographic that’s seeking change on a grand scale.
Hollywood star Robert Downey Jr is leading an investment fund that will try to spot fast-growing green technology businesses to help tackle climate change. The Footprint Coalition fund has already invested in businesses such as Cloud Paper, which makes toilet paper out of bamboo and has a mission to save a billion trees. In an
TV producer Shonda Rhimes, whose shows include How to Get Away with Murder and Bridgerton, paid tribute to “an extraordinary person”, and said “her power and grace will be with us forever”, while actress and presenter Whoopi Goldberg praised “a tower of power, a pillar of strength, CLEAR about who she was, and how she
Prof Anthony Harnden, deputy chair of the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI), told BBC Radio 4’s Today programme that Germany has greater supplies of the Pfizer jab than the Oxford one, so its recommendations were made because it wanted to prioritise its larger supply for its elderly population.
It’s late February 2020 and Brandon Payne is sitting in the Accelerate Basketball office lined with framed basketball jerseys and clipped newspaper articles. He’s in Fort Mills, South Carolina, less than a mile from the North Carolina border, but over 2,500 miles from the Golden State Warriors practice facility. He opens an Instagram story that
A woman who holds seven Guinness world records as a circus entertainer has taken up a full-time job at a care home. Daniella Martin, who goes by the stage name Daniella d’Ville, had all of her tours cancelled due to the pandemic, which she described as “gutting”. But she has put her talents to use
When this whole Deshaun Watson sweepstakes idea started in early January, the beginnings were modest. In the seemingly unlikely event that Watson would push his way out of Houston, logic was dictated by which teams had the right draft ammunition and salary-cap space. The Miami Dolphins were a natural fit. So too were the New
He added: “We clearly had obscured the light of the gospel underneath a fixation with a judgemental, authoritarian approach to our faith and it is extremely sad that at the brunt of that were often women and vulnerable, those who society was perhaps also rejecting and who perhaps would have wanted to find in their
He says that it is widely acknowledged that Mr Sheikh first handed himself over to Pakistan’s powerful intelligence services. However, police and prosecutors attempted to gloss over that, and instead, in spite of overwhelming evidence to the contrary, claimed he had been arrested a week later, wandering around Karachi airport.
I think it’s great. A lot of these undocumented immigrants are already paying taxes, so I really don’t see a problem with giving them papers and allowing them to to work and contribute to the economy. A lot of people have been here for years, they haven’t done anything wrong and they’ve been honest, hard-working
Fire Captain Andrea Hall of South Fulton, Georgia, explained that her late father was deaf. She is bilingual – an English speaker and an American Sign Language user – and she said she wanted people watching her to be able to experience the US Pledge of Allegiance in their “native language”.
A scientist working on the Oxford-AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine says he hopes he can inspire other people from black and ethnic minority backgrounds to realise their own life-saving dreams. Dr Mustapha Bittaye also told the BBC about the head start their previous vaccine work gave them, and emphasised the importance of countering vaccine disinformation on social
Deshaun Watson has “formally” requested that the Houston Texans deal him to a new team which, barring some unforeseen restoration of relations, sets in motion what should be the biggest trade in NFL history. The NFL Network should make it a reality show: “Billion Dollar Listing: Houston.” Watson is a 25-year-old superstar with impeccable leadership
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