AstraZeneca to cut COVID-19 vaccine delivery to EU by 60%, reports

AstraZeneca will cut deliveries of the Oxford COVID-19 vaccine to the European Union by 60% in the first quarter of the year, according to Reuters news agency.The company was expected to deliver around 80...

France vows Eurostar support to ‘maintain this strategic link’ with UK

French authorities have said they are ready to give financial support to the struggling Eurostar.

‘No plans’ to give £500 to everyone who tests positive for COVID, says Number 10

There are "no plans" to give everyone who tests positive for coronavirus a one-off payment of GBP500, Downing Street has said.The dramatic proposal, which would cost the government a massive GBP453m a week or...

UK’s R number drops sharply to between 0.8 and 1 – suggesting lockdown is working

The coronavirus R number in the UK has fallen sharply since last week, suggesting the lockdown is slowing the spread of coronavirus.

England’s COVID infection rate decreases slightly but remains high – ONS

The percentage of people testing positive for COVID-19 in England has decreased slightly but remains high, according to latest figures from the Office for National Statistics (ONS).Around 1 in 55 people who are not...

Reading terror victim had planned to climb Kilimanjaro – but had life ‘taken away for no reason’

The brother of one of the Reading terror attack victims has spoken on what would have been his 40th birthday, saying his life had been "taken away for no reason whatsoever".American Joe Ritchie-Bennett, 39,...

Retail sales for 2020 show largest annual fall in history – ONS

Retail sales in 2020 saw the largest annual fall in history as retailers continued to suffer from the effects of the coronavirus pandemic.Despite a 0.3% rise in sales volumes during December, the figure for...

Japan denies claims that Olympics are going to be cancelled, as report says Tokyo may host in 2032

Japanese officials have denied claims the Tokyo Olympic Games are being cancelled because of the coronavirus pandemic.