Parapapaaa! Sound the field trumpets, the cavalry’s arrived. Well, the Army at any rate – and not a moment too soon. Brigadier Phil Prosser of the 3rd Division was introduced at yesterday’s Downing Street press conference as the man in charge of rolling out the vaccine. And thank goodness for that. The Brig certainly inspired … Read more
The British Army officer leading Boris Johnson‘s effort to deliver hundreds of thousands of coronavirus vaccines per day pledged to use combat techniques to get them to the needy as fast as possible. Brigadier Phil Prosser, Commander of Military Support to the Vaccine Delivery Programme, said his team would use ‘our extensive operational and logistic … Read more
The British Army officer leading Boris Johnson’s effort to deliver hundreds of thousands of coronavirus vaccines per day pledged to use combat techniques to get them to the needy as fast as possible. Brigadier Phil Prosser, Commander of Military Support to the Vaccine Delivery Programme, said his team would use ‘our extensive operational and logistic … Read more
Boris Johnson tonight hailed two ‘life-saving’ arthritis drugs after a major British trial revealed they cut the risk of death in critically-ill Covid patients by nearly a quarter. The PM — who stumbled several times as he tried to pronounce them — said the anti-inflammatory drugs tocilizumab and sarilumab would be made available through the NHS with immediate … Read more
Boris Johnson ‘unreservedly condemns’ Donald Trump for ‘encouraging people to behave in the disgraceful way that they did’ when US president’s supporters stormed US Capitol The PM said tonight Donald Trump was ‘completely wrong’ to encourage people By James Gant For Mailonline Published: 17:41 GMT, 7 January 2021 | Updated: 18:03 GMT, 7 January 2021 … Read more
Well, what a cheery start to the New Year this is proving to be. Another day and another talking-to from Boris Johnson on why, for the third time in less than a year, we are bolting the doors and battening down the hatches. More lockdown means more dreary Downing Street press conferences. You will stay … Read more
Cases of the new super-infectious variant of coronavirus started to level off and even drop in London, the East and South East over the Christmas school holiday. Graphs presented at a Downing Street news conference tonight showed the proportion of positive tests caused by the new variant appeared to fall across the capital and the … Read more
GCSE and A-Level exams in England have been cancelled, the Department for Education confirmed tonight. A statement said it recognised it was ‘an anxious time for students’ working towards their tests. It added ministers and Ofqual are working to find a way to award grades that ‘reflects the hard work’ of pupils nationwide. The move … Read more
Boris Johnson tonight failed to guarantee that all pupils in England will be back in school classrooms before the summer holidays. The Prime Minister told a Downing Street press conference that he is ‘optimistic’ that ‘things really will be very different by the spring’. But he was unable to give parents, pupils and teachers a … Read more
Boris Johnson said that the Government would ‘have to look at’ the cost of university fees and accommodation after he plunged England into a third national lockdown last night. Speaking at a Downing Street press conference, the Prime Minister praised students for the sacrifices they had made in staying away from university and learning online but … Read more