LONDON (Reuters) – Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Wednesday appointed a former judge to lead an inquiry into the handling of the COVID-19 pandemic which is likely to focus on why the United Kingdom suffered one of Europe’s worst death tolls. Heather Hallett, who retired from the Court of Appeal in 2019, acted as coroner …
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(Reuters) – Manchester City’s Women’s League Cup game away at Leicester City which was scheduled to kick off later on Wednesday has been postponed due to a COVID-19 outbreak in the squad, the club said. “The decision has been taken by the Football Association following a number of further positive COVID-19 cases in the women’s …
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(Reuters) – Britain’s National Health Service (NHS) has told pharmacies that it cannot increase the number of COVID-19 rapid tests it delivers each day, The Telegraph reported late on Tuesday. Infections from the Omicron variant of the coronavirus have risen in the United Kingdom with the number of new cases reaching 59,610 on Tuesday, the …
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(Reuters) – Much is being made of what a recalled England bowler James Anderson might conjure up with the pink ball being used in the second test starting in Adelaide on Thursday, but unless England’s batting improves it might make little difference. Skipper Joe Root aside, England’s batting has been brittle this year and was …
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LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s parliament will be given a say over any further restrictions needed to tackle the spread of COVID-19, Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Wednesday. New COVID-19 measures were approved by parliament on Tuesday, despite more than 100 of Johnson’s Conservative opposing them. The House of Commons is due to break for …
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By David Milliken and Andy Bruce LONDON (Reuters) -British inflation surged to its highest in more than 10 years in November, jumping to 5.1% and potentially unsettling the Bank of England a day before it announces whether it is raising interest rates for the first time since COVID-19 struck. Price pressure from a broad range …
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By Benoit Van Overstraeten PARIS (Reuters) – Sanofi and GlaxoSmithKline said on Wednesday they expect data from late-stage clinical trials of its booster dose of their COVID-19 vaccine candidate in the first quarter, instead of this year, another delay for the potential shot. The news came as the French and British partners said preliminary data …
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(Reuters) – Nightclub owners in London criticised new restrictions to halt the spread of coronavirus variants that will go into effect on Wednesday, saying that a lack of rapid COVID-19 tests will make enforcement a “big challenge”. Last week, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced the new “Plan B” measures to tackle the spread of …
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By Ian Ransom MELBOURNE (Reuters) – England are preparing to throw the kitchen sink at Australia in the day-night second Ashes test at Adelaide Oval in a bid to level the series after seeing their best-laid plans torn to shreds in the Gabba opener. Selectors are expected to press the rested James Anderson and Stuart …
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(Reuters) – Members of a British parliamentary group have called for women’s soccer to be brought under legislation that allows police to arrest spectators who break the law and ban them from attending games. In a letter addressed to sports minister Nigel Huddleston, eight MPs from the All Party Parliamentary Group on Women’s Football said …
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