PA: British Isles & Ireland
Thursday, 26 November 2020 20:39
Covid-19 vaccines
British / Swedish drugmaker AstraZeneca has announced promising results in developing a vaccine. An early analysis of some of its late-stage clinical trials, conducted in the UK and Brazil, showed that its coronavirus vaccine was 70.4…
Thursday, 26 November 2020 20:32
UK scientists warn over Christmas mingling
People across the UK are being urged to think carefully before they take advantage of the relaxation of restrictions over Christmas. Government adviser Prof Andrew Hayward says family gatherings are a ‘recipe for regret’ for people.…
Thursday, 26 November 2020 20:32
Assisted dying challenge
Paul Lamb is paralysed below his neck apart from limited movement in his right arm after a car crash in 1990. He said he was ‘devastated’ after a Court of Appeal refused him permission to bring…
Thursday, 26 November 2020 20:29
Spending review 2020
At his spending review on 25 November, the Chancellor of the Exchequer set out the Government’s plans for public spending. It is an important fiscal event, with decisions made over hundreds of billions of pounds of…
Thursday, 26 November 2020 20:24
Reactions to the cut in aid budget
The Government has been criticised after announcing it will reduce its foreign aid budget from 0.7% to 0.5%. Rishi Sunak intends to return to 0.7% ‘when the fiscal situation allows’. Church leaders, politicians, and other public…
Thursday, 26 November 2020 20:21
Christian girl forced to wed Muslim abductor
A Christian charity has called on Boris Johnson to grant asylum to a 14-year-old Christian girl, Maira Shahbaz, who was abducted at gunpoint in April and forcibly married and converted to Islam by a married Muslim…