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Can the UK vaccinate its way out of the Covid crisis?
Throughout the pandemic, Paddy Worrall and his award-winning Channel 4 News FactCheck team have crunched the data and the challenged government soundbites, and he joins us today to discuss how to vaccinate a nation.


What it’s like inside lockdown classrooms
There are reports of crammed classrooms and head teachers 'rationing places' because too many parents in England are sending their children to school. 


Reports of man’s death after release from police custody ‘deeply concerning’
The First Minister of Wales, Mark Drakeford, says reports of a man who died hours after he was released from police custody in Cardiff Bay are "deeply concerning". 


Tory MP defends free school meal controversy, saying: ‘It’s the schools’ decision’
We spoke to the Conservative MP Pauline Latham and Labour's Darren Jones.


No. 10 orders inquiry after Rashford blows whistle on free school meal parcels
Downing Street says it's ordered an urgent investigation into the quality of free school meal parcels sent to families in England during lockdown.


Vaccine rollout will have ‘dramatic effect’ on death toll, says Cambridge statistician
David Spiegelhalter is Professor of Risk and Evidence Communication at Cambridge University.


How long will it take for vaccinations to reduce deaths?
How soon can we expect the mass vaccinations to begin driving down the numbers of people dying with the virus?


Patel says Covid rule breakers ‘putting health of nation at risk’
The rules are clear and they will be enforced. That was the message from the Home Secretary at this evening's press conference.


UK excess deaths highest since war due to Covid
This pandemic is the biggest health emergency this country has faced since the Second World War.


Barking MP Dame Margaret Hodge says demand for oxygen ‘is exceeding supply’ at her local hospital
With London struggling to control its coronavirus crisis - the worst hit area in the capital - and indeed in Britain - is Barking and Dagenham.


Delays on goods heading for Northern Ireland after confusion with new regulations
Some shops in Northern Ireland have had to stop selling some goods because they can't get hold of them - thanks to the post Brexit rules surrounding trade between Great Britain and Northern Ireland.


Hospitals continue to struggle as Covid-19 deaths surpass 80,000
More than 3 million people in the UK have now had Covid - a grim total that's soared by a million in the last three weeks alone.


Gove warns of ‘significant additional disruption’ at UK border
The Cabinet Office Minister Michael Gove has warned that there will be "significant additional disruption" at the country's borders in the next few weeks.  


‘Clap for Carers’ returns as ‘Clap for Heroes’
The revived Clap for Heroes is the new version of the Clap for Carers, which provided a rallying point for the country during the pandemic’s first wave last Spring. It’s now been re-designed to celebrate the contribution of all key worker...


Brexit could lead to the next generation of genetically tampered crops, campaigners warn 
A week after Brexit, is the next development of Frankenstein food heading for our tables? That’s what environmental campaigners are claiming, as the government launched a consultation on gene editing of crops and livestock. Until now the practi...



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