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Tue, 2 Feb 2021 09:44:44 +0000Scientists working on new vaccines to beat South African Covid
Current coronavirus vaccines may be less effective against new variants of the disease but should still prevent serious illness
Tue, 2 Feb 2021 09:25:18 +0000Care at home where residents died was 'bordering on negligent'
Ex-miner Stanley Bradford deteriorated rapidly during the short time he lived at Brithdir Nursing Home in New Tredegar and a former nurse-matron there said the situation was 'dire'
Tue, 2 Feb 2021 09:16:13 +0000Exactly how much busier Aldi, Tesco and Sainsbury's are in lockdown
Iceland, Morrisons and Ocado have seen the biggest surge in sales. Products including pasta were up 22%, chocolate spread up 42% and peanut butter up 39%
Tue, 2 Feb 2021 09:03:45 +000011 cases of SA Covid 'just the tip of the iceberg' says expert
"Is [quarantine] something that you’re going to do forever, because it looks like these strains may continue to arise"
Tue, 2 Feb 2021 08:51:03 +0000Anger as trolls target Captain Tom while he fights Covid in hospital
"I see them abusing him and mocking him, a man who served his country in World War II, a man who helped save this country from the Nazis a man who, aged 99, raised £39million for the NHS."
Tue, 2 Feb 2021 08:39:32 +0000We should be more worried about South American Covid, says expert
“The South African variant is an example of others that are cropping up around the world and the one I think we should be more worried about is the variant that’s emerged in South America.”
Tue, 2 Feb 2021 08:24:55 +0000Beekeeper warned 15,000 baby bees may be burned because of Brexit
Mr Murfet will try to bring the bees around the ban through the Northern Ireland border
Tue, 2 Feb 2021 08:19:56 +0000Dr Hilary issues stark warning over new coronavirus variant
It comes as door-to-door testing across parts of Britain starts today after cases of the South African variant were found in certain postcodes
Tue, 2 Feb 2021 08:18:59 +0000Woman in her 50s sustains head injuries after being hit by a van
Police are investigating a collision involving a van and a pedestrian which took place on Stow Hill on Wednesday, January 20
Tue, 2 Feb 2021 08:17:51 +0000Extra £50m support earmarked for students hit by Covid cash problems
Cash will help students facing loss of employment, additional costs for alternative accommodation, or to support access to remote teaching
Tue, 2 Feb 2021 08:16:46 +0000NHS Wales app users can now apply for £500 self-isolation payment
There have been calls for payments to be backdated to October
Tue, 2 Feb 2021 08:14:49 +0000Heavy snow brings 'treacherous' travel conditions with weather alerts in place
Forecasters said motorists who brave the conditions face the threat of becoming stranded, while rail and air cancellations are likely
Tue, 2 Feb 2021 08:00:07 +0000People in areas with South Africa Covid warned to stay at home
"Do you really need to go for that shopping or have you got enough in? “Could you work from home?"
Tue, 2 Feb 2021 07:50:22 +0000You could catch South Africa variant even if you have had Covid before
"If someone in the UK has been infected with Sars-CoV-2 and become unwell with Covid-19 in the past, it might be potentially, if they come into contact with this variant, they may become unwell again."
Tue, 2 Feb 2021 07:43:21 +0000Family fear 91-year-old caught Covid from pen at vaccine centre
Peter Short is now seriously ill in hospital after falling ill days after he had the jab
Tue, 2 Feb 2021 07:36:33 +000080,000 people to be tested to find 'every case' of South African variant
It comes as Wales' Health Minister admitted that more lives could have been saved had Wales gone into lockdown earlier
Tue, 2 Feb 2021 07:27:19 +0000Crackdown on interest-free, buy now pay later shopping
Such products, which allow shoppers to spread purchase costs interest-free at the checkouts, are rapidly increasing in popularity
Tue, 2 Feb 2021 07:21:54 +0000Tough new rules on online gambling ban some types of play
The protections will need to be fully implemented by online operators by October 31 this year.
Tue, 2 Feb 2021 07:17:12 +0000140 GPs call for new symptoms to be added to Covid watch list
"It is vital to now change the UK Covid-19 case definition and test criteria"
Tue, 2 Feb 2021 07:15:29 +0000Subway and Pizza Hut caught breaching coronavirus face mask rules
Council workers found staff working without masks at Pizza Hut in Brackla and Subway in South Cornelly
Tue, 2 Feb 2021 07:14:27 +0000Wales breaking news plus traffic, weather and M4 updates
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Tue, 2 Feb 2021 06:57:16 +0000New law could give you legal right to visit relatives in care homes
The legislation will reportedly be presented tomorrow
Tue, 2 Feb 2021 06:48:18 +0000What is surge testing and how will it work in England
The UK has now identified a total of 105 cases of the South Africa variant.
Tue, 2 Feb 2021 06:40:03 +0000Reports Boris Johnson to make announcement on reopening schools in England
Mr Johnson is reported to have been told we have passed the peak of this wave, and has asked for school opening to be accelerated
Tue, 2 Feb 2021 06:26:16 +0000Door to door testing starts Tuesday to track every case of SA Covid
80,000 people will be tested after 11 cases of the new variant were found in people with no travel links