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Brian Pinker became the first UK patient to receive the Oxford vaccine this morning. 82-year-old dialysis patient, Brian Pinker, became the first person in the world to receive the Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine. The Oxfor...
The tampon tax has been abolished after a six-year long campaign. The "tampon tax" has now been abolished in the UK after the government honoured its March commitment to remove VAT on women’s sanitary products. ...
Any easing of restrictions would depend on the success of the vaccine and tier system, however. With almost 80% of England set to enter 2021 in Tier 4, the year isn’t exactly set to start on the front foot. Still, with...
Tier 4 has entered the chat. Birmingham has officially entered Tier 4 Coronavirus restrictions, and while we should be used to the ever-changing rules and last minute lockdowns by now, this one came as a bit of a surpr...
The region will move up a tier. Following months of restrictions here in Birmingham, it has been confirmed that the entire region will move into Tier 4 – the newly created, stricter tier which previously included Londo...
The Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine has been approved for use in the UK. By December 20, over 600,000 people in the UK had been vaccinated against coronavirus – and that number is only going to go up with today’s news. UK r...
Dozens of countries have banned travel from the UK after new variant of Covid raises alarm bells. Things have gone for bad to worse, and worse to catastrophic for the UK over the last few days. A new variant of Covid-1...
If you're planning to see your family over the holidays, it'll need to be on Christmas Day. Alongside today's government press conference, which saw London, the South East, and the East of England move to Tier 4, we we...
Fancy yourself one of Tommy Shelby’s boys? Then you’re in luck, because the official Peaky Blinders casting agents – LB Casting Ltd – are currently on the hunt for new extras to join the cast, with filming set to take...
Birmingham will not level down today. Announcing slight changes to the allocated tiers today, Matt Hancock has announced that Birmingham will remain in the strictest tier 3 – the tier which will force hospitality busin...