Summary

  • Updates for Friday, 13 January 2017

  • Despite severe flood warnings for areas along the Suffolk coast, most places avoid flooding

  • Environment Agency says a change in wind direction helped avert flooding

  • Some local flooding, including at The Harbour Inn, Southwold

  1. 'The doctor said I could've been in hospital'published at 15:41 Greenwich Mean Time 15 January 2021

    Paul Lambert says suffering from the virus was the "worst I've felt in many years".

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  2. We can make this the peak, says Matt Hancockpublished at 11:54 Greenwich Mean Time 13 January 2021

    The health secretary urges people to follow rules, saying "individual decisions" make a difference.

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  3. Matt Hancock: 'I want this to be the peak'published at 08:14 Greenwich Mean Time 13 January 2021

    Matt Hancock told BBC Breakfast pressure will continue to rise for the NHS, but hopes this is the peak of the pandemic for the UK.

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  4. Business owners 'horrified' by post-Brexit costspublished at 06:11 Greenwich Mean Time 13 January 2021

    Business owners voice "genuine fears" that new EU costs will put off European customers.

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  5. Fines 'increasingly likely' for rule-breakerspublished at 15:24 Greenwich Mean Time 12 January 2021

    People are still holding house parties, raves and gambling gatherings, the UK's most senior police officer says.

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  6. 'The bubbles policy will stay'published at 17:52 Greenwich Mean Time 11 January 2021

    The Health Secretary Matt Hancock has reassured the public that the policy on support bubbles will stay.

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  7. Hancock warns flexing of rules 'could be fatal'published at 17:23 Greenwich Mean Time 10 January 2021

    Health Secretary Matt Hancock says the NHS is under "very serious pressure" and warns people to stay home.

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  8. Trump Twitter ban 'raises regulation questions'published at 13:45 Greenwich Mean Time 10 January 2021

    Health Secretary Matt Hancock says social media giants are "taking editorial decisions".

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  9. WW2 'Spitfire Women' pilot dies aged 103published at 12:54 Greenwich Mean Time 10 January 2021

    Eleanor Wadsworth flew hundreds of aircraft, including Spitfires and Hurricanes, to the front line in WW2.

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  10. 'Every adult will be offered a vaccine by the autumn'published at 11:06 Greenwich Mean Time 10 January 2021

    Health Secretary Matt Hancock says they're rolling out the Covid vaccines "as fast as they get delivered".

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  11. Asymptomatic tests help 'break transmission chains'published at 10:32 Greenwich Mean Time 10 January 2021

    Matt Hancock tells the BBC asymptomatic testing in Liverpool helped its Covid case rate fall rapidly.

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  12. Ipswich Town 2-3 Swindon Townpublished at 20:14 Greenwich Mean Time 9 January 2021

    Relegation-threatened Swindon stun promotion-seeking Ipswich with victory thanks to goals from Diallang Jaiyesimi and Scott Twine.

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  13. Vaccine rollout widens as hospital pressure risespublished at 17:00 Greenwich Mean Time 7 January 2021

    GPs in England receive doses of the Oxford Covid jab as medics warn of "stretched" wards.

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  14. UK records more than 1,000 daily virus deathspublished at 22:06 Greenwich Mean Time 6 January 2021

    It is the highest toll recorded on one day since April, as MPs support new measures in England.

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  15. Covid-19: '30,000 patients in hospital'published at 16:21 Greenwich Mean Time 6 January 2021

    'The NHS is under significant pressure,' says Health Secretary Matt Hancock.

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  16. Terrorism training removed for GPs giving vaccinepublished at 15:34 Greenwich Mean Time 6 January 2021

    A series of “unnecessary training modules” including fire safety and terrorism are no longer required for those giving the Covid-19 vaccine

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  17. Man warns 'Covid is no hoax' after brother diespublished at 15:00 Greenwich Mean Time 6 January 2021

    Gary Slade issues the warning after his brother tested positive over Christmas and died on Sunday.

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  18. Covid deniers removed from 'at capacity' hospitalpublished at 13:31 Greenwich Mean Time 4 January 2021

    An NHS chief executive says it 'beggars belief' people took pictures of empty corridors.

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  19. 'When schools are open that spreads the disease more'published at 08:53 Greenwich Mean Time 4 January 2021

    Health Secretary Matt Hancock says action has been taken to close schools in areas most under pressure.

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  20. Hancock: 12 week vaccine schedule 'can save more lives'published at 08:47 Greenwich Mean Time 4 January 2021

    The health secretary defends the decision to increase the interval between the two doses of the Pfizer vaccine.

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