Summary

  • Updates for Friday, 18 August 2017

  • Plans revealed for third river crossing

  • Rail disruption continues

  • Third win in a row for Ipswich Witches

  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. 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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  5. '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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  6. 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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  7. 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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  8. '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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  9. 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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  10. 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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  11. 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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  12. 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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  13. 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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  14. 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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  15. '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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  16. 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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  17. Fleetwood call off next two gamespublished at 14:41 Greenwich Mean Time 31 December 2020

    Fleetwood Town call off their next two matches - against Ipswich and Sunderland - after "several" positive Covid-19 tests.

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  18. Hancock: 'It's a day of mixed emotions'published at 16:01 Greenwich Mean Time 30 December 2020

    The health secretary announces tighter Covid restrictions on the day the Oxford vaccine was approved.

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  19. Six million people to enter tier 4 on Boxing Daypublished at 21:59 Greenwich Mean Time 23 December 2020

    The areas facing tougher restrictions have seen a "significant number" of the new fast-spreading variant.

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  20. UK has two cases of variant linked to South Africapublished at 18:07 Greenwich Mean Time 23 December 2020

    Travel restrictions and quarantine rules have been introduced to limit the spread.

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