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West Ham chairman and Scotland star back fundraiser for Peterhead player West Hams joint chairman and Scotlands latest goalscorer are among those backing a fundraiser in aid of Peterhead defender Gary Fraser. The 26-year-old injured his knee back in December but is still waiting on surgery - with no date set for the procedure due to the pandemic. Now his Blue Toon team-mates are aiming to raise £10,000 to allow him to go under the knife privately, and potentially allow him to retur...

The UK's medicines regulator has approved the Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus vaccine for 12 to 15-year-olds.

People who have received the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine have fewer antibodies targeting the Indian COVID-19 variant compared to other strains, new data suggests.

UK ministers have repeatedly defended the decision to move Portugal from green to amber on its travel list by saying the threat of the new Nepal COVID variant is behind their reasoning.

Coronavirus cases in the community rocketed by 76.5% in just one week, according to official estimates for England.

Iron Maiden Iron Maiden are an English heavy metal band formed in Leyton, East London, in 1975 by bassist and primary songwriter Steve Harris. The bands discography has grown to thirty-eight albums, including sixteen studio albums, twelve live albums, four EPs, and seven compilations. Pioneers of the new wave of British heavy metal, Iron Maiden achieved initial success during the early 1980s. After several line-up changes, the band went on to release a series of UK and US platinum and gold albu...

Eighteen-year-old Sharne Wood, from Staffordshire, was diagnosed with the blood disorder Aplastic Anaemia three years ago.

Donald Trump has been suspended from Facebook until at least January 2023 after he praised people who took part in violence during the US Capitol riot.

COVID-19: UK records another 6,238 coronavirus cases - highest daily figure for more than two months The latest government numbers also show another 11 COVID-19 related deaths. The number for cases is up on the 5,274 recorded on Thursday but the death figure is down on the 18 recorded in yesterdays daily figures. Live COVID updates from the UK and around the world The number of cases is the highest since 25 March, when 6,397 were recorded. Meanwhile, another 191,266 first and 377,641 second vac...

Britons in Portugal who are scrambling to get back to the UK to beat next week's quarantine deadline face paying hundreds of pounds more for earlier flights.