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Parents’ fury as daughters life saving operation delayed because of Brexit red-tape Little Adeline Davidson, from Alness, is battling a rare blood cancer and needs an urgent stem cell transplant. Little Adeline Davidson needs a life saving stem-cell transplant. (Image: Steph Davidson) Get the stories that matter to you sent straight to your inbox with our daily newsletter.Invalid EmailSomething went wrong, please try again later. Subscribe When you subscribe we will use the information you...

© Supplied by Steph Davidson Sign up for our daily newsletter featuring the top stories from The Press and Journal. Thank you for signing up to The Press and Journal newsletter. Something went wrong - please try again later. Sign Up A family in Easter Ross have been left in limbo as health officials postpone their four-year-old daughter’s lifesaving transplant for a third time due to Brexit. Adeline Davidson was in line to receive a stem cell transplant at the beginning of next year t...

Next steps in Government’s £5 billion gigabit broadband plan The government has today set out the next steps in its £5 billion strategy to deliver next generation, gigabit-capable broadband to the entire country. From: 22 December 2020 A consultation has been launched on the draft procurement strategy for the UK Gigabit Programme setting out plans to connect the first one million homes and businesses with gigabit speed broadband and maximise coverage in the hardest to reach 20% of the U...

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Friday 18 December 2020 9:00 am The rollout begins: why the vaccine matters for Britain Getty images The news that the independent medicines regulator has given approval for the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine has allowed all Brits to see light at the end of the tunnel. The year 2020 has been hard for many and different for us all, and getting back to normal will still take time – but we can look forward with optimism. How was it approved? After months of rigorous clinical tr...

ICE Appointed To Host UK Emissions Auctions For The UK Emissions Trading Scheme Date 17/12/2020 Intercontinental Exchange, Inc. (NYSE:ICE), a leading operator of global exchanges and clearing houses and provider of mortgage technology, data and listings services, announces that ICE has been appointed to host emissions auctions on behalf of the UK Government’s Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS). As announced on December 14, 2020, the UK Government and Devolve...

And the public is coming forward at an extraordinary pace to get a jab, to protect themselves, beginning with the elderly and the most vulnerable. With 138,000 recipients of the first dose – and more joining them every minute - there is no doubt we are winning and we will win our long struggle against this virus which makes it all the more important that we hold our nerve this winter. Because we are now in a race to protect us all while doing everything we can to keep the virus under control....

Everything Boris Johnson said in his updated Christmas advice to the nation The key message was that people should make their Christmases smaller and shorter this year Boris Johnson said the Government "acted quickly by moving London into Tier 3" (Image: GOV UK) The 12 - our new FREE email with all the news you need Invalid EmailSomething went wrong, please try again later. IM IN When you subscribe we will use the information you provide to send you these newsletters. Sometimes they’ll includ...

A blog on SLCs Corporate Plan by CEO, Paula Sussex Our latest blog from CEO, Paula Sussex, on how SLC has served customers this year and our commitment to deliver an outstanding customer experience. From: Delivering student finance in a Covid year Managing the delivery of student finance against a backdrop of Covid-19 has been a major focus for SLC in 2020. Like many other organisations on the night of March 23rd, we had to make the organisational equivalent of a handbrake turn to transfor...