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The Prime Minister penned an open letter to parents, carers and guardians to say they have responded magnificently to the challenges of the coronavirus pandemic.

A sensational £1.25million in a single day was raised for Mail Force to help lockdown pupils yesterday. Online fashion retailer Boohoo pledged a whopping £750,000 towards the ambitious campaign to get schoolchildren online. And a further £500,000 arrived from a generous benefactor who requested to remain anonymous. On top of that, donations from Mail readers continued to flood in, including cheques and letters from retired teachers inspired to help the Computers for Kids drive. It was the mo...

Pills and sprays to replace Covid jabs: Vaccine tsar Kate Bingham says needles will be phased out in battle against mutating virus - and reveals she broke Dry January with glass of wine when she heard UK-made Novavax passed trials with 90% success rate Kate Bingham revealed that she was part of Novavax trial that was found to defeat Covid in 9 out of 10 cases US biotech firm announced its vaccine had successfully completed Phase Three clinical trials in UK Under a deal with the UK government, 6...

First Minister Mark Drakeford will extend lockdown restrictions in Wales by three weeks and hint pupils may return to schools after the February half-term if cases call.

The phrase ‘Daily Mail reader’ is used as a term of abuse by some on the left of British politics who may not read the paper but nonetheless see those who do as small-minded little Englanders. Editor Geordie Greig, not surprisingly, sees them a little differently. Greig spoke about his typical reader this week as the paper kicked off its Computers for Kids campaign, which seeks to ensure less privileged children in the UK have access to laptops as the pandemic sees most children forced to l...

Mail Force had a triple boost yesterday with £500,000 from a leading entrepreneur, laptops from Sainsbury’s and a deluge of donations from readers. The charity’s campaign to get laptops to lockdown pupils has now raised an astonishing £2.6million in just five days. Sir Tom Hunter, who made his fortune in sporting goods, handed over his magnificent donation along with his favourite quotation: ‘A man who dies rich, dies disgraced.’ Sir Tom Hunter, who made his fortune in sporting goods,...

US biotech firm Novavax announced its vaccine had successfully completed Phase Three clinical trials in UK Under a deal with the UK government, 60million doses of the vaccine will be produced on Teesside for UK use The vaccine still requires final approval from the UKs Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency The firm Novavax last night said that the trials had shown its coronavirus vaccine was 89.3 per cent effective This trial is the first to be completed since the emergence of the...

The Mail Force laptop campaign has smashed through the £1million barrier in just four days. The phenomenal milestone has been reached thanks to reader generosity – and a stunning donation from Lloyds. The banking giant has offered 1,000 top-of-the-range laptops worth £500,000. It is a sensational moment for the Computers for Kids drive to get urgently-needed devices to lockdown pupils. Our readers have now given the charity a staggering £445,000 – since only Saturday – helping childre...

Our readers have given a phenomenal £375,000 – in just three days – to help lockdown pupils. And now insurance giant Direct Line has added £125,000 and technology firm Peak Scientific £250,000. Further companies are rushing to offer second-hand laptops – a crucial element of the Mail Force crusade. The Computers for Kids campaign was launched to help children who are unable to follow online lessons. Insurance giant Direct Line has added £125,000 and technology firm Peak Scientific £2...

SARAH VINE: As the mother of two children at inner-city London secondaries, I know how difficult life is for some pupils.