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The Duke of Cambridge heard stories of care home residents crying with joy and clapping for each other after having the Covid-19 jab, during a chat with medical staff involved with the vaccine roll-out. Dr Lauren Dixon, a GP from Cumbria, told Prince William about the happy scenes she had witnessed and how care home residents viewed the vaccine as their ticket to see family again after months apart. The duke, 38, spoke to NHS workers across the four nations to learn about the programme to inocu...

The first phase of the NHS vaccination programme aims to protect millions of the UK’s most vulnerable people against coronavirus. Meanwhile, research from Public Health England suggests that a previous Covid infection might protect as much as a vaccine, at least for five months. So what difference does it make to have such immunity? Can I still catch the virus if I have had the vaccine or been previously infected? You can still catch the virus...

Care home residents have described how getting the Covid jab has given them “confidence” in the future, as the vaccine rollout continues. It was the turn of 55 elderly and vulnerable residents at Andrew Cohen House in Stirchley, Birmingham, to get the Oxford and AstraZeneca jab on Wednesday. The facility got less than 24 hours’ notice that its residents were next to get the vaccine, the home’s registered manager Sharon Grey said, adding they had been preparing for two weeks for this day...

To our readers, Rockland police respond to series of violent offenses overnight By Stephen Betts | Dec 27, 2020 Photo by: Stephen Betts Rockland — Rockland police responded to three separate incidents where threats and actual violence occurred, police reported. On Dec. 26 at 11:30 p.m., officers responded to a domestic disturbance call where the suspect was armed with a knife. Upon arrival, the suspect, later identified as Michael Starr, 36, of Rockland, fled the scene. Officers soon loc...

Steel Panther have returned to the concert stage in Florida, playing a trio of shows over the last few days. During the first date in Orlando at the Ace Cafe, the group welcomed a hometown hero with *NSYNCs Joey Fatone stepping onstage to perform "Girl From Oklahoma" with the group. While the show provided a year-end respite for some, the band did take some criticism for playing what appears to be a pretty packed show during a pandemic. The Fatone moment, seen below, provided one of the nights ...

First Nations enter into energy agreement with SaskPower The province has entered into agreements with two First Nations who will provide renewable energy to Regina and Weyburn. Pesâkâstêw Solar, a partnership between George Gordon First Nation, Star Blanket Cree Nation and Natural Forces, will develop, own and operate the 10 MW solar project near Weyburn. “After a lot of hard work from our business arm, George Gordon Developments Limited, we are confident our Pesâkâstêw Solar Project w...

  YORKTON -- The Prairie Valley School Division hosted a virtual signing ceremony to officially enter into an Educational Services Agreement with Star Blanket Cree Nation. The long-standing relationship was formalized in digital ink on Wednesday afternoon. While on a Zoom conference call, the signatories opened up the document simultaneously for everyone in the virtual space to witness. “From this agreement we would like to see just that part of our ways and our Cree culture being more i...

It was put back into service. >> wow. all right, breaking on the border wall. some different views on the presidents position. here is what is his chief of staff john kelly told our bret baier. >> this president, if youve seen what he has done, he has changed the way he has looked at a number of things and adjusted the way he looked at afghanistan, he is very definitely changed his attitudes toward the daca issue and even the wall. >> while the president tweeted the wall is the wall. it has neve...

Campaign called facts first. >> people might tell you it is a banana, white scream banana, banana, banana over and over again. they might put banana in or even start to believe this is a banana. this is an apple. >> you can feel the tone of it, this has jimmy carter in the weirdest story of the last several weeks admits the media has been harder on donald trump than any other president in history and defense him a bit. cnn trying to fuel a fire here, here to talk about it, a writer for the feder...

We will debate this, contributor for the hill, michael starr, thanks for coming in so early. this is a blood red state, north dakota. any democratic senator is very moderate if not conservative, not like he had chuck schumer on stage. >> he had a picture with chuck schumer and agreed to a deal, democrats can agree with the president, we will make sure things are better for all americans, where we disagree we will hold the president accountable. that is how our democracy works and how it should b...