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6 Min Read WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. Senator Ted Cruz on Saturday said he will spearhead a drive by nearly a dozen Republican senators to challenge President-elect Joe Biden’s victory when Electoral College results are tallied in Congress on Jan. 6 – a largely symbolic move that has virtually no chance of preventing Biden from taking office. Cruz’s effort is in defiance of Senate Republican leaders, who have argued that the Senate’s role in certifying the election is largely ceremonial...

5 Min Read WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. Senator Ted Cruz on Saturday said he will spearhead a drive by nearly a dozen Republican senators to challenge President-elect Joe Biden’s victory when Electoral College results are tallied in Congress on Jan. 6 – a largely symbolic move that has virtually no chance of preventing Biden from taking office. Cruz’s effort is in defiance of Senate Republican leaders, who have argued that the Senate’s role in certifying the election is largely ceremonial...

U.S. Senator Cruz leads long-shot Republican bid to overturn Bidens victory Reuters 1/2/2021 © Reuters/ELIJAH NOUVELAGE Candidates campaign before runoff races in Georgia for control of U.S. Senate By Jason Lange and Timothy Gardner WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. Senator Ted Cruz on Saturday said he will spearhead a drive by nearly a dozen Republican senators to challenge President-elect Joe Biden’s victory when Electoral College results are tallied in Congress on Jan. 6 – a largely symbol...

A NHS 111 call centre worker. Credit: PA/RADAR The number of calls to Wiltshire’s NHS 111 service has dropped by more than 40 per cent from the start of the Covid-19 pandemic, new figures show. It means demand for the service has now fallen below the level of the same time last year. The NHS believes fewer people are using the service now they know more about the virus and what to do if they suspect they have caught it. NHS England figures show the BaNES, Swindon & Wiltshire 111 helpl...

A NHS 111 call centre worker. Credit: PA/RADAR THE number of calls being made to 111 has nearly halved from the start of the Covid-19 pandemic, new figures show. It means demand for the service in Blackburn with Darwen has now fallen below the level this time last year. The NHS believes fewer people are using the service now they know more about the virus and what to do if they suspect they have caught it. NHS England figures show the North West including Blackburn111 helpline received ...

It means demand for the service has now fallen below the level this time last year. The NHS believes fewer people are using the service now they know more about the virus and what to do if they suspect they have caught it. NHS England figures show the North West including Blackpool 111 helpline received 181,922 calls in November, down from 347,877 received in March – a fall of 48 per cent. Last months figure was also 7 per cent down from October. Demand for the service is now 10 per...

Recently a group of Smith Mountain Lake residents and representatives of local churches had the opportunity to test the theory that it’s better to give than to receive – and it proved to be true. Call it luck — or maybe divine intervention — but they recently learned about one woman’s simple request: to feel the sunshine on her face. Michele Tarantino has been described by friends as a natural athlete, intelligent, with great style and a radiant personality. Michele and...

THE number of calls to Dorsets NHS 111 service has dropped by more than 40 per cent from the start of the Covid-19 pandemic, new figures show.

THE number of calls to Dorsets NHS 111 service has dropped by more than 40 per cent from the start of the Covid-19 pandemic, new figures show.

It means demand for the service has now fallen below the level this time last year. The NHS believes fewer people are using the service now they know more about the virus and what to do if they suspect they have caught it. NHS England figures show the North East Essex and Suffolk 111 helpline received 27,285 calls in November, down from 50,675 received in March – a fall of 46%. Last months figure was also 3% down from October. Demand for the service is now 7% below the level in Nove...