Robert Jenrick defends government’s 12-week vaccine dose strategy and says it means millions more can get first Covid jab after top doctors called for it to be cut to six weeks amid fears a long wait between doses is less effective
Housing Secretary said millions more can get high level of protection from first dose as quickly as possible
In a private letter to Professor Chris Whitty, British Medical Association recommended to cut 12-week delay
Trade union called for an urgent review of current policy, warning it is proving evermore difficult to justify
World Health Organization previously said the gap between first and second doses should be 21-28 days
12:46 EDT, 22 January 2021
A butcher laughed and smirked during a police interview when he was quizzed over the rape and murder of student Libby Squire, a jury has been told.
Pawel Relowicz is accused of stalking the disoriented student after finding her wandering drunk and possibly suffering from hypothermia before picking her up in his car and raping her.
The 26-year-old is also accused of then dumping her dead or dying into a river.
Sheffield Crown Court also heard that it was likely Ms Squire was too cold to run away from danger as her judgment could have been impaired by alcohol before she vanished in Hull, East Yorks.