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All adults on GP learning disability register will get vaccine priority following calls from DJ Jo Whiley Abbianca Makoni © Provided by Evening Standard This will mean at least 150,000 more people with learning disabilities will now be offered the vaccine more quickly.AFP via Getty Images All adults on the learning disability register will be prioritised to get a coronavirus vaccine, the Government has announced, following calls from BBC presenter Jo Whiley. This means 150,000 more people at higher risk will be offered a jab more quickly in England. Whiley was offered the v...

British chef Jamie Clark, 38, killed in Swiss Alps avalanche Barney Davis Tributes have been paid to a “genuinely lovely” Britishchef killed by an avalanche while skiing off-piste in the Swiss Alps. The 38-year-old, named by friends online as Jamie Clark from Doncaster in South Yorkshire, was among 10 people swept away from the slopes at the popular alpine resort of Verbier, to the east of Geneva, on Monday morning. Eight other people escaped uninjured, local police said, while one was flown to hospital with serious injuries. It is believed Mr Clark, a budding chocolatier,...

Coronavirus cases are falling in every London borough for the first time in months — raising hopes that the devastating second wave of the pandemic has finally passed its peak. Falls of up to 30 per cent have been seen in some areas over the past week, with no borough recording an increase. London-wide, the number of confirmed infections has tumbled by almost a third since January 1. However, the crisis in the capital’s hard-pressed NHS is still...