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Credit: steve parsons/pa SIR – On Friday morning I received the Pfizer vaccine. No side effects, or anything else. The arrangements were like a military operation: smooth-running and very competent. The jab was completed in seconds, done by a young doctor whom I did not know in a community hall, with volunteers guiding patients at every stage. All were charming and helpful. The sense of relief afterwards is something to be so grateful for. Janet E Hotter   SIR – Back in the Seventies, in the Lincolnshire village where I lived, two local transport companies would collect produce from the ...

December 18, 2020 Students wearing face masks leave a school in Beijing, China as senior high school students in the Chinese capital returned to campus following the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) outbreak, April 27, 2020. Reuters The coronavirus pandemic has made Chinese parents wary of sending their children to study overseas and some are instead considering international schools in China, according to a marketing company in Beijing. “Parents always put their children’s safety as first priority, followed by the academic level of the schools,” said Wu Yue, founder and chief executive...

Martin and his wife Jenny, with their grandchildren. Photo: Martin Stephen A MAN saved from drowning off Dunbar has thanked the local RNLI lifeboat crew – and one volunteer in particular – for pulling him from the water in a force 10 gale 50 years ago. Martin Stephen (pictured below), now 71, owes his life to the courage of David Brunton who, despite not being a strong swimmer, jumped into the treacherous swell as Martin sank unconscious beneath the waves. Martin Stephen Martin said: “I had been face down in the water for several minutes and was told later that Mr Brunton dived in...