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Government signs deals for 200m rapid Covid tests ahead of lockdown lifting (Getty Images) The government has signed deals with two British companies to supply 200m rapid Covid-19 tests ahead of plans to roll out a “mass testing blitz” once lockdown restrictions are lifted. The Department of Health announced it has inked agreements with Scotland-based Omega Diagnostics and Bedforshire-headquartered Global Access Diagnostics to produce the tests, which have a turnaround time of as little as 30 minutes. Details of the deals have not yet been published. According to publicly...

THE MP has appealed to the Prime Minister calling on his support to secure plans for Lakes BioScience at the GSK Site in Ulverston. Simon Fell, MP for Barrow and Furness, has penned a letter to Prime Minister Boris Johnson appealing for his backing to secure the site for Lakes BioScience which he believes will be a 'win-win' for the community'. Earlier this month, GSK announced it would shutter their facilities in Ulverston by 2025 after 75 years of operation following the sale of their antibiotics business to Sandoz. Mr Fell said: "We are asking the UK Government to press GSK into ba...

BARROW and Furness MP has urged the Prime Minister to support plans for the Lakes BioScience at the GSK Site in Ulverston.