Emma Barnett read a message from the Queen as she opened her first show as permanent host of Woman's Hour. The programme celebrates its 75th year in 2021, and asked the Queen if she would send a note to mark the occasion. Her Majesty praised the show for being a friend and advocate to women everywhere
A year of lockdowns can't take the shine off Goldmans Sachs profits. Profits at the bank are down less than $1bn even in a year when alleged scandal in Malaysia added to Covid woes
The supply gaps, coming as the U.S. vaccination effort enters its second month, prompted some healthcare systems to suspend appointments for first-time vaccine seekers and one New York healthcare system to cancel a slew of existing ones. "As eligibility increases, you just increase demand, but we're not able to increase supply," Northwell Health spokesman Joe Kemp told Reuters by telephone. Northwell, New York's largest healthcare provider, offers appointments only as it gets more vaccine, and only after allocating doses to people scheduled for their second shots, Kemp said.
British food-delivery company Deliveroo said on Sunday it had raised a further $180 million from existing investors, including minority shareholder Amazon, in a move that values the business at more than $7 billion. Deliveroo is set to hold an initial public offering in the coming months, in what would be the biggest new share issue in London for three years. "This investment will help us to continue to innovate, developing new tech tools to support restaurants, to provide riders with more work and to extend choice for customers," Deliveroo founder and chief executive Will Shu said.
Ministers are urging the public to ‘play their part in supporting the vaccination programme such as by helping the elderly attend their appointments.
The takeaway delivery business has been touted to float on the stock market later this year.
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NHS England said the new centres would be able to administer ‘thousands’ of jabs a week.
Bruneau said in a statement shared by Tennis Canada that he followed all safety protocols, including testing negative within 72 hours of his flight from Abu Dhabi, and felt "perfectly fine" when he boarded the plane. "I am extremely saddened and sorry for the consequences now on everyone’s shoulders sharing my flight," Bruneau said in a statement, "The rest of my team is negative and I sincerely hope that any further disruption is kept to a minimum."
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A critical engine test for Nasa's new "megarocket" - the Space Launch System (SLS) - ends early.
The 20-year-old Chinese player has his sights set on a maiden major title after beating the defending champion in the last four in Milton Keynes.
GLENDALE, Ariz. — Phil Kessel scored two goals, Antti Raanta stopped 31 shots and the Arizona Coyotes bounced back from an opening loss to beat the San Jose Sharks 5-3 on Saturday. Arizona got off to a slow start before coming to life late in a shootout loss to San Jose on Thursday night. The Coyotes pressured the Sharks from the start Saturday, scoring four goals in the opening two periods. Kessel, who struggled with injuries in his first season in the desert, scored the tying goal in the closing seconds of the opener and had goals in each of the first two periods Saturday. Clayton Keller scored for the second straight game, and Oliver Ekman-Larsson had three assists for Arizona. Jakob Chychrun and Barrett Hayton also scored. Timo Meier had a goal and an assist, and Martin Jones allowed five goals on 24 shots for the Sharks. Ryan Donato and Tomas Hertl also scored. DEVILS 2, BRUINS 1, OT NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — Egor Sharangovich scored his first NHL goal in the final seconds of overtime to lift New Jersey past Boston for coach Lindy Ruff's first victory with the Devils. Damon Severson made a backhand pass at the edge of the offensive zone to set up the 22-year-old Sharangovich with 1.7 seconds remaining in overtime. Miles Wood scored for the second consecutive game, and MacKenzie Blackwood made 27 saves for his first victory of the season. Patrice Bergeron scored for Boston, and Jaroslav Halak made 29 saves. The Associated Press
8 per cent of respondents stated ‘Jewish people talk about the Holocaust just to further their political agenda’
Health secretary Matt Hancock urges public to help support vaccination programme
It was a mutual admiration society on Twitter as Peyton Reed, who directed The Mandalorian‘s Season 2 finale, and Star Wars icon Mark Hamill reflected fondly on their collaboration which got the pop culture watercooler bubbling on Dec. 18. In the final moments of The Mandalorian‘s Season 2 finale (read recap here) — just when it […]
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On Saturday, Alberta reported 15 more deaths due to COVID-19, along with 717 new cases of the disease. Currently, there are 12,713 active cases of the illness in Alberta. That includes 765 people who were in hospital with the illness on Friday — down 31 from Thursday — of which 122 were in intensive care unit beds. Provincial labs completed 12,439 tests for the disease on Friday, down from the 13,575 tests completed on Thursday. Since the pandemic began in March, there have been 116,087 cases of COVID-19 in Alberta, including 1,417 deaths from the disease. Here is how the active cases break down among health zones: Calgary zone: 4,863 cases Edmonton zone: 4,510 cases North zone: 1,714 cases Central zone: 1,209 cases South zone: 400 cases Unknown: 17 cases An additional 7,451 doses of vaccine had been administered by the end of the day on Friday, bringing the total number of doses administered to 81,561. Alberta's public health restrictions continue to be in effect this weekend, though some restrictions, such as the closures of businesses like barbershops and hair salons, are to be eased on Monday. On Twitter, Dr. Deena Hinshaw, the province's chief medical officer of health, encouraged Albertans to get outside and enjoy the mild weather while following the public health measures currently in place. Hinshaw said her next in-person update will be on Monday.
Davion Mitchell had 19 points and Jared Butler finally scored late as No. 2 Baylor overcame No. 15 Texas Tech 68-60 on Saturday to stay undefeated after their closest game this season. Mitchell hit a 3-pointer with 5:38 left to stretch Baylor's lead to 49-45 after the Red Raiders failed to score on a possession when they missed three consecutive putback chances.
Lottery players' second chance to win big — really big — this weekend comes with Saturday’s drawing for a $640 million Powerball top prize, the eighth-largest jackpot ever. No one beat the odds for Friday's $750 Mega Millions top prize. The next Mega Millions drawing is Tuesday.
Players are flown in ahead of the Australian Open while thousands of citizens are waiting to return.
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