Only 55% of homes applying to Green Homes Grant were approved

Only 55 per cent of homes that applied to the Green Homes Grant in the eight months it operated were approved, new data has revealed. Applications for the scheme were also revealed to have soared in the month before it was due to close, official Government figures show. Nearly 31,000 people applied in March 2021 … Read more

One-jab Janssen vaccine is set to be approved within DAYS – as ministers prepare to widen rollout

One-jab Janssen vaccine is set to be approved within DAYS – as ministers prepare to widen rollout to under-50s A decision by the health regulator on the single-dose jab expected in ten days UK already has 30 million doses of jab made by Johnson and Johnson   Comes after first doses of the Moderna vaccine were … Read more

Amigo Loans scheme to safeguard its survival approved by High Court

Britain’s largest guarantor lender Amigo Loans has been given the green light by the High Court to proceed with a scheme designed to cap the cost of compensation for mis-sold loans. Up to 1million current and past borrowers potentially given unaffordable loans as long ago as 2005 will now have until 12 May to vote … Read more

15M in US could be vaccinated if it approved AstraZeneca’s shot

Nearly 15 million more Americans could be fully vaccinated against COVID-19, getting back to work and seeing their families – but millions vials of AstraZeneca’s vaccine are sitting unused in a manufacturing plant.  That’s because the shot – which, along with its highly successful delayed dosing program – that has helped the UK speed ahead … Read more

Dr Alex George celebrates £79m being approved for youth mental health by posing with Boris Johnson

Dr Alex George has shared his delight after £79million was approved by the government for youth mental health. The former Love Island star, 30, shared a snap to Instagram on Friday which saw him beaming a smile while standing near Prime Minister Boris Johnson. And although celebrating the good news and saying he was so happy … Read more

AstraZeneca vaccine is approved in Australia

AstraZeneca vaccine is approved in Australia as government prepares to administer the first jabs on Monday AstraZeneca vaccine joins Pfizer vaccine in being approved in Australia  The government will make doses at the CSL factory in Melbourne  The Pfizer jab will hit arms on Monday after 142,000 doses arrived in Sydney By Charlie Moore, Political … Read more

Undersea tunnel between Britain and Northern Ireland could be approved within weeks

An undersea tunnel connecting Britain with Northern Ireland could get the go ahead within weeks amid hopes the project, dubbed ‘Boris’ Burrow’, could ease post-Brexit tensions.  It is hoped the tunnel will help facilitate trade between Northern Ireland and the UK following a series of stumbling blocks as a result of Brexit.  The tunnel, which … Read more

Dr. Fauci says one-shot Johnson & Johnson vaccine will be approved in two weeks

Dr. Anthony Fauci says that the United States is ‘real close’ to approving a third COVID-19 vaccine – and the first single-dose jab – as the latest coronavirus data shows declining rates of hospitalizations as well as lower rates of infection in 44 states. According to the most recent figures released on Friday evening by … Read more

Coronavirus: Why HASN’T UK approved Moderna’s Covid vaccine?

Europe’s drug regulator today approved Moderna’s coronavirus vaccine and could get supplies within weeks because of a deal it struck in summer last year. But Britain will miss out on early access to the vaccine because it officially left the EU last week and did not place its own order early enough to get an … Read more

Coronavirus: Why HASN’T Britain approved Moderna’s Covid jab?

Europe’s drug regulator today approved Moderna’s coronavirus vaccine and could get supplies within weeks because of a deal it struck in summer last year. But Britain will miss out on early access to the vaccine because it officially left the EU last week and did not place its own order early enough to get an … Read more