Bomb squad is called after ‘suspicious package’ is found near factory that produces Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine on industrial estate in north Wales Police dealing with ‘ongoing incident’ at the Wrexham Industrial Estate in Wales The estate was last week hit with severe flooding caused by Storm Christoph Area is home to the Wockhardt pharmaceutical facility which … Read more
It began serving beer on its current site in the 1600s and survived the Great Plague but the Lamb and Flag in Oxford is set to close for good after being hard hit by the coronavirus pandemic. The Grade II-listed pub where JRR Tolkien, CS Lewis and Thomas Hardy once visited has shut its doors after … Read more
Emergency teams were called out to protect supplies of the Oxford University and AstraZeneca vaccine following flooding at a manufacturing site in Wales. Excess water surrounded buildings at Wockhardt’s pharmaceutical facility on Wrexham Industrial Estate during a deluge of rain caused by Storm Christoph. This afternoon, water was still being pumped away from outside the warehouse, which … Read more
Tens of thousands of doses of Oxford University/AstraZeneca’s Covid vaccine may be binned because of confusion over which bureaucratic rules to follow, doctors fear. As part of the mission to vaccinate 13million of the most vulnerable by mid-February and get the UK out of the endless cycle of lockdowns, medics will visit the homes of … Read more
Finance boss at Oxford Covid vaccine firm is spoken to by police after driving 250 miles to his second home ‘in search of better wi-fi signal’ Lee Warren travelled from Staffordshire to Rothbury, Northumberland last week He travelled with family on January 4, the same day lockdown was announced Three days later police ordered Mr … Read more
People previously infected with the coronavirus have more protection against reinfection five months later than people getting the Oxford vaccine, and the same level of immunity that is provided by the Pfizer jab, a Public Health England (PHE) study has found. Data from PHE’s SIREN study, which follows more than 20,000 healthcare workers at more … Read more
Debenhams will shut their flagship Oxford Street shop along with five others permanently as the liquidation of the historical department store chain continues. The department store closures will result in the loss of around 320 jobs, with stores in Portsmouth, Staines, Harrogate, Weymouth and Worcester closing their doors for good. The company started a liquidation process … Read more
A team of medics achieved their target of vaccinating every single care home resident and member of staff in their catchment area with the Oxford jab yesterday. It took just over two hours for the 16-strong team of doctors and nurses administered around 350 doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine for their network in the Ribble … Read more
Oxford University college defies calls to remove statue of slave owner Christopher Codrington from its library after agreeing to change room’s name The Barbados governor bequeathed £10,000 to All Souls College upon his death A marble statue of Codrington has stood in the library since the 18th century The graduate college has reviewed its links … Read more
Speed boost for vaccine drive after NHS says patients no longer need to be monitored for 15 minutes after receiving the Oxford jab, says NHS The 15-minute wait policy was introduced last month in case of allergic reaction Experts have put the likelihood of that happening at about one in a million Critics feared the … Read more