The "vast majority" of over-80s and care home residents should be vaccinated before local areas move on to giving jabs to lower priority groups, a cabinet minister has told Sky News.From this week, those aged over 70 and those listed as clinically extremely vulnerable will be invited to receive coronavirus vaccinations. Live COVID news from…

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Donald Trump has scrapped a travel ban on people from countries such as the UK and Brazil - but incoming president Joe Biden intends to ignore it.Mr Trump said the ban would end on 26 January, the same day a new system comes in requiring everyone flying from outside the US to show a negative…

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First Lady Melania Trump has advised Americans that "violence is never the answer" in her White House farewell speech.Mrs Trump said it had been "the greatest honour of my life to serve as first lady of the United States" and paid tribute to the military, law enforcement workers and those on the frontline of the…

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The criminal justice system in England and Wales is facing an "unprecedented and very serious" threat as the backlog in court cases continues to grow during the pandemic.Four top inspectors have joined forces to express their "grave concerns" about the situation. Justin Russell, chief inspector of probation, Sir Thomas Winsor, chief inspector of constabulary, Charlie…

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The UK will need to look "very carefully" at new data from Israel which suggests protection provided by the first dose of the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine is lower than had been found in trials, the government's chief scientific adviser has told Sky News.Sir Patrick Vallance said the government would "just need to keep measuring the numbers"…

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Snow has fallen in the Sahara desert after temperatures dropped to -3C (27F).Karim Bouchetata recorded the rare event in Ain Sefra, Algeria, with thawing ice creating beautiful patterns on the sand. The Sahara desert, which covers most of Northern Africa, has gone through shifts in temperature over the past few hundred thousand years - but…

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Joe Biden got straight to work as America's 46th president and within hours of being sworn in, he signed a series of executive orders to reverse a number of decisions made by Donald Trump's administration.The new orders include action on the COVID-19 pandemic, climate change and racial inequality. Mr Biden said there was "no time…

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Nine police officers who had breakfast together inside a cafe have been fined for breaching COVID lockdown rules on duty.The officers, from the Metropolitan Police, were fined £200 each and told to "reflect on their choices." They were spotted by IT manager Brian Jennings walking past the cafe near their base beside the River Thames…

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In a rare opportunity for the public to put their questions directly to a top government scientist, Sir Patrick Vallance appeared on Sky News to talk lockdown, vaccines and how soon we can return to a more normal life. The chief scientific adviser, a regular at Downing Street's coronavirus news briefings over the past nine months,…

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Chinese tycoon Jack Ma has appeared in public for the first time in nearly three months - after speculation about his whereabouts following a clampdown by Beijing on his business empire.The founder of e-commerce giant Alibaba was seen on Wednesday speaking by video in an online ceremony for an annual event for rural teachers. The…

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