Senin, 01 Februari 2021

Lorraine Kelly 'really worried' for Captain Tom as she compares him to her grandad - Daily Record

Lorraine Kelly said she was very worried about Captain Tom Moore as she compared him to her grandad following news that he is in hospital with Covid.

National hero and 100-year-old war veteran Captain Tom, who has raised millions for NHS charities, is in hospital after testing positive for Covid-19 during treatment for pneumonia.

The military veteran touched hearts and minds across the UK and beyond when he did laps of his garden to raise money for the NHS and was later knighted for his efforts by the Queen.

After raising more than £30 million, celebrities including Piers Morgan and Phillip Schofield who said he is like our 'mascot'.

Lorraine Kelly says Captain Tom Moore is like her Grandad on ITV show

Speaking on today's show, ITV host Lorraine admitted she felt that very concerned about him.

She said: "It's like a member of our family isn't well.

"He's so precious and he does feel like my granddad, you feel as if you really know him.

"You forget he's 100. We're sending him all our love.

"We're all really worried and concerned."

Captain Tom is currently being treated in Bedford Hospital, his daughter Hannah Ingram-Moore said on Twitter.

Lorraine has said before that she had deep regrets over not hearing all about her own grandfather's war stories before he passed away.

She said: "I very much regret that I never spoke to my grandfather about his wartime experiences before he died and my grandmother is 94 now and I don’t want those memories to disappear."

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2021-02-01 11:06:00Z
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Why Captain Tom Moore couldn't get the Covid vaccine - Metro.co.uk

Captain Tom Moore couldn't get Covid jab because of pneumonia treatment
Captain Sir Tom Moore couldn’t get his Covid vaccine due to the medication he was taking for pneumonia (Picture: PA/@captaintommoore)

Captain Sir Tom Moore could not be vaccinated before he caught coronavirus because he was taking medication for pneumonia, his family has revealed.

The Second World War veteran, who won the nation’s hearts as he raised millions for the NHS by walking laps of his garden when the country first locked down due to coronavirus, was admitted to hospital yesterday.

Captain Sir Tom, 100, would have been one of the first Brits to receive the jab, but was not allowed to travel to his local vaccination centre.

A spokesman for Sir Tom’s family told the BBC that he had not yet received a Covid-19 vaccine because of the medication he has been taking for pneumonia.

Another told the Mirror that ‘because of the medication he was taking for his pneumonia he couldn’t have the Covid jab’, adding: ‘Everyone is sending positive thoughts his way.’

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Captain Sir Tom’s daughter Hannah Ingram-Moore released a statement on Sunday saying her dad tested positive for coronavirus last week while being treated for the lung condition.

She said that the medical care he had received had been ‘remarkable’ and his family knew ‘the wonderful staff at Bedford Hospital will do all they can to make him comfortable and hopefully return home as soon as possible’.

File photo dated 24/9/2020 of Captain Sir Tom Moore who has tested positive for Covid-19 and has been admitted to hospital where he is being treated for pneumonia, his daughter Hannah said in a statement. Issue date: Sunday January 31, 2021. PA Photo. See PA story HEALTH Coronavirus. Photo credit should read: Jacob King/PA Wire
The NHS hero raised a total of £32.7 million after vowing to walk 100 laps of his garden before he turned 100 years old (Picture: PA)

The grandfather raised a total of £32.7 million after vowing to walk 100 laps of his garden before he turned 100 years old in April 2020.

Captain Sir Tom’s efforts were acknowledged when the Queen’s first official engagement in person after lockdown lifted was to knight him in an outdoor ceremony at Windsor Castle.

Prime Minister Boris Johnson said Sir Tom’s ‘heroic efforts have lifted the spirits of the entire nation’, the Duke of Cambridge praised him as a ‘one-man fundraising machine’ and he even released a charity single.

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2021-02-01 09:39:00Z
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Brexit Britain to 'embarrass' EU with plans for Ireland jab distribution 'We get leverage' - Daily Express

Richard Tice explained it was a moment for the UK to strike while the iron is hot and “embarrass” the  by offering  doses to the . He believed it would allow the UK to secure “negotiation leverage” against a country which was staunchly against Brexit and show up the bloc’s failures. But Julia Hartley-Brewer was not as compassionate and believed the EU had made its bed and should sleep in it. 

Speaking on talkRADIO, Mr Tice said: “This is a moment of leverage we can use against the European Union, they’re on the backfoot, we shouldn’t let them get away with this, we’ve got to sort out some issues between Great Britain and Northern Ireland to do with the Protocol and we shouldn’t let that pass.”

Ms Hartley-Brewer added: “I think a lot of people will want to show goodwill and we have a close affinity with the Republic of Ireland, we effectively have an open border.

“But I have to say given that the Irish Government spent the last few years trying to stop the enactment of a democratic vote of the UK, and they’re happy to battle against us. 

“I don’t want the Irish people to pay the penalty for that but I am not inclined to give away vaccines.

“Once we have completely spare vaccine supply, like everyone in the country who is over 18 has been offered the vaccine and chosen to take it or not take it, then maybe. 

“But I don’t want to save the EU and the Irish from themselves. "

She added: “There’s an element there where they should live with the consequences of the choices they have made and I’d rather give the vaccine to poorer Commonwealth countries and their older people."

The Reform Party politician responded: “I understand where you are coming from Julia but I do think we’ve got a real moment of negotiation leverage and we should maximise it. 

However, since the Northern Ireland Protocol negates the need for a “hard border” between the Northern and Republic of Ireland, Article 16 was triggered to change that. 

The move was quickly U-turned and Northern Ireland remains part of the EU’s Customs Union which allows goods to freely move between them and the EU.

Pharmaceutical firm AstraZeneca has been at the centre of the row as they are blamed for prioritising countries like the UK. 

They say it is because the UK secured contracts earlier than Europe and have pledged an extra nine million doses to the EU. 

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2021-02-01 09:26:00Z
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UK 'could send spare vaccines to Ireland' after EU climbdown over embargo - Daily Mail

UK 'could send spare vaccines to Ireland' after EU humiliatingly backs down in bitter row over threat to British supplies

  • EU has humiliatingly backed down in bitter row over threat to vaccine supplies
  • Ursula von der Leyen dropped the idea of export controls hitting British stocks
  • Speculation that UK could send spare supplies to Ireland and other countries  

The UK could send spare coronavirus vaccines to Ireland after the EU humiliatingly backed down in the bitter row over threat to British supplies.

The success of the drive to secure jabs could mean that by the summer stocks can be shared with other countries - as Boris Johnson warned the pandemic cannot be tackled in isolation. 

Downing Street is trying to draw a line under the extraordinary spat with Brussels that saw Ursula von der Leyen threaten to impose a hard border on the island of Ireland to prevent vaccines from the EU getting into the UK. 

The commission president - under huge pressure over the bungled rollout on the continent - dropped the idea after a furious international backlash.

However, there is mounting speculation that the UK could soon be helping neighbours inoculate their populations - with Ireland expected to be first in line. 

Britain added further to its stocks this morning, announcing that another 40million doses of the Valneva vaccine - which is being manufactured in Scotland - has been ordered. Meanwhile, a new record of 600,000 jabs were administered in 24 hours as the UK pushes to have the four most vulnerable groups covered by February 15.  

Downing Street has suggested no jabs will be diverted abroad before February 15, when the 15million most vulnerable are due to have been vaccinated, and it could be 'several months' before the . 

But yesterday Trade Secretary Liz Truss was asked directly whether jabs could be sent abroad before September, when all British adults are due to have been offered the vaccine, and replied: 'That could well be the case.' 

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Ursula von der Leyen

Boris Johnson (left) is trying to draw a line under the extraordinary spat with Brussels that saw Ursula von der Leyen (right) threaten to impose a hard border on the island of Ireland to prevent vaccines from the EU getting into the UK

Every elderly care home resident across England has now been offered their first Covid vaccination, as figures yesterday showed another record-breaking day for jabs across the UK

Every elderly care home resident across England has now been offered their first Covid vaccination, as figures yesterday showed another record-breaking day for jabs across the UK

Mr Johnson was out training this morning as the battle against coronavirus continues

Mr Johnson was out training this morning as the battle against coronavirus continues

UK orders 40million more doses of Valneva's Covid vaccine 

The Government has ordered an extra 40 million doses of the Valneva Covid-19 vaccine which is being manufactured in Scotland.

The move means 100 million doses of Valneva have now been put on order, enough for every adult in the UK, with the latest batch earmarked for delivery in 2022.

The Government has also retained options over a further 90 million doses for supply between 2023 and 2025.

Valneva said the total value of the entire order was up to 1.4 billion euro (£1.24 billion).

The vaccine is still in clinical trials, with the early-stage phase 1/2 study expected to read out within the next three months.

The jab is expected to be given as two doses and is being made at a site in West Lothian, with the Government saying the new deal 'will bolster long-term vaccine production in Scotland'.

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 In a series of phone calls on Friday night, Boris Johnson secured a double victory over Brussels.

First Mrs von der Leyen dropped the threat to trigger Article 16 of the Northern Ireland Protocol, which would have shut the border.

Then Mr Johnson secured a 'guarantee' that Brussels would also ditch plans to block the export of vaccines from the EU to the UK.

The climbdowns came after he warned the Brussels chief her plans would put at risk the lives of pensioners waiting for their second dose of the Pfizer jab, wreck the EU's reputation as a place for international firms to do business and undermine the peace process in Northern Ireland.

Ms von der Leyen tried to put a brave face on the embarrassing volte face last night, telling reporters there would be exports from UK factories to the EU.

'I was glad that he guaranteed that the two factories who produce AstraZeneca will of course supply to Europe, just as European vaccine doses for example from BioNTech are being delivered to Britain,' she said.

However, it appears that - unlike the EU - the UK has secured priority access to AstraZeneca supplies under its contract. 

Sources told the Daily Telegraph that Ireland would receive spare jabs first. 

And Mr Johnson said jabs need to be distributed as there's 'no point' in one country being vaccinated. 

In an online 'People's PMQs' session, he warned that there is 'no point one country on its own getting vaccinated'. 

In interviews yesterday Ms Truss said: 'It won't benefit people in Britain if we become a vaccinated island and many other countries don't have the vaccine.'

In more good news about the UK's rollout, social care minister Helen Whately said this morning that the the coronavirus vaccine has been offered to every care home in England, apart from a handful suffering outbreaks.

'We have offered a vaccine to every care home where it is possible to go in,' she told BBC Radio 4's Today programme.

'Any care home that hasn't been contacted, just let me know and I will personally follow up. I can be contacted on my ministerial email address.'

Ms Whately said they are continuing to work through the social care workforce.

'We are determined by February 15 to have offered the vaccine to all the social care workforce,' she said.

As an international backlash against the bloc gathered pace, Brussels was forced to reassure Canada that its contracted supplies from Pfizer's factory in Belgium would not be disrupted. Japan warned against acting in a 'nationalistic' way, and South Korea said 'global disunity' would hinder the fight.

Ms Truss yesterday said the Government could now 'absolutely guarantee' that people would get their second Pfizer dose – and that vaccines ordered from plants in the EU would continue to arrive.

The Government has ordered an extra 40million doses of the Valneva Covid-19 vaccine which is being manufactured in Scotland

The Government has ordered an extra 40million doses of the Valneva Covid-19 vaccine which is being manufactured in Scotland

Trade Secretary Liz Truss was asked directly yesterday whether jabs could be sent abroad before September, when all British adults are due to have been offered the vaccine, and replied: 'That could well be the case.'

Trade Secretary Liz Truss was asked directly yesterday whether jabs could be sent abroad before September, when all British adults are due to have been offered the vaccine, and replied: 'That could well be the case.'

She said Mrs von der Leyen had promised the Prime Minister 'there will be no disruption of contracts that we have with any producer in the EU'. 

In a further sign of compromise, Mrs von der Leyen said yesterday that the EU was accepting an offer of an additional nine million doses of vaccine from AstraZeneca – after the row started last week because the manufacturer said it would be delivering just 31million doses to the EU before the end of March, less than half the amount originally planned, due to production issues.

Irish premier Micheal Martin yesterday confirmed he had not been informed in advance of the EU's plan to partially close the border with Northern Ireland. He told the BBC's Andrew Marr Show that Brussels appeared to have been 'blindsided' about the implications for the island of Ireland.

Unionists stepped up calls for the scrapping of the Northern Ireland Protocol, which has been blamed for post-Brexit shortages in the Province. 

DUP deputy leader Nigel Dodds said ministers should now act to get rid of the 'insidious effects' of the protocol. Mr Martin insisted the protocol, which is designed to prevent a hard border, was 'a good thing'.

But, in a conciliatory move, he acknowledged there were 'issues that we have to fine tune and work out'. Even the EU's most ardent backers condemned its recent actions, with Tony Blair describing the bloc's behaviour as 'very foolish'.

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UK COVID news live - latest updates: Britain orders 40m doses of French vaccine for next year - in sign it is preparing for longer-term jabs programme - Sky News

'Politicians need to understand the science' 

French President Emmanuel Macron's questioning of the effectiveness of the Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine for those over 65 shows he may need to learn more about the science, it has been suggested.

In response to Mr Macron's comments, Professor Anthony Harnden, of the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI) told Good Morning Britain: "In my view the politicians need to understand the science before they make utterances like that." 

He told the programme: "This vaccine, from the data, is very very effective against hospitalisations and deaths and nearly 100% effective actually. 

"It is a really good safe vaccine and any older person that has received it should have absolute confidence that it is a good vaccine."

Mr Macron has been criticised for not choosing to impose a third national lockdown last week. 

He decided instead to order tighter border controls and an increased police action against those breaking a 6pm-6am curfew set up to curb the spread of the virus.

A government spokesman said 2.5 million people will have been vaccinated by the end of February.

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2021-02-01 08:46:52Z
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Covid-19 school closures 'could cost pupils £40,000 in lifetime earnings' - BBC News

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Pupils in the UK could stand to lose an average of £40,000 each in lifetime earnings from the effects of Covid-hit school closures, a report suggests.

Any effects are likely to be concentrated among children from disadvantaged backgrounds, the Institute for Fiscal Studies said.

Parent groups say the four UK nations must "do more... to avoid a generation of children being left behind".

The IFS says the £1.5bn invested so far in "catch up" services is not enough.

The leading economic research group said "there is much that is good" with the plans to help pupils being put in place across the UK but the funding allocated to date was "tiny in comparison with the scale of problem".

UK schools are currently closed to pupils other than children of key workers and those classified as vulnerable in an attempt to curb the spread of coronavirus.

By mid-February, children will have lost half an academic year - as much as 5% of their school career - in learning time.

The IFS says its report contains an "illustration, rather than a precise prediction" of what could happen.

But it suggests that despite remote learning, some children may leave school with fewer or poorer qualifications.

The IFS says the reduction in face-to-face teaching could potentially result in a total of £350bn in lost lifetime earnings for the UK's 8.7m schoolchildren, adding this would hit future tax revenues.

The institute refers to findings by the World Bank that a year of schooling increases an individual's earnings by an average of 8% a year in an advanced economy such as the UK.

For anyone earning the average yearly wage in the UK, the IFS estimates, this would translate to a potential £40,000 loss in income across a lifetime, leading it to warn that "the long-run costs of the pandemic will fall disproportionately on today's children".

The IFS says even if "much weaker assumptions" are made, there could still be £90bn in lost lifetime earnings.

Schools in England and Northern Ireland will remain closed to most pupils until at least 8 March.

In Wales, some primary-school children may start to return after the half-term break, while the Scottish government has ruled out a mid-February reopening.

The Department for Education has pledged an extra £300m in the next financial year for catch-up services in England, in addition to its existing funding allocation of £1bn.

A DfE spokesperson said "the prime minister was clear last week that extended schools closures have had a huge impact on pupils learning, which will take more than a year to make up.

"The government will work with parents, teachers and schools to develop a long term plan to make sure pupils have the chance to make up their learning over the course of this parliament."

The National Tutoring Programme helped almost 70,000 children in England during the autumn term and will benefit from a portion of the additional government funding to assist disadvantaged pupils.

'I worry for their future'

Comfort Oghenesuvwe, a single mother of two boys, who lives in Kent, told BBC News: "If something is not done to help my boys catch up when things return to normal, I worry for their future."

Both of Ms Oghenesuvwe's children - Jason, 11, and Jeffrey, 10 - have learnt from home during England's first and third nationwide lockdowns.

"Jason has been particularly affected as he has additional learning needs and would normally require a teacher to come to his table to double-check he understands everything, but that's not possible over Zoom.

"Back in April, we only had one laptop before we bought an extra one and Jason's learning had to be prioritised, so Jeffrey had to sit and colour, or just read a book at times.

"I've definitely seen Jeffrey's momentum for wanting to learn and read, which he used to enjoy, drop off as a result."

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"What's going to come out of this experience is an entire patchwork of new inequalities layered on old inequalities," said Luke Sibieta, the IFS researcher behind the report.

Younger children from disadvantaged families, who may have not had access to the right equipment for remote learning, will feel the impact most, he told BBC Radio 4's Today programme.

"They were probably the furthest behind to begin with," he said.

The government's plan for a "catch-up" service will "cushion" the impact, he said, "however it just doesn't match up to the scale of the problem".

"The scale of the policy response needs to be larger than it is at the moment."

'Targeted help'

The IFS estimates that half a year of schools spending is more than £30bn across the UK and says "correcting a loss on this scale certainly requires a massive injection of resources".

John Jolly, chief executive of charity Parentkind, told BBC News: "The government must do more and invest more to close the educational divide and to avoid a generation of children being left behind."

James Turner, chief executive of the Sutton Trust educational charity, echoed the IFS call for extra funding. He said: "It is absolutely crucial that this is targeted towards disadvantaged pupils who have been the worst-hit by the pandemic.

"As a start, the pupil premium should be boosted this year to help schools catch up, through allocating an additional £400 to every low-income student."

The IFS report outlines options including extending the school year, lengthening the school day, mass repetition of entire school years, or summer schools to help children catch up.

Ms Oghenesuvwe said she would be open to these options for her children but said she worried about burnout among teachers.

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2021-02-01 07:37:00Z
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UK COVID news live - latest updates: Boris Johnson hails 'crucial milestone' in vaccine programme as he wishes Captain Sir Tom Moore well - Sky News

Falklands Islands to receive 3,000 doses of Oxford vaccine

At 1.10am on Monday, a military aircraft containing 3,000 doses of the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine departed RAF Brize Norton, writes Sky News reporter Hanisha Sethi.

It is a continuation of the UK government's pledge to provide vaccinations to British Overseas Territories such as the Falklands.

Located in the South Atlantic off the coast of Argentina, the islands have had just 41 cases of coronavirus and no virus-related deaths.

General Captain Simon Blackwell stated his support for the mission in conjunction with the Ministry of Defence.

"Tasks like this are exciting for our teams to support and send out vaccines to overseas territories.

"Being an island, the Falklands can be quite a challenging route to fly to, with tricky weather en route."

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2021-02-01 07:36:44Z
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