Every elderly care home resident will be offered coronavirus vaccine by end of month

hereFifty-one warnings have been issued by the Environment Agency across England, with 179 less severe flood alerts.Speaking during Prime Minister’s Questions on Wednesday, Boris Johnson told MPs: “Our sympathies also go out to those affected by the latest floods.“I want to thank the Environment Agency and our emergency services for the work they’re doing to support those communities, and I’ll be chairing a Cobra meeting later on to co-ordinate the national response.”Almost the whole of England,

direct to your inboxLast week several UK supermarkets tightened their rules for mask wearers, with Sainsbury's and Morrisons both beginning to challenge anybody entering stores without a mask.In a press conference, Boris Johnson said: "This disease can be passed on not just by standing too near to someone in a supermarket queue, but also by handling something touched by an infected person."And remember one in three have no symptoms.

direct to your inboxFuture variants of coronavirus could bypass the current batch of vaccines, England's chief scientific adviser has warned.Sir Patrick Vallance joined Boris Johnson and Prof Chris Whitty at a press conference at Downing Street today.Asked how the government plans to tackle new strains of the virus in future, Sir Patrick said it was possible that some could 'get round' current vaccines.But he added that existing vaccines were 'quite easy' to adjust to any changes.Sir Patrick

Boris Johnson lives in a four-bedrooom flat above No 11 Downing Street, as opposed to at No 10.

direct to your inboxThe coronavirus vaccination programme is underway in Greater Manchester.A number of vaccine centres offering the Pfizer jab opened before Christmas.Prime Minister Boris Johnson has promised that 1,000 vaccination sites will go 'live' across the country by Friday. Meanwhile, the Etihad Tennis and Football Centre has been confirmed by the Govenment as one of seven 'super-vaccination' centres due to open next week.

further 60,916 lab-confirmed cases of Covid-19 in the UK.

direct to your inboxYesterday Boris Johnson announced the news that the UK would be plunged into its third national lockdown - meaning that, once again, all non-essential retailers have been forced to close, no matter what tier you live in.Supermarkets such as Asda, Tesco, Morrisons, Sainsbury's and Aldi can all continue to open, alongside essential shops like Home Bargains, B&M and garden centres.However, shoppers visiting supermarkets and essential shops must follow the rules in place, or risk

coronavirus lockdown.Prime Minister Boris Johnson confirmed last night (January 4) that England would be entering a new lockdown due to surging coronavirus case numbers and hospital admissions.