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Naman Ramachandran Netflix’s “Delhi Crime” won best drama series at the 48th International Emmy Awards while iconic British actor Glenda Jackson and 13-year-old Billy Barratt won the acting categories.The awards were announced during a live ceremony hosted by actor Richard Kind on Monday.Jackson added to her BAFTA leading actress win for BBC TV movie “Elizabeth is Missing,” while Barratt won for another BBC TV movie, “Responsible Child,” which also won the TV movie/mini-series

coronavirus vaccine created in the UK can prevent 70.4 percent of people from catching the bug, a new study has found. Oxford University and AstraZeneca have announced that their jag is effective in preventing people from different age groups from getting sick.

David Oliver is an experienced NHS Consultant Physician and medical writer from Manchester.He has played a variety of national medical leadership and policy roles and has a weekly column in the British Medical Journal.He is currently managing two Covid wards at a hospital in the south of England.Here he explains the detrimental impact of conspiracy theories and untruths around Covid-19 on NHS staff."I want to explain how damaging it can be when some individuals or groups pump out untruths,

A Manchester NHS doctor has become the first person in the world to be recruited for the final stage trial of a coronavirus vaccine.By also receiving one of the first doses, Dr Claire Cole is at the vanguard of a 'phase 3' Covid-19 study testing the safety and effectiveness of a new two-dose vaccine.Dr Cole, Head of Research Delivery at Manchester University NHS Foundation, is one of 6,000 volunteers in the UK, and of 30,000 worldwide, being recruited for the study, taking place at 17 National

from Bolton, is among the thousands of the people who lost employment when the UK went into lockdown earlier year.  The single mum-of-one has lost £60,000 since March and describes the financial worry as “extreme grief stretched out over a long period of time”. She has applied to more than 300 jobs, ranging from supermarket floor staff to more suited business-related roles, all without success. Her elderly parents have been able to help with the financial burden for now but she fears the stress

Chancellor Rishi Sunak has been urged to help almost three million people across the UK who have been ‘excluded’ from vital support throughout the Covid-19 pandemic.People who are newly self-employed or freelancing are currently ineligible for the bailout schemes offered by the government.Others who are affected include people on maternity or paternity leave whose earnings may have dropped since going on leave are also affected traders whose profits exceed £50,000, and company directors relying

Lorraine Kelly has demanded the British government to cancel Christmas this year due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.The 60 year old, who was recently left "embarrassed" as she suffered a wardrobe malfunction moments before going on air, appeared on Good Morning Britain on Thursday morning to rant to hosts Ben Shephard and Susanna Reid after the pair were joined by Defence Secretary Ben Wallace.The Defence Secretary had come on the show to talk about the potentially "severe" consequences of

GoCompare reveals that 9.7million households across the UK are facing Christmas on a reduced income, compared with this time last year.  The research carried out ahead of the festive season, found that 35 per cent of UK households are living on less money than last year. More than half (54%) said their household income is roughly the same, while 11 per cent have seen their income increase over the last 12 months.

High numbers of Covid-19 cases are still being reported in historical virus hotspots in Manchester - while the city’s infection rate continues to fall.The 98 new cases in Crumpsall South reported in the week ending November 10 is the highest across the city, according to the latest government figures.An interactive map breaks the UK down into middle layer super output areas (MSOAs) - like Crumpsall South - which are areas with populations of up to 7,200.A rolling rate of 690 cases per 100,000