Why people under 40 in parts of Trafford are being vaccinated - despite the fact they’re not key workers and don’t have underlying health conditions

Naomi Campbell has donated 600 pre-packaged food gift bags to frontline workers at London’s St George’s Hospital.  The food bags contain items such as pastas, sauces, juices, and cakes, so that NHS frontline workers at St George’s Hospital in Tooting can quickly prepare a healthy lunch or dinner.

link!“We provide homemade soup and bread, tea and coffee, and hampers full of food, toiletries, and household essentials.“But when the restrictions tightened over the festive period, we couldn’t risk people congregating at the cafe when they came to collect.

link!On Wednesday, a further 168 coronavirus cases were confirmed in Lanarkshire and 12 more deaths were recorded.In total, 33,391 people in the region have now tested positive for coronavirus and 1059 people have died.

direct to your inboxAs the fight continues against the Covid-19 pandemic, a number of key buildings have been transformed into testing and vaccine centres.But one new facility - which will offer tests to asymptomatic key workers in Greater Manchester - might be the grandest yet.Manchester Rates Hall, which forms part of Manchester Town Hall, has been transformed into the city's latest Coronavirus lateral flow testing site.The Grade 2 listed building carves a narrow line between Manchester's Town

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau ChiefAung San Suu Kyi, the leader of Myanmar’s civilian government, has been taken into custody in a raid early on Monday morning. Other members of the ruling National League for Democracy have also been detained, according to local reports.The moves follow a flare-up of tension between the country’s powerful army and the nominally in-charge civilian rulers.

People Under The Stairs rapper Double K has died at the age of 43, it has been confirmed.The rapper – whose real name was Michael Turner – died on Sunday (January 31). No cause of death has been made public at the time of writing.Double K founded People Under The Stairs with Christopher “Thes One” Portugal in Los Angeles in 1997.

Dolly Parton is waiting her turn.

As many Angelenos are struggling to understand if they qualify for a Covid-19 vaccine — and then struggling to get one — Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti received his first dose on January 21.

direct to your inboxA landlord has been fined after four people were found drinking inside a pub during the Covid-19 lockdown, a council has revealed.Police issued fines totalling £1,800 to them last week, Trafford Council said.The council said the landlord of the Old Plough pub on Green Lane in Sale was issued with a fixed penalty fine of £1,000 after 'people were found to be drinking on the premises'.The four customers involved were fined £200 each, town hall bosses added.As a result, the

not include surgical intervention.The bill explicitly states that people under 21 should be barred from receiving gender-affirming care because they “are incapable of comprehending the negative implications and life-altering difficulties” of their decisions.But the bill goes further, punishing providers who even attempt to diagnose a minor with gender dysphoria, unless they have express permission from the minor’s parents to broach the subject, and effectively requiring doctors to “out” minor

direct to your inboxPeople were so keen for their COVID-19 jabs in one Trafford town that a queue began forming outside one distribution site – before it even had any supply.Rumours began circulating last week that the Larkhill Centre events space on Thorley Lane in Timperley was set to become a new vaccine hub.Before it was even confirmed as the official site, a queue began to form outside, leaving councillors concerned about social distancing.Managers said the way the vaccine hub is being run

direct to your inboxThe military has been drafted in to help launch rapid Covid-19 testing for key workers without symptoms of the virus in Oldham.From Monday, January 18 people who work in public-facing jobs and key workers who find it hard to socially distance at work will be able to access tests which give results within 30 minutes.More than 5,000 businesses in the borough have been written to with details on how to access the sites.Bosses say the asymptomatic testing will play an important

direct to your inboxProud dad Ryan Thomas has shared a video of his talented daughter performing a moving song about key workers during the pandemic.Eleven-year-old Scarlett showcases her powerful voice as she makes a plea to Prime Minister Boris Johnson to 'up his game' in the song.She sings about key workers trying their 'very best' while being put to the test by the COVID-19 virus.