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England’s deputy chief medical officer, Prof Jonathan Van-Tam, is to leave the role and return to an academic post, it has been announced. Boris Johnson thanked Van-Tam “for his extraordinary contribution to our country and his invaluable advice throughout the pandemic”, while the health secretary, Sajid Javid, said it had been an “honour” to work with the “national treasure”. Van-Tam has been on secondment to the Department of Health from the University of Nottingham since 2017. He is to take up a new role as pro-vice-chancellor for the faculty of medicine and health sciences at the university. Javid tweeted: “It has been…

Novak Djokovic has been included in the Australian Open draw as the wait to see if his visa will be cancelled for a second time stretches into another day. As he looks to compete for a men’s record 21st grand slam title, Djokovic has been drawn to face his compatriot Miomir Kecmanović. However, Alex Hawke, the Australian immigration minister, continues to deliberate over whether to use his personal powers to cancel Djokovic’s visa and deport him from the country. According to the federal government, Djokovic arrived in Melbourne without an acceptable medical exemption. The Australian Open draw ceremony was attended by embattled Tennis Australia…

Billions gear up for Your LoveWorld Specials with Pastor Chris (Season 5, Phase 1) live on all LoveWorld TV Networks and various internet platforms. A fresh wave of deep insights and profound revelations is set to be unveiled in the upcoming all new season of the epochal ‘Your LoveWorld Specials’ with Pastor Chris, holding from Wednesday, January 12th to Friday, January 14th, 2022. Currently, in its Season V, Phase I, the 3-day special Word diet will beam live to a teeming global audience, numbering in billions, via all LoveWorld networks and numerous internet platforms. Celebrating a reach of over 6…

A judge rules that preferential treatment was given but it was likely that PestFix and Ayanda Capital would have got work anyway given the rush for PPE in the early days of the pandemic. The government’s use of a so-called VIP lane to award PPE contracts to two companies during the first COVID wave was unlawful, the High Court has ruled. The challenge was brought by campaign groups the Good Law Project and EveryDoctor who argued the bid process conferred unlawful preferential treatment on those with political connections. They took legal action over more than £340m in contracts awarded in…

With a broad smile on his face and a Southampton scarf in his hands, it is probably worth someone telling Dragan Solak, the Serbian billionaire behind the club’s recent takeover, that it is not always like this. Southampton swept past Brentford, scoring four goals here for the first time in more than four years in a win capped by the substitute Che Adams, after Jan Bednarek, Armando Broja and an unfortunate own goal by Álvaro Fernández helped the hosts into a comfortable lead. At the final whistle, as Ain’t No Stoppin’ Us Now blared over the speakers, Ralph Hasenhüttl put both…

The prime minister, who has so far avoided questions over fresh allegations of a lockdown-busting party in Number 10, is appearing in front of MPs amid mounting pressure over the 20 May 2020 event. Boris Johnson has apologised after admitting that he attended a Downing Street garden drinks party during the first lockdown. Addressing the Commons under intense pressure from MPs, including those on his own government benches, to confirm whether he attended a drinks gathering at Number 10 on 20 May 2020, the prime minister said he had “learned enough to know there were things we simply did not get right”. “I want…

The boss of the UK’s largest energy supplier has said rocketing energy prices, which are adding to the soaring cost of living for British households, could last for as long as two years. Chris O’Shea, the chief executive of British Gas owner Centrica, said the energy market “suggests that high gas prices will be here for the next 18 months to two years”. O’Shea told the BBC there was no reason to think that gas prices would start to fall again “any time soon”. The rising global demand for gas is partly being driven by the energy transition, according to O’Shea, as countries…

Critics demanded answers from CDC director Rochelle Walensky Sunday after she hedged on how many of the COVID-19-related deaths in the U.S. were directly due to the virus and how many were individuals who died with COVID-19 yet had underlying conditions. “Do you know how many of the 836,000 deaths in the U.S. linked to COVID are from COVID or how many are with COVID, but they had other comorbidities? Do you have that breakdown?” Bret Baier asked Walensky on “Fox News Sunday.” “Yes of course with omicron we’re following that very carefully,” Walensky responded. “Our death registry of course takes a few weeks…to…

The prime minister and his wife Carrie were among around 40 people to attend a drinks event in the Downing Street garden on 20 May 2020, during the UK’s first national COVID lockdown, Sky News understands. A senior Conservative has told Sky News that claims Boris Johnson and his wife Carrie attended a drinks event in the Downing Street garden during the UK’s first national COVID lockdown are “indefensible”. They told Sky News’ political editor Beth Rigby that the situation is “as bad as it gets”. “The fact that [Oliver] Dowden was telling people what they couldn’t do from one…

Covid restrictions could start to be lifted this month, after Michael Gove said Britain was moving towards a situation where it could ‘live with’ the virus. The Plan B measures were imposed last month in response to the Omicron variant and include guidance on WFH and legal requirements for masks and Covid passes in certain venues. Downing Street is examining options to lift them in stages if cases remain too high to remove them all in one go. Extending Covid passes, due to expire on January 26, would require another bruising clash with Tory backbenchers, which No10 wants to avoid.…