Health

Boris Johnson said vaccines will get the country through the winter and out of the pandemic, while NHS England’s national medical director Professor Stephen Powis said getting a booster will “protect the freedom and Christmas that we have all earned”.

Working shorter hours was found to boost productivity due to workers recovering from fatigue and coming into work with more energy and increased concentration. 

“Boris Johnson promised at the G7 that he was going to vaccinate the whole world... but since then, so little has happened that we now face the possibility of every target being missed," the former prime minister has said.

“The UK is showing us why we shouldn’t give up masks too quickly,” the infectious disease specialist has said.

“It would appear that even senior government ministers were reluctant to push back on scientific advice that seemed to go against commonsense interpretations of the unfolding crisis,” said Professor Trish Greenhalgh.

Experts said Brits are making progress on cutting down meat consumption - but they'll need to double their efforts.

Researchers said they are “delighted” with the results and are hopeful they will mean a “significant advance” in treatment.

"The fact that this is the first thing you see when coming into our hospital makes my stomach turn and made me want to turn around and go back home," one hospital worker said.

Some 1.5 million people will be contacted and encouraged to use the National Booking Service.