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...Before most people knew what a camera was, the V&A was already amassing photographs....
...Zahawi, who was promoted to education secretary in an autumn reshuffle, is thought likely to run for the Tory leadership if Prime Minister Boris Johnson is forced out by MPs over the “partygate” scandal....
...David Cameron, the former prime minister who earned millions of pounds as a boardroom adviser to the controversial financing firm, told Zahawi via text in 2020 that he had been “v helpful” with Greensill...
...Even among Tory voters the positive differential has nearly halved, shrinking from around plus-44 to (67 ‘well’ v 23 ‘badly’) in January 2020 to plus-23 (58 ‘well’ v 35 ‘badly’) today....
...V for Victory. With the Bank of England set to raise rates, the sooner the government gets its act together the better. Disagree? Thoughts in the usual place....
...Russia’s Sputnik V coronavirus vaccine has an efficacy rate of 97.6 per cent, its developers said, based on data from almost 4m people....
...The results are similar to those from other Covid-19 vaccines made by BioNTech/Pfizer, Moderna, and Johnson & Johnson, which have all shown varying degrees of efficacy against symptomatic Covid-19 in trials...
...The US drugs regulator on Saturday night authorised Johnson & Johnson’s single-jab Covid-19 vaccine for emergency use....
...Boris Johnson welcomed the reopening of schools in England on Monday but warned it would lead to a rise in coronavirus transmission....
...(FT) Coronavirus digest Russia will supply 300m doses of its Sputnik V vaccine to the African Union....
...There is no sign of Johnson’s government reforming the Lords any time soon....
...Meanwhile, the African Union announced that it had secured 300m doses of Russia’s Sputnik V vaccine, which has also been sold to countries including Algeria, Argentina and Brazil....
...(FT) Johnson’s Brexit plan will break the UK union Boris Johnson’s readiness to tear up the UK’s reputation for honest dealing has grabbed headlines....
...Catalent has partnered with AstraZeneca to manufacture its vaccine in Anagni, Italy, and is currently planning a large expansion of its production lines to churn out Johnson & Johnson’s shot in Europe....
...At the end of January, Novavax, a US vaccine company, and Johnson & Johnson, whose one-shot vaccine is ideal for developing countries, both posted promising phase 3 data....
...Meanwhile, Boris Johnson’s cabinet is pushing to relax two-metre social distancing rules....
...Meggitt, the aerospace and defence group, has won a $73m contract to supply electro-thermal ice protection components to the Bell Boeing V-22 Osprey US military helicopter....
...The town, the birthplace of Adam Smith and Gordon Brown, was a pioneer of linoleum flooring production in the mid-20th century....
...The day ahead Boris Johnson’s new cabinet meets Boris Johnson holds the first meeting with his new cabinet after Thursday’s dramatic reshuffle....
...Kingston Polymath 1,011: Dr S Bailey, Swindon Crossword 16,099: Suzanne P Wilson, Windermere; D Barter, Cumbria; Jean-Marc Sellier, California Polymath 1,010: Robert Jelly, Warwickshire Crossword 16,093: V...
...Having kicked away one pillar, you would expect Boris Johnson to strengthen the second....
...Boris Johnson, UK prime minister, and Leo Varadkar, Ireland’s leader, will meet in Belfast on Monday....
...Rate relief drops away in FY22 so the recovery profile, in EPS at least, is not V-shaped....
...(FT) Walmart v Amazon Few retailers are coping better with the relentless rise of Amazon than the country’s largest retailer Walmart....
...Former AT&T executive William Smith will step in as interim chief executive....
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