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London has tonight welcomed 2021 with a unique fireworks, lighting and drone show using landmarks across the capital and screened live on BBC One.more

At least 26 residents of a Belgian retirement home have died since a visit by a volunteer dressed as Santa Claus who has since tested positive for Covid-19.more

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, on December 31 said the UK would be an “open, generous, outward looking, internationalist and free trading” country once it quits all EU rules at 2300 GMT.more

All travellers entering Norway will have to take a COVID-19 test within 24 hours of arrival from Jan. 2, the country’s justice ministry said on Thursday.more

Almost one million people in the UK have been given their first dose of a coronavirus vaccine, the Department of Health says.more

After what we have gone through, I will be happy if 2021 will be the time when we will defeat the pandemic - admits Professor Maciej Banach, director of the Polish Mother's Memorial Hospital - Research Institute in Łódź.more

The pharmacy industry is urging the government to use its high street network to accelerate the delivery of the newly approved vaccine.more

The UK has reported another 55,892 daily cases of coronavirus, the highest figure on record. And another 964 people died within 28 days of a positive test, only slightly down on the 981 on Wednesday.more

Almost half of Italians are ready to notify the police about banned New Year's Eve parties due to the pandemic, according to the poll. As noted, this particular vigilance stems from the fact that 76 percent of people gave up meeting their loved ones during those days.more

Secondary schools across most of England are to remain closed for an extra two weeks for most pupils, to help regain control of coronavirus.more

Angela Merkel said in her last New Year’s address to the nation as German chancellor that 2020 was by far the most difficult of her 15-year leadership, yet the start of vaccinations against COVID-19 made 2021 a year of hope.more

Families who refuse to vaccinate infirm seniors against Covid-19 could lose custody of them, according to a statement from the prosecutor's office in Seville, southern Spain.more

Ryanair has sparked outrage with its new advert telling people to “jab and go” in response to the new coronavirus vaccine.more

Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte ruled out the possibility of introducing mandatory vaccination against the coronavirus. In a press conference summarizing the year, he announced that the pandemic state of emergency would be extended for as long as necessary.more

Ireland will return to Level 5 restrictions for a least a month in an effort to limit the spread of the coronavirus, prime minister Micheal Martin has said.more

A further 20 million people in England will join the toughest tier of Covid restrictions from Thursday. The Midlands, North East, parts of the North West and parts of the South West are among those escalated to tier four.more

Broadband usage in the UK more than doubled in 2020 as millions of people worked, socialised and studied from home, according to new figures from Openreach.more

As many as 981 new deaths from Covid-19 were registered in the last 24 hours in the UK, which is the highest balance since the end of April, and the number of newly detected coronavirus infections for the second time in a row exceeded 50,000. the British government reported Wednesday.more

Vaccinating as many people as possible with the first dose of the coronavirus vaccine should be given priority over the second dose to those who have already received the first, the UK Vaccine Commission (JCVI) has recommended.more

The Health Secretary is set to plunge millions more into tier four restrictions as he warned we ‘must take further action’. more

The Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine has been approved for use in the UK, with the first doses due to be given on Monday. The UK has ordered 100 million doses - enough to vaccinate 50 million people.more

Britain’s government reported 53,135 new cases of COVID-19 on Tuesday, the highest number since mass testing started in mid-2020 and up sharply from the previous record of 41,385 set on Monday.more

Several of Spain's autonomous communities announced on Tuesday that they would introduce new epidemic restrictions for the New Year's Eve and New Years. The regional authorities argue for their decision by the still high number of daily coronavirus infections.more

"We have not yet solidified after the news about the British variant of SARS-CoV-2 known as B.1.1.7, and we are already hearing about others - this time in South Africa and Italy. However, this is no reason to be hysterical" - says Piotr Rzymski from the Medical University of Poznań.more

Margaret Keenan, 91, has been given her second dose of the Pfizer coronavirus vaccine. more