Jim Pickard

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The US arm of the Oxford-AstraZeneca study was given the go-ahead to resume on Friday, having been halted since September 6th after a participant developed neurological symptoms. Photograph: Nelson Almeida/AFP
Oxford Covid vaccine trials offer hope for elderly

A vaccine considered a frontrunner in the race to protect the global population from Covid-19 has produced a robust immune response in elderly people,(...)

Amazon has thrived during the lockdown, delivering goods to consumers across the world. Photograph: Chris Radburn/PA Wire
UK weighs up online sales tax to prop up high street shops

Online retailers in the UK face the threat of a new sales tax as the government seeks ways to prop up high street shops, Downing Street confirmed on M(...)

Passenger aircraft preparing to land at London’s Heathrow Airport. Photograph: Daniel LEAL-OLIVAS / AFP
UK appeals court rules against third runway at Heathrow

Campaigners have won a Court of Appeal ruling against the UK government on environmental grounds over plans for a proposed £14 billion (€16.4 billion)(...)

Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn meets staff and children at Marsham Street Community Nursery in Westminster, London. to highlight pledge of free care to all two to four year olds. Photograph: Stefan Rousseau/PA
UK election: Jeremy Corbyn stumbles on cost as polls narrow
  • UK
  • May 30, 2017, 19:33

The leader of Britain’s opposition has had a recent run of form on the campaign trail ahead of next week’s election, reducing what had looked to be an(...)

A report commissioned by London mayor Boris Johnson predicts job losses in the event the UK leaves the EU. (Photo by Oli Scarff/Getty Images)
London could lose more than a million jobs if UK leaves EU

London could lose more than a million jobs if Britain quits the EU and fails to adopt more outward-looking trade policies, according to a report comm(...)