The proportion of the population without a single jab is three times as high in London as in the country as a whole
In Westminster four in ten people have not had a single jab
Low vaccination rates could be contributing to a surge in Omicron in the capital, where more people are now thought to be getting infected with the new variant than with Delta
Yesterday 12,832 cases were reported in total, and numbers are on course to double in a week
Overall 11 per cent of the UK has yet to receive a single dose of vaccine, but this rises to 32 per cent in London
Scotland is the most vaccinated part of the UK, with just 8.8 per cent not having had a single dose of Covid vaccine
Prince Charles yesterday spoke out against anti-vaccination conspiracy theories as he thanked volunteers and NHS staff at a vaccination centre in Kennington, south London thetimes.co.uk/article/21ae58…
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Freelance couriers working for Hermes – one of Britain’s largest delivery companies – mishandle parcels, fail to complete next day orders and were told to lie to customers, an investigation by The Times has found
This month an undercover reporter worked for Hermes, which delivers online orders for retailers including John Lewis, Marks & Spencer and Next, amid a surge in complaints about packages being late, damaged or lost
🗣 We always had a multilingual Santa and served beautiful vegetarian food. I think it gave refugee families a moment of respite, a moment to feel honoured and valued in a space that was safe and in which their children could be children and enjoy themselves
🗣 It was at one of these parties I was fortunate enough to meet the boy who would become our son
A morning with the Wallaces is like partaking in a documentary on Britain’s Greatest Xmas Addicts with a near-constant stream of terrible jokes, writes @Damwhit
The Masterchef star lives in a spacious home in Kent, set in six acres of woodland, with his wife Anna, their two-year-old son Sid, Gregg's grown up daughter Libby, and Anna's parents
It was at the height of the pandemic last year that the man now anchoring @btsport’s coverage of the #Ashes decided to apply to Tesco for a job as a delivery driver
"I’m going to have to call my husband because you look and sound exactly like that sports presenter off the telly,” one customer told him as she answered her front door
Matt Smith (@msmith850) smiled. “Actually, I am that sports presenter off the telly"
“I’ve found the experience quite grounding, really. It puts things into perspective”
Smith now juggles three jobs, his other gig being a part-time lecturer in journalism at @StaffsUni