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UK’s little-known deal with AstraZeneca means YOU will pay compensation to anyone injured by pharma firm’s lockdown-ending jab

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AstraZeneca’s Covid vaccine, developed by scientists from the prestigious Oxford University, was meant to be a post-Brexit success story.

Not only was it supposed to be a shining example of British ingenuity which would banish the devastating Covid pandemic and sentence lockdowns to history, it was also meant to demonstrate the UK’s generosity in the global crisis, with the jab sold at cost, not for profit.

Ministers were so confident in its success that then-Health Secretary Matt Hancock privately labelled

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UK’s prostate cancer revolution: ‘Biggest trial in a generation’ could lead to a screening programme that slashes disease’s death toll by 40%, top experts hope

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The UK will lead a prostate cancer revolution, set to stop four in ten deaths from the disease.

The biggest trial in a generation will test the effectiveness of diagnosis techniques, with a national screening programme almost certain to follow.

In a major victory for the Daily Mail, the results of the £42million trial are expected to ‘transform’ practice, saving thousands of lives a year.

Doctors say it will also create a ‘treasure trove’ of data, samples and images that

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The UK’s 20 most beautiful villages, according to travel photographers, from Cornish fishing hamlets to Scottish coastal gems. Don’t agree with the order? Vote for YOUR favourite in our poll…

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The most beautiful villages in the UK have been named – and ranked – with the prize for the most picturesque going to a fishing townlet with ‘stunning scenery everywhere’.

So reveals Big 7 Travel, which asked some of the UK’s leading travel photographers to vote for the nation’s most beautiful villages and then used their responses to compile the list.

From coastal communities with breathtaking vistas to countryside boltholes with cobbled streets and charming stone houses, the 20-strong ranking

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MPs probe impact of UK’s sanctions on Russia – POLITICO

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—  Treasury Committee launches probe into effectiveness of Russian sanctions.

— Banks criticized for debanking SMEs while keeping fraudsters on the books.

— City minister piles pressure on PRA over bank capital reforms.

Good morning and happy leap day! It’s Thursday and you all know what that means….this is the second last MFS U.K. newsletter of the week! 

Today we have the deets of the Treasury Committee’s very timely inquiry into the effectiveness of U.K. sanctions on Russia — including

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Can we really expect British banks to police rogue states? It’s unrealistic and an outsourcing of responsibility, says the City after claims Iran used four of the UK’s biggest lenders

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Money, in the hands of rogue states and terrorists, is a deadly weapon. Banks and financial regulators go to enormous lengths to ensure that dirty cash is not sluicing around in their accounts and making its way to criminals or hostile nations.

So hearts sank across the City when allegations emerged that Iran has used three of the UK’s biggest high street banks as part of a vast plot to elude US sanctions.

The finger was also pointed at international

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We live in a mobile phone ‘NOT SPOT’: Locals in some of UK’s worst places for 5G tell of nightmare battle for signal – as interactive map reveals how bad the reception is in YOUR area

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People living in some of Britain’s worst 5G not-spots say they have been forgotten by major mobile phone companies and are lagging behind the times.

Earlier this week, a report revealed a stark digital divide between rural and urban areas that is continuing to get wider, with as many as 883,000 people missing out on 5G coverage completely.

The study, commissioned by Vodafone UK, revealed that more than half of rural deprived areas were classified as 5G ‘not spots’, whereas

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‘So filthy that we cleaned the whole accommodation ourselves’: Britannia is named the UK’s worst hotel chain for the ELEVENTH year running by Which? – while Indigo and Hub by Premier Inn are joint No.1

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Britannia has been named the UK’s worst large hotel chain by Which? for the 11th year in a row.

The ‘awful’ chain yet again has come bottom of an annual survey by Which? that asked more than 5,000 respondents to assess 28 large and nine small hotel chains across 10 key categories, including bed comfort, breakfast, customer service, ‘description matches reality’ and value for money.

For each hotel, an overall customer score has been calculated combining overall satisfaction and likeliness

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Interactive map reveals locations of UK’s 900 UFO sightings in last two years – as ex-MoD alien hunter says ministers MUST take threat seriously

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The former head of Britain’s UFO investigation squad has accused the government and military top brass of not taking the ‘threat’ posed by unidentified flying objects seriously. 

Alien hunter Nick Pope, who ran the Ministry of Defence’s UFO project in the 1990s before it was disbanded, said it was ‘outrageous’ ministers are not taking ‘meaningful action’ to probe unidentified anomalous phenomena (UAPs) – better known as UFOs.

The UFO expert also accused defence chiefs of ‘falling back on a lazy,

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The UK’s best hotels and restaurants for 2023 revealed at the ‘Oscars’ of the UK hospitality industry… have YOU been lucky enough to visit any of them?

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Raise a glass to the winners of the ‘Oscars’ of the UK hospitality industry.

At a prestigious awards ceremony hosted by the AA at Grosvenor House in London on Monday night, awards were presented in categories including ‘Hotel of the Year’, ‘Restaurant of the Year’ and ‘Chefs’ Chef of the Year’.

The 2023 AA Hospitality Awards winners were picked by the AA’s inspectors, who spent the past year feasting their way through the UK’s restaurants and laying their heads in

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The seven secrets to living to 100, according to the UK’s centenarians and longevity experts

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Genetics, healthy eating or just plain luck are among the factors thought to be behind living to see your 100th birthday.

But despite the uncertainty around how to reach this milestone, there are a record number of centenarians living in England and Wales, data for the Office for National Statistics revealed this week.

In 2021, nearly 14,000 people lived to 100 in England and Wales — up by more than  a quarter in just a decade.

Here, longevity experts and

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