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Researchers in Greater Manchester are calling on adults who test positive for coronavirus to sign up for a 'world-first' study investigating new antiviral treatments.

Glass Animals have become the first UK band to reach the top of Spotify‘s global singles chart.The Oxford four-piece have hit the heights through the continued success of their 2020 single ‘Heat Waves’, which originally featured on their third studio album ‘Dreamland’.The track, which has been streamed over 1.1billion times on Spotify, has now hit the top of Spotify’s Global Top 50 Chart, making Glass Animals the first British band to reach the top spot.‘Heat Waves’, which is solely credited to Glass Animals frontman Dave Bayley, is currently amassing over 4.26million streams a day on Spotify.The song has been nominated for a BRIT Award for ‘Song Of The Year’, while Glass Animals are up for both Best Band In The World and Best Band From The UK: Supported by Pizza Express at the BandLab NME Awards 2022.‘Heat Waves’, which was re-released in March 2021 featuring a new verse by Iann Dior, helped Glass Animals make US chart history back in November.The song reached number 10 on Billboard‘s Hot 100 for the first time that month, having already spent 42 weeks on the chart.It was the longest climb to the top 10 in US chart history: beating American Idol winner Carrie Underwood, whose 2006 single ‘Before He Cheats’ took 38 weeks to reach the same position.

NEW YORK -- “Yinka, Where Is Your Huzband” by Lizzie Damilola Blackburn (Pamela Dorman Books)Yinka Oladeji is a 30-year-old, Oxford educated, British Nigerian woman with a good job, living in London who happens to be single. Her accomplishments should carry weight within her family but unfortunately, the fact that she's not married is a big source of worry and tension for her elders. The novel opens with Yinka attending her sister's baby shower when both her mother and aunt lead a group prayer to find Yinka a “huzband" — slang for “a non-existent man in a non-existent marriage whose whereabouts is often asked.”When at the same party Yinka's cousin announces her engagement, it's all too much.

Prince Andrew will face civil trial over claims he sexually abused Virginia Giuffre when she was just 17.

Kate Middleton is all smiles as she arrives at Nower Hill High School on Wednesday (November 24) in London, England.

A few years ago midwives at the Royal Oldham Hospital created 'dilation pumpkins' - and this Halloween they're going viral all over again - and it's all because of one Tweet.

Love Island star Sharon Gaffka has revealed what her family and friends think of her newfound fame. Speaking exclusively to OK!, the star shared how much her life has changed since leaving the villa back in July, and how her family and friends have adapted to her new way of life.

Love Island fans were left in stitches as they watched Chloe Burrows and Toby Aromolaran break their bed in the villa during Friday night’s instalment.The loved-up couple, who can’t keep their hands off each other at the moment, were partaking in some late night antics when their fellow islanders suddenly heard a massive bang.

Is that you, Brad Pitt? No, it’s actually just a dad from Oxford, England.Nathan Meads is a single dad who works as a groundworker but moonlights as a Brad Pitt impersonator. Meads, 35, bares an uncanny resemblance to Pitt, 57, and explained to Jam Press how it’s hard to date women who are obsessed with the Oscar winner.

detected in the United States, a trial for a new vaccine has been launched.The University of Oxford has announced commencement of a phase 1 trial of a newly developed vaccine, HIVconsvX,  as part of efforts to finally end the HIV/AIDS epidemic.The vaccine involves two shots, spaced four weeks apart, and is designed to target a “broad range” of HIV variants by inducing the immune system’s T cells to target highly conserved and vulnerable areas of the virus, PharmaTimes reports.Thirteen people

Love Island star Sharon Gaffka has been open about her families feelings about her appearance on the reality show. Before going into the show, the 25-year-old civil servant from Oxford revealed that her mum and dad had their reservations about her application.

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She is best known as a panellist on Loose Women. But who is journalist Jane Moore when she is not on TV? Let’s take a look… Get exclusive celebrity stories and fabulous photoshoots straight to your inbox with OK!'s daily newsletter.

The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, David Bowie and more, has died aged 86.Menon died at his home in Beverly Hills, California on Thursday (March 4).

Piers Morgan has come under attack after saying jogging on the street without a mask should be 'illegal' given that runners are wheezing, puffing and panting in a pandemic.Good Morning Britain host Piers got into a heated discussion after scientists recommended joggers should wear face coverings as they run in public.Trish Greenhalgh, professor in primary care health sciences at the University of Oxford said: "There is no doubt the virus is in the air, there is no doubt that you can catch it if

direct to your inboxJoggers should wear a mask when running past people, experts have warned.In a debate on ITV's Good Morning Britain with hosts Piers Morgan and Susanna Reid, two health professors agreed that runners could be putting pedestrians at risk of coronavirus.Trish Greenhalgh, professor in primary care health sciences at the University of Oxford, said there is no doubt it could be a 'dangerous' situation.Prof Greenhalgh told GMB on Tuesday: “There is no doubt the virus is in the air,

direct to your inboxThe University of Oxford’s coronavirus vaccine offers protection of 76% up to 12 weeks after a single dose and may reduce transmission by 67%, according to a new study.After the second dose, vaccine efficacy from two standard doses is 82.4% with the three-month interval being used in the UK, researchers from the University of Oxford say.The data from the study, which has not yet been peer reviewed, supports the four to 12-week prime-boost dosing interval that many global

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Blood and carnage have followed Julian Richings everywhere since he relocated from Oxford, England to Toronto, Ontario in the mid-eighties.

direct to your inboxThe Army is being drafted into Greater Manchester from today to help carry out 'targeted' asymptomatic testing for coronavirus, the government has announced.The Ministry of Defence said 800 military personnel including soldiers would deploy to support community testing plans drawn up by Greater Manchester Combined Authority.The news comes as the latest Covid-19 vaccine - from Oxford AstraZeneca - was administered for the first time on Monday.The MOD said personnel from nine

direct to your inboxBatches of the newly approved coronavirus vaccine from Oxford University and AstraZeneca have started arriving at hospitals ahead of the jab’s rollout.Some 530,000 doses of the vaccine will be available for rollout across the UK from Monday, with vulnerable groups already identified as the priority for immunisation.The NHS will be the first health service in the world to deliver the jab, which was approved last week, in the next stage of the phased vaccine programme.The first

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Covid-19 vaccine has been approved in the UK. It was announced earlier today the jab, from Oxford University and AstraZeneca, was given the green light.

direct to your inboxA Covid-19 vaccine from Oxford University and AstraZeneca has been approved for use in the UK, paving the way for rapid rollout, the Department of Health said.Health Secretary Matt Hancock said the approval of the Oxford vaccine was “fantastic news” and confirmed that the rollout would begin on Monday, January 4.In a tweet, he said the vaccine was 'our way out of the pandemic'.He wrote: "Brilliant to end 2020 with such a moment of hope: the @UniofOxford /

direct to your inboxThe UK's coronavirus vaccine roll-out is now well underway with 'tens of thousands' of jabs already administered to those most vulnerable, according to the government.A vaccine being developed by the University of Oxford has been a front-runner in the global race to produce a vaccine against Covid-19 since early this year.But it was a jab from American firm Pfizer and Germany's BioNTech that became the first vaccine to be approved for use in the UK.The vaccine was

direct to your inboxThe professor who led research into the University of Oxford's Covid-19 vaccination has issued a dire warning about the possible impact of the relaxation of coronavirus restrictions over Christmas.Sarah Gilbert joined NHS bosses in expressing fears about a third wave of the pandemic in the new year, just as Germany announced a hard lockdown because of record numbers of cases and deaths there.Although cases are falling in Tier 3 Greater Manchester, the infection rate for