Five Minutes Spare

People in the age group are being invited to book their first vaccine from this week.
BBC News – UK

The major spending package is expected to be given final approval in the House next week.
BBC News – US & Canada

The BBC’s Girmay Gebru recounts his experience of being detained in Ethiopia’s Tigray region.
BBC News – Africa

Somewhere in the lovely humid warmth of Derbyshire, you will find a town called Chesterfield. Situated at the meeting place of the Rivers Rother and Hipper, this town and borough lie in the centre of an old […]

Mike Ashley’s Frasers Group says new business rates measures are “near worthless” for large retailers.
BBC News – Business

On his first foreign trip since Covid, Pope Francis urges a more prominent role for Iraq’s Christians.
BBC News – Middle East

Jair Bolsonaro criticises measures to curb Covid-19, a day after Brazil saw a record rise in deaths.
BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean

A row with drug firm AstraZeneca has caused Italy to block 250,000 doses to be sent to Australia.
BBC News – Europe

A union calls the proposed increase in England “pitiful”, but ministers say money is tight.
BBC News – UK