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In the News STOP PRESS..! EU NEEDS UK AFTER ALL..!
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Like the bridge!!
Makes me think of Coalbrookdale.
Makes me think of Coalbrookdale.
Iron Bridge
The world's first iron bridge was erected over the River Severn in Shropshire in 1779. This pioneering structure marked a turning point in English design and engineering and is one of the greatest symbols of the Industrial Revolution.
www.english-heritage.org.uk
Like Coalbrookdale, Thetford is quite a pretty townLike the bridge!!
Makes me think of Coalbrookdale.
Iron Bridge
The world's first iron bridge was erected over the River Severn in Shropshire in 1779. This pioneering structure marked a turning point in English design and engineering and is one of the greatest symbols of the Industrial Revolution.www.english-heritage.org.uk
Maybe one day I will get there
Was Arthur Lowe from Thetford then ?
Is that the same W.H.O that’s told us that once the priority groups have been vaccinated, we should stop and instead focus on vaccinating third world countries?
That would be all 9 priority groups, identified in the UK?
No,, but almost all the filming was done here.. In the opening shots when they are walking along a road with houses n it, that is Nether Row, the town hall shots is the old town hall and library, and the occasional shot of shops is next door to that and is called the shambles
There is a 'Dads Army' museum located at the rear of the old town hall
A few years ago we had a bit of a do and a few of the original cast turned up
Maureen posing with Pike ( yes.. it really is him, all grown up LOL !!! )
Pressure grows as nations grow impatient
The BBC's Europe editor Katya Adler says some EU governments are beginning to show impatience with Brussels, which had hoped its vaccination purchasing scheme would be a beacon of European solidarity and strength.The Commission's laboured negotiating process, the tardy approval of vaccines by the EU's medical regulator and delays now in vaccine deliveries have left EU citizens demanding answers and action, our correspondent says.
Markus Söder, the Bavarian premier and Germany's possible future chancellor, told ZDF television on Friday that it was his impression that the commission "ordered too late, and only bet on a few companies, they agreed on a price in a typically bureaucratic EU procedure and completely underestimated the fundamental importance of the situation."
On Friday, French President Emmanuel Macron questioned the efficacy of the AstraZeneca vaccine, describing it as "quasi-ineffective" for the over-65s.
The claim was rejected by Sir John Bell, an Oxford University professor who was part of the team behind the vaccine.
"I suspect this is a bit of demand management from Mr Macron," Sir John told BBC Radio Four's Today programme. Asked if he thought Mr Macron was trying to reduce demand for the jab, he added: "Well, if he didn't have any vaccine the best thing you could do is reduce demand."
Whilst the Ofxford/AstraZeneca vaccine is being reported as being less effective (my words) than the others, the media aren't giving the full story. Just for a f'ing change, like. When some of the others (the Pfizer jab for certain) were under trials, people were only being tested for covid if they had symptoms. During the Oxford/AstraZeneca trials, every participant, without exception, was tested for covid. In a nutshell, some folk tested positive but were lucky enough to be asymptomatic. To my simple mind, it seems to me that the trials of the Oxford/AstraZeneca jab was far more stringent and, probably, significantly more reliable.
You got to pronounce it like JonesyMainwaring.
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British pharma giant AstraZeneca get $1 billion from the U.S. to make coronavirus vaccine
The money helps the U.K. pharmaceuticals giant secure capacity to make 1 billion doses. AstraZeneca has said it expects to have shots ready as soon as September.
very inconsistent???