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Pfizer launches Omicron vaccine trial; UK reports highest daily deaths since February – as it happened

Company hopes vaccine will be ready for approval by March; UK reports 439 deaths and more than nearly 95,000 cases

The Guardian - UK · Jan 25, 2022

‘You can’t have your birthday cake and eat it’: what the papers say about Johnson’s party

News of a party held on Boris Johnson’s birthday during England’s first Covid lockdown features heavily on front pages

The Guardian - AU · Jan 25, 2022

PM attended indoor birthday celebration during lockdown, No 10 admits

Downing Street insisted staff only ‘gathered briefly’ in No 10’s Cabinet Room after a meeting

Wales Online · Jan 25, 2022

Boris Johnson faces fresh outrage over lockdown birthday party

Furious response from MPs and bereaved after revelation of celebration held indoors in contravention of Covid restrictions

The Guardian - UK · Jan 24, 2022

What were the Covid rules at the time of Boris Johnson’s 2020 birthday?

On the day of the alleged party, Downing Street was thanking the public for following the rules

The Guardian - UK · Jan 24, 2022

Boris Johnson celebrated birthday with 'lockdown party' when indoor social gatherings were banned

Boris Johnson's wife presented the Prime Minister with a cake and staff gathered around to sing Happy Birthday during the first lockdown

Chronicle Live · Jan 24, 2022

Boris Johnson 'had birthday party in lockdown' while gatherings were banned as PM faces huge pressure

Carrie Johnson presented her husband with a birthday cake and led staff to sing Happy Birthday for the Prime Minister

Irish Mirror · Jan 24, 2022

Reports emerge that Boris Johnson had a 'Covid birthday bash'

It is the latest in a string of 'partygate' allegations

Wales Online · Jan 24, 2022

Bookies' favourites to replace Boris Johnson if he resigns as Prime Minister

If he's forced to stand down, here's who could replace him

Wales Online · Jan 24, 2022

Boris Johnson birthday party row grows but minister urges people to focus on Ukraine instead

A health minister has appealed to the public to focus on the threat of war in Ukraine, rather than No10 parties

Evening Standard · Jan 24, 2022