Matt Hancock says vaccination drive is a full seven-day service despite apparent drop in numbers at weekends - with health chiefs blaming data lag for dip amid calls to increase to 24/7 delivery
321,951 people received dose of Oxford or Pfizer vaccine on Thursday - followed by 328,260 on Friday
Figures - which include first and second doses - then drop to 280,390 on Saturday and 227,972 on Sunday
Public Health England today blamed the lower figures on reporting delays over the weekend
Matt Hancock insisted the rollout was a full seven-day service with the Government prepared to go 24/7
Kino cinema in Hawkhurst gets Government support to tackle Covid
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Updated: 18:07, 29 December 2020
The Kino cinema in Hawkhurst is among 202 independent movie houses across the country to receive help from the Government to get through the Covid crisis.
Culture Secretary Oliver Dowden has announced a tranche of £16m of support, with £108,902 going to the Kino in Rye Road.
The Kino in Hawkhurst
The cinemas to receive support were selected by the British Film Institute (BFI), on behalf of the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport.
The money is intended to help venues meet the costs of implementing Covid-secure measures to protect staff and audiences, and to help stabilise sites financially.
Police were called to the A21 London Road at Flimwell at 3.17am on Monday after a car had crashed into a tree A MOTORIST will face charges of driving without a licence after a passenger was killed in a crash. Police were called to the A21 London Road at Flimwell, near Wadhurst, at 3.17am on Monday after a car had crashed into a tree. The passenger in the car died at the scene. A large search operation was carried out to find the driver, who was not at the scene. Ionut Dumitru, a roofer from Hawkhurst in Kent, was arrested.
Man dies after single vehicle crash on the A21 London Road in Flimwell, Wadhurst
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A man has died after a vehicle crashed into a tree close to Tunbridge Wells.
Ionut Dumitru, 30, from Hawkhurst, has been charged with causing death by driving, after the collision, which happened south of the Flimwell crossroads on the A21 London Road in Flimwell, Wadhurst
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Sussex Police were called at 3.17am yesterday.
The passenger died at the scene and inquiries are ongoing to establish his identity and for next of kin to be informed.
The driver left the vehicle and officers, assisted by the police helicopter, conducted an area search. He was arrested arrested on suspicion of causing death by dangerous driving and taken to hospital.
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