Because of coronavirus. Britains top literary prize, the booker prize for fiction, has gone to the scottish author Douglas Stuart for his novel, shuggie bain. Good evening and welcome to bbc news. Theres yet more encouraging news about coronavirus vaccines tonight. This time from researchers in oxford who are working with the Pharmaceutical Company astrazeneca. Britain has ordered 100 million doses of this vaccine. Researchers say trials have so far shown a promising immune response for people in their 60s and 70s. Final data on how well it works should be ready by christmas. The vaccine is easy to store and cheaper than the ones being developed by pfizer and moderna. Heres our medical editor, fergus walsh. Go right in. Hi. It is volunteers like ian from southampton who are crucial to vaccine trials. How are you feeling today . We were there injuly when he received the first of two doses as part of the Oxford Astrazeneca trial, but we are only finding out today how the over 70s are res
Some sleeping off. Hello im Christian Fraser is in london, Laura Trevelyan is in washington. Some months ago President Trump compared himself to a war time leader, fighting the invisible enemy. But a war team leader understands the threat. Mobilisises people to respond. Deploys the money and the might of the american government. Stands ready to unite a worried nation. If there was ever a moment for a commander in chief this surely is it. Yesterday the us surpassed a quarter of a million coronavirus deaths and today is setting new daily records for and yet President Trump is nowhere to be found. The man who conceived of his presidency as a reality show in which he appeared in public at least once a day has gone to ground and what is he doing instead, he is sending out angry tweets alleging the election was rigged. This was mr trumps schedule in the 7 days leading up to the election. Jam packed with events, jetting from one location to the next. And this is it for the two weeks and two d
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