if you d like to get in touch this morning, you can tweet me @vicderbyshire or email victoria@bbc.co.uk. and the queen and prime minister have led tributes to captain sir tom moore, who s died at 100 years old after testing positive for coronavirus last week. the government says it will ensure he s officially remembered. i think we should find a way to make sure that we mark the memory of captain tom and thank him for the contribution that he made for the nhs. good morning. the health secretary, matt hancock, has described as absolutely superb the findings of a study which suggests for the first time that the oxford astrazeneca vaccine significantly reduces people passing on the virus. the research by oxford university, which has not yet been formally published, also found that the jab provides a high level of protection, even when there s a gap of 12 weeks between the two doses. researchers believe that the vaccine remains 76% effective for up to three months after the first
across the uk, landmarks including the blackpool tower, wembley stadium and the london eye illuminate in his honour. this morning we ll have reaction and tributes from those he loved, helped and inspired. and the world of sport, that captain sir tom loved so much, has been paying tribute. the former olympic champion jessica ennis hill said he will forever be a hero to many people. she presented him with a special award in december. and scientists discover the oxford astrazeneca vaccine is 76% effective during the three months after the first dose. good morning. today we have got some rain, sleet and mostly hill snow moving across northern ireland, northern england and scotland. southern england are seeing some heavy rain, but in between some heavy some sunshine and showers. details later. good morning. it s wednesday, the 3rd of february, and today s breakfast is a special programme to celebrate the life of a man who gave us so much of his time over the last ten months c
post brexit trade arrangements. if you d like to get in touch this morning, you can tweet me @vicderbyshire or email victoria@bbc.co.uk. a team from the world health organization visits the high security chinese lab at the centre of claims over the source of the covid 19 pandemic. and the queen and british prime minister have led tributes to captain sir tom moore, who s died at 100 years old, after testing positive for coronavirus last week. the uk government says it will ensure he s officially remembered. i think we should find a way to make sure that we mark the memory of captain tom and thank him for the contribution that he made for the nhs. so i will ensure that we mark his contribution properly and appropriately at the right moment. hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. the health secretary, matt hancock, has described as absolutely superb the findings of a study which suggests for the first time that the oxford astrazeneca vaccine signific
al-qaeda. until now the only report has come from that branch of al-qaeda. this is the second al-qaeda. this is the second al-qaeda source that has said the attack happened at 6:30am in the morning, while the syrian attack in the same area was between 11:30am and 12. you can see there ares different stories already. so there was no order to make any attack, we don t have any chemical weapons. we give up our arsenals two years ago and even if we had them we would not use them, and we would never use our chemical arsenal in our history. so what happens? as i said the only source is al-qaeda and we cannot ta ke source is al-qaeda and we cannot take it seriously, but our impression that the west, mainly the united states, is helping the terrorists. they have fabricated the whole story in order to justify the attack. it was not an attack because of what happened there, it is one event, the first stage. the play that we saw on the social network and on television and the stage of t
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