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Britain's regulators today approved the Oxford/AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine, offering renewed hope the end of the pandemic could just be months away.    Officials said the jab will be made available 'from next week', while Health Secretary Matt Hancock claimed the approval now offers 'high confidence' the UK could 'get out of this by spring'. It comes after Britain yesterday recorded more than 53,000 infections in record daily high amid fears hospitals may be overwhelmed by spiralling admissions within days. Here, MailOnline answers all the questions about the jab including how it works, when it will be rolled out, and how many Britons could be able to get it every day. Top experts, including members of SAGE, have warned ministers they need to ramp up weekly vaccination rates seven-fold to 2million by mid-January to prevent the NHS from being overwhelmed this winter. Currently about 280,000 Brits are being inoculated each week More than 24,000 volunteers wer

Stomach-churning video shows a woman on a New York City subway pulling apart raw meat with her bare hands.  The footage was uploaded to Facebook on Tuesday by Subway Creatures, a social media page documenting bizarre incidents that occur on the Big Apple's public transport system.  The 20-second clip begins as the woman chats with a pal before she slides out a bag of raw meat from under her seat.  She then begins ripping apart the carcass with both of her hands, applying pressure as the bones remain stubbornly stuck to the skin. Stomach-churning video shows a woman on a New York City subway pulling out a stash of raw meat from her bag and breaking it up with her bare hands The woman begins ripping apart the carcass with both of her hands, applying pressure as the bones remain stubbornly stuck to the skin Shockingly, the woman does not wear gloves as she undertakes the stomach-churning act, despite the fact New York is still in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic.  'Introducing

Western Australia Premier Mark McGowan wasted little time in flagging plans to close the state's border to Victorians, with his government signalling its intention immediately after the eastern state recorded its first cases of locally-transmitted coronavirus in two months. Two Melbourne women in their 40s and a woman in her 70s tested positive on Wednesday, with at least one of their cases believed to be linked to the Sydney outbreak. Victoria announced a three further cases on Thursday.  Western Australia is weighing up shutting the border with Victoria after the state recorded three new coronavirus cases. Pictured: Premier Mark McGowan Victorian Police are seen patrolling checkpoints in Mallacoota after new border restrictions were placed with NSW, banning residents from Wollongong and the Blue Mountains A government spokesman said health officials are considering another border shutdown with Victoria in a bid to keep out the virus. 'Currently travel into WA from Victoria un

Two teenage boys have been viciously assaulted during a violent home invasion in the middle of the night, with one boy stabbed and another bashed with a hammer. Emergency services were called to a home on Purser Avenue, Castle Hill, north-west Sydney, at 1am on New Year's Eve.  Officers were told seven men armed with an axe, knife, hammer and firearm entered the home and threatened those inside. Emergency services were called to a home on Purser Avenue, Castle Hill, north-west Sydney, at 1am on New Year's Eve (street view pictured) They demanded belongings from those inside before stabbing an 18-year-old in the stomach several times. Another person, 17, was in the backyard when the group of men broke in and was brutally hit in the head with a hammer. The offenders took six mobile phones before smashing up the house and driving away. The injured teens were taken to Westmead Hospital.  Police are looking to speak with seven men who may be able to help with their inquiries.  Polic

Florida man Marty Scott Bass, 57, was arrested December 16 when police arrived to his Walton County home to serve a search warrant and allegedly discovered child pornography on his phone A Florida pedophile who was arrested for manufacturing child pornography had a hidden underground bunker on his property, officials say.   Marty Scott Bass 57, was arrested on December 16 when police arrived to his Defuniak Springs home to serve a search warrant. Officers say they found more than 100 images of child pornography on his phone - and a underground lair under his shed with an entrance disguised as a bench. Bass was charged with 100 count of possession of child pornography and 10 counts of child pornography production. Though Bass was arrested earlier this month the sheriff’s office didn’t announce details of the case until Tuesday.  When Walton County Sheriff’s Office Special Victim’s Unit first arrived to the home, Bass answered the door holding a shotgun.  After commands by SWAT team memb

Governor Andrew Cuomo is preparing to turn the Javits Center back into a field hospital - despite it only taking in 1,000 patients back in April when New York City was the virus epicenter of the world. Cuomo's office said the state of New York is ready to reactivate the 2,500-bed makeshift hospital if necessary amid fears that the Big Apple's hospitals and healthcare systems could once again buckle under the weight of the pandemic.     New York City passed a grim milestone of 25,000 COVID-19 deaths Monday and 69 percent of hospital beds and 72 percent of ICU beds are now full.  The Javits convention center based in Manhattan's Hell's Kitchen was turned into a 2,500-bed hospital back in March, making it the largest hospital in the country fighting the pandemic at the time. Governor Andrew Cuomo is preparing to turn the Javits Center (pictured in March) back into a field hospital - despite it only taking in 1,000 patients back in April when New York City was the virus epi