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BOA chairman calls on Government to decide if athletes can be fast-tracked into Covid vaccines

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  British Olympic Association chairman Sir Hugh Robertson calls on Government to decide if athletes can be fast-tracked into Covid vaccines before Tokyo Games BOA hopeful that athletes will be vaccinated before pre-Games training camps  Pfizer have offered fast-track vaccinations for Olympic and Paralympic athletes Government cautious about giving preferential treatment to fit, young athletes  … Read more

BOA chairman calls on Government to decide if athletes can be fast-tracked into Covid vaccines

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  British Olympic Association chairman Sir Hugh Robertson calls on Government to decide if athletes can be fast-tracked into Covid vaccines before Tokyo Games BOA hopeful that athletes will be vaccinated before pre-Games training camps  Pfizer have offered fast-track vaccinations for Olympic and Paralympic athletes Government cautious about giving preferential treatment to fit, young athletes  … Read more

Oscar and Bafta winners will get fast-tracked three-year visas under new Home Office scheme

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Oscar and Bafta winners will get fast-track visas into the UK under a new Home Office bid to attract ‘global talent’. Non-UK citizens who pick up gongs in the Golden Globes, Baftas, Brit Awards and the Mobos will be able to obtain three-year visas under the Home Office scheme. The visa scheme, which also includes … Read more

Gal Gadot shares snap from Wonder Woman costume fitting ahead of news WW3 is being fast-tracked

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Gal Gadot shares snap from Wonder Woman costume fitting… amid news WW3 is being fast-tracked due to sequel’s $85m success By Sarah Abraham For Dailymail.com Published: 20:08 GMT, 27 December 2020 | Updated: 20:27 GMT, 27 December 2020 Gal Gadot recently captivated audiences in Wonder Woman 1984, which premiered on HBO Max Christmas Day, and … Read more

Labour calls for ban on sale of petrol, diesel and hybrid cars to be fast-tracked to 2030

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The Labour Party has today confirmed it has written to transport secretary Grant Shapps calling on him to bring forward the ban on sale of new petrol, diesel and hybrid cars. Prime minister Boris Johnson has already backed proposals to accelerate a scheduled deadline for the ban from 2040 and Shapps himself has suggested the … Read more

Carlin Sterritt was almost The Bachelor before being ‘fast-tracked’ for Angie Kent’s season 

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How Carlin Sterritt was almost the Bachelor… before being ‘fast-tracked’ to appear on Angie Kent’s season of The Bachelorette the same year Do you have a story about The Bachelor? Email [email protected]  By Candice Jackson For Daily Mail Australia Published: 01:38 BST, 10 September 2020 | Updated: 01:53 BST, 10 September 2020 Carlin Sterritt rose … Read more

UK passport applications will be fast-tracked for Britons going on holiday in the next two weeks

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UK passport applications will be fast-tracked in five days for Britons going on holiday in the next two weeks – as government battles with 400,000 Covid backlog If you have been waiting more than a month and are due to travel within two weeks, you will receive your passport within five days under new measures … Read more

BAME pregnant women to be fast-tracked into hospital due to Covid risk

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Pregnant women from black, Asian and ethnic minority (BAME) groups are up to eight times more likely to be hospitalised with Covid-19 than white women, a study has found. NHS England is now recommending BAME mothers-to-be with mild Covid symptoms be fast-tracked into hospital due to their heightened risk of falling critically unwell. The move … Read more

Government awards £1billion in fast-tracked state contracts to firms WITHOUT public tender

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The government has awarded state contracts worth over £1billion to deal with the coronavirus pandemic to private firms without public tenders using emergency powers to fast-track agreements. Companies including Randox Laboratories Ltd and US-run Brake Bros are among the companies to have been handed contracts. The Government has fast-tracked the rules on awarding state contracts … Read more

Government awards £1billion in fast-tracked state contracts to firms WITHOUT public tender

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The government has awarded state contracts worth over £1billion to deal with the coronavirus pandemic to private firms without public tenders. Companies including Randox Laboratories Ltd and US-run Brake Bros are among the companies to have been handed contracts. The Government has fast-tracked the rules on awarding state contracts so that they don’t have to … Read more