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Jeremy Clarkson, 61, has questioned the furious response from Prime Minister Boris Johnson to the men who harassed Chief Medical Officer Professor Chris Whitty.The young men were called “despicable thugs” by the Prime Minister before one of them lost his job as an estate agent and got charged with common assault.Reacting to the news, the Clarkson’s Farm star admitted in his latest column: “I’m not sure this reaction is entirely fair.“If you live your life in the public eye, you have to expect attention when you’re on the street.”Jeremy went on to explain his reasoning, citing how things can “turn mildly physical” when he’s approached by eager fans.He added: “If I walk past a building site, or a pub, I can pretty much guarantee that I’ll be

Boris Johnson branded the pair "despicable thugs" and the incident led to calls for the top medic to be given the same level of protection as ministers. Hughes - who admitted he had been drinking - said he has "paid with his job" after the footage went viral.He apologised for the upset caused, claiming he just wanted a selfie that he could show his mum.

Twitter bosses for "inciting violence", following the distressing footage of Chris Whitty being mobbed in public.

Love Island's Dr Alex says he's "disgusted and appalled" by the outrageous attack on Professor Chris Whitty.

Piers Morgan has hit out at the idiots who manhandled Chris Whitty and filmed it.

A third Covid jab will be offered to everyone over the age of 50 in a bid to wipe out the virus by Christmas, it has been reported.

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Covid-19 infections in the autumn.Professor Sir Ian Diamond, head of the Office for National Statistics (ONS), also said there is a lot of regional variation in terms of how many people have antibodies.His comments come after England's chief medical officer Professor Chris Whitty said there were still risks to reopening society and the UK will experience another surge of cases at some point, potentially in late summer or through the autumn and winter.Sir Ian said people need to understand how the data is moving forward and look at the impact of the "wonderful" vaccine rollout."But having said that, we need also to recognise that this is a virus that isn't going to go away," he told The Andrew Marr Show on BBC One."And I have no doubt that

Chris Whitty has barely been off our screens since the pandemic started.

He's the reassuring face of Covid announcements but to his fan club he’s good enough to eat.

direct to your inboxLockdown restrictions are set to be eased in England in the coming weeks.After spending the majority of January under a national lockdown, the prime minister will give hope to Brits this month with his plan for spring.According to chief medical officer Professor Chris Whitty, the UK is now past the peak of the current wave of coronavirus, with cases, hospital admissions and deaths on a “downward slope”.Meanwhile, more than 10 million Brits have now been administered a first dose of the coronavirus vaccine.The government’s approach to easing lockdown will be a “prudent and cautious” one, according to Boris Johnson, and it won't be too long before we are given more details about it.Here are they key dates over the next few

England has now been in its third full lockdown for a month and the long, slow winter is trudging on.

direct to your inbox Professor Chris Whitty has said we are 'past the peak' of the second wave of the coronavirus pandemic.

coronavirus deaths. He told the Downing Street press conference on Monday that “unfortunately we’re going to see quite a lot more deaths over the next few weeks before the effects of the vaccines begin to be felt”.

The UK will suffer "quite a lot more" Covid deaths in the next few weeks as it takes time for a vaccine to protect all the most vulnerable, Chris Whitty warned tonight.

direct to your inbox The number of people who have died in the UK as a result of coronavirus has now passed 100,000.

Knowsley in Merseyside now has the highest rate of Covid infections in the country after an alarming rise in cases in the North West.

direct to your inboxFuture variants of coronavirus could bypass the current batch of vaccines, England's chief scientific adviser has warned.Sir Patrick Vallance joined Boris Johnson and Prof Chris Whitty at a press conference at Downing Street today.Asked how the government plans to tackle new strains of the virus in future, Sir Patrick said it was possible that some could 'get round' current vaccines.But he added that existing vaccines were 'quite easy' to adjust to any changes.Sir Patrick said: "In terms of other variants, it is possible that [they] will get round vaccines to some extent in the future, and some of them that are out there in the world now may well have more of an effect to bypass some of the existing immune system that’s

direct to your inboxThe number of people in hospital with Covid-19 has 'well exceeded' that of the first peak last April, according to the latest government data.Professor Chris Whitty told a Downing Street press conference on Friday that the amount of people in hospital with the virus is higher than ever.The Chief Medical officer warned that deaths contributed to by Covid-19 will continue rise into next week."I'm afraid in the next week we do anticipate the number of people in the NHS and the number of deaths will continue to rise as the effects of what everyone has done continue to feed through," he said.Prof Whitty said the peak of people entering hospital will be in the next week to 10 days for most places across the UK.He said he