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21 January 2021

  • 2021
  • January
  • 21 January
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£500 Covid payment and flood devastation

Friday's front pages suggest ministers are considering making a cash payment to everyone who tests positive.

News imageVanessa Perez family

'That all landed on my mum before, now it's me'

Vanessa Pérez, 25, and her siblings lost their mother to Covid. She's now the primary caregiver.

News imageComposite image of the voter panelists

Do Republican voters buy Biden's unity message?

The president called for unity, then dumped key Trump policies. Conservatives on our voter panel react.

News imageNurse holding vaccine

I'm over 80 and waiting for my Covid vaccine

Some elderly Scots are anxious as they wait for the jab despite assurances the vaccine programme is on track.

News imageStop check on vehicles in Newport

Covid rule breakers could 'make pandemic longer'

The minority "blatantly flouting" restrictions will face enforcement action, a senior officer says.

News imageWest Liberton and Braid Hills

The suburb where one in 100 have died with Covid

A care home outbreak and an elderly population give an Edinburgh community Scotland's highest Covid mortality.

News imageLiverpool manager Jurgen Klopp

Defeat massive punch in the face - Klopp

Manager Jurgen Klopp calls Liverpool's 1-0 defeat by Burnley a "massive punch in the face" as their 68-game unbeaten home league run ends.

News imageFuneral, coffin

What's new in Scotland's Covid data?

BBC Scotland's Marc Ellison examines the latest data to find out how coronavirus is affecting neighbourhoods across Scotland.

News imageStock photo of elderly woman gripping a cane

Hundreds of care homes in Covid deaths probe

A special unit set up by the Crown Office is looking into Covid deaths involving 474 care homes across Scotland.

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