The Courier & Advertiser (Angus and Dundee)

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“It is no exaggerati­on to say that I am more concerned about the situation we face now than I have been at any time since March last year”

- First Minister Nicola Sturgeon announces Scotland will be placed in lockdown for January with a legal requiremen­t to remain at home.

“I am so pleased to be getting the Covid vaccine today and really proud that it is one that was invented in Oxford. The nurses, doctors and staff today have all been brilliant and I can now really look forward to celebratin­g my 48th wedding anniversar­y with my wife Shirley later this year” - Dialysis patient Brian Pinker, 82, speaks after becoming the first person in the world to receive the Oxford University and Astrazenec­a vaccine outside clinical trials. “Ihadhoped todaywould bethe dayjulianw­ould come home. Todayis not that day, but that daywill come soon. As long as Julianhas to endure suffering in isolation as an unconvicte­d prisonerat Belmarsh Prison, as long as our childrenco­ntinue to berobbedof their father’s love and affection, we cannot celebrate. We will celebrate the day he comes home” - Stellamori­s, fianceeofw­ikileaksfo­under Julianassa­nge, speaksafte­r ajudge ruledhesho­uldnotbe extradited­totheus.

“The Highdown community is reeling from the tragic news that a 13-year-old boy was stabbed in Emmer Green. For a life to be ended at such a young age is a total tragedy” - Rachel Cave, head teacher at Highdown School, pays tribute to 13-yearold Oliver Lucas Stephens, who was stabbed to death in Reading on Sunday.

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