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In the survey released on Monday, the ONS said adults from all regions of England, Scotland and Wales became less likely to report coronavirus vaccine hesitancy during the first half of 2021, but in London, the hesitancy level fell from 11 per cent to 7 per cent, reports Xinhua news agency.

The country also recorded another 84 coronavirus-related deaths. The total number of coronavirus-related deaths in Britain now standing at 128,980. These figures only include the deaths of people who died within 28 days of their first positive test, the Xinhua news agency reported. England has recently lifted most Covid-19 restrictions as part of the final step of the roadmap out of the lockdown.

Michael Polak, part of the legal team representing Choksi and an expert in providing legal assistance to foreign nationals around the world, said that while "terrible ordeal" for the diamantaire, and "this attack on the rule of law", took place on May 23, the "planning for what was to happen to Choksi occurred much earlier".

"I will always be a Mayor for all Londoners, working to improve the lives of every single person in this city," the BBC quoted the 51-year-old Labour Party member, first elected as Mayor in 2016, was quoted as saying after the results were declared on Saturday night.

On Friday, the PIA informed the London High Court that it paid the amount to Peregrine Aviation Charlie Ltd in the case pertaining to two jets leased to it by the Dublin-based AerCap, reports Geo News. The court was told that the PIA did not make payments since it asked for the amendment of its claim last July and that it owed $580,000 per month to the airliner.

The London mayor on Friday said that he is "declaring a major incident because the threat this virus poses to our city is at crisis point", Xinhua news agency reported. "If we do not take immediate action now, our NHS (National Health Service) could be overwhelmed and more people will die," he said.

According to the latest official figures, from December 2-8, 20,135 people had tested positive in London, a rate of 225 cases per 100,000 inhabitants, compared with 14,901 cases and a rate of 166 cases per 100,000 for the previous week, reports Xinhua news agency. Parts of Essex and Hertfordshire will also be moved into Tier Three, Hancock told MPs in the House of Commons (lower house of the British Parliament) on Monday.