NHS Western Isles has reassured patients needing to travel for essential hospital appointments on the mainland that every effort is being made to ensure they can attend appointments as planned, after airport operator Hial closes all their airports on Sunday. Hial is closing its airports to scheduled and routine air …
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Critical care nurses, intensive care staff, emergency departments, ambulance services, GPs will be front of the queue. Other essential public sector staff, including social care workers, will be able to receive tests when capacity is increased. New field hospitals in Manchester Central Convention Centre and Birmingham National Exhibition Centre will …
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Royal Mail has said people are still safe to continue sending and receiving mail during the coronavirus crisis. It said COVID-19 cannot survive on the surfaces of letters and parcels, meaning people are safe to handle them providing they continue washing their hands regularly. Royal Mail said in a statement: …
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Meghan, the Duchess of Sussex, is set to return to the small screen in her first post-royal project, as the narrator of a new film about a family of elephants journeying across Africa. A trailer for Disneynature’s “Elephant,” posted on the official Disney Twitter account, said it “follows one family’s …
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A POSTMAN has urged Scots NOT to open their doors for deliveries amid the coronavirus lockdown. Shaun Bird, from Dumfries, shared the advice on Facebook in a bid to help fight the spread of the virus. ⚠️ Read our coronavirus live blog for the latest news & updates on Covid-19 2 Posties …
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The former IBM factory near Glasgow has become Britain’s second crisis hospital as the building has been offered to NHS Scotland in the battle against coronavirus. It comes as the ExCel Centre in Newham, East London, was kitted out with 4,000 beds and two morgues amid the Covid-19 crisis. Britain’s …
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‘He’s leading his people already!’ Royal fans left swooning over ‘adorable’ clip of Prince George with Princess Charlotte and Prince Louis as they clap for NHS staff and volunteers Royal fans swooned over sweet clip showing the Cambridge children clapping Prince George, six, Princess Charlotte, five and Prince Louis, one …
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Rishi Sunak’s multi-billion-pound coronavirus bailout has left hundreds of thousands of self-employed workers ‘close to a cliff edge’. The Chancellor unveiled a scheme handing out cash grants worth up to £2,500 a month, in a boost for taxi drivers, musicians, gig economy workers and freelancers. Many welcomed the move but some have …
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Home Office reveals new powers to tackle people flouting the coronavirus lockdown Up to two years in prison if you cough deliberately on someone after spate of attacks on police and emergency service workers People who continue to flout coronavirus lockdown rules will be breaking the law and can be …
Read More »Postal workers are demanding a junk mail ban as staff struggle to maintain a safe distance in sorting rooms and vans. Andrew Gair, a postman, said that it was “business as usual” in the Bridge of Don delivery office, Aberdeen, on Monday, the day the first minister put Scotland into …
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