Tag Archives: Coronavirus

The Queen, Prince Charles and Prime Minister Boris Johnson led politicians and royals who paid their respects to Britain’s war dead at the Cenotaph on Sunday.  Strict social distancing was in place to allow the ceremony to go ahead this morning as the country remains under a blanket second lockdown …

Royal Mail and Amazon are scrambling to seize control of Boris Johnson’s “Operation Moonshot” programme to deliver 215,000 home testing kits a day. The duo are this weekend finalising rival bids to win a £550m, one-year contract from the taxpayer to spearhead home testing as part of NHS Test and …

The Royal Mail has confirmed four postal workers at the Plymouth Delivery Office are recovering at home from coronavirus. But it has denied claims that workplace Covid rules have not been followed at the centre in Breakwater Road, Plymstock. A source has alleged that some post staff have been working …

Hull now has more patients with coronavirus in hospitals than it did during the first wave, according to latest figures. Hull Royal Infirmary and Castle Hill Hospital currently has 117 patients being treated for coronavirus – up by nine from Wednesday’s total of 108. The number of patients in intensive …

The Royal British Legion fears millions of pounds in Poppy Appeal donations could be lost across the UK because volunteers cannot do face-to-face collections due to the Covid pandemic. Charles Byrne, director-general of the charity, said lockdown restrictions mean that for the first time in the organisation’s 99-year history, in-person fundraising …

The family of a young man seriously ill in hospital with coronavirus have received a moving surprise to help celebrate his birthday. John John Langshaw, 26, is in the Royal Glamorgan Hospital after testing positive for the virus two weeks ago. His dad John is currently in intensive care in …

Britain’s coronavirus cases remained flat at 24,141 today despite Boris Johnson justifying lockdown by claiming the NHS is under threat from soaring hospitalisations. There was increase of just 4.7 percent on last Thursday’s infections and a drop of 1,063 cases on yesterday’s figure of 25,177. Earlier the Prime Minister and …

Furious students last night ripped down a metal fence erected around their halls on the first day of England’s new coronavirus lockdown. Crowds of undergraduates at Manchester University trampled on the barrier and set off flairs in the Fallowfield area of the city. Pictures showed tradesmen putting up the huge …

UK extends wage support scheme until March amid new lockdown … the likes of British Airways, Royal Mail and Rolls-Royce all laying off thousands. Source link

Prince William has made his first appearance since his secret Covid-19 battle was revealed as he delivered a speech at a Fire Fighters Charity award ceremony tonight. The Duke of Cambridge, 39, appeared relaxed in a pre-recorded video message shared at virtual Spirit of Fire Awards. The father-of-three spoke of …