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A 55-year-old hospital consultant has become the first frontline NHS worker to die after testing positive for coronavirus. Amged El-Hawrani was an ear nose and throat (ENT) specialist at Queen’s Hospital Burton but, before he became unwell, he had also been volunteering in A&E. Dr El-Hawrani – who was described …

Jobs for help desk staff at London’s new field hospital are being advertised for £13,500 more than the average nurse’s salary.  The NHS Nightingale Hospital is due to open this week at the ExCeL Centre in east London, providing up to 4,000 extra coronavirus patient beds.  But online job adverts …

It must have been a shock for anybody who had their food packages delivered by Jose Mourinho this week. Royal Mail might have coined the phrase but this truly was a special delivery. The Tottenham manager volunteered to help out the elderly amid the coronavirus crisis. Mourinho’s effort was an …

 The King of Thailand has taken a harem of 20 concubines with him into self-isolation at a grand hotel in southern Germany, it has been reported.  King Maha Vajiralongkorn, also known as Rama X, is believed to have booked out all of the Grand Hotel Sonnenbichl in Bavaria to self-isolate …

A mum’s thoughtful cleaning tip to help “keep our postmen safe” has gone viral. Jo Byford posted the considerate plea to the ‘ coronavirus in Devon ‘ Facebook group, encouraging others to clean their letterboxes, gate handles, door bells and knockers with anti-bacterial cleaner. The 44-year-old from Tiverton now lives in …

Health experts and the World Health Organisation (WHO) have confirmed that newspapers cannot transmit Covid-19. Speaking on Good Morning Britain Dr Hilary Jones said: “For public health information right now it’s important people have access to information through newspapers.” Dr Jones stressed that they were an essential service and that …

At a time of national emergency, workers in the NHS, care, education and retail sectors are rightly getting the recognition they deserve. But postal workers are among the unsung heroes who continue to battle lockdown Britain and deliver mail to residents across Nottinghamshire. From touching doors, gates and mail to …

A new smart test to identify whether people in Wales have had coronavirus has been announced by the Welsh Government. The new antibody blood test, which will be tested this week, will show whether people have recently had the virus and could show whether they have immunity. The current antigen …

The owners of more than 600 3D printers have answered Britain’s call to arms and started to produce thousands of visors for the NHS.  The masks, which protect doctors and nurses treating coronavirus patients, are being delivered to hospitals across the country. It comes after several hospitals on the frontline of the outbreak reportedly …

The number of people in the UK who have died after testing positive for COVID-19 coronavirus has risen by 260, bringing the total number of confirmed deaths to 1,019. It’s the biggest daily rise so far in the UK. Yesterday there were 181 new deaths. The latest UK figures were …