This is the first time Sheila Ferguson, pictured above, has spoken so openly about her relationship with the Prince of Wales. Many of us are, as she says, ‘tying up loose ends’ during these frightening days Sheila Ferguson was self-isolating at home in Kent for the third week when she …
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Amazon, Boots and Royal Mail will help administer and process the tests. Seb James, UK and Ireland managing director of Boots, said the high street … Source link
Read More »Coronavirus UK: Glasgow ex-IBM Factory to be crisis hospital
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 …
Read More »Coronavirus UK: Self-employed say Rishi Sunak bailout useless
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 …
Read More »Police take to streets to stop drivers during lockdown and threaten £960 fines
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 »Coronavirus: How long does COVID-19 live on different surfaces and deliveries | Latest Suffolk and Essex News
PUBLISHED: 07:30 27 March 2020 Oliver Sullivan The World Health Organisation said the chances of contracting coronavirus from packages delivered in the post is low Picture: STEVE PARSONS/PA PA Archive/PA Images Households across the country are improving their cleaning regimes in a bid to stop the spread of coronavirus – …
Read More »The Great Depression destroyed the life chances of future generations – the corona crash will do the same for us
Compared to their grandparents, the effects of Covid-19 on our children will be relatively small. But only in the short term. In the longer term, the effects of the pandemic – or more accurately its economic consequences – are likely to resemble those experienced by children who grew up in …
Read More »Palace scrapped Queen’s televised Covid-19 address for own safety and to ‘keep the airwaves clear’
Buckingham Palace scrapped a national televised address about coronavirus from the Queen ‘for her own safety’ and to keep the airways clear for politicians and medical professionals, a royal expert has claimed. Last week Her Majesty, 93, issued a statement on the outbreak, saying the UK is ‘entering a period of …
Read More »Coronavirus UK: Boris Johnson slammed for delaying testing
Fury at Boris Johnson as it emerges No10 only asked on SUNDAY for research labs to lend the government vital coronavirus equipment – despite pledging mass testing a week ago Experts including the WHO say mass testing is crucial to combat coronavirus Downing Street wrote to research labs on Sunday …
Read More »Community donates over 100 items of cleaning equipment to Salford-based police station that ran out of stock
Salford community came together to help officers at Eccles Police Station after they ran out of essential cleaning equipment. Sergeant Mike Lawrence took to Facebook to post that the their department had a limited supply of a cleaning and protective gear to keep their staff and office free of infection …
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