New Year’s Eve at St Thomas’ Hospital in London is always gruelling. Booze-fuelled accidents, injuries and domestic incidents test staff physically, mentally and emotionally. For those on duty as 2020 waned, it was a particular challenge — and not just because of Covid-19, which was already filling intensive care unit …
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The calm is not just eerie. It feels almost shocking. Here is row upon row of unconscious, critically sick people – including a new mum, for heaven’s sake. All are clinging to life via a latticework of tubes and wires and on a scale which the most experienced old hands …
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Some 130,000 letters have already been sent to invite people to book a vaccination appointment, while 500,000 more are being sent out this week. Last night, Royal Mail said they were “exploring a range of options with the NHS to help identify key mail items in the network even more …
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Whitehall sources last night vowed that all over-50s could be vaccinated by the end of March as figures show that more than three million people have already received the Covid jab. The Government is preparing to more than double the pace of the vaccine roll-out next week, with vaccines for …
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Look what’s blooming early! Royal Horticultural Society garden puts on an impressive show of colour… and it’s open to visit if you live nearby Royal Horticultural Society’s garden at Wisley, Surrey, still offers plenty to see It’s open for those lucky enough to live within a short distance ‘There are …
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Love Island stars have been pictured jetting off to sun-soaked locations months after taking taxpayers’ cash to promote NHS Test and Trace – as a top health chief warned earlier this week that the system isn’t working. While millions of Britons live under stay-at-home orders, influencers such as Shaughna Phillips …
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Royal BAIL! Postman has lucky escape as van is almost swept away by swollen river after he got stranded in flooded ford following days of torrential rain Dramatic pictures show the red van stuck near Coldgate Mill in Northumberland Firefighters, paramedics and a mountain rescue team all dashed to help …
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On Wednesday, Royal Mail published an updated list of areas where there is “acute service disruption,” cutting the number of places affected from 28 to 21. But the firm has been accused of underreporting the true severity of the situation, and should face penalties, say MP’s. Ofcom, which regulates the …
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It takes talent for a parcel-delivery company not to prosper during the current conditions, when online shopping for non-essentials is the only sort of shopping allowed. Still, the Royal Mail is making a pretty good fist of it. The world seems to be full of delivery vans, yet the former …
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The list of 28 severely affected areas, published on Monday, included 13 in or near London, as well as Leeds in West Yorkshire, Chelmsford in Essex, Widnes in Cheshire and Margate in Kent. But local leaders in other parts of the country have told The Telegraph their areas are suffering …
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