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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 …

An Exeter postman who is valiantly putting his own health at risk to continue delivering essential post has told how his workload is ‘as bad as Christmas’ due to the volume of items being purchased online during lockdown. Mike Vinnicombe, who has been a postman for 31 years, is asking …

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 …

Changes to insolvency rules to allow firms greater flexibility Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy Alok Sharms announced changes to insolvency rules to allow firms “greater flexibility as they face the current crisis”. “It is crucial when the crisis passes, as it will, we are ready to …

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 …

An NHS doctor has shared a selfie showing her face covered in red and purple marks after working a gruelling shift treating coronavirus patients in a London hospital, prompting other healthcare workers to do the same in a bid to encourage the public to self-isolate.   The stark picture, shared by …

Boris Johnson will today urge Britons to celebrate Mother’s Day remotely by using video calls – as he admits the NHS is on the brink of being ‘overwhelmed’ by the coronavirus outbreak. The Prime Minister’s warning that ‘the numbers are very stark and they are accelerating’ came as the UK …

On top of this, these teachers have – when the children have gone home – had to work tirelessly to come up with a comprehensive home schooling plan, to give out to panicked parents. Those who can, teach – and now seems like a good time to remember that.  My …