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Coronavirus UK: 250k-strong volunteer army sought to boost NHS

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What is the coronavirus?  A coronavirus is a type of virus which can cause illness in animals and people. Viruses break into cells inside their host and use them to reproduce itself and disrupt the body’s normal functions. Coronaviruses are named after the Latin word ‘corona’, which means crown, because they are encased by a … Read more

Meet the army of selfless heroes who are risking their lives to battle coronavirus 

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The Mail has long championed the tireless efforts of the doctors, nurses, assistants and volunteers who come together every day to help make our healthcare system the envy of the world. And in these particularly difficult times, as they stand together against coronavirus, we laud them now more than ever. Amazingly, not only are many … Read more

Army to help with food deliveries as up to 1.5MILLION people told to stay in homes for THREE MONTHS

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Army called in to help with food deliveries to homes as up to 1.5MILLION people at highest risk to coronavirus are sent letters telling them to stay in their homes for THREE MONTHS By David Wilcock, Whitehall Correspondent For Mailonline Published: 08:58 GMT, 22 March 2020 | Updated: 09:02 GMT, 22 March 2020 The British … Read more

Kindness of volunteer army shines in the dark days of coronavirus isolation

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Joyous proof it’s not all bad news: Kindness of volunteer army shines in the dark days of coronavirus isolation Ruby, 12, and Kit Porritt, ten, launched ‘kindness patrol’ in Woodbridge, Suffolk Seven-year-old Jimmy-Dean Hudson bought toilet rolls with his pocket money He then delivered them to elderly residents near his home in Westcliff, Essex Coronavirus … Read more

Farmers call for an army of Land Girls – and boys – to help pick fruit and veg

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Farmers call for an army of Land Girls – and boys – to help pick fruit and veg because travel ban means they have lost thousands of foreign workers Travel bans mean farmers have lost the help they need to work in the fields British Summer Fruits fears produce will rot in fields and orchards … Read more

Coronavirus UK: Richard Littlejohn channels Dad’s Army

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Plans have been drawn up to deploy 20,000 troops to help tackle the coronavirus pandemic.  They will be drafted in to guard key sites, including hospitals, pharmacies and supermarkets.  Soldiers are being trained to drive oxygen tankers around the country and Army reservists may be called up to join a special ‘Covid support force’.  Richard … Read more

National drive to recruit army of 65,000 former doctors and nurses launched

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More than 65,000 former nurses and doctors will be told ‘Your NHS Needs You’ as a national recruitment drive is launched in an effort to defeat the coronavirus outbreak. The drive comes as Boris Johnson took time to thank you to ‘everyone working in our NHS’. In a tweet the prime minister told NHS staff of … Read more

Spain deploys the ARMY to airports to keep tourists safely apart at ‘packed’ terminals

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The exodus of Brits from Spain gathered speed today as airports witnessed scenes more typical of summer.  Members of Spain’s military emergency unit (UME) are being deployed at transport hubs such as South Tenerife and Malaga Airport as part of an operation to make sure people keep a safe distance from each other. Nearly 1,000 soldiers … Read more

Boris Johnson tells of ‘deep sadness’ as he pays tribute to British army medic killed

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Prime Minister Boris Johnson has today labelled an attack on an Iraqi military base that killed one British soldier as ‘deplorable’.  One British soldier and two American troops were killed, and about a dozen people were wounded when 15 small rockets hit Iraq’s Taji military camp north of Baghdad on Wednesday.  The Ministry of Defence said … Read more