Neither Professor Chris Whitty or Sir Patrick Vallance were asked to approve Number 10’s Government’s confusing ‘stay alert’ message, it was claimed today. The ‘stay alert, control the virus, save lives’ slogan was unveiled on Sunday, replacing the ‘stay at home’ message that was in place since lockdown on March 23. But the top experts … Read more
Sports Direct and Harveys have been accused of claiming money from the taxpayer while secretly sending furloughed employees into work. Senior managers have set up private Whatsapp groups where they order staff members to visit shuttered stores and clear shelves, so stock can be sent back to the distribution centre for sale online. Some managers … Read more
University students across the country have been left thousands of pounds out of pocket after being told they must still pay for their accommodation, despite not living there during lockdown. Some 74 per cent of students are still being charged rent despite the majority no longer being able to live in their university halls or … Read more
‘Non-essential’ businesses including vets, dentists and rugby clubs asked to return bottled oxygen amid fears there are shortages in hospitals The BOC, Britain’s largest supplier of medical gases, has been recalling oxygen Small business have been asked to return their supplies for the NHS Demand for oxygen has soared following the coronavirus outbreak in the … Read more
Captain Tom Moore has been invited to open the Nightingale hospital in his native Yorkshire after he raised £25million for the NHS. The Second World War hero will appear via video-link at the hospital next week to praise the efforts of doctors and nurses and say he has been ‘amazed by the kindness and generosity … Read more
Doctors and nurses on the frontlines of the UK’s coronavirus outbreak have been asked to treat patients without gowns and to reuse personal protective equipment as it is warned some hospitals could run out of protective equipment within hours. The Government has been under fire for weeks over the distribution of PPE, with some frontline … Read more
Care home residents say they are being asked to sign letters agreeing to not be taken to hospital if they become ill the coronavirus. Elderly people are being asked to sign the agreements en masse as hospitals come under intense pressure from thousands of patients with the infectious disease. People over the age of 80 are … Read more
Husband, 65, accused of murdering wife, 57, had been told to move out because he caught coronavirus, court hears Hussein Egal, 65, allegedly murdered Maryan Ismail, 57, at their flat on April 6 He was asked to move out of their Edmonton home as he had coronavirus Egal appeared in court via a video link … Read more
An 11-year-old boy and cancer patients are among the vulnerable children whose parents are being asked to sign do not resuscitate forms. GPs asked Ilhan Ates-Suddes’s mother Margaret, from Scarborough, North Yorkshire, to fill out an order for if he catches coronavirus in a move she branded inhumane. Meanwhile a 16-year-old boy was called by his doctor surgery … Read more
Oh, baby! Pregnant Amy Hembrow reveals which sister she has asked to be in the delivery room for the birth of her child – and not everyone is happy By Caleb Taylor For Daily Mail Australia Published: 08:21 BST, 29 March 2020 | Updated: 08:21 BST, 29 March 2020 Amy Hembrow is due to give … Read more