Hundreds of frail and elderly people are forced to queue in the freezing cold to receive Covid jabs at Plymouth Argyle football stadium as relatives blast ‘absolute shambles’ Queue compared to match day-style crowds, with some waiting up 90 minutes Storm Darcy has brought snow and freezing temperatures across the UK today Relatives of those … Read more
Moment elderly man pushing trolley trips over at the end of Sainsbury’s travelator before woman behind him collapses on top of him – as shoppers race to switch it off CCTV footage captured the man heading out of Sainsbury’s in Kent in January Front two wheels of trolley get stuck on travelator and man falls to … Read more
Elderly Britons may be missing appointments for their coronavirus vaccines because GPs are sending them invites by text, doctors fear. Some over-80s who are next in line for the jab are being contacted on their mobile phones because of the ‘short notice of supply’. Dr Ollie Hart, a GP involved in the rollout in Sheffield, said … Read more
Covid outbreaks in care homes have more than trebled in a month meaning infection levels are now similar to the peak of the first wave amid growing fears residents are not being given the vaccine fast enough. Date from Public Health England (PHE) reveals that in the week to January 14, there were 977 outbreaks … Read more
Widower Thomas Wyness is fighting back after being targeted by scammers For nine years, widower Thomas Wyness was bombarded with letters telling him he’d won high-value cash prizes, televisions and cars. All he needed to do, the letters told him, was send a small sum of money to an overseas postbox to claim it. But … Read more
An elderly woman told Matt Hancock he’s the ‘good looking one’ after getting the Covid jab at a new vaccination centre at Epsom racecourse in Surrey. The Health Secretary was on a visit to the centre when he started talking to people who had the jab. While speaking to one elderly woman, who didn’t reveal … Read more
Elderly patients left queuing around the block in freezing cold to receive Covid jabs at south London GP surgery Elderly patients left queuing outside in hats and scarves in the freezing cold Hundreds were waiting outside The Jenner Practice in Forest Hill, south London Maria Demetrious filmed the queue winding around several corners to the clinic … Read more
FDA head urges states to start giving COVID-19 vaccines to elderly Americans and move on to lower priority groups in a desperate attempt to speed the US rollout’s glacial pace FDA Commissioner Dr Stephen Hahn said it’s ‘reasonable’ to vaccinate lower priority people if states’ doses are going unused The US has only vaccinated 6.25 … Read more
Robber steals elderly woman’s purse containing £200 from under police officer’s nose after battering her to the ground and pretending to be Good Samaritan Jay Makwana, 40, knocked an 81-year-old victim over after she left a bank He went on to steal her purse containing around £200 in front of police officers Makwana was jailed … Read more
‘I miss them too much’: Peter Andre reveals he begged the Australian embassy to let him visit his elderly parents during the pandemic By Rianne Addo For Mailonline Published: 15:51 GMT, 5 January 2021 | Updated: 16:14 GMT, 5 January 2021 Peter Andre has revealed he begged the Australian embassy to let him visit his … Read more