‘I couldn’t really afford to be good. I had to be excellent’: FKA Twigs says she was pushed to excel in order to stand out as a mixed race child By Charlotte Dean For Mailonline Published: 18:43 BST, 19 October 2020 | Updated: 18:43 BST, 19 October 2020 She previously said she feels she sometimes … Read more
Public Health England’s Excel bungle has drastically changed the outlook of England’s coronavirus outbreak, with infection rates in the North soaring overnight. Following the revelation that almost 16,000 ‘missed’ cases had been added to the system, infection rates spiralled in every authority of the country except four at the weekend — all of which were … Read more
Battle of the bird brains! Wild cockatoos perform just as well as those raised by humans in intelligence tests, new study shows Researchers in Vienna tested the intelligence of Goffin’s cockatoos They compared a group of lab-raised birds with a group of wild birds They found both groups performed similarly in intelligence tests The main … Read more
Patients are being turned away from the new 4,000-bed NHS Nightingale hospital in London due to a lack of nurses, it has been claimed today. The field hospital at the ExCeL Centre has been unable to accept around 50 coronavirus patients needing ‘life or death’ care since it opened on April 7. Thirty of those … Read more
NHS ‘is being charged £2m-£3m a month’ to use the ExCel centre as the Nightingale Hospital to treat coronavirus patients by its Abu Dhabi-based owners Excel Centre, London, is owned by Abu Dhabi National Exhibitions Company NHS England had reportedly been ‘desperate’ to secure a space for patients Former Conservative defence secretary Lord King of … Read more
Timelapse video shows incredible transformation of London’s ExCel centre into 4,000 bed coronavirus mega-hospital in just nine days The footage shows just how quickly the 100-acre site temporary facility was built Coronavirus death toll in UK hit 3,605 and more than 38,000 cases confirmed New Hospital is part of a nationwide push to increase capacity … Read more
Soldiers descended upon London’s ExCel centre today to help complete the field hospital’s transformation into the capital’s emergency coronavirus hospital. Officers in uniform took to the international convention centre in Newham, East London, to assist in the final touches of the new NHS Nightingale hospital as the UK tries to control the spread of the … Read more
Help desk staff are being recruited for new Nightingale hospital on £37,500 a year – £13,500 MORE than average wage for British nurses EXCLUSIVE: Job adverts are for Nightingale Hospital at ExCeL Centre in London Help desk staff work 12-hour shifts, four days on and four days off for £37.5k NHS nurses’ starting salary is … Read more
A worker has shared sobering footage from inside London’s ExCel exhibition centre where work started today to turn it into a 4,000-bed temporary hospital to treat coronavirus patients. Military planners are working with Health Service officials to create the new hospital from scratch to accommodate rising numbers of patients. The exhibition centre in East London will … Read more