‘Together we are tackling this disease’: The Queen’s speech to the nation in full Queen’s address to the nation, pre-recorded at Windsor, was broadcast tonight Her Majesty hailed the NHS workers on the front line of the coronavirus crisis In a touching Second World War reference, the monarch said ‘we will meet again’ By MailOnline … Read more
Best books on hero doctors: Author Patricia Nicol recommends tomes featuring medical practitioners Patricia Nicol shared a selection of fascinating books featuring hero doctors Somerset Maugham’s The Painted Veil was inspired by his own medical studies Rebecca Abrams’ Touching Distance is based on the story of Alexander Gordon By Patricia Nicol For The Daily Mail … Read more
Huw Edwards reveals he’s been in hospital with pneumonia and warns everyone to ‘keep safe and follow the guidelines’ as he says he’ll back on BBC News this week The BBC newsreader, 58, has been treated at Kings College Hospital, London Many have already extended their well wishes to Mr Edwards via social media It comes … Read more
Having given up £1million of his salary, England manager Gareth Southgate must have been rather surprised to end up as the villain on Sunday. So too Eddie Howe and Graham Potter, managers of Bournemouth and Brighton, who have also elected to go short. This is how warped the rhetoric around coronavirus has become. This is … Read more
Nurse and ‘work mum’, 68, who stayed past retirement age because she loved her job so much is latest NHS worker to die after being diagnosed with coronavirus Liz Glanister was announced as latest frontline NHS worker to have passed away She worked at Aintree University Hospital but died at Royal Liverpool on Friday It … Read more
Strictly’s Emma Weymouth breaks her silence over her father-in-law Alexander Thynn’s death from coronavirus as she receives support from her former co-stars The socialite, 34, expressed her ‘deepest sadness’ about the heartbreaking news, and thanked the NHS for their help in an Instagram post on Sunday Emma has been married to Viscount Weymouth – Alexander … Read more
The Queen has used her address to the nation to thank NHS workers for their ‘selfless’ efforts in combatting the spread of coronavirus. Speaking from Windsor Castle, where she has been isolating, the monarch praised medical workers for their work and sacrifice in the battle against the virus. ‘I want to thank everyone on the … Read more
The first NHS midwife to die after testing positive for coronavirus has been named as 54-year-old Lynsay Coventry. Ms Coventry’s family said their ‘hearts are broken at the loss of our loving, wonderful and caring mum, sister, daughter and grandmother’. She is the latest NHS worker to die during the epidemic, which has infected 47,806 and … Read more
2020 OLYMPIC GAMES The 2020 Olympic Games has been postponed until 2021 on March 24 – becoming one of the last major sporting events this summer to fall victim to the coronavirus. Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe held a crucial conference call with Olympics chief Thomas Bach on Tuesday to formally decide a plan and … Read more
‘We are on our knees’: Tearful intensive care nurse makes desperate plea for people to stay at home and warns she and her colleagues are ‘sinking’ under the pressure of coronavirus Operating theatre nurse Shirley Watts says the NHS is ‘on its knees’ The Basildon, Essex nurse says her hospital is ‘desperately short of staff’ … Read more