While President Joe Biden promised that none of his family members would receive government jobs, that hasn’t extended to his top tier of advisers, whose children and other family members have gotten administration gigs. At least five children of his top aides have gotten jobs, according to a report Friday in The Washington Post. Relatives … Read more
Together again! Joy for families with elderly relatives as care homes allow visitors for the first time in a YEAR Emotional reunions took place across the UK as care homes reopened to visitors Pam Harrison was among the delighted residents to finally see family yesterday Guidance allows visits without a screen if Covid test is … Read more
The British son of a GI stationed in the UK during the Second World War revealed how his mother believed her American lover would return to them as he went in search of his father in an emotional BBC documentary. Bill, 75, from Leicester, appeared BBC2’s DNA Family Secrets in the hope of finding his … Read more
Half of Britons are planning a stay-at-home Christmas without friends or relatives outside their immediate family, official surveys found Half the country planning a stay-at-home Christmas without friends or relatives Plans mean only one in ten families will have friends or relatives stay with them Nearly eight out of ten people said they were likely … Read more
Care home chaos as visitors are STILL barred: Boris Johnson is accused of breaking pledge that elderly will be able to hug relatives as report reveals many nursing home residents are still unable to see family Campaigners angry after major report warned care homes couldn’t have visitors Government is rolling out millions of lateral flow … Read more
Health Secretary Matt Hancock has urged Britons to consider pre-isolating now before meeting vulnerable elderly relatives at Christmas to lessen the risk. Covid lockdown rules are set to be eased to allow up to three households to form a ‘bubble’ for five days over the festive period. But Mr Hancock said people should be cautious ‘two … Read more
Half of Britons say they WON’T be meeting relatives indoors over Christmas despite ‘bubble’ loosening EXCLUSIVE: Poll finds half public don’t plan to meet family indoors at Christmas Just a third say they intend to gather with relatives despite rules being loosened The results underline the continuing nerves among Britons about the pandemic By James … Read more
‘Don’t hug granny if you want her to survive to be hugged again’: Downing Street experts are unanimous that just because it’s not illegal to embrace relatives at Christmas doesn’t mean you should Prof Chris Whitty and Patrick Vallance said they want people to see their families But they added they would not encourage people … Read more
Unpaid carers spent an extra 92 MILLION hours looking after relatives with dementia since coronavirus lockdown, new figures show The Alzheimer’s Society found families forced to increase their care since March This is partly because paid caring services contracted during the pandemic It estimates that women carried out 62million of these 92million extra hours By … Read more
Declan Donnelly’s long-lost American cousins have expressed ‘heartbreak’, as he suggested they ‘wanted nothing to do with [him]’ after meeting on a DNA TV show. The TV personality, 44, was seen meeting more than a dozen US-based relatives he’d never before heard of during his appearance on ITV’s DNA Journey in November. And while the … Read more