Met police chief Dame Cressida Dick says retired officers and volunteers could be drafted in as sick cover when force numbers are hit by coronavirus Cressida Dick admits retired officers may be called back due to the coronavirus There have been 1,543 positive tests for coronavirus in the UK as of 9am today Police say … Read more
Italy is recruiting retired doctors in a bid to battle the spread of deadly coronavirus as the World Health Organisation warned all countries to make containment their ‘highest priority’. Italy has seen the biggest coronavirus outbreak in Europe with 197 deaths and more than 4,600 cases. The decision to bring in 20,000 additional staff to fight the escalating epidemic … Read more
Retired doctors and nurses could be asked to return to NHS while millions of workers may be ordered to work from home under new UK coronavirus ‘battle plan’ Cemeteries are drafting plans to cope with a rise in bodies across the country Scientists will host Cobra meetings in the Cabinet Office’s ‘war room’ Government set … Read more
Bob Weighton is spry, beady, dryly funny and has better hearing than me. He pops down to Waitrose, does his own cooking, reads avidly, writes poetry, makes furniture and ornaments out of recycled materials, is well-versed in current affairs and has only recently given up his ecological column in Church News. Which, had he been 80, … Read more
A crossbow killer has been jailed for life after murdering retired lecturer Gerald Corrigan at home in Wales in a ‘medieval-style execution’. Terence Whall, 39, was also sentenced to six years, to be served concurrently, for conspiracy to pervert the course of justice after plotting to destroy the Land Rover Discovery he was driving the … Read more