What a shameful lottery: How care home visits are still banned in some postcodes

Families face a heartbreaking postcode lottery over Christmas visits to their loved ones in care homes, with the elderly still facing council bans in parts of Britain. Despite ministers saying last week that residents should be allowed to have visitors, an audit by the Mail has revealed at least eight areas of the country where … Read more

What a shameful lottery: How care home visits are still banned in some postcodes

Families face a heartbreaking postcode lottery over Christmas visits to their loved ones in care homes, with the elderly still facing council bans in parts of Britain. Despite ministers saying last week that residents should be allowed to have visitors, an audit by the Mail has revealed at least eight areas of the country where … Read more

Matt Hancock vows to ring-fence supply of Covid swabs for those visiting relatives in care homes

Matt Hancock last night offered families hope on care home testing – but was told by campaigners to move much faster. The Health Secretary has vowed to ring-fence a supply of coronavirus swabs for family visitors in the run-up to Christmas. And he said a pilot scheme at 20 sites would end the need for ‘prison-style’ … Read more

Matt Hancock vows to ring-fence supply of Covid swabs for those visiting relatives in care homes

Matt Hancock last night offered families hope on care home testing – but was told by campaigners to move much faster. The Health Secretary has vowed to ring-fence a supply of coronavirus swabs for family visitors in the run-up to Christmas. And he said a pilot scheme at 20 sites would end the need for ‘prison-style’ … Read more

Coronavirus Ireland: Expats may defy Christmas travel restrictions

Irish expats have reacted with fury after being told they shouldn’t expect to be allowed home for Christmas this year – with some vowing to make the journey regardless.  Leo Varadkar, Ireland’s deputy head of government, yesterday warned people not to book flights home for the holidays, while the country’s chief medical officer Tony Holohan … Read more

Coronavirus: SAGE warns England’s three-tier system may not be enough after lockdown

Family Christmases are still in jeopardy unless social distancing rules are toughened up after England’s second lockdown, a sub-group of SAGE has warned. The Government’s scientific advisory group told ministers last week that returning to the same three-tier local system after lockdown will just take England back to where it was when the second wave … Read more

Coronavirus: SAGE warns England’s three-tier system may not be enough after lockdown

Family Christmases are still in jeopardy unless social distancing rules are toughened up after England’s second lockdown, a sub-group of SAGE has warned. The Government’s scientific advisory group told ministers last week that returning to the same three-tier local system after lockdown will just take England back to where it was when the second wave … Read more

John Lewis Christmas advert slammed for lack of social distancing

The eagerly-awaited John Lewis Christmas commercial has become something of a festive tradition. Every year, fans gather in front of their TVs to watch the latest offering, before sharing it with their friends and family and – in recent years – broadcasting their opinions online. The John Lewis ads started in 2007 and here you … Read more

Lewis Capaldi compares himself to one of the John Lewis Christmas advert characters

The eagerly-awaited John Lewis Christmas commercial has become something of a festive tradition. Every year, fans gather in front of their TVs to watch the latest offering, before sharing it with their friends and family and – in recent years – broadcasting their opinions online. The John Lewis ads started in 2007 and here you … Read more

Woman, 25, reveals her blood-stained dress helped to snare her abuser

A young woman who was left unconscious after an attack by her ex on the night of her work Christmas party has told how her blood-stained dress was instrumental in bringing her abuser to justice.   Paige Middlehurst, 25, from Cumbria, was brutally assaulted by her partner, Declan Clough, after he accused her of cheating at her … Read more