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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
A huge charitable fund, originally set up almost 100 years ago, could be used to pay off some of the country’s national debt, a High Court judge has said. The National Fund was started in 1928 when an anonymous donor created a trust with a gift of half a million pounds – around £20million in … Read more
Emotional moment a 92-year-old care home resident sees her son through a window in their first reunion for months Freda Maddison is a resident at Eothen Homes in Wallsend in North Tyneside Has not been able to see son Stephen since new restrictions on carehome visits On Friday they met again thanks to a special … Read more
Emotional moment a 92-year-old care home resident sees her son through a window in their first reunion for months Freda Maddison is a resident at Eothen Homes in Wallsend in North Tyneside Has not been able to see son Stephen since new restrictions on carehome visits On Friday they met again thanks to a special … Read more
A criminal investigation has been launched into the Post Office computer experts who gave evidence in the trials of convicted postmasters. Over 15 years, dozens of postmasters were wrongly convicted of stealing from their own branches after unexplained shortfalls were found in their accounts. Many of the former Post Office staffers were jailed, sacked and … Read more
A criminal investigation has been launched into the Post Office computer experts who gave evidence in the trials of convicted postmasters. Over 15 years, dozens of postmasters were wrongly convicted of stealing from their own branches after unexplained shortfalls were found in their accounts. Many of the former Post Office staffers were jailed, sacked and … Read more
She was their ‘darling angel’ with a heart of gold and everything to live for. But tragedy has struck the aristocratic Guinness family with the death of teenage heiress Honor Uloth in a freak swimming pool accident. Last night her ‘utterly devastated’ family paid an emotional tribute – and revealed how the 19-year-old’s wish for … Read more
She was their ‘darling angel’ with a heart of gold and everything to live for. But tragedy has struck the aristocratic Guinness family with the death of teenage heiress Honor Uloth in a freak swimming pool accident. Last night her ‘utterly devastated’ family paid an emotional tribute – and revealed how the 19-year-old’s wish for … Read more
A mask-less Prince Charles today met with Gurkhas and Commonwealth soldiers during a visit to RAF Fairford. The Prince of Wales spoke to soldiers taking part in Exercise Loyal Leda 2020, as he was given a tour of the base in Gloucestershire. While at the RAF site, the prince, who turns 72 on Saturday, met Commonwealth … Read more
There have been more than 1,000 outbreaks of coronavirus in educational settings since schools reopened in September, the Government’s scientific advisers have suggested. An outbreak or cluster is classed by Public Health England (PHE) as two or more positive cases of Covid-19 related to one setting. A document released by the Scientific Advisory Group for … Read more