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Coronavirus: Southend Hospital staff could 'limit work' over protective equipment

Wed, 04/01/2020 - 10:42
Staff are said to be "petrified" at the lack of protective equipment during the coronavirus crisis.

Coronavirus: Haulage drivers 'being refused access to toilets'

Wed, 04/01/2020 - 10:41
Delivery of essential products could suffer if drivers cannot access toilets, a haulier warns.

Coronavirus: Teenager 'could have survived with appropriate treatment'

Wed, 04/01/2020 - 09:12
Nineteen-year-old Luca Di Nicola's symptoms were dismissed as a cold, according to his family.

Coronavirus: Potential drug treatment starts UK trials

Wed, 04/01/2020 - 09:04
A drug that could treat patients with coronavirus is to undergo clinical trials at 15 NHS centres.

How Matt Lucas' Baked Potato Song will help feed NHS workers

Wed, 04/01/2020 - 08:25
The Little Britain star is releasing his Baked Potato Song to raise funds for the FeedNHS campaign.

Coronavirus: Transforming London's ExCeL centre into Nightingale hospital

Wed, 04/01/2020 - 07:20
The ExCeL centre has become the Nightingale and is due to start taking coronavirus patients this week.

Coronavirus: No wake, no funeral, just prayers in a cemetery

Wed, 04/01/2020 - 06:51
How coronavirus has robbed families of traditional rituals associated with death.

David Hockney shares exclusive art from Normandy, as 'a respite from the news'

Wed, 04/01/2020 - 06:43
The artist, who's in lockdown in Normandy, shares 10 soothing paintings of the springtime.

Coronavirus: Dental patients 'could lose teeth'

Wed, 04/01/2020 - 06:28
One woman says she replaced a filling with Blu Tack as a result of limited services.

Coronavirus: A fifth of smaller UK firms 'will run out of cash'

Wed, 04/01/2020 - 03:06
Despite government help, almost 20% of UK firms are unlikely to get the money they need to survive.

Coronavirus: Hospitals urged to use lab space to test NHS staff

Wed, 04/01/2020 - 02:40
The advice comes as the government faces growing criticism over a lack of testing for frontline staff.

Jay Blades: From repairing lives to hosting TV hit The Repair Shop

Wed, 04/01/2020 - 01:31
Jay Blades, host of BBC One's surprise hit The Repair Shop, never aimed for a career on screen.

Coronavirus: ASOS denies claims staff are unsafe at work during outbreak

Wed, 04/01/2020 - 01:14
The clothing brand says a claim it is "playing Russian roulette with people’s lives" is nonsense.

Coronavirus: Are loss of smell and taste key symptoms?

Wed, 04/01/2020 - 01:06
However, experts say a fever and a cough are still the main ones to look out for.

Coronavirus: MSPs to agree emergency laws

Wed, 04/01/2020 - 00:23
MSPs are expected to pass new emergency powers in a single day in response to the Covid-19 outbreak.

How Dua Lipa and The Weeknd are bringing the 80s back… again

Wed, 04/01/2020 - 00:15
The 1980s are once again influencing some of the world’s biggest artists like Dua Lipa and The Weeknd.

Birth in a pandemic: 'You are stronger than you think'

Wed, 04/01/2020 - 00:09
Coronavirus is throwing many birth plans up in the air and leading some health trusts to increase home births.

Coronavirus: How a professional deep clean is carried out

Wed, 04/01/2020 - 00:08
Specialist cleaning services are being inundated with requests to disinfect buildings during the coronavirus pandemic.

Coronavirus: The restaurants feeding hospital staff

Wed, 04/01/2020 - 00:03
Chefs whose businesses have shut have been volunteering to feed NHS staff working around the clock.

Former Crewe MP Laura Smith fights coronavirus credit impact

Wed, 04/01/2020 - 00:03
Laura Smith, who is unemployed, says people's credit scores should not be affected by the pandemic.

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