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Spanish hotels beg officials not to block Brits after coronavirus lockdown ends

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Spain’s hotel chiefs have warned they won’t be able to afford to reopen after coronavirus lockdown ends unless British holidaymakers are allowed to return.   Thousands of hotels in Spain won’t be able to reopen despite permission to do so from May 11 as part of the country’s de-escalation plan.  But hoteliers say that without international holidaymakers, including … Read more

NHS leaders beg for boiler suits and painter’s coveralls amid shortage of PPE

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Healthcare bosses running out of personal protective equipment (PPE) are begging business for boiler suits and painter’s overalls, it has been claimed. The shortage of gowns, masks and gloves in Devon’s NHS clinical commissioning group has been so severe, that a local council have put out a tender for the ‘immediate supply’ of the items. … Read more

Animal charities beg Britons NOT to release sky lanterns during today’s ‘Clap for Carers’ salute

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Animal charities beg Britons NOT to release sky lanterns during today’s ‘Clap for Carers’ salute The RSPCA warned sky lanterns can be eaten by animals or cause entanglement  Lanterns with Union Jacks were promoted ahead of ‘Clap for our Carers’ tribute The National Fire Chiefs Council (NFCC) labelled the campaign as ‘misguided’  Farmers also called … Read more

Shocking footage reveals chaos inside New York hospital where doctors beg for more ventilators

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Shocking footage has revealed the chaos inside New York hospitals, with desperate doctors begging for more ventilators and medical equipment to help them tackle the growing crisis as the city’s death toll surged past 1,000 in the last 24 hours. New York state recorded 76,049 confirmed coronavirus cases by the end of Tuesday and 1,550 … Read more

Headteachers beg parents to reconsider if they’re a ‘key worker’ as some threaten to SUE schools

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Parents have today been urged to keep their children at home unless ‘absolutely necessary’ as schools were threatened with litigation after rejecting applications and the row over Boris Johnson’s ‘vague’ key workers list rumbled on. Headteachers have been ‘overwhelmed’ with demand for emergency places with education experts estimating that two million pupils  – a quarter of … Read more

Jobs at risk as firms beg ministers to defer tax bills

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Jobs at risk as firms beg ministers to defer tax bills before they are forced to lay off thousands of skilled workers By James Salmon for the Daily Mail Published: 21:51 GMT, 19 March 2020 | Updated: 21:51 GMT, 19 March 2020 Britain’s manufacturers have pleaded with ministers to defer their tax bills immediately before … Read more

Linda Robson reveals she would beg strangers to buy her vodka while self-medicating with alcohol

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Linda Robson revealed she would beg strangers to buy her alcohol when she was locked inside her house by her family, to stop her from purchasing them herself. Speaking about her self-medication with The Sun on Sunday, the Loose Women panellist, 61, discussed how she’d try and think of ways to get alcohol when she was kept … Read more

‘Please don’t let us die’: Three cystic fibrosis sufferers beg the NHS to fund ‘wonder drug’

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It’s been hailed as a wonder drug with the potential to extend the lives of thousands of people with cystic fibrosis.    But patients across the UK still can’t get their hands on Orkambi – despite it being a year since Theresa May promised to take action. The drug, which slows lung deterioration, received its European … Read more