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The NHS is sending Covid patients to hotels in a desperate attempt to boost capacity on intensive care wards, it has been suggested. Patients suffering from the virus are already being transferred from King’s College hospital, London, to a nearby Best Western-branded hotel in Croydon, reports The Guardian. And other trusts are also considering transferring … Read more
The image is heart-rending. A mother and daughter struck down by Covid, gasping for breath side-by-side in their intensive care beds, holding hands for what would be their final photograph together. Both gravely ill, one of them would survive, the other would die the following day. ‘Every second is etched into my memory for ever, … Read more
A transgender child who started transitioning from male to female two years ago is desperate to start hormones so she can develop breasts like other girls. Zoey Villa, 12, admitted to her mother, Sally Homer, 44, from New York, that she wanted to be a girl two years ago when the mother-of-three noticed she was … Read more
A cull of 127,000 ducks has begun in a desperate bid to stop the UK’s latest outbreak of deadly bird flu from spreading. The highly pathogenic H5N8 strain of Avian Influenza has infected a flock being reared for Britain’s largest duck producer Gressingham Foods at Ickburgh, near Thetford, Norfolk. The birds on the farm, and … Read more
It could be you! Lottery bosses are ‘desperate’ to find mystery £1.8m EuroMillions winner who still hasn’t claimed prize two weeks after draw By Aliki Kraterou For Mailonline Published: 11:51 GMT, 27 December 2020 | Updated: 00:33 GMT, 28 December 2020 National Lottery bosses are ‘desperate’ to find a mystery EuroMillions winner who has still … Read more
Emergency services in England and Wales have been inundated with requests for help over the past 24 hours after heavy rain fell across Britain, with more than 270 flood alerts or warnings in place for the country. Firefighters in South Wales received 500 calls for help yesterday, while crews in Northamptonshire said they had handled … Read more
On the door inside the shipping container which became a death trap for the 39 Vietnamese migrants was shocking evidence of the last desperate moments of their final journey. There, on the sealed exit separating them from the safety of the outside world, were the bloody handprints of victims who had banged frantically in vain … Read more
Matt Hancock today hit out at ‘totally irresponsible’ Londoners who fled to the capital last night after Boris Johnson effectively cancelled Christmas for around 16 million people in southern England. The Health Secretary sighed and shook his head as Sky News’s Sophy Ridge on Sunday programme showed him social-media images of large crowds queueing on … Read more
Jesse Metcalfe was considered a real life John Tucker when he was caught cheating on his ex Cara Santana. And the former teen heartthrob is reminding his fans of another memorable character he played. His fans seem to think his new girlfriend Corin Jamie-Lee Clark resembles Eva Longoria, who played his romantic counterpart in season … Read more
Huge queues have been seen at stations and on the roads as desperate Londoners flee the capital ahead of Tier 4 misery from Sunday. On Saturday afternoon, Prime Minister Boris Johnson revealed that a third of England – including London and swathes of the home counties – will be thrust into a brutal ‘Tier 4’ … Read more