Kim Jong Un admits North Korea is facing its ‘worst ever’ difficulties in rare admission of failure

Kim Jong Un admits North Korea is facing its ‘worst ever’ difficulties in rare admission of failure amid pandemic, US sanctions and spate of natural disasters Kim is facing what appears to be the toughest crisis of his nine-year dictatorship With the economy already troubled, the pandemic has compounded its issues Pandemic-related border closings and … Read more

Half of ICU staff working on Covid wards suffer mental health difficulties

Half of ICU staff working on Covid wards are suffering from severe anxiety, PTSD or drinking problems – with one in eight considering self-harm or suicide, study finds Researchers gave a questionnaire to 709 NHS workers on Covid ICU wads  45% of respondents have a form of mental health difficulty, study found  Most common issue was … Read more

Teen, 17, with learning and physical difficulties receives message from Boris Johnson

A teenager who raised thousands by doing random acts of kindness has received a message from Boris Johnson thanking him for his ‘wonderful determination’.  Sebbie Hall, 17, from Whittington, Staffordshire, has learning and physical difficulties due to a rare chromosome abnormality and has raised over £10,000 for charities that support young people. His acts of kindness … Read more

DNR orders being ILLEGALLY put on files of patients with learning difficulties, charity warns

‘Do Not Resuscitate’ orders are being ILLEGALLY put on files of adult patients with learning difficulties, charity warns MPs ordered urgent review into ‘appalling’ practice, calling for end by Christmas Learning disability charity told MPs those they helped were ‘not valued as equal’  Doctors take the final responsibility for issuing a Do Not Attempt Resuscitation … Read more

BBC One announces ‘quite a night of it’ after technical difficulties

‘2020 claims BBC One’: Beeb’s flagship channel goes off air as continuity announcer admits: ‘Unfortunately we’re having quite a night of it here’ Problems with the BBC ‘s flagship channel delayed the beginning of Panorama   ‘Technical issues’ forced EastEnders to start 14 minutes later than scheduled  Those who tuned in were greeted by a red screen … Read more

Ed Sheeran paid for a teacher to take a music course to help children with learning difficulties

Ed Sheeran reportedly funded the cost of a primary school teacher taking a music course so that they could help children with learning difficulties. The grant from the singer, 29, means that the teacher will now be able to help the children create songs after taking the special course. Ed’s charity, the Framlingham Foundation Trust, are … Read more

Jennifer Lopez reveals the difficulties of breaking through stereotypes as a Latin actress

Jennifer Lopez has spoken about the difficulties she faced as a Latin actress beginning her career, describing being cast in a lead role on horror film Anaconda as ‘groundbreaking’. The Wedding Planner star, 51, revealed overcoming the film industry’s stereotypes as a Latin woman, saying that she wanted to be cast as the ‘lead’ rather than … Read more

Steps’ This Morning interview hit with technical difficulties

Steps’ This Morning interview was hit with technical difficulties as they attempted to tease details about their upcoming comeback album on Tuesday. The group, consisting of Claire Richards, Lisa Scott-Lee, Faye Tozer, Ian ‘H’ Watkins and Lee Latchford-Evans, spoke from their separate homes via video link as their discussion was plagued with frequent blunders. ‘It’s like … Read more

Coronavirus UK: PHE’s dashboard is hit by ‘technical difficulties’

PHE’s Covid-19 dashboard is hit by ‘technical difficulties’ – meaning patients can’t see how many cases or deaths occurred Public Health England was forced to tweet out the updated Covid-19 figures The glitch on the dashboard meant the data ‘takes longer than usual to load’  Sources say issue is with the hosting platform and is … Read more

Prince Charles felt ‘demoralised’ by difficulties faced by Duchy of Cornwall tenants during Covid-19

Prince Charles has admitted hearing about the difficulties faced by Duchy of Cornwall tenants during the pandemic left him feeling ‘demoralised’ – but he has been heartened by the community spirit. The Prince of Wales, 71, highlighted examples of ‘altruistic behaviour and good will’ and said he is ‘enormously proud’ of his involvement in the … Read more