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NHS paramedic receives round of applause while out shopping after 12-hour shift

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A paramedic received a standing ovation and had his weekly shop paid for by kind customers at a supermarket, after he finished a 12-hour night shift helping coronavirus patients David Tillyer, 35, says he was ‘touched’ by the good deed from shoppers at Lidl in Cromer, Norfolk, which he visited at 8am Wednesday. The paramedic, … Read more

Shocking moment that saw BEAR walk into lobby of a hotel as a girl works alone on the night shift

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Shocking moment BEAR walks into hotel lobby and scares night shift worker A woman working alone at the reception desk of a hotel caught a bear walking in Aimeè Tuck works at the Juniper Springs resort in Mammoth Lakes California She videoed the bear creeping on all-fours as she gingerly moved away  Her Instagram shows … Read more

‘Exhausted’ nurse drove into river and drowned after night shift

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An ‘exhausted’ nurse drowned when her car submerged in a river after she clocked off from her busy A&E department night shift, an inquest has heard. Laurie Jones, 23, from Caerphilly, Wales, was reported missing after she left the University Hospital of Wales in Cardiff at 1.40am wearing her blue nurse’s scrubs on October 2 last … Read more

World Health Organisation praises Boris Johnson’s dramatic coronavirus shift

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What is the coronavirus?  A coronavirus is a type of virus which can cause illness in animals and people. Viruses break into cells inside their host and use them to reproduce itself and disrupt the body’s normal functions. Coronaviruses are named after the Latin word ‘corona’, which means crown, because they are encased by a … Read more

MKR’s Colin Fassnidge reveals his secret to getting him through a ‘full-on 16 hour’ shift

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‘It helps the day go a bit better’: My Kitchen Rules judge Colin Fassnidge reveals the secret pantry item that saved him from ‘heat rashes and sweating’ during 16-hour chef shifts By Alisha Buaya For Daily Mail Australia Published: 23:13 GMT, 13 March 2020 | Updated: 06:15 GMT, 14 March 2020 The Irish chef Colin Fassnidge … Read more

Middle-aged shift workers with irregular bedtimes are twice as likely to develop heart disease

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Middle-aged shift workers who don’t go to bed at the same time every night are twice as likely to develop heart disease, study warns Shift workers aged 45+ without regular bedtime ‘more likely to get heart disease’ Research shows people with the most irregular sleep duration doubled their risk Almost 2,000 men and women were … Read more

Boris Johnson joins doctors on the night shift at Kettering hospital

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Boris Johnson makes surprise visit to Kettering hospital to join staff on the night shift – but STILL hasn’t been to see flood victims despite only being a short drive away Boris Johnson has joined doctors on the night shift at Kettering General Hospital  The PM visited without any media saying he wanted to see … Read more

Climate change is causing a ‘sudden and dramatic shift’ in the Pacific Arctic, experts warn

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Climate change is causing a ‘sudden and dramatic shift’ in the Pacific Arctic as temperatures rise and sea ice recedes Experts analyzed data on water temperatures, sea ice levels and wildlife patterns from the Bering and Chukchi marine shelf located between Alaska and Russia They found the Arctic is warming at a faster rate than the … Read more

Junior doctor battles to save career after panic-fuelled meltdown over fears he’d be late for shift

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A junior doctor who was arrested and handcuffed by police after he had a panic-fuelled meltdown over fears he would be late for work in his first job is battling to save his career in medicine. Dr Andrew Sadler, 24, had been due to turn in for a shift at a NHS hospital but kept … Read more