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BBC Radio 2 star Jo Whiley, who has been campaigned for her vulnerable younger sister to get the Covid vaccine, says it’s ‘ironic’ that she has now herself has been offered it before her sibling, despite being ‘fit and healthy’. Whiley, 55, has been vocal on her social media platforms about trying to get her … Read more
‘Hero’ teacher, 48, who has hand-delivered over 10,000 lunches to vulnerable school pupils during lockdown reveals he now requires knee surgery after walking 750 miles since March Zane Powles, from Grimsby, spends his morning delivering lunches to students The students are currently self-isolating with families at home amid pandemic He faced toughest delivery yet and … Read more
Ministers are hunting for the final two million vulnerable Britons who have not yet come forward for their Covid vaccine, warning that having large numbers of unprotected people could delay the easing of lockdown. The Government has made it its mission to inoculate the 15million Brits most at risk of dying from the coronavirus by … Read more
Shielding alert forgot 375,000 vulnerable patients who were not were not warned to shield from Covid-19 because records were out of date records, report claims National Audit Office said hospital records for shielding were weeks out of date Making system from scratch led to people waiting weeks for food and medicines Revealed 126,000 people were … Read more
It’s not easy to experience other cultures right now, but through a stunning new photography book you can get a beguiling insight into the world’s most colourful communities from the comfort of your own home. Vulnerable by Olga Michi, published by teNeues (www.teneues.com), features hundreds of striking photographs of indigenous people taken everywhere from Ethiopia to … Read more
A senior female teacher has been struck off for bombarding a vulnerable student with loving messages. Donna Slater, 48, arranged for a 15-year-old female pupil to meet a strange male at night for ‘mentoring’. The former teacher at Heston Community School in Hounslow, London, was banned from the classroom for the 2017 incident. It came … Read more
Two teenage girls who tortured and murdered a vulnerable woman while posing for Snapchat selfies will NEVER be named after winning High Court bid to keep their identities secret because they could be attacked on the street The teenage girls were 13 and 14 when they killed 39-year-old Angela Wrightson The put the vulnerable woman … Read more
The Duke of Sussex has said vulnerable children ‘should not be forgotten’ amid the global Covid-19 crisis. Prince Harry, 36, is currently living in his $14 million Santa Barbara mansion with Meghan Markle, 39, and their eighteen-month-old son Archie, having stepped back from royal duty last year. The father-of-one, who remains the patron of WellChild, a … Read more
A vulnerable man whose creation of clay figurines helped him cope with the loss of routine during lockdown left viewers in tears when he finally saw them on display at Grayson Perry’s exhibition. In last night’s episode of Channel 4’s Grayson Perry’s Art Club, the colourful British artist, 60, could be seen paying a socially distanced … Read more
Footage of a carer abusing a vulnerable pensioner with dementia has been released – following her sentence of six months in jail. Jenny Dady, 29, was meant to be caring for 69-year-old Liz Youngs, who had limited mobility, but video footage revealed how the carer had been pulling the elderly victim’s hair, pushing her knuckles into her … Read more