Nearly 4,000 Amazon workers wrongly told they had Covid by NHS Test and Trace

Nearly 4,000 Amazon staff were incorrectly told they had Covid with many sent home to self-isolate after £22bn ‘world beating’ NHS Test and Trace system sent them WRONG alert Amazon uses PCR tests on staff at work as part of its own private scheme  Staff told by firm they tested negative before Amazon passed data … Read more

Shocking snaps show reckless workers defying basic common sense

Health and safety last! Shocking snaps show reckless workers defying basic common sense – including one who climbed inside a wood chipper A selection of startling pictures have revealed the risky things people do at work These reckless workers seem to have abandoned every health and safety rule Someone put up sign after someone put … Read more

Love Island bosses ‘looking for key workers’ as they eye up contestants for upcoming series

Love Island bosses are said to be on the hunt for ‘brains as well as brawn’ as they continue their search for potential contestants for the upcoming series. Producers are reportedly keen to include a key worker in the line-up due to the recognition they have received for their hard work throughout the COVID-19 pandemic. … Read more

Drunk student, 19, who assaulted emergency workers, avoids jail

A drunk student who screamed homophobic abuse and assaulted hospital staff after drinking a bottle of tequila has been spared jail after the court was told she would be horrified if her gay friends found out.  Zofia Nowacka, 19, screamed: ‘F***ing gay faggot, f***ing c***, motherf***er,’ and violently pulled a female paramedic’s hair; punched a … Read more

Prince Harry’s Invictus Games veterans give NHS workers a boost with new scheme

Prince Harry’s Invictus Games veterans are to support NHS workers battling the pandemic through a series of podcasts.   Harry is patron of the Invictus Games Foundation which has collaborated with the NHS to provide guidance on supporting the physical, mental, and social wellbeing of medical workers and other staff during and after the pandemic. The … Read more

Kim Kardashian donates ‘thank you’ flowers to front line medical workers

Kim Kardashian has donated bouquets of ‘thank you’ flowers to front line medical staff amid the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. The reality star, 40, reportedly gifted the flowers arranged by celebrity florist Jeff Leatham to hospital workers after using them on a photoshoot. Kim had apparently used them for an upcoming project and decided to offer the … Read more

Poor pandemic planning left frontline workers ‘risking their own lives’ in Covid-19 battle

PPE debacle put 30% of staff in danger: Poor pandemic planning left frontline workers ‘risking their own lives’ in Covid-19 battle, report says Frontline workers left to ‘risk their own and their families’ lives’ due to lack of PPE 30 per cent of care workers, doctors and nurses reported insufficient PPE Health Department ‘wasted’ hundreds … Read more

Hospitals charge NHS workers £500 to use staff car park

Hospitals charge NHS workers £500 to use staff car park while they battle Covid pandemic that has killed colleagues Epsom and St Helier NHS Trust introduced charges in a bid to ‘manage demand’  One worker said staff are ‘angry’ about move as colleagues have died in Covid  Trust said that it had free parking in … Read more

Hospitals charge NHS workers £500 to use staff car park

Hospitals charge NHS workers £500 to use staff car park while they battle Covid pandemic that has killed colleagues Epsom and St Helier NHS Trust introduced charges in a bid to ‘manage demand’  One worker said staff are ‘angry’ about move as colleagues have died in Covid  Trust said that it had free parking in … Read more

ALEX BRUMMER: You pay workers £132m to stay at home EVERY DAY… how long can it go on?

Each day as I drive past a historic local pub, the Plough, on the fringes of London’s Richmond Park on my way to work, my mind turns to the real costs of lockdown. It includes the money spent by the landlord last year to create an outdoor drinking area; the lost revenues from duties on … Read more