There was a 25% surge in calls to the National Domestic Abuse helpline in a five-day period during the coronavirus lockdown, the charity Refuge said. In the week commencing March
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Scotland’s chief medical officer has resigned after being criticised for not adhering to social distancing advice by visiting her second home. Dr Catherine Calderwood apologised and was backed by First
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Prime Minister Boris Johnson has spent the night in hospital after he was admitted for tests as his coronavirus symptoms persist. He will stay for “as long as needed” in
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More than a dozen residents at a Scottish care home have died in a week and their families have been told of a possible link to Covid-19. A total of
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Tributes have been paid to an NHS nurse who “gave her life to make sure other people survived” during the coronavirus outbreak. Mother-of-three Aimee O’Rourke, 39, died on Thursday night,
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The Prince of Wales has hailed the new NHS Nightingale hospital as a “practical message of hope” for coronavirus patients during a “time of national suffering”. Charles opened the temporary
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First Minister Arlene Foster has said she has confidence in Northern Ireland’s health minister Robin Swann. Ms Foster was speaking after deputy first minister Michelle O’Neill claimed on Thursday Mr
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A 36-year-old nurse and mother-of-three who was put on a ventilator after contracting coronavirus has died in hospital. A close friend of Areema Nasreen (pictured), who worked at Walsall Manor
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Construction of a temporary hospital in Glasgow to help cope with the Covid-19 outbreak is now under way. More than 400 contractors are working alongside nearly 150 clinicians and operational
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People with dementia are confused by the loss of routine and are seeing their symptoms increase as a result of the Covid-19 outbreak, according to a charity. Their health is
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