Kate Garraway says cost of husband’s monthly care fees exceeded ITV salary
Kate Garraway has said the £16,000 monthly cost of her husband Derek Draper’s care was more than her salary from ITV and caused her to rack up huge debts. The
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UK Covid Inquiry decision the ‘worst slap in the face’ for campaign group
A group set up to campaign for care home residents’ rights during the pandemic has said that not being made a core participant for the part of the UK Covid-19
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Care home visiting restrictions in pandemic ‘cruel and punitive’, inquiry hears
Restrictions on families visiting their loved ones in care homes during the pandemic felt cruel and punitive, the UK Covid-19 Inquiry has heard. The inquiry was told there had been
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Boris Johnson did not take Covid-19 ‘seriously’ early in pandemic, inquiry told
Boris Johnson was like the “absent manager” of a football team during the pandemic, a public inquiry has heard. Mark Drakeford, the outgoing Labour First Minister for Wales, heavily criticised
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Daughter felt father was ‘disposable’ after learning of do not resuscitate order
A woman whose father died of Covid-19 while in hospital said she felt he was viewed as “disposable”. Melanie Hunter’s father, John Cowan was placed on a do not resuscitate
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Bodies removed from funeral directors as police investigating a ‘truly horrific incident’
Police who have removed the bodies of 35 people and the suspected ashes of a number of others from a funeral directors have said they are investigating a “truly horrific
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Care home Covid infections mainly spread by staff, inquiry told
Covid infection in care homes was mainly spread by workers, an inquiry has heard. Dr Chris Williams, a consultant epidemiologist for Public Health Wales, told the UK Covid-19 Inquiry that
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Covid-19 inquiry: Welsh Government response to care home threat was ‘inadequate’
Elderly residents living in care homes in Wales during the early days of the Covid-19 pandemic were put at risk by the Welsh Government’s “inadequate” response to the threat posed
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Welsh Government accused of being caught with ‘trousers down’ during pandemic
A grieving woman who lost her mother during the Covid-19 pandemic has accused the Welsh Government of being “caught with their trousers down” when the virus hit Wales. Elizabeth Grant
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Families describe impact of Covid-19 pandemic in Wales as hearings resume in Cardiff
The Covid-19 inquiry investigating Wales’ response to the pandemic opened today, with testimonies from bereaved families detailing their experience of the virus. The UK Covid-19 Inquiry has resumed, with hearings
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