AN elderly couple from Essex give an insight into what their experience of living through the coronavirus pandemic and a country on lockdown has been like. Mrs Hazel Chandler, 81, and Mr Victor Chandler, 82, from Essex, have given a clear insight into their “new normal” life since the coronavirus […]
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Ant and Dec open new NHS Nightingale Hospital in Washington
A temporary 460 bed NHS Nightingale hospital in Washington has officially been opened by Ant and Dec. The Geordie duo were among a host of local celebrities including Alan Shearer, Brenda Blethyn and Si King who attended the virtual opening ceremony of the hospital at the new Innovation Centre in […]
‘Scary but vital’ … life for staff on the NHS coronavirus frontline
#The CoronaDiaries WITH an ever-rising death toll and a struggling health service, have you ever wondered what it would be like to work for the NHS during a global pandemic? The latest figures released by Public Health England on Friday (April 3) show that cases in the North […]
Chocolate and a magazine
#The CoronaDiaries SAT in the barber shop the morning before Boris Johnson announced the country would be put into lockdown measures, myself and my barber discussed how no one really knows the true extent of how life will change until you need to face it in the coming weeks and […]
Silverlink Retail Park Eerily Quiet in First Day of UK Lockdown
Last night Prime Minister Boris Johnson placed the United Kingdom in lockdown, granting the police more power as he urged people to remain at home. In a statement the PM gave at 8:30pm last night, he urged people to remain home. Only travelling outside their household in certain circumstances such […]
McDonalds announce closure of all UK and Ireland restaurants in fightback against COVID-19:
Fast food giants McDonalds announced that they will be shutting all of their UK branches by 7pm on Monday 23rd March with aims to do their part in the fight against the Coronavirus pandemic. In a press release on Sunday evening entitled “See you soon,” the franchise who employ over […]