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Hospital patients to be sent to hotels to free up beds for Covid sufferers
“Our NHS is unable to cope with this level of demand for this duration and ultimately it will end in everyone’s health suffering.”
America carries out first execution of a female inmate since 1953
Lisa Montgomery, 52, was pronounced dead after receiving a lethal injection at the federal prison complex in Terre Haute, Indiana.
Matt Hancock made to squirm on GMB as Morgan asks: “Do you regret voting against free school meals?”
It comes as pictures of paltry food parcels sent out to vulnerable families were shared on social media.
‘Where has the rest of the food gone?’ – ‘Mean’ food parcel was depressing, says mother
“I said I was going to picture it because I didn’t think it looked like a lot and I could see the child’s realisation that this is what I’ve been given to eat for a week, and just the sense of sadness."
‘It’s free. Stop moaning’: Unsympathetic Mail readers react to ‘degrading’ food packages
The packages - which supposedly are worth £30 - have been described as "degrading", with one mother accusing the Government programme of treating disadvantaged families "like dirt".
‘Already like a disaster waiting to happen’ as Orbiting space debris ‘the new drifting island of plastic’
“So, today, if we do not react in a safe and timely way… the consequences will be detrimental.”
‘Thousands of people will die unnecessarily’ unless health and social care workers given proper PPE
“They are putting their lives at risk to try and save ours – the least we can do is make sure they are properly protected while they do it."
‘Too little, too late’ – Twitter blocks 70,000 QAnon accounts after US Capitol riot
"This is good, but kinda "too little, too late" in a sense."
UK saw most excess deaths since World War Two in 2020
There were nearly 697,000 deaths in the UK in 2020 - almost 91,000 more than expected.