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Ex-detainees write to Priti Patel pleading Covid-19 makes immigration detention inhuman
Freed Voices is made up of people who have experienced immigration detention in the UK, and are now committed to speaking out. Between us, we have lost over 20 years of our lives to detention, and we have written this urgent letter to the Home Secretary.
Social care sector ‘remains at unnecessary risk despite Government plan’
There remains a ‘critical lack’ of testing and protective gear, unions and social care bosses say.
Positive signs in Europe over coronavirus ‘tempered by UK’, WHO says
Dr Hans Kluge described how ‘the storm cloud’ of Covid-19 ‘still hangs heavily over the European region’.
Coronavirus UK – UK’s Covid-19 HOSPITAL death toll approaches 14,000
ONS revealed coronavirus death rate was twice as high for men than for women in England and Wales in March.
Longest creature to have ever lived has been discovered
Underwater explorers found the 150 foot (46 metre) long “UFO-like” creature, known as a siphonophore, in the deep sea canyons near Ningaloo.
Last month was the first March in two decades without any school shootings in US
There hasn't been a March without a school shooting since 2002.
Matt Hancock faces criticism over ‘badge of honour’ for social care workers
The Health Secretary said the badge would giving them the same public recognition as NHS staff.
Hundreds protest over Michigan governor’s social distancing order
Gov Whitmer said she was ‘really disappointed’ to see protesters close together without masks.
Government failed to protect us against coronavirus, health workers say
One in three of all healthcare workers felt the crisis had already had a detrimental impact on their physical health.