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New Facebook tool lets users request or offer help in their community
The new feature allows users to volunteer to help a neighbour or flag if they need assistance themselves during the coronavirus lockdown.
Covid-19: No ‘immediate prospect’ of mass NHS staff testing
Fewer than 10,000 daily tests are currently being carried out across the UK, compared to around 70,000 in Germany.
Nurse presented with new car after helping coronavirus crash pensioner
Lucy Duncan, from Wigan, also received a message of support from boxer Anthony Joshua.
Near-empty PPE cupboard – to serve five surgeries
Trainee paramedic Gareth Ward said they had been waiting months for the delivery
Visa extensions for NHS workers an admission that we need migrant workers
In February Priti Patel heralded an end to free movement, saying "we are taking back control of our borders and delivering the people's priorities".
Rail privatisation ‘is over’ – Labour
Shadow transport secretary Andy McDonald has set out Labour’s proposals to reform Britain’s railways.
Ministers urged to step up Covid-19 testing as boy, 13, joins soaring death toll
NHS staff are frustrated as the Government fails to meet its target of 10,000 tests a day.
PM urged to give compensation to families of NHS staff who die in Covid-19 fight
A group of 50 ex-ministers and senior MPs have written to Boris Johnson in support of a compensation scheme.
Frustration as care workers and community nurses still lack protective gear
Unions said many workers are being given only ‘the same protection that they use to make a sandwich’.