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Coronavirus: The NHS staff living away from homes and families

UK News BBC News Feed - Wed, 04/22/2020 - 00:04
In order to protect loved ones, some NHS staff are living away from home while they care for patients.

Coronavirus: Businesses adapting to life under lockdown

UK News BBC News Feed - Wed, 04/22/2020 - 00:01
UK companies tell the BBC how they have changed in order to survive the coronavirus lockdown.

A coronavirus survivor's story: 'I touched death'

UK News BBC News Feed - Wed, 04/22/2020 - 00:01
Elizabeth says she feels lucky to be alive after falling seriously ill with the virus.

Coronavirus: 'First Ryanair agreed to a refund, then it didn't'

UK News BBC News Feed - Wed, 04/22/2020 - 00:01
Consumer group Which? says the many of the UK's biggest airlines and travel companies are breaking the law.

The Papers: Protective kit criticism and vaccine trial begins

UK News BBC News Feed - Tue, 04/21/2020 - 23:03
Criticism over the government's record on protective equipment and trials of a coronavirus vaccine make the front pages.

Nine more Covid-19-related deaths in Northern Ireland

UK News BBC News Feed - Tue, 04/21/2020 - 22:49
It brings the number of deaths in Northern Ireland recorded by the Public Health Agency to 216.

Coronavirus: Top civil servant says he was wrong about EU medical equipment claim

UK News BBC News Feed - Tue, 04/21/2020 - 22:17
Sir Simon McDonald says he was incorrect to state the UK opted out of EU scheme for political reasons.

Family living in Kuwait stranded in UK due to baby passport delay

UK News BBC News Feed - Tue, 04/21/2020 - 20:53
A new mother from Kuwait said she cannot return home until the birth of her new daughter is registered.

Coronavirus: Human clinical trial to start on Thursday

UK News BBC News Feed - Tue, 04/21/2020 - 19:37
The Health Secretary said scientists hope to test the vaccine on 500 volunteers by May.

Bernadine Evaristo and Hilary Mantel up for Women's Prize for Fiction

UK News BBC News Feed - Tue, 04/21/2020 - 19:34
The final book in Hilary Mantel's trilogy is up against Bernadine Evaristo's Booker Prize winner.

'NHS Susan' and those Twitter bot rumours: What we know

UK News BBC News Feed - Tue, 04/21/2020 - 18:56
Screenshots of a Twitter account called 'NHS Susan' have been circulating on social media.

Coronavirus: UK 'throwing everything' at developing vaccine

UK News BBC News Feed - Tue, 04/21/2020 - 18:55
Matt Hancock says human trials for a vaccine developed by the University of Oxford will begin on Thursday.

Coronavirus: Evening update as human vaccine trials to start this week

UK News BBC News Feed - Tue, 04/21/2020 - 17:59
Five things you need to know about the coronavirus outbreak this evening.

UK lockdown: 'Untold anxiety' over police rural exercise advice

UK News BBC News Feed - Tue, 04/21/2020 - 17:46
Rural groups say the lockdown guidance puts communities at risk by allowing unnecessary trips.

Coronavirus: Capt Tom Moore opens Harrogate NHS Nightingale hospital

UK News BBC News Feed - Tue, 04/21/2020 - 17:42
A virtual ceremony was held to officially open the NHS Nightingale Hospital Yorkshire and The Humber.

Coronavirus: NHS and care staff struggling to access tests

UK News BBC News Feed - Tue, 04/21/2020 - 17:37
Public Health England plans to offer home testing kits across the UK to improve uptake.

Coronavirus: 'I had to tell my wife I was going to die'

UK News BBC News Feed - Tue, 04/21/2020 - 17:32
Tony Trueman, 63, was not expected to survive when he was diagnosed with Covid-19 but is recovering.

Coronavirus: Radiohead's Ed O'Brien goes solo during pandemic

UK News BBC News Feed - Tue, 04/21/2020 - 17:29
Radiohead guitarist Ed O'Brien on the impact of Covid-19 and the music industry.

Coronavirus: Cheshire businessman's anger as PPE offer 'ignored'

UK News BBC News Feed - Tue, 04/21/2020 - 17:21
Paul Dodd says he has offered to produce 450 visors a day for the NHS but heard nothing.

'Nobody told us about the coronavirus pandemic'

UK News BBC News Feed - Tue, 04/21/2020 - 17:17
Before setting sail around the world, Elena and Ryan told their families not to give them bad news.

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