Boris Johnson said he took full responsibility for every action the Government has taken through pandemic
He insisted he and his ministers had done everything we could to limit Covid deaths but admitted it was hard
He described Covid pandemic as an appalling and tragic loss of life and said each victim was to be mourned
But usually cautious Chris Whitty offered a beacon of hope last night, by saying the UK was through the peak
Infection figures were down from 68,000 cases recorded on January 7 to just over 20,000 yesterday, he said
The family of ‘murdered’ young father Mohammed Shah Subhani from West London also visited the isolated Hedgerley woodland scene where his body was found to urge anyone with information about his killers to come forward.
February The county was battered by Storm Ciara in February, with the sails ripped off the famous Cobstone Windmill in Turville, power lines crashing down and fallen trees blocking dozens of roads as the Chilterns braved 50mph winds. And Wycombe woman Chloe Haines was also jailed for two years for trying to open the door of a passenger plan midway through a flight.
March The front pages this month were dominated by the devastation of coronavirus.
Larne woman Clare McFaul (32) passed away suddenly last week after suffering a brain bleed
Her family made the decision to donate her organs, with at least five people having already benefited, with more expected.
Clare, who had been shielding during the Covid-19 lockdown, had been teaching herself Irish, how to crochet and how to play the tin whistle. She also made masks for carers.
While Covid was starting to fully grip the north in April, one side effect of the pandemic was emerging. A global collapse in demand as people have largely stopped flying and driving led to a drop in the price of fuel and home heating oil.