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In Stoke Newington Lucy Wood and her son Lochie clapped for carers
- Credit: Graeme Edie
For 10 straight Thursdays last spring millions joined in what became a national ritual: the clap for carers. On January 7 there was an attempt to rekindle that spirit amidst an even worse new wave of the Covid pandemic. The well-meaning initiative proved a damp squib.
Since last May we have seen dither, delay and hugely inflated claims from a prime minister peddling empty promises.
Though still small, the audience grew for Covid denial and conspiracy theories even as confidence in public health messages eroded.
By mid-January the UK’s Covid-linked death toll had approached 90,000, the highest across Europe and worse per capita than the United States.
The car smashed through the railings at Butterfield Green
- Credit: George Binette
Children playing in Butterfield Green managed to escape uninjured after a Mercedes car came smashing through the iron railings and shrubbery, and into the park this afternoon.
The driver lost control of the silver SUV in Prince George Road, Stoke Newington just before 1pm, and it ended up just yards away from a children s playground.
The occupants of the car fled the scene on foot.
Two males were subsequently arrested on suspicion of theft of a motor vehicle.
They both remain in custody at an east London police station.