Deaths in england and wales have risen sharply new figures show theyve hit a 20 year high they also reveal more than 1,000 covid related deaths recorded at care homes in the week before easter last week, we were looking at 217 deaths that had been registered up to the 3rd of april in care home settings. Now, we are seeing over 1000. Well be assessing the latest figures from the office for National Statistics also this lunchtime. As the number of victims grow relentlessly Health Workers, too, find themselves mourning the loss of colleagues and friends the tragic story of barbara one of many disabled Covid Patients to be transferred to hospital where she had to face death without family or friends the collapse in oil prices at one point producers were paying
others to take barrels off them. But will it mean cheaper petrol at the pumps . And portraits of nhs heroes. The artists who decided to celebrate the work of Health Care Workers by painting them and in sport, a government adviser say
To donald trump today, and hell hold a phone conversation with the queen later this week. But downing street says the Prime Minister still hasnt formally returned to work. Mps have approved a motion to enable new arrangements for questions by video link, and strict new social distancing rules, with up to 50 members allowed in the chamber at any one time. And the brand new Nightingale Hospital in harrogate is being opened today by nhs fundraiser captain tom moore by videolink. Good afternoon. Shocking figures today show that look in the week up to easter, deaths in england and wales hit a 20 year high, with 8,000 more people dying than would be regarded as normal at this time of year. Thats according for National Statistics. Thats according to the office for National Statistics. The latest figures released by the department of health and social care show that across the uk a further 828 people have died from the virus taking the total number of deaths to over 17,000. Figures from the of