16 January 2021 • 12:02am
People wait to receive their COVID 19 vaccines inside Lichfield Cathedral which had been turned into an emergency vaccination centre
Credit: Carl Recine/Reuters
SIR – My son’s partner works in a care home with 40 residents. The other day it got a call to say that vaccinations were available if they could make themselves ready in an hour. They did.
Some of the residents have dementia but, while getting things ready, staff managed to persuade 32 of the 40 to have the jab.
My son’s partner stayed on after the end of her shift and took pictures of herself with each of the 40 residents, which she sent to the families with an explanation of what had happened.
Railways face uncertain future as Covid-19 lockdown forces people in Kent to stay home
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Updated: 11:59, 24 January 2021
During the first wave of the pandemic passenger numbers on the nation s railways plummeted to levels last seen in the Victorian era, and with the nation now plunged back into lockdown it could be some time before our trains are busy once more.
With the railways facing a once-in-a-generation crisis, reporter
Rhys Griffiths visited the county s five least-used stations in one day to examine the state of the network in 2021. Here s how he got on.
Bekesbourne railway station near Canterbury
Please note: Rhys trip was carried out in December while Kent was observing Tier 3 restrictions.