There was no area of life untouched by the covid 19 pandemic at what impact did it have on those who risk their lives to save others . Thats the question being asked by the next stage of the covid public enquiry, known as module three, which begins today. It will examine how Healthcare Workers were impacted, looking at the issue of ppe, and masks and infection control, as well as the way that gps and the triple one helpline were used. It will also aim to shed light on the thorny issues of shielding for the most vulnerable, eternity services and end of life care, along with many other areas maternity. Inquiries started in june last year and looked at all aspects of the worst pandemic of modern times. This section is due to take ten weeks and will include 30,000 stories submitted by members of the public, said to be the largest Engagement Exercise ever undertaken by a uk public enquiry. It will also hearfrom about 50 in person witnesses. But there has been concern raised by one leading g
Concord. Tracking a few weather systems as we head through the rest the idetails rning, am tracki the slowdowns this morning. It is slow and go especially as you work your way towards the bay bridge. We have got the metering lights on. They were turned on at about 5 18 this morning and traffic starting to stack up there. Backed up well beyond the 880 overpass, almost to the maze at this point. So a slow ride on your approaches now, thats the east shore freeway just coming out of emeryville as well as westbound 580 as you work your way out of oakland this morning. Taking a look at traffic, things are definitely starting to get a bit busier across the east shore freeway. A crash westbound 80 right at 37, its they just pushed it out of the right shoulder, or the slow lane, i should say, over to the right shoulder, a bit of an improvement there. But then you will see brake lights into vallejo, slow as you work your way into berkeley this morning. Traffic along 680, a couple of hot spots so
Missiles, and the commander of the soviet forces on the island had the authority already delivered from moscow that when the First American bomb dropped on cuba, he could fire a salvo of Tactical Nuclear weapon into the Guantanamo Naval base where there were 5000 marines. But just thousands that was so important, it shouldnt completely overlooked the other crisis, the sino indian war. China and india of the worlds two biggest countries by virtue of population. And back in the 1960s they were the cutting edge of a competition between democracy and communism. In many ways they were where the whole cold war was really going to be fought out. Kennedy had campaigned in 1959 and 1960, one of the flanks he campaigned on was the United States wanted india to win this competition. The state Department Memo was remarkably president and they got it right. A few days later the war began and the chinese began overrunning the frontline indian positions. Within a week or two india was in a very stric
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The president and chancellor at the university of missouri resigned yesterday amid scandal and heightened racial tensions. Anger has been growingnfor months on campus. After incidents of racism and hate crimesd went unnoticed. One student refused to eat until the president stepped down. Cnns kyung lah reports. In 2010 cotton balls scattered in front of the black Culture Center a reference to slavery and a hate crime. This fall black student leaders called racial slurs on two different occasions. A most recently a swastika, in human excrement left on a dorm wall. Nats Ferguson unrest the students say theyre the post ferguson generation shaped by events in a city just two hours away. Black students make up just seven percent of the 35thousand students these protesters. Mobilized. Camping out on the universitys quad. Faculty threatened to walk off the job. But it was this that became the protests game changer 30 mizzou Football Players tweeted they would boycott Team Activities until the