Village that fed intensive care staff during pandemic );
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FIVE women who helped feed NHS staff during the pandemic are to mark their achievement by producing a cook book.
Jocelyn Lynch, Sue Remenyi, Jane Mather, Kristina Stitt and Sarah Wilkinson, who all live in Kidmore End, helped to deliver more than 1,700 homemade meals for staff working in the intensive care unit at the Royal Berkshire Hospital in Reading.
The initiative started in January when an anaesthetist at the hospital, who also lives in the village, appealed for help via the village’s WhatsApp group.
More than 40 villagers got involved by helping with cooking, delivering and fundraising.
Guide to the latest coronavirus restrictions and the roadmap out of lockdown ); PRIME Minister Boris Johnson has revealed a “roadmap” for easing coronavirus restrictions in England.
After the first stage next month, further lifting of the rules will happen if certain conditions are met, such as the continuing successful rollout of the covid-19 vaccines.
The aim is for all restrictions to be lifted by June 21 at the earliest. Mr Johnson said that lockdown easing would be “cautious and irreversible”.
Stage one March 8:
re-open.
University students can return for practical courses. There will be a review by the end of the Easter holidays for all other students.