two former prime ministers back calls for a so called hillsborough law to ensure fairer treatment for bereaved families. and, whatever happened to roly, zammo and gripper? grange hill, a tv staple for 30 years, is being turned into a film. good afternoon. staff absences caused by covid are making hospital care unsafe that s the warning from the main nursing union, the rcn. absences are up more than 40% in a week in england, and about one in eight hospitals are in a critical incident, which means they re struggling to provide core services. the armed forces have been called in to help 200 personnel have been deployed in the capital, with another 1800 around the rest of the uk. our health correspondent katharine da costa reports. like many hospitals, kingston in south west london has been tackling a rise in covid admissions over christmas and a busy a&e. that has been compounded by growing staff absences. 4% of staff here are off work due to covid, and that is having a big
christmas december, as we come out of the christmas weekend, and at least until the christmas weekend, and at least until the first end injanuary when we witt until the first end injanuary when we will review this advice again, please we will review this advice again, please go we will review this advice again, please go back to limiting your contact please go back to limiting your contact as much as you possibly can, please contact as much as you possibly can, please stay contact as much as you possibly can, please stay at home as much as is feasible please stay at home as much as is feasible. when you do go out, maintain feasible. when you do go out, maintain physical distancing from people maintain physical distancing from people not in your own group, and difficult people not in your own group, and difficult though it is, please follow difficult though it is, please follow this advice over a new year, minimise follow this advice over a new year,