Shops were shut, schools were closed. Four years on, and life might feel back to normal. But what needs to change if or when the next pandemic hits us . Good morning. A Public Inquiry has been trying to answer that question. Shall be the truth. The whole truth. And nothing but the truth. Today, its first findings will look just at the time before covid, including planning and the state of the nhs, after a decade of spending constraints. We were at the bottom of the table on number of doctors, number of nurses, number of beds, number of itus. If you lose control of your debt and you lose control of your deficit and you lose control of your economy, you end up cutting the health service. Dr Saleyha Ahsan is a Documentary Maker and trained army medic. Ijust remember it being a really brutal time, i think. She filmed this working in a Covid Ward during the pandemic. We were dealing with a killer virus. We hadnt a vaccine at that point. Ppe was short. It was ridiculous. It felt that we were
International Distributions Services, parent company of Royal Mail, has been acquired by Czech billionaire Daniel Kretinsky for $4.55 billion. The 500-year-old company has faced recent struggles, including worker strikes and regulatory scrutiny. The deal marks a significant change for the historic postal service, now facing new leadership and challenges.