Britain claps for carers for the fourth week running to say thanks to frontline staff

The scene outside Leeds General Infirmary as members of the emergency services salute local heroes during Thursday’s nationwide Clap for Carers initiative

Millions of Brits up and down the country have taken to their doorsteps for the fourth week running to say thank you to frontline staff amid the coronavirus outbreak. Pictured: Alfie, Henry and Bobby from Sussex

One woman is seen with a thank you NHS banner outside Chelsea and Westminster Hospital

NHS workers outside Chelsea and Westminster Hospital earlier this evening during the Clap for our Carers campaign

NHS workers with a mascot outside Watford Hospital during the Clap for our Carers campaign in support of the NHS as they continue to help in the battle against coronavirus

NHS staff in good spirits outside Chelsea and Westminster Hospital during the Clap for our Carers campaign earlier this evening

People stand in the street near to the Chelsea and Westminster Hospital, London, to salute frontline heroes

Residents in Ilkley, West Yorkshire, take to their doorsteps to make noise during the Clap for Carers nationwide incentive

Firefighters take a picture in front of a Thank You NHS banner during the Clap for our Carers campaign in London

Thomas Black, four, from Market Hill in County Armagh, Northern Ireland, bangs a Lambeg drum to salute local heroes during Thursday’s nationwide Clap for Carers initiative

Residents in Ilkley, West Yorkshire, joined in the Clap for Carers earlier this evening

Staff react to people applauding at the Freeman Hospital in Newcastle upon Tyne during this evening’s nationwide Clap for Carers initiative

NHS worker holds a Thank You message outside the Aintree University Hospital during the Clap for our Carers campaign earlier this evening

Residents of the Trellick Tower in west London take part in Clap For Our Carers by applauding NHS workers, carers and key workers from their windows, balconies and doorsteps

Members of the public in Haringey, north London, took to their doorsteps to applaud NHS staff, carers and key workers

Britain’s Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab (left) and Britain’s Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak (right) take part in a national ‘clap for carers’ to show thanks for the work of frontline staff

Key workers donned face masks outside Watford Hospital during the Clap for our Carers campaign earlier today in support of frontline staff

Staff at Glenfield Hospital in Leicester join in the applause to salute frontline heroes during Thursday’s nationwide Clap for Carers initiative

A man plays violin at 8pm in tribute to NHS staff outside his house in the Georgian Quarter, Liverpool city centre this evening

Nurses outside the University Hospital Coventry and Warwickshire salute local heroes with a banner during Thursday’s nationwide apprecation

Soldiers from the Foot Guards of the Household Division clap for the key workers at the Wellington Barracks in Westminster, London

Manchester United Football Club joined the latest round of celebrations by lighting up Old Trafford in blue

The club also spelt out ‘NHS United’ on their club sign in tribute to NHS workers across the UK after the death toll among NHS staff reached 45

Dozens of NHS workers applaud outside Chelsea and Westminster Hospital during the Clap for our Carers campaign

NHS workers stopped at 8pm to join in the applause at the Aintree University Hospital

A double decker bus is decorated in support of the NHS outside the Freeman Hospital in Newcastle upon Tyne

Staff put a sign on the windshield in support of the NHS at the Freeman Hospital in Newcastle upon Tyne

Emotions were high among NHS workers outside Luton and Dunstable University Hospital as they joined in the applause during the Clap for Carers campaign