Gear up for a bike ride to Turkey – without leaving your sofa 

Here we pick a selection of the best travel-related programmes, books and radio shows that will provide some isolation inspiration for the week ahead.  On the page . . . Spin across Europe Glorious: Beat the blue with Helen Moat’s tales of Istanbul in her book A Time Of Birds Helen embarks on a 3,000-mile cycle … Read more

Vogue Williams covers her baby bump in black gym gear as she keeps a watchful eye on son Theodore

Pregnant Vogue Williams covers her baby bump in black gym gear as she keeps a watchful eye on son Theodore during family stroll By Jason Chester for MailOnline Published: 12:01 BST, 27 April 2020 | Updated: 12:16 BST, 27 April 2020 Vogue Williams took advantage of her hour-long exercise allowance as she ventured out with … Read more

Access to PPE for frontline NHS staff is getting WORSE with 27% now unable to get gear

Access to PPE for frontline NHS staff is getting worse despite Government promises to increase supplies, a poll of thousands of doctors has found. The Royal College of Physicians said those working in high-risk areas still could not always access long-sleeved disposable gowns and full-face face visors. It said the shortages had worsened in the last three … Read more

Britain sends £2.5million of PPE gear 5,000 miles round the world to St Helena

Britain sends £2.5million of PPE gear 5,000 miles round the world to St Helena – even though tiny island has NO cases of coronavirus Masks, gloves and gowns have been sent to the isolated island in Atlantic Ocean Comes amid warnings of crippling shortages of PPE within the NHS Two reports of people with symptoms … Read more

Britain sends £2.5million of PPE gear and even ventilators 5,000 miles round the world to St Helena

Britain sends £2.5million of PPE gear and even ventilators 5,000 miles round the world to St Helena – even though tiny island has NO cases of coronavirus Masks, gloves, gowns and five ventilators were sent to island in Atlantic Ocean Comes amid warnings of crippling shortages of PPE within the NHS Two reports of people … Read more

Britain has raised £50million for the NHS – but not one penny can go on protective gear

For the doctors and nurses battling to save the lives of desperately ill coronavirus patients, the end of a 12-hour shift finds some too exhausted to even drive home.  Others are hungry and dehydrated – once fully masked and gowned, it’s simply too time-consuming to remove their protective equipment to look after their own needs.  … Read more