Banks offering to deliver cash to homes of vulnerable customers unable to go outside because of lockdown By Toby Walne, Financial Mail on Sunday Published: 21:54 GMT, 21 November 2020 | Updated: 21:54 GMT, 21 November 2020 A number of banks are offering to deliver cash to the homes of vulnerable customers who are unable … Read more
Seven in ten people with a close relative in a care home have been unable to see them since March, shocking new figures reveal. Hundreds of thousands of family members have undergone ‘eight torturous months’, banned from visiting their loved ones. Others have been invited to care homes for an ‘end-of-life’ visit – only to … Read more
EXCLUSIVE: The Block host Scott Cam reveals his top tips and tricks for fans renovating their own homes – and you won’t believe how simple they are By Chloe-lee Longhetti For Daily Mail Australia Published: 01:18 GMT, 21 November 2020 | Updated: 01:24 GMT, 21 November 2020 As the longtime host of The Block, Scott … Read more
Care homes desperately need more funding to enable family visits this Christmas, a major report concluded yesterday. Ninety-four per cent of care home managers are trying to arrange visits but the cost of making it happen is an enormous barrier, the National Care Forum (NCF) found. It said an urgent injection of Government funding is … Read more
The terrified neighbours of a mother whose dream home fell off a cliff fear they will be next and are desperately trying to shore up the collapsing seafront. Striking drone images reveal houses teetering on the cliff top in Eastchurch, on the Isle of Sheppy, off the Kent coast, six months after mother-of-five Emma Tullett’s … Read more
Green Homes Grant extended for an extra YEAR after government was criticised for giving households just six months to have work completed Green Homes Grant has been extended until March 2022 Government was criticised after giving homes just 6 months to apply Many traders were booked up months in advance, meaning households struggled to take … Read more
Nearly 87,000 residents have died in care homes since the start of the pandemic with the majority denied a last hug from their family. The figures reveal the tragic toll taken by visiting restrictions and the urgent need to extend Covid testing of visitors to all homes so families can reunite with dying relatives in … Read more
Can YOU do it when you B&Q it? Britons go DIY mad with almost seven MILLION planning to revamp their own homes during lockdown – but less than half say they know what they’re doing 12.8 million households plan to give their property some sort of makeover DIY jobs are seen as a good way … Read more
ESTHER RANTZEN: Reopen care homes for Christmas – for the sake of the residents and their loved ones Sarah uses the same word over and over to describe the visits she makes to her husband’s care home: ‘Heartbreaking.’ Rigid rules have torn her apart from her beloved Philip, the husband she adores. Nearly 90 years … Read more
Care homes will be able to allow visitors over Christmas, Health Secretary Matt Hancock promised today Care homes will finally be able to allow in-person visits over Christmas by testing relatives for Covid-19, Health Secretary Matt Hancock announced today. The Government is piloting rapid testing in 20 care homes in low-infection areas in Hampshire, Devon … Read more