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It comes after Britain recorded another 1,290 Covid-19 deaths in the last 24 hours, a 3.4 per cent rise on Thursday last week. But cases declined by 22 per cent after an additional 37,892 were announced by health bosses. Deaths lag weeks behind cases because of how long it can take for infected patients to fall severely ill. … [Read more...] about Number of critical care beds occupied is 70% higher than last winter and a quarter of hospitals had NO space amid Covid crisis, NHS data reveals (so how much busier is YOUR trust?)

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"I hate talking about things like this, because you always sound like a complaining actor. I’m not working in a mine, for example. And I'm not a nurse in a hospital right now, for that matter, so it's hard to talk about the discomfort of a costume and make-up, but I will," Bettany told Digital Spy. … [Read more...] about WandaVision’s Paul Bettany reveals ‘brutal and damaging’ transformation process left skin ‘in tatters’

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Many people who were bumbling along with their lockdown lives can now recount vertiginous moments when novelty became nightmare. We still struggle to comprehend the full implications of this pandemic. Self-protective mechanisms kick in: some people have decided that they already have enough on their plate, and don’t want to know more. If this is your disposition, look away now: Rachel Clarke and Gavin Francis, two of the very best doctor-writers to emerge within a rich new seam, spare us no pain in their compelling but tragic accounts of working in the first wave. … [Read more...] about Breathtaking by Rachel Clarke and Intensive Care by Gavin Francis review – two superb doctor-writers