Schoolboy, seven, loses his 49-year-old mother and grandmother to coronavirus as his father remains in hospital fighting for his life Friends have raised more than £9,000 for seven-year-old schoolboy Evan Cadby Mother Julianne Cadby died from COVID-19 at home in Cardiff on April 15 She worked as a business manager at Cardiff and Vale University … Read more
A woman had to have her finger amputated after a manicure left her with a life-threatening infection that was eating away at her ‘finger and bone’. Jose Jackson, 57, had to get the top of her index finger surgically removed and nearly lost her ‘whole arm’ after contracting a staph infection. The infection is caused … Read more
Coronation Street star Simon Gregson’s wife Emma has revealed her grandmother has died of coronavirus. The actor’s spouse took to Twitter to reveal the tragic news, just hours after he revealed he was also battling the deadly disease. She wrote: ‘881 people lost their lives today, one of those beautiful souls was my grandma!! Heartbroken… … Read more
A 104-year-old Italian woman who survived the 1918 Spanish Flu has become the world’s oldest person to survive the coronavirus. Ada Zanusso fell ill at her nursing home in Biella in northern Italy on March 17, eight days after the Government imposed a lockdown on the country. She was tested positive for Covid-19 after experiencing a … Read more
‘Remarkable and sparkly’ school mentor, 54, dies of coronavirus after recently becoming a grandmother for the first time Learning Mentor Carole Flynn, 54, died from coronavirus on Thursday She had worked at Corpus Christi Catholic Primary School for sixteen years Colleagues say she was ‘a truly remarkable and sparkly person’ By Milly Vincent For Mailonline Published: 10:10 … Read more
‘Remarkable and sparkly’ school mentor, 54, dies of coronavirus after becoming a grandmother for the first time Learning Mentor Carole Flynn, 54, died from coronavirus on Thursday She had worked at Corpus Christi Catholic Primary School for sixteen years Colleagues say she was ‘a truly remarkable and sparkly person’ By Milly Vincent For Mailonline Published: 10:10 BST, … Read more
UK boxer Anthony Yarde’s grandmother dies of coronavirus just a few days after it killed his father UK fighter Anthony Yarde says his grandmother died from coronavirus yesterday He appealed to people to ‘just stay home’ after his father also died last Friday It comes as 684 Britons died today who had tested positive for … Read more
A grandson has been documenting the time spent with his 81-year-old grandmother during the nation’s coronavirus lockdown. Tommy Ferris, 31, from Yate, Gloucestershire, recorded the heartwarming moments he has been sharing with his grandmother, Nana Jean, as the country tries to control the spread of the virus. Mr Ferris, whose grandmother has dementia and does … Read more
Great-grandmothers who have lived through both World Wars have been sharing their advice to surviving a global crisis – including ‘working alone’ and ‘remaining cheerful’. Winifred Burgoyne, from Bolton, Greater Manchester, was born in 1911 and has lived through the sinking of the Titanic, two World Wars and the Spanish flu pandemic of 1918. And … Read more
This is the heartwarming moment a family pulled a Love Actually-inspired stunt at their grandmother’s care home during the coronavirus lockdown. Joyce Giles, 84, is usually visited by Joanne Madden, 49, and her family a few times at week at her care home in Bolton, Greater Manchester. But last weekend, they figured out a way … Read more