Best books on hero doctors: Author Patricia Nicol recommends tomes featuring medical practitioners Patricia Nicol shared a selection of fascinating books featuring hero doctors Somerset Maugham’s The Painted Veil was inspired by his own medical studies Rebecca Abrams’ Touching Distance is based on the story of Alexander Gordon By Patricia Nicol For The Daily Mail … Read more
A Second World War hero who was part of the famous Damusters squadron has died after contracting coronavirus. Kenneth Law Sumner, 96, passed away at Newcastle’s Royal Victoria Infirmary on April 2 after suffering a short illness and testing positive for Covid-19. It comes after two bishops from the same church in Wolverhampton were also … Read more
Civil rights hero Joseph Lowery, 98, who marched alongside Martin Luther King Jr and gave benediction at President Obama’s inauguration is laid to rest at private funeral in Atlanta Joseph Lowery, 98, died on March 27 in Atlanta from natural causes He worked closely with Martin Luther King Jr. in the fight for civil rights … Read more
It is a sobering thought, as Boris Johnson emerges from self-isolation, that coronavirus would probably have killed Winston Churchill had he caught it any time between his first serious bout of pneumonia in May 1943 and his fourth in February 1945. Churchill was a male smoker in his 70s with a serious underlying health condition … Read more
Myleene Klass keeps it casual in khaki joggers and a biker jacket as she heads to work after sharing a sweet video of herself making music with daughters Ava, 12, and Hero, 9 By Ellie Phillips For Mailonline Published: 12:08 BST, 3 April 2020 | Updated: 12:09 BST, 3 April 2020 She’s been helping parents … Read more
Family of WWII hero and great-great-grandfather, 95, who lost his arm on D-Day can’t give him the funeral he deserves because of coronavirus lockdown Rex Blood was hit in the arm as his unit landed in Normandy in June 1944 He was amputated and survived cancer in the decades that followed Recently he was suffering … Read more
D-Day hero, 97, awarded France’s highest military honour for role in Normandy campaign dies in hospital after testing positive for coronavirus D-Day veteran Harold Pearsall, from Tamworth, Staffordshire has died aged 97 The Legion D’Honneur winner landed in Normandy with the Royal Artillery Mr Pearsall died in hospital having tested positive for the Covid-19 virus … Read more
Hero PCSO dies of coronavirus: Brave officer, 66, who swam 800ft into the North to save four teenage girls being swept away in dinghy dies from bug in hospital four years later John Hood, 66, stayed in self-isolation for over a week after contracting the bug When his condition worsened, Mr Hood he was admitted … Read more
Operation Excel: Ambulances line up outside UK’s new mega hospital to deal with coronavirus crisis as it’s revealed nurse, 62, with 40 years’ experience is coming out of retirement to run it Deirdre Barr, 62, will come out of retirement to head the new ExCel hospital Barr, from Bogside, has served the NHS for 40 … Read more
Hero retired nurse, 62, with 40yrs’ experience goes back onto the frontline to head UK’s new mega hospital at ExCel Deirdre Barr, 62, will come out of retirement to head the new ExCel hospital Barr, from Bogside, has served the NHS for 40 years after joining as a cadet Her sister, 74, said her family … Read more