No 10 aide on when health bosses told PM ice rinks might have to be used as mortuaries for Covid

It was the moment when Rishi Sunak finally lost his battle with Matt Hancock and Michael Gove to avert a crippling second national lockdown. The all-powerful Covid Quad committee, which has taken all the key strategic decisions during the pandemic, met in the Cabinet Office on Friday amid doomsday predictions from the Government’s SAGE committee … Read more

Coronavirus UK: Makeshift mortuaries of Glasgow and Bristol one shut in Leyton east London

The insides of two makeshift coronavirus mortuaries have been pictured for the first time – on the same day that a third shut down after just two weeks.   A warehouse on the Hillington Industrial Estate in Glasgow is set to hold 1,700 bodies, while a marquee in Bristol will store 240. But a morgue built to … Read more