NHS nurse writes desperate letter pleading for PPE they need during coronavirus battle

An NHS nurse has made a desperate plea for companies to provide hospital staff with personal protective equipment.  In the latest warning from a frontline health worker, the unnamed nurse claimed staff were being expected to reuse contaminated gowns.  Posting on Facebook, she wrote: ‘Please, please, please if anybody knows of any companies that could … Read more

Hundreds of coronavirus patients are pleading to join clinical trials of a US-made Ebola drug

Coronavirus patients from around the world are pleading to join studies of an experimental US antiviral drug that could help fight off the potentially deadly disease. Interest has been so great that the US National Institutes of Health (NIH) is expanding its study of remdesvir, which has nearly reached its initial goal of 440 patients. … Read more

Government pens open letter pleading for PPE and antigen and antibody kits

The Government today penned an open letter pleading for firms who can make PPE and coronavirus tests to come forward (pictured, one of the forms) The Government today penned an open letter pleading for firms who can make personal protective equipment (PPE) and coronavirus tests to come forward – despite firms who offered help weeks … Read more

Conwoman who led lavish lifestyle before fleeing UK after pleading guilty to rental fraud is jailed

A glamorous conwoman who led a lavish lifestyle of holidays and shopping by ripping off victims through online property rental fraud is behind bars after returning to the UK. Leah Farley, 31, spent two years dodging the authorities in Turkey after she failed to turn up to court for sentencing. She was finally arrested when … Read more