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Hotels being used as care facilities to relieve pressure on NHSPatients discharged from hospital are being looked after by live-in carers in three hotels in south of EnglandHotels are being turned into temporary care facilities staffed with workers flown in from Spain and Greece to relieve rising pressure on NHS hospital beds.
Downing Street staff warned not to destroy 'relevant information' amid Christmas parties scandal
The dogs looking for new homes as Dorset rescue centre 'bursting' with animals after lockdownAn animal shelter which rescues dogs says there has been a "definite increase" in animals needing their help after lockdown.Rushton Dog Rescue centre says it and many other shelters in the UK are "bursting" with dogs in need of their forever homes.
Brain surgeons and rocket scientists no brighter than the rest of us, study findsData from 329 aerospace engineers and 72 neurosurgeons suggests they are not necessarily cleverer than general populationIt may not be rocket science, but researchers have found aerospace engineers and brain surgeons are not necessarily brighter than the general population.
Football fans throw toys onto pitch so disadvantaged children don’t go without Christmas presentsTens of thousands of Real Betis football fans throw teddy bears and cuddly toys onto the pitch during half-time in a yearly tradition.
‘Government-approved’ Covid testing firm falsely claimed to be accredited laboratoryDoctor-N-London Ltd is one of the most prominent results on the government’s website which lists hundreds of providers for people needing a day 2 PCR test after arriving in the UK.The gov.uk site links directly to Doctor-N-London’s homepage which claimed the company was set up to “challenge those looking to exploit people during the pandemic” and that it “operates under UKAS Number 22542” – a reference to the United Kingdom Accreditation Service (UKAS).UKAS investigated the matter after being alerted by The Independent and confirmed that neither Doctor-N-London or its trading name Spectrum Medica is accredited as a Covid testing lab or for any other purpose.Doctor-N-London subsequently removed the UKAS number from its website but the company, which advertises its clinic address at a Holiday Inn in Kensington, remains on the government’s list of approved providers.