An ‘extraordinary’ GP, who was still working at the age of 84, has become the ninth family doctor to die from coronavirus. Dr Karamat Mirza, who was raised in Pakistan by a family of doctors before moving to England in 1966, was still treating patients up until two weeks ago at the Old Road Medical … Read more
Shrinking snow caps in the Himalayas are causing the spread of toxic green algae so big it can be seen from space, a new study has found. US research based on NASA images found blooms of the marine species Noctiluca scintillans, known as ‘sea sparkle’, lining coastlines around the Arabian Sea. Noctiluca scintillans, a millimetre-size … Read more
Revealed: At least 171 frontline NHS workers have now died in the coronavirus pandemic including 27 doctors According to Nursing Notes at least 27 doctors and 100 nurses have died so far Furqan Ali Siddiqui, 50, who arrived from Pakistan two months ago, is one Father-of-two Adekunle Enitan, 55, died at the William Harvey Hospital, … Read more
A woman from the High Commission for Pakistan delivered flowers to 10 Downing Street twice in one day wearing both glasses and safety goggles. On her first visit, the diplomatic official got out of a Mercedes car clutching a huge bouquet and a large envelope to ‘Hon Mr Prime Minister & Ms Symonds, 10 Downing Street’. She returned later … Read more
Not taking any chances! Woman in glasses AND safety goggles delivers flowers from the Pakistani High Commission to No 10 to welcome Boris Johnson and Carrie Symonds’ baby son Woman from High Commission for Pakistan delivers flowers to Downing Street She got out of Mercedes car clutching the huge bouquet and large envelope It was … Read more
One in four new NHS medics come from countries that are ‘banned’ from working for the health service, figures have revealed. The NHS’ Code of Practice lists 97 nations that ‘should not be actively recruited from’ because they receive aid or suffer from a shortages of medics. But an investigation has shown certain NHS trusts … Read more