Joy as care home residents reunited with loved ones for first time since lockdown

Kate Garraway updated fans on her dramatic Sunday afternoon on Instagram – and they were quick to wish the presenter well. The Good Morning Britain host shared two photos to her account.

Join thousands of others who have signed up for the Daily Record newsletter.A Hamilton care home made sure one of their residents had a 100th birthday to remember.Everyone at Lornebank had a very special reason to celebrate with Margarita McAspurn on Saturday, July 11.But, due to COVID-19 restrictions, the home had to mark the occasion a little bit differently.On Tuesday, art supplies were given to each of the five units for the residents to make birthday canvases for Margarita.They created

Katie Price’s son Harvey has spoken for the first time since he was discharged from an intensive care unit earlier this week. The 18-year-old, who has numerous medical conditions, was raced to hospital last weekend with breathing problems and a fever.

Longsight, which is run by Little Sisters Of The Poor, looks after elderly residents and is currently at half capacity due to building work.Before lockdown, work on rebuilding one wing of the home was already taking place.

The show family — including Hoda Kotb, Savannah Guthrie, Carson Daly and Craig Melvin — were back in the studio on Wednesday's episode, marking the first time they've all been together on set since March due to the coronavirus pandemic.The team made sure to put some distance between themselves while hosting, and reflected on their time apart.«Like all families, being isolated from one another has been challenging,» Daly said. «It's been full of emotions.

More than a hundred care home residents have died in Oldham with coronavirus listed on their death certificate.Between March 22 and June 15, health and social care chiefs say that 106 deaths of care home residents connected to Covid-19 have occurred in the borough, with 25 residents dying in hospital with the virus.A report to cabinet states that the largest number of deaths ‘believed to be Covid-19 related in a single home is 21’.However chief clinical officer Dr John Patterson previously

now viral tweet, the home’s activities coordinator, Robert Speker, posted a selection of side-by-side shots showing iconic albums next to the re-created versions of them.

Patients at St John’s Hospital will be able to see a loved-one for the first time since lockdown from this week.Visits at NHS Lothian sites were “carefully re-introduced” from Monday.The move to Stage 2 means that patients in hospital wards with no Covid-19 outbreaks will be able to spend time with one designated visitor.And new and expectant mums will also be able to enjoy some family support when some of the national restrictions around maternity services begin to ease.Also from Monday,

coronavirus lockdown – and it involves some of music’s most iconic album covers.Robert Speker, the entertainment manager at Sydmar Lodge Care Home, encouraged the home’s residents to recreate some of the most classic album covers of all-time.Covers undertaken for the challenge include Bruce Springsteen’s ‘Born In The U.S.A’, Michael Jackson’s ‘Bad’, Madonna’s ‘True Blue’, and David Bowie’s 1973 album ‘Aladdin Sane’.Residents also recreated more recent album covers, such as Adele’s 21, Taylor

Police have arrested three women following an investigation into the alleged mistreatment of resident in a Scots care home. A probe was launched into the Springvale Care Home in Lennoxtown, East Dunbartonshire last month.

coronavirus outbreak. But the health secretary said that people will soon be able to start visiting relatives in care homes in England again.Mr Hancock said the government would be setting out details "in the next few days" of how Covid-secure visits can take place.In an interview with ITV News, Mr Hancock indicated changes will be made.

Covid-19 have apologised over the level of care – but families say it’s “too little, too late”.HC-One director John Kirk sent a letter to some relatives of residents at the Home Farm Care Home, in Portree, ahead of what is expected to be a damning Care Inspectorate report.The inspectorate sought to remove HC-One as the operator after an inspection found “serious and significant concerns” about the quality of care.An NHS Highland team was brought in to help run the facility but a court action to

coronavirus pandemic. The Prime Minister has been slammed in the last 24 hours for trying to shift the blame for over 20,000 care home deaths during the pandemic to the care sector.

Perth and Kinross residents headed to pubs and restaurants across the region today [July 6] as beer gardens opened for the first time in over 100 days. With planning laws being relaxed to allow publicans to take full advantage of lockdown easing, some car parks have been turned into makeshift seating areas.The measure will act as a pilot scheme before pubs and restaurants can reopen fully from July 15.