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COVID Leads to Heartbreaking Letters to Santa

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Dec. 11, 2020 — For more than a century, children across the country have sent letters to Santa Claus through the United States Postal Service’s Operation Santa program. But this holiday season, those letters look a lot different. Countless children have written Santa about the coronavirus pandemic, with some simply begging for an end … Read more

A ‘heartbreaking insight’ into the impact of lockdown

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Image copyright Alamy A survey of 2,000 families in Bradford indicates just how bad lockdown is for health – and how being furloughed is enough to tip those on the lowest incomes into financial difficulties. Dr John Wright of Bradford Royal Infirmary considers how to achieve the twin task of protecting people from the virus, … Read more