Helen Pidd
North of England editor, the Guardian. Founder member of & instigator of the Stockport Big Hat Project. Views mine [email protected]
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Helpless and bereaved: how Covid separated blind couple after 47 years
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Peter Wilkins calls for hospital and care home visits to resume in England after death of his wife, Linda
Police investigate far-right 'invasions' of Bradford and Glasgow mosques
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Representatives of Britain First hand out leaflets and bibles to Muslim worshippers as part of 'Christian crusade' campaign
UK coronavirus live: Sturgeon condemns Johnson as she confirms Scotland's five-tier lockdown plan
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First minister says UK PM ignoring expert advice; MPs debate Labour plan for economic support for areas under Covid restrictions
South Yorkshire leaders condemn 'tawdry' tier 3 process
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Council chief says government refused to allow funding to be used to top all workers up to minimum wage
No deal: how Greater Manchester's Covid talks broke down
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The full story from Robert Jenrick’s email on Monday night to Boris Johnson’s press conference
Coronavirus: Greater Manchester leaders ready to drop 80% wage furlough demand
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Region’s mayor to meet local leaders as minister’s noon deadline to agree to tier 3 curbs approaches
Covid: Greater Manchester running out of hospital beds, leak reveals
Denis Campbell, Peter Walker - the Guardian 6d 11 tweets
NHS document shows no spare beds for patients in Salford, Stockport and Bolton
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Helen Pidd Covid: Greater Manchester set to run out of hospital beds, leak reveals 6d
Manchester united: ministers' tier 3 talks enrage both Labour and Tories
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A series of calls about northern England Covid restrictions left even the government’s own MPs denouncing a ‘shambles’
North-west being set up like 'canaries in coalmine', says Burnham
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Manchester mayor backed by Tory MPs in opposition to tier 3 Covid lockdown measures
UK Covid live: Andy Burnham says Greater Manchester being treated as 'canary in mine' for regional lockdowns
Helen Pidd, Jessica Elgot, Richard Adams - the Guardian 9d 1 tweets
London, Essex, York and north-east Derbyshire among areas put into tier 2 restrictions
UK Covid live: Andy Burnham says Greater Manchester being treated as 'canary in mine' for regional lockdowns
Helen Pidd, Jessica Elgot, Richard Adams - the Guardian 9d 1 tweets
London, Essex, York and north-east Derbyshire among areas put into tier 2 restrictions
Northern lockdowns shine a light on Britain's landscape of inequality
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We are not all in this together.
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Helen Pidd People from poorer communities are more likely to be “key workers” who can’t work from home. Only 37.6% of workers in Yorkshire and the Humber region are able to work from home during the pandemic, compared with 57.2% in London. 9d
'Operation Moonshot': doubts over UK's Covid test ambitions after trial scaled back
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Salford saliva-testing scheme revised to focus on ‘high-risk environments and groups’
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Helen Pidd Remember that pilot project to regularly test everyone in Salford as part of “operation moonshot”? It is being drastically scaled back, with health officials struggling to give even 250 Salfordians a saliva test each day 11d
'Operation Moonshot': doubts over UK's Covid test ambitions after trial scaled back
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Salford saliva-testing scheme revised to focus on ‘high-risk environments and groups’
Keir Starmer urges PM to impose 'circuit breaker' lockdown on England
Heather Stewart, Helen Pidd, Josh Halliday - the Guardian 11d 4 tweets
Labour leader says Boris Johnson must act to prevent NHS being overwhelmed
UK coronavirus: Chris Whitty warns tier 3 measures alone 'not enough to get on top' of spread — as it happened
Haroon Siddique, Helen Pidd, Josh Halliday, Peter Walker - the Guardian 11d 1 tweets
Boris Johnson says national lockdown now ‘would do immediate harm’ as he sets out England’s new three-tier lockdown restrictions
Tempers flare over new Covid rules as Johnson warns: 'We must act now'
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Boris Johnson faces doubt and frustration over new three-tier system that splits England into risk zones
Hospitals in north of England 'to run out of Covid beds within a week'
Denis Campbell, Helen Pidd, Josh Halliday - the Guardian 16d 10 tweets
Health chiefs warn they plan to ditch routine surgery as second wave seriously disrupts NHS
North of England leaders vow to oppose lockdown without financial support
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Politicians say businesses and residents will need economic lifeline if further restrictions are imposed
UK students sent home as universities crack down on Covid breaches
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Exeter confirmed it had suspended ‘a small number’ of students for breaking rules amid infection surge