Boy, 17, Who Offered To Build Weapons For Neo-Nazis Imprisoned For Terror Crimes

Paul Dunleavy, 17, kept a haul of knives, shotgun cartridges, bullet casings and air rifles in his bedroom, plus face coverings and camouflage face paint and makeshift targets.

The ex-Royal Air Cadet, who can be named for the first time following a court ruling, had researched how to transform a blank firing gun into a live weapon.

On Friday Dunleavy, of Rugby, Warwickshire was jailed for five and a half years at Birmingham Crown Court. He admitted nine counts of collecting terrorism information under section 58 of the Terrorism Act.

Last month a jury also found him guilty of the commission, preparation and instigation of terrorism under section 5 of the Terrorism Act.

The court heard how police found a notebook containing swastikas, details of lone-wolf attacks and mock-up logo representing an extreme-right group he wanted to form.

There were also numerous tools, camping gear and makeshift cardboard targets.

Officers said he said his idols were Adolf Hitler and influential neo-Nazi James Mason.

They further discovered more than 90 documents on his mobile phone on firearms, explosives and military tactics, plus online material with extreme right-wing rhetoric as well as online chat discussions.

Police also found phone video clips of the New Zealand attacks in Christchurch mosques in 2019 and the Anders Breivik terror attack in Norway.

Dunleavy had become a member of the online extreme right-wing group Feuerkrieg Division (FKD) in July last year and in a string of online discussions, he voiced radical ideas and indicated he was planning to convert a blank-firing weapon to fire live bullets.

The head of West Midlands Counter Terrorism Unit Detective Chief Superintendent Kenny Bell said that the boy had an unhealthy interest in other aggression across the world and he knew precisely what online platforms to join to communicate his radical views and that he thought he had the skills to transform a blank-firing weapon into a possible firearm and was keen to help others with his abilities.

Detective Chief Kenny Bell highlighted the commitment by counter-terrorism policing to tackle all forms of extremist ideology and he added that they’ve seen numerous convictions over the last few years in connection with extreme right-wing terrorism and that this work continues apace and that these extremist groups have the potential to endanger public safety and security.

This should be extremely alarming because this boy was an ex-Royal Air Cadet and it doesn’t seem that they’re screened before enrolling, or do they get radicalised later on? And if this is happening then they need to find out who they are, where they come from and especially how this corruption took place.

The problem is this is the United Kingdom and being a cadet isn’t part of the army – it’s basically an after school club where all children are allowed to join from all different walks of life and there is clearly something wrong if a person goes fanatical over something, no matter their ethnicity or religion.

This lad has clearly taken the wrong steps in life and we as a society have failed him by not playing a positive part in his upbringing and this isn’t the first time someone with military ties has been caught like this and there should be serious concerns that right-wing elements are inside a military organisation.

These kids either have some form of mental health problem or they’re being brainwashed, and if they’re being brainwashed, then we need to get to the bottom of who is doing the brainwashing.

Joe Biden Faces Rocky Transition

Joe Biden won the race for the White House on Saturday but compared with what lays ahead, that may have been the easy part and in his speech to the nation, the president-elect said he would unveil a group of scientists and professionals on Monday to enable him to formulate a strategy to tackle the coronavirus pandemic and its economic fallout.

Joe Biden said that their work starts with getting COVID under control, adding that Americans can’t restore the economy or relish life’s most precious moments without doing so.

Joe Biden’s presidential transition team has already spent months preparing for his first term and accelerated their activities in the hours before his victory becoming official.

The team launched its presidential transition website a day before the election was officially called for Joe Biden.

Now, Joe Biden and the transition team have to build a Government largely remotely, during the pandemic, and while engaging with a Senate that could stay in Republican hands, a House sure to feature fewer Democratic allies than it did previously and a public that includes more than 70 million people who voted for Donald Trump over Joe Biden.

Joe Biden is already said to be planning to sign a string of executive orders soon after being sworn into office on 20 January that would reverse the work of the Trump administration, including rejoining the Paris climate accords and reversing Trump’s withdrawal from the World Health Organisation (WHO).

With the President refusing to concede on Saturday, it’s not apparent how cooperative the Trump administration will be during the transition process.

The transition process formally begins once the General Service Administration determines the victor based on all available facts. That’s vague enough guidance that Donald Trump could pressure the agency’s director to stall.

It’s also vague whether the President would meet personally with Joe Biden – Barack Obama met with Donald Trump less than a week after the election.

By law, presidential campaigns have to set up a transition team and begin the first steps needed to inherit the totality of the federal government – long time Biden aide Ted Kaufman, a former senator from Delaware, was appointed to run the team back in April.

A senator for decades and vice president for eight years, Joe Biden has a profound knowledge of the workings of government and he’s encircled by a small group of top advisers with equally deep institutional experience.

What Joe Biden has to do now is stamp his own mark, whether it will be good or bad, only time will tell and the fact that it wasn’t an overwhelming win in the ballots indicate that any lingering damage that Donald Trump did will continue with his voters.

David Marchick, director of the Centre for Presidential Transition at the nonpartisan Partnership for Public Service said that the Biden team was the most experienced, most prepared, most focused transition team ever.

However, Joe Biden will encounter numerous challenges after his inauguration on January 20 2021, but now that the tumour has been cut out, it will take some time to reverse the damage done.

However, while many people are relieved that Joe Biden won, there’s the reality that 70 million Americans believed Donald Trump was doing well which is so heartbreaking, but when people start to see the benefits of the new policies for themselves, hopefully, they will begin to see the imposter that Donald Trump really was.

Donald Trump has never accepted that he’s failed at everything, but he always sued people, although likely lost more than he won. Blamed it on others, endeavoured to repackage his failures with the Trump University as wins et cetera.

Now he’s having to face losing on the world stage and he can’t bear it, although he knew that he might lose, so he was readying the ground to renounce any possible loss for months, but the lawsuits presented so far are lacking proof of what they claim.

However, lawyers will make lots of money out of preparing multiple failed lawsuits and the lawsuits aren’t because there’s any evidence of widespread fraud, they’re about Donald Trump’s ego.

Couple Without Credit History Denied COVID Test

A couple has been denied an at home COVID test because they didn’t have enough credit history and now there are fears that thousands of others could be in the same position.

Laura McCormack and her partner had three of the main manifestations of coronavirus and endeavoured to order a test online, but despite being on the electoral register and having a bank account, she was told they would have to go to a test site because their names and addresses couldn’t be confirmed in anti-fraud checks using the database supplied by a credit reference agency.

Laura McCormack said she had been in the United Kingdom less than a year and hadn’t built up a credit history and feared this was why she was refused.

Talking on BBC’s Money Box podcast, she said that the situation seemed a bit crazy and that they were guests in the United Kingdom and they were trying very hard to keep the population safe by self-isolating and getting tested.

But not being able to prove their identity was extremely bizarre. They’re both on the electoral roll, they both have bank accounts here in the United Kingdom, they’re on a lease and they both have bills.

There are numerous ways the Government could have accessed their identity information, so the reason the Government has chosen the credit path is a mystery to them.

The Government uses credit reference agency TransUnion to check addresses to reduce deception or misuse of the home testing system and to prevent multiple testing kits being ordered.

Both the Department for Health and Social Care and TransUnion told the BBC that it was not necessary to pass a credit check to get a home test kit.

TransUnion said that in some cases they may not be able to verify the individual’s identity, which can happen for several reasons, but they said there were other ways to request a test, including calling 119 or going to a walk-in test centre.

Research from credit experts Experian in 2018 suggested that there could be almost six million people invisible to the credit system and it’s not just happened to them, there have been other people that have not been able to get a test done because they couldn’t be verified, so had to go to a test centre, which is a complete travesty.

And it’s more than a little worrying that they’re checking credit files at all, but this is what happens when the Government outsources identity protection and the system for getting a test is far too complex for those without transportation or internet access.

And it doesn’t make any sense that just because a person hasn’t had credit or paid their way that they’re not allowed these things and it seems that when the Government outsource a public service to the private sector you’re dealing with people for whom you don’t exist except in financial terms.

So what does our credit have to do with this? Are they expecting us to all pay for the Test and Trace system now?

This is an excellent way to check people’s identification!

And the present moronic functionaries in Westminster have decided that evidence of identity should not rest with proof such as National Insurance number, bank account, a UK address or even household bills.

Instead, they’ve decided, no doubt to line the pockets of their equally corrupt friends to make proof of identity reliant on credit history and because of this a lot of people are being denied tests.

Would You Move Christmas Festivities To Summer To Contain COVID 19 Spread?

Members of the Government’s Scientific Group for Emergencies (SAGE) want Britons to ditch plans for family reunions over the festive season, weeks after millions are set to be released from lockdown.

The advice presented to ministers says that whenever announcing that a particular form of social interaction needs to be avoided, then they actively propose and reinforce a less risky form of socialising.

These could include carrying out the activity at a later date, such as planning a summer family get together to replace meeting at Christmas.

If people find it emotionally or almost impossible to avoid making contact with someone outside their household then they should be encouraged to make meeting that person as safe as possible.

For instance, if you want to meet someone, then you should self-quarantine before having contact for at least 14 days and then avoid direct and lengthy contact when meeting.

Boris Johnson has insisted the four-week lockdown, due to expire on December 2, should be enough to get the COVID rate down and protect the NHS.

The Prime Minister said England will return to the three-tier system after the nationwide shutdown comes to an end.

This could mean some communities will be under stringent constraints over the Christmas period, including a prohibition on the mixing of households.

Speaking at the Downing Street press conference on Friday, he acknowledged many were worried, weary and fed up after a rebellion on the measures from Conservative MPs.

Boris Johnson said he had every confidence the measures would work so hospitals would not be overwhelmed and the lockdown could be lifted as planned.

Christmas is in December and should stay as such, but we just have to adjust and accept that things might be a tad different this year. This doesn’t have to be a bad thing and some of us are fortunate that we live in an era where we can remain connected with our loved ones through technology, unfortunately, not everyone comprehends that technology, particularly the elderly, so they’re totally isolated.

But let’s not forget that as human beings we do need social contact and not just tech, but just for the time being while this virus has a hold on us and has taken us all prisoner we might just need to make the best of a bad situation – it’s not ideal, but what other choice do we have?

And I know we have plenty of conspiracy theory people out there that believe that this is a ruse for our Governments to control us, and they could just be right – our Governments might never allow us to have freedom again.

Boris Johnson might be spewing all his rules, we can’t do this, we can’t do that, but I can bet your bottom dollar that families will definitely be going to see their families Christmas Day, and they won’t give a damn if they get fined for spending time with their families over Christmas – what are the Government going to do? Police everyone over the Christmas period?

Should we cancel Christmas and remain at home? Perhaps we should, and be thankful that we still have our families fit and alive. Maybe we can have the biggest Christmas ever next year and the Government can give us all an extremely nice bonus for forfeiting this one this year.

But by that time we might all be mind-controlled by then!

SPORTY PRICE

She cosied up to Carl on a big green and black inflatable that was pulled by a jet ski and the couple modelled life jackets and grabbed on tight as they moved across the crystal clear water.

They returned home from a romantic trip only days ago, after a man was arrested over a brutal video ridiculing her disabled son Harvey.

The 42-year-old reality celeb was pictured alongside Carl as she boarded a seaplane back to the mainland.

Katie Price was seen in her wheelchair, with her two broken feet encased in sparkling orthopaedic boots, being wheeled to the aircraft.

It was a sad ending to the trip for the pair, who took the grand holiday in a bid to conceive the star’s sixth child.

A news outlet has revealed that a man has been apprehended and accused of sharing the offensive online video ridiculing Harvey, 18.

The unidentified 52-year-old was apprehended in a dawn raid at his residence in Hastings.

The video sees a female, who is thought to be playing Katie, saying: “If someone says something horrible to Harvey, what do we say?”

Her partner, wearing face paint, replied: “Hello you c***s.”

Katie wrote: “I’ve been sent this disgusting racist mockery p**s taking video about me and Harvey mocking his disabilities.

“Clearly planned hence the face painting! Does anybody know these disgusting humans as I will be reporting this to the police?

“Words cannot describe how upset I am, this is so cruel. These people need reporting.”

A news outlet is now backing Katie’s campaign to find the couple in the video and encouraging readers to get in touch if they have any information and a representative for Sussex Police said that a 52-year-old man from Hastings has now been apprehended by police investigating an offensive video posted on Twitter.

The police were made aware of the video about 8.40 pm on Wednesday, November 4 – a man was apprehended about 4.45 am on Thursday, November 5 on suspicion of sending by public communication net an insult that was vulgar, lewd and threatening in a message.

The man remains in police custody at this time.

However, it seems as if Katie Price has taken advantage of her son Harvey by taking money from a news outlet when these issues should be kept private.

A new man comes onto the scene and she’s off on holiday and I bet she’s the perfect mother when she’s sad and alone and this is why people have bad opinions of her. One moment she’s crying for help with Harvey and the next she’s relishing life with a new man.

I thought the talentless biddy was in a wheelchair? Mind you, this photo has the strumpet in her natural pose – on her back and legs spread open and she appears to be living the best life, especially for someone who’s supposed to be bankrupt, but you know what, my thoughts are with that poor inflatable at this difficult time, and was the inflatable made from her lips or her boobs?

But apparently, she was rushing home because of the video, but could afford a lavish holiday, but couldn’t afford to buy gym equipment for her son – and the mum of the year award goes to, wait for it, KATIE PRICE!

Gogglebox Hit By Ofcom Complaints

Gogglebox’s Pete Sandiford has found himself in hot water after dressing up in seductive underwear for a joke stunt on last week’s episode.

The funnyman, 26, had younger sister Sophie Sandiford grunting with stunned delight as he hobbled into their living room trussed up in a lacy black body, a tight zip-up mini skirt, fishnets and spiky black high heels.

Pete Sandiford finished off the outrageous look with a black curly wig and tried to sit down without flashing too much as Sophie shrieked with laughter.

Nearly stumbling as he made his way to safety, Pete moaned: “Oh my God, I’m going to have to take these heels off – how do women wear this s**t?”

“I look like a d * head, honestly – this outfit says: ‘I’m getting ck tonight’,” he quipped.

Sophie interjected to laugh, “That is the look we were going for”, as Pete hit back to insist: “Well it’s not the look I want to give off!”

But while most viewers found it hilarious, a handful furiously whined to TV watchdog Ofcom about the homophobic nature of Pete’s remarks and according to a news outlet, Ofcom confirmed eight of the 10 complaints received were primarily about alleged homophobic comments.

Two further complaints were made over Giles Woods’ portrayal of Bill Bailey as looking like a sex tourist on the previous weekend’s Strictly Come Dancing launch show.

Pete and his sister Sophie have become firmly entrenched in the Gogglebox family since joining the show in 2017 and the siblings have a strong bond and often have each other in fits of laughter on screen.

Last night saw a rare and emotional moment between them when Sophie broke down in tears after hearing plans for the second lockdown in England, which is set to continue until December 2.

Sophie works as a window dresser, and as the new lockdown has closed all non-essential shops, Sophie was utterly terrified she would lose her job.

As they watched Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s announcement, Pete asked: “What do they class as non-essential shops?”

Sophie answered: “If you don’t sell food, it’s just like last time. So my work will shut.”

“You alright?” he asked her, as he noticed she was silently sobbing.

“It’s just sad isn’t it,” she responded, brushing away her tears. “It’s just s**t for everybody, it’s going to get even worse, more people are going to lose their jobs and things like that, it’s just awful.”

Pete said as he touched her wrist: “Aww don’t get upset kid, don’t because you’ll set me off.”

Luckily, the pair were back to their usual pranks later in the episode, with Pete accidentally splitting his jeans while pretending to be Kim Kardashian.

There are numerous people out there that think these two are so comical and Pete didn’t do anything bad but have a giggle and entertain and at the moment, that’s what we all need.

It seems that we’re not allowed to have a laugh these days, but worrying yourself to death is encouraged, but we need a laugh with everything that’s going on – have people got nothing better to do with their lives than grumble?

These two are funny and have a great family bond and you could see that Sophie was so sympathetic when she was sobbing over the lockdown and how badly it affects folks, and her brother was so nice to her, and we actually shouldn’t listen to haters because it gives them a reason to get up in the mornings.

Rishi Sunak’s Furlough U-Turn Was Right – But It Was Forced By His Own Grave Mistakes

This week we have entered a second national lockdown, which has forced the chancellor, Rishi Sunak, to U-turn on extending the furlough scheme.

Both these outcomes the chancellor didn’t want and doggedly opposed for weeks.

He led the group of ministers in the cabinet who fought the circuit breaker when Labour supported it last month and he opposed Andy Burnham, the mayor of Greater Manchester, over the compensation package for those impacted by tighter coronavirus constraints.

The chancellor’s U-turns are not an issue in themselves – ministers should change their minds when their findings are shown to be incorrect.

The concern is the time it took for him to reach the right decision.

The lockdown delay has invariably cost lives that could have been saved and it will now require harsher constraints, and for longer, which will worsen the economic damage Rishi Sunak was endeavouring to sidestep.

During the first wave of the pandemic, the chancellor was widely lauded for acting decisively to protect livelihoods – intervening to ensure that Britain’s economic response was in step with the outbreak.

However, in this second wave, his response seems to be two steps behind the pace and behind his miscalculation is a false choice that Rishi Sunak has set up, between the health of the country and the economy.

No one denies that lockdowns are damaging to the economy. The numbers speak for themselves – a 20 per cent slump in output in the first month of the last lockdown – a projected 12 per cent contraction of the economy this year and an estimated 3 million unemployed by Christmas.

However, the alternative of soldiering on through the pandemic with no restrictive measures and the unavoidable increase in infections, hospitalisations and deaths is equally damaging economically, if not more so.

The loss of lives, the hysteria as people watch our health system collapse, the decline in confidence and the changes in behaviour as a cautious population restricts its social interactions, will have their own costs.

And this is the point, the dichotomy between our wellbeing and the economy is a totally false one.

A sound economy is one that works to protect people’s wellbeing, but while our lives and our health are under threat, the economy will never fully function.

The Government is supposed to represent the people and the press is supposed to research and document the truth, both are doing the opposite and this is one example of thousands whereupon the ruling Tory’s create misery and suffering amongst millions of people, then offer less than mediocre solutions to the myriads of problems they’ve made for themselves, and then claim hero status in doing so.

We are all living on borrowed time and money, this includes the Government – they won’t live forever, so why not live in comfort during this devastating time and print money and worry about the national debt later on – after all, it’s just money made out of paper.

Dominic Raab Self-Isolating After Coming Into Contact With Someone Who Has COVID

Foreign secretary Dominic Raab is self-isolating after coming into close contact with someone who tested positive for coronavirus.

He has not tested positive and it was not immediately apparent whether he was getting a test as he will have to isolate for 14 days even if it came back negative.

A source close to Dominic Raab said in a statement that the foreign secretary was informed that a person with whom he’d been in recent close contact with had tested positive for coronavirus.

And that in line with Government restrictions and NHS Track and Trace practices, the foreign secretary has taken prompt steps to self isolate for the required period and that he will not continue to work remotely during this time.

It’s understood that his period of quarantine has not disrupted any foreign travel planned for Dominic Raab, although he will be unable to attend the Remembrance Sunday events this weekend.

However, would we notice any difference from a gentleman who’s ineffectual, the same as his colleagues, whether isolating or not? And it was said that he was not going to continue to work remotely, but isn’t this a description of what cabinet does anyway?

And let’s be real, nobody’s going to notice if he’s missing and isn’t it strange that every time a member of the cabinet makes a fool of themselves, COVID gets them. Oh, he will be missed, won’t he, will he – probably not – Dominic who?

Although he’ll probably be as right as rain tomorrow – it appears to be a Tory thing.

Mother, 39, Drives Away From The Court Only Minutes After A Judge Banned Her From The Roads For Two Years

A woman was pictured driving away from the court only minutes after a judge banned her from the road for two years.

Simara Knopka, 39, headed the wrong way down a motorway and crashed head-on with another car on May 28 this year.

She was disqualified from driving at a trial at Manchester Crown Court but the mother, who has never passed a driving test or held a valid licence in the United Kingdom, was pictured behind the wheel as she left court.

She initially appeared to sit in the passenger seat of the car, before moving over to the driver’s seat and pulling out of a car park.

Simara Knopka, from Macclesfield, was spared jail by a judge who said he could punish her in the community instead.

The defendant, who is originally from Brazil and speaks Portuguese, was told numerous times in court she’d been banned from driving.

A Portuguese interpreter translated the information for her but the housekeeper appeared to drive while disqualified moments later.

The court was informed of how she visited a friend and consumed two glasses of wine before driving home at about 1.10 am on May 28.

She was driving her son’s Nissan Micra and only had a provisional UK driving licence.

Knopka learnt to drive in Brazil 17 years ago before moving to the United Kingdom three and a half years ago.

A judge heard she’d been taking driving lessons in the United Kingdom but had not passed a test.

On the morning of the incident, she used Google Maps on her phone to direct her home and joined the M60 at junction 15 on the wrong side of the road. This led to a head-on collision with another motorist who was leaving the motorway on the exit slip road.

Prosecutor Neil Ronan told the court how the collision caused the other driver’s car to flip over onto its roof and by the time police attended, ambulance crews were present but mercifully, it would appear that the other driver was relatively unscathed by the incident.

He said he was driving home from Manchester and took the exit to Bolton and immediately after joining saw the lights of the defendant’s Micra coming towards him. He said it was dark but said that the weather conditions were good and the defendant seemed to be straddling the middle two lanes.

Simara Knopka seems to think that it’s her right to do as she pleases and now appears to be laughing in the face of our justice system, but it now seems like that this woman needs some jail time to make her realise that she can’t do as she pleases – this woman could have caused an extremely nasty accident where someone could have been killed.

And why was she not immediately apprehended for going against the court’s decision? And did she not realise that a ban is instant or was she just disregarding the law? Maybe she thought that Big Brother (TV) was watching her.

NHS Worker Publicly Quits Asserting She Had No Work To Do For Three Weeks During The Pandemic

An NHS worker medic quit from her job in public in opposition to the coronavirus lockdown, also claiming the pandemic left her with no work to do for three weeks.

Shelley Tasker, 43, took to the streets of Truro in Cornwall where she aired her grievances with a loudspeaker to passersby.

Shelley Tasker is a part-time photographer and an ex healthcare assistant at Treliske Hospital, part of the Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust.

It comes as England was plunged into a second lockdown which will last for at least four weeks.

In the clip, the mum can be heard saying that she was publicly resigning and that she was wearing her uniform sadly for the last time.

She said that she loved her job and that those who had been following what had been going on, they’d done tasks, they’d organised protests and that they’d had a lot of flack.

She said that she’d had an email from work asking her what was going on, people were reporting her but unfortunately, she couldn’t lie anymore and she told the receptive crowd that on Friday in Treliske there were three people in with COVID and that there were no extra deaths, three, and that covered Treliske, West Cornwall and Hayle hospital.

And she said that the total deaths from those three hospitals in seven months was 76 people, and she also told the crowd that when she was working in the height of the pandemic she had no work for three weeks because there were no patients.

She said that’s about ten people a month over the last seven months and they had locked down, and in an interview with a news outlet, she said claims by the Government that the NHS is being overrun are all lies, and she said that they closed all of Cornwall down for three people in hospital.

She said they haven’t even died, they’ve supposedly got COVID, but a representative for Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust told a news outlet that they were in the middle of a once in a lifetime pandemic and it was unacceptable for anyone to spread lies which could be detrimental to people’s health, let along from somebody in a respected position.

The representative said that the public’s support for the NHS played a significant role in helping them handle the first wave of coronavirus, and as they face a possible second wave, it was important that their team and the public follow the latest public health guidance to help keep everyone safe.

But do we believe a word this Government has to say? They said the hospitals were going to be overwhelmed, yet the Nightingale Hospitals were barely used.

The NHS Nightingale Hospitals was announced in March 2020 and were intended to serve as temporary large-scale critical care hospitals providing cover for the expected increase in patients suffering from the coronavirus.

They were announced as part of a wide-scale reorganisation of NHS services to prepare for the pandemic and were named after the nurse, Florence Nightingale.

The NHS Nightingale Hospital London was first opened in April 2020, with the remainder being opened by May.

Many of the hospitals were opened by celebs or members of the Royal Family, including Ant and Dec, the Duchess of Cornwall and Sir Tom Moore and some of the Nightingale Hospitals reported to be able to hold up to 5,000 patients, so were they used during the pandemic and are they still open?

Seven Nightingale Hospitals were constructed to cope with the anticipated rise in demand on the NHS in England from the first COVID 19 wave.

Those seven include one at the ExCel conference centre in east London that was reportedly expected to provide up to 500 intensive care beds, and which would have been the largest intensive care unit in Europe when operational.

The other Nightingale Hospitals were located at:

Birmingham – the National Exhibition Centre Bristol – the Exhibition and Conference Centre on University of West England’s (UWE) Frenchay campus Exeter – a former retail outlet in Sowton Yorkshire – Harrogate Convention Centre Manchester – the Manchester Central Convention Complex Washington, Sunderland – the Centre of Excellence for Sustainable Advanced Manufacturing

The Nightingale Hospitals were all officially opened in April or May and had all been put on standby or repurposed by July.

Only two of the hospitals had admitted patients – just over 50 were treated at the NHS Nightingale Hospital London and just over 100 at Manchester and before the hospitals were put on standby, Sir Simon Stevens, Head of NHS England, said that they had not yet had to make extensive use of the Nightingale London thanks to the hard work of NHS staff, who had freed up more than 30,000 existing hospital beds and that it counted as a tremendous victory for the entire country if they never needed to use them, but with further waves of the coronavirus likely it was essential that they had those additional facilities in place treating patients.

Presently, the Exeter Nightingale Hospital is being used from 8 am to 8 pm each day to screen cancer patients and the Harrogate site has been used as an outpatient clinic for radiology patients since June 4.

However, following a surge in cases, the Birmingham Nightingale Hospital is on high alert and is being kept in a state ready to reopen within 48 hours if required.

The coronavirus that causes COVID 19 has sickened more than 16.5 million people across six continents and it’s raging in countries that never contained the virus and it’s resurging in many of the ones that did.

If there was ever a time when this coronavirus could be contained, it’s probably passed and one outcome is now looking almost inevitable, this virus is never going away.

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