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Lawyers representing the Government today urged the Covid Inquiry to go easy on them over any pandemic mistakes.

Officials in charge of the long-awaited probe were asked not to use a ‘retroscope’ in judging errors may early on in the crisis.

Lawyers also called upon bosses to acknowledge that decisions were made during the ‘biggest peacetime crisis the country has faced’, describing the pandemic era as an ‘all-consuming period akin to a war’ that required ‘Herculean’ efforts.

The Department of Health’s lawyer, Fiona Scolding KC, said it would not ‘necessarily have made the same decisions today with the benefit of hindsight’. 

She claimed the agency, headed up by Matt Hancock during the height of the crisis, was often faced with ‘hugely unpalatable options’. 

Go easy on us over our Covid errors, lawyers for Cabinet Office and Department of Health beg Inquiry

The Department of Health’s lawyer, Fiona Scolding KC, said it would not ‘necessarily have made the same decisions today with the benefit of hindsight’. She claimed the agency, headed up by Matt Hancock during the height of the crisis, was often faced with ‘hugely unpalatable options’

Meanwhile, James Strachan KC, representing the Cabinet Office, urged the inquiry to ‘remember this was a global pandemic’. 

Britain’s Covid response has been described as ‘one of UK’s worst ever public health failures’. 

The biggest criticisms levelled at the Government centre around the lack of  protection given to care home residents and the lack of debate around lockdown policies. 

More than 200,000 have died after testing positive for the virus. 

What was established during the first day of the inquiry? 

As the first day of the evidential hearings began, more than 100 members of the Covid Bereaved Families for Justice campaign group also lined up outside, holding pictures of loved ones as they expressed frustration at feeling ‘excluded from sharing key evidence’.

Bereaved families were promised they would remain ‘at the heart’ of the inquiry, which opened with a 17-minute film about patients who died alone. 

Lady Hallett, who led inquests into the 7/7 London bombings, vowed ‘their loss would be recognised’ and she would undertake the thorough investigation they deserve.

Hugo Keith KC, the inquiry’s chief lawyer, later told the inquiry that the lack of thought given to lockdowns was ‘extraordinary’.

Mr Keith added: ‘Very little thought was given to how — if it proved to be necessary — something as complex, difficult and damaging as a national lockdown could be put in place at all.

‘Equally, there appears to have been a failure to think through the potentially massive impact on education and on the economy in trying to control a runaway virus in this way.’

Brexit hampered No10’s pandemic preparations, Mr Keith also said yesterday.

He claimed that work managing a possible no-deal exit from the EU required an ‘enormous amount’ of logistical planning and might have drained critical resources and capacity needed to thwart potential infectious threats.

He told the chair of the inquiry: ‘The pandemic struck the UK just as it was leaving the EU.

‘That departure required an enormous amount of planning and preparation, particularly to address what were likely to be the severe consequences of a no-deal exit on food and medicine supplies, travel and transport, business borders and so on.

‘It is clear that such planning, from 2018 onwards, crowded out and prevented some or perhaps a majority of the improvements that central government itself understood were required to be made to resilience planning and preparedness.

‘Did the attention therefore paid to the risks of a no-deal exit – Operation Yellowhammer as it was known – drain the resources and capacity that should have been continuing the fight against the next pandemic, that should have been utilised in preparing the United Kingdom for civil emergency?

Later during the day, Claire Mitchell KC, the lawyer for Scottish bereaved families, told the inquiry that it would hear from former health secretary Matt Hancock as well as Sir Oliver Letwin, former minister for Government policy.

Although, Covid poses a much smaller threat nowadays thanks to the UK’s wall of immunity from vaccines and repeated waves. 

Addressing the inquiry chair Baroness Heather Hallett, Ms Scolding acknowledged the Department of Health has been accused of repeatedly making the ‘wrong calls’ in its guidance and lockdown policies.

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She said: ‘The aim of the department and those working in it was at all times to save lives, minimise serious illness and protect health and care, particularly during the first six months of the pandemic, when less was known about the virus and its transmission.

‘There was frequently a need to issue guidance or create policies where there were in reality no good options.

‘The department recognises the strength of feeling that certain decisions made by us were wrong.

‘For example some people feel lockdowns should have been introduced earlier and for longer. Others hold an opposite and contrary view.’

But the department, now headed up by Steve Barclay, was ‘often faced’ with a ‘series of hugely unpalatable options’, Ms Scolding argued.  

‘All of which were certain to have negative impacts on the citizens of the UK in one way or another,’ she added. 

‘Decisions were often extremely finely balanced.

Ms Scolding told the inquiry: ‘The department will not seek during the course of this enquiry to say that it did everything right or that it would necessarily have made the same decisions today in 2023 with the benefit of hindsight.

‘We will however propose that it is necessary to recognise the context of the time — particularly in respect of pandemic preparedness. 

‘It was very different to what we know now and would ask you my lady not to impose what we would call a retroscope upon decision making.’ 

Ms Scolding acknowledged that guidance issued by the department had taken a ‘profound’ toll on families and friends who were isolated. 

She added: ‘Guidance, support, equipment, services and policies during the pandemic was a Herculean task and was the greatest challenge ever faced by the NHS and adult social care sector.

‘You will hear the department referring to various documents as battle plans and operations precisely because it was an all-consuming period akin to a war.’

Meanwhile, Mr Strachan, representing the Cabinet Office, acknowledged the impact of the pandemic ‘went far beyond the many whose health suffered directly’.

‘The virus and the measures taken in response affected the economy and society profoundly,’ he added. 

However, addressing Lady Hallett, he said: ‘This inquiry will rightly focus on Covid’s profound effects on the UK. 

‘But it is right to remember that this was a global pandemic. It affected the lives of everyone. 

‘No one country was left untouched and each government had to make extremely difficult choices in mitigating the suffering and hardship caused to its citizens.’

James Strachan KC, representing the Cabinet Office, urged the inquiry to 'remember this was a global pandemic'. He added: 'It affected the lives of everyone'

James Strachan KC, representing the Cabinet Office, urged the inquiry to ‘remember this was a global pandemic’. He added: ‘It affected the lives of everyone’

He added: ‘My lady, the Covid pandemic was the biggest peacetime crisis this country faced in decades.

‘Its consequences will be felt for decades to come but it is important to recognise the many sacrifices that have been and will continue to be made across our country as a result of this virus.

‘There will be much to learn from scrutinizing with the full benefit of hindsight, what happened first in terms of preparation then examining the response in terms of the breadth and scale.’

However he acknowledged, that as former Prime Minister Boris Johnson stated, when announcing the inquiry in May 2021, ‘it is essential the Government’s actions, its structures, processes and judgements are examined vigorously, candidly and objectively’.

He told the inquiry this will ensure ‘every possible lesson from this terrible global event as it affected the UK is learned and remembered’. 

It comes after the inquiry’s lead lawyer Hugo Keith KC told Lady Hallett yesterday, on the first day of the probe’s public hearing, that Britain ‘might not have been well prepared at all’ for the pandemic. 

Yesterday the inquiry's chief lawyer, Hugo Keith KC, presented the Inquiry with an extraordinarily complicated flow chart detailing the government's chain of command in helping to protect Brits from future pandemics. The diagram, drawn up in August 2019, links together more than 100 organisations involved in preparing the country for any future infectious threats

Yesterday the inquiry’s chief lawyer, Hugo Keith KC, presented the Inquiry with an extraordinarily complicated flow chart detailing the government’s chain of command in helping to protect Brits from future pandemics. The diagram, drawn up in August 2019, links together more than 100 organisations involved in preparing the country for any future infectious threats

Later, he told the hearing that officials failed to consider the ‘potentially massive’ impact that lockdowns would have on the UK. 

And he suggested that those responsible for restricting public freedoms as the virus took hold had spent barely any time discussing the measures in advance.

This was despite the Government making preparations for a flu-like pandemic which would have affected public health in a different way.

Mr Keith said: ‘Extraordinary though it may seem, given that it’s a word that’s forever seared in the nation’s consciousness, there was very little debate pre-pandemic of whether a lockdown might prove to be necessary in the event of a runaway virus, let alone how a lockdown could be avoided.

‘Very little thought was given to how, if it proved to be necessary, how something as complex, difficult and damaging as a national lockdown could be put in place at all.’

Brexit also hampered No10’s pandemic preparations, Mr Keith also told the Inquiry.

He claimed that work managing a possible no-deal exit from the EU required an ‘enormous amount’ of logistical planning and might have drained critical resources and capacity needed to thwart potential infectious threats.

Lawyers for bereaved families also echoed concerns that the Government was preoccupied with Brexit in their opening statements to the first day of public hearings in the three-year official inquiry.

Brexiteer Tory MP Craig Mackinlay said it was ‘quite remarkable’ that anti-Brexit arguments should be aired ‘in the forum of the Covid Inquiry’.

Mr Keith also presented the Inquiry with an extraordinarily complicated flow chart detailing the government’s chain of command in helping to protect Brits from future pandemics. 

The diagram, drawn up in August 2019, links together more than 100 organisations involved in preparing the country for any future infectious threats.  

But the flow chart, illustrated with a tangle of arrows and dotted lines, looked ‘much more like a bowl of spaghetti than a clear and coordinated framework for a cogent national response’, the lawyer for the Trades Union Congress told the inquiry chair Baroness Heather Hallett. 

While other inquiries have opened across the world, the UK’s will be the first to reach public hearings with evidence from witnesses. 

Many familiar faces thrust into the limelight during the pandemic are expected to make an appearance.

This could include Sir Chris Whitty, Sir Jonathan Van-Tam, Sir Patrick Vallance and members of the Independent SAGE group of scientists.

Boris Johnson, David Cameron, George Osborne and Jeremy Hunt will also likely be among the politicians giving evidence to Hallett’s inquiry. 

Government data up to June 4 shows the number of Covid cases recorded since March 2020. As many as 70 witnesses will contribute to the first module on pandemic preparedness. Wednesday's session will this afternoon hear from Dr Charlotte Hammer, an epidemiologist from Cambridge University and Professor Jimmy Whitworth, an infectious diseases expert from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine

Government data up to June 4 shows the number of Covid cases recorded since March 2020. As many as 70 witnesses will contribute to the first module on pandemic preparedness. Wednesday’s session will this afternoon hear from Dr Charlotte Hammer, an epidemiologist from Cambridge University and Professor Jimmy Whitworth, an infectious diseases expert from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine

Government data up to May 12 shows the number of deaths of people whose death certificate mentioned Covid as one of the causes, and seven-day rolling average. Baroness Hallett told the inquiry she intends to answer three key questions: was the UK properly prepared for the pandemic, was the response appropriate, and can lessons be learned for the future?

Government data up to May 12 shows the number of deaths of people whose death certificate mentioned Covid as one of the causes, and seven-day rolling average. Baroness Hallett told the inquiry she intends to answer three key questions: was the UK properly prepared for the pandemic, was the response appropriate, and can lessons be learned for the future?

Dominic Cummings, Mr Johnson’s former chief aide, is among other names expected to appear.

Claire Mitchell KC, the lawyer for Scottish bereaved families, told the inquiry yesterday that it would hear from former health secretary Matt Hancock as well as Sir Oliver Letwin, former minister for Government policy.

As many as 70 witnesses will contribute to the first module on pandemic preparedness. 

Wednesday’s session will this afternoon hear from Dr Charlotte Hammer, an epidemiologist from Cambridge University and Professor Jimmy Whitworth, an infectious diseases expert from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine.

The first module will run for six weeks, until 20 July. The probe is not expected to conclude until 2026.

A separate Scottish Covid-19 Inquiry chaired by Lord Brailsford is looking at the pandemic response in devolved areas in Scotland.

Welsh First Minister Mark Drakeford has said he and the Welsh government are fully committed to the inquiry, though they maintain that there is no need for Wales to hold its own inquiry.

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Will Boris Johnson be quizzed? Who else will be involved? And how long will it take? EVERYTHING you need to know about the Covid inquiry

Why was the inquiry set up?

There has been much criticism of the UK government’s handling of the pandemic, including the fact the country seemed to lack a thorough plan for dealing with such a major event.

Other criticisms levelled at the Government include allowing elderly people to be discharged from hospitals into care homes without being tested, locking down too late in March 2020 and the failures of the multi-billion NHS test and trace.

Families of those who lost their loved ones to Covid campaigned for an independent inquiry into what happened.

Then Prime Minister Boris Johnson said it was right that lessons are learned, announcing in May 2021 that an inquiry would be held.

Will Boris Johnson be quizzed? If so, when?

It’s not clear exactly when, or if, the former Prime Minister will be quizzed. No full list of witnesses has been published yet.

But given he was in charge of the Government for almost the entirety of the pandemic, his insights will prove central to understanding several aspects of the nation’s response.

If called forward as a witness, he would be hauled in front of the committee to give evidence.

What topics will the inquiry cover?

There are currently six broad topics, called modules, that will be considered by the inquiry.

Module 1 will examine the resilience and preparedness of the UK for a coronavirus pandemic.

Module 2 will examine decisions taken by Mr Johnson and his then team of ministers, as advised by the civil service, senior political, scientific and medical advisers, and relevant committees.

The decisions taken by those in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland will also be examined.

Module 3 will investigate the impact of Covid on healthcare systems, including on patients, hospitals and other healthcare workers and staff.

This will include the controversial use of Do Not Attempt Resuscitation notices during the pandemic.

Module 4 meanwhile will assess Covid vaccines and therapeutics. 

It will consider and make recommendations on a range of issues relating to the development of Covid vaccines and the implementation of the vaccine rollout programme in England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland. 

Modules 5 and 6 will open later this year, investigating government procurement and the care sector. 

Who is in charge of the inquiry?

Baroness Heather Hallett is in the charge of the wide-reaching inquiry. And she’s no stranger to taking charge of high profile investigations.

The 72-year-old ex-Court of Appeal judge was entrusted by Mr Johnson with chairing the long-awaited public probe into the coronavirus crisis.

Her handling of the inquiry will be subject to ferocious scrutiny.

Until Baroness Hallett was asked to stand aside, she was acting as the coroner in the inquest of Dawn Sturgess, the 44-year-old British woman who died in July 2018 after coming into contact with the nerve agent Novichok.

She previously acted as the coroner for the inquests into the deaths of the 52 victims of the July 7, 2005 London bombings.

She also chaired the Iraq Fatalities Investigations, as well as the 2014 Hallett Review of the administrative scheme to deal with ‘on the runs’ in Northern Ireland.

Baroness Hallett, a married mother-of-two, was nominated for a life peerage in 2019 as part of Theresa May’s resignation honours.

How long will it take?

When he launched the terms of the inquiry in May 2021, Mr Johnson said he hoped it could be completed in a ‘reasonable timescale’.

But, realistically, it could take years.

It has no formal deadline but is due to hold hearings across the UK until at least 2025. 

Interim reports are scheduled to be published before public hearings conclude by summer 2026.

The Chilcot inquiry into the Iraq war began in 2009 but the final, damning document wasn’t released until 2016.

Meanwhile, the Bloody Sunday inquiry took about a decade.

Should a similar timescale be repeated for the Covid inquiry, it would take the sting out of any criticism of any Tory Government failings.

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James McClean returns to Ireland with his wife as footage emerges of him taunting furious fans after his Remembrance protest before Wrexham star called the British army ‘terrorists’

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Wrexham defender James McClean was spotted supporting his former team Derry City in Dublin on Sunday, just 24 hours after footage emerged of him taunting Mansfield fans after his Remembrance Day protest. 

Before his team’s match with Mansfield, McClean stood separately from Wrexham and Mansfield players observing a minute of silence.

The Welsh side, who sit third in League One, went on to beat the Stags after an early strike from winger Ryan Barnett.

A video has since come to light of McClean appearing to blow kisses toward the Mansfield supporters after the final whistle.

And just one day later, McClean saw his former side succumb to Drogheda United in the men’s Irish Cup Final.

James McClean returns to Ireland with his wife as footage emerges of him taunting furious fans after his Remembrance protest before Wrexham star called the British army ‘terrorists’

James McClean, wife Erin O’Connor, and his son, flew back to Ireland 24 hours after Remembrance Day protest

McClean stood separate to his Wrexham team-mates observing a moment of silence on Saturday

McClean stood separate to his Wrexham team-mates observing a moment of silence on Saturday

The away fans voiced their displeasure toward the Northern Irishman as he walked down the tunnel, but he responded with a smile and a wave before walking off the pitch.

The 35-year-old was named as a starter in the clash at the Racecourse Ground on Saturday and decided to stand by his previous decision to not wear a poppy.

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Players across the United Kingdom typically either wear an armband featuring a poppy or a shirt with the iconic flower etched into it when playing on the remembrance weekend.

However, as McClean doesn’t support the tradition, he instead stood on his own, a few metres away from the group of players who were paying their respects.

During the match, Wrexham supporters chanted that McClean ‘hates the f***ing King’ just moments after the moment of silence ended.

On Sunday, the 35-year-old posted a statement on his Instagram account this morning after a clip resurfaced of the Wrexham captain comparing British soldiers to ‘terrorists’.

Footage of McClean being interviewed by Patrick Kielty on the Late Late Show was published on X this morning in which he made comparisons between the IRA and the British Army.

McClean reiterated his stance was because of the ‘brutal crimes’ carried out by British soldiers when they shot dead thirteen unarmed civilians during Bloody Sunday in 1972.

McClean's wife posted pictures of them smiling together watching Derry City's Irish Cup final defeat to Drogheda United

McClean’s wife posted pictures of them smiling together watching Derry City’s Irish Cup final defeat to Drogheda United

McClean taunted the Mansfield fans after having abuse hruled his way following the win

McClean taunted the Mansfield fans after having abuse hruled his way following the win

‘That is why I never have and never will wear a poppy,’ he told his 120,000 followers. ‘One thing I never have and never will do, is bend the knee to compromise my convictions.’

McClean said he would happily don the poppy on his shirt if its sole purpose was to honour those killed in both the First and the Second World War.

However, he claimed the poppy is ‘now forced on everyone in the UK and god forbid someone doesn’t wear it, the abuse they have to endure’.

McClean was born in Derry, Northern Ireland, where in 1972 British paratroopers shot scores of unarmed civilians during a protest march known as Bloody Sunday. Thirteen were killed and at least 15 others were injured.

The footballer first made headlines in 2012 over his personal decision not to wear a poppy in the lead-up to Remembrance Day, a decision which led to him being booed by some of his own fans.

He has continued this stance throughout his career in England, leading to him being targeted by sectarian abuse.

His decision has previously seen McClean suffer torrents of abuse from angry supporters that view his poppy snub as an insult to the memory of armed forces personnel who have lost their lives in combat. 

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The Republic of Ireland international is a divisive figure in professional football having previously issued calls for a united Ireland.

Last September, McClean admitted regrets about posting a controversial picture of himself in lockdown 'jokingly' home schooling his children in a balaclava, which was interpreted as a reference to the IRA

Last September, McClean admitted regrets about posting a controversial picture of himself in lockdown ‘jokingly’ home schooling his children in a balaclava, which was interpreted as a reference to the IRA 

Inked just below one a tattoo of Free Derry – – a self-declared autonomous Irish nationalist area of the city in the Troubles – McClean has a quote from author and playwright Enid Bagnold 

He has refused to wear a poppy as is tradition in fixtures throughout November and once posed IRA-style in a balaclava in front of his children for a ‘school history lesson’.

In September, he clashed with Birmingham City supporters when being substituted and later called a fan at the match a ‘smelly fat gammon’ after catching a cup of Bovril that had been thrown at him.

The fallout from the game also saw McClean honour a previous IRA fighter in an Instagram post stating: ‘They have nothing in their whole imperial arsenal that can break the spirit of an Irishman who doesn’t want to be broken.’ 

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Beautiful sketches love-sick WWI soldier sent to his girlfriend from the front as he dreamed of the end of fighting are unearthed in archive

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A series of sketches that a love-sick soldier sent to his girlfriend back in Britain as he dreamed of the end of the First World War have been unearthed. 

From his digs in Greece, France and Egypt, Private Henry Page conjured up drawings on the backs of the envelopes he used to send letters to his Essex-based sweetheart, Edith Pedley, who he would go on to marry.   

On one envelope, Private Page depicted him and Edith sitting on an idyllic clifftop. Scrawled on the side of the sketch are the words, ‘what I’m waiting for’.

It was a simple demonstration of his longing for Armistice Day, which finally came on November 11, 1918 – 106 years ago.  

Another of the soldier’s sketches showed the couple toasting the New Year with a drink. In a third, Private Page drew himself writing letters to Edith in Bed. 

The envelopes were pasted into a scrapbook that also featured dozens of sketches showing the realities of serving in the Great War. 

One depicts the struggle to put up a camp bed. Another shows a soldier on guard duty and a third reveals the pyramids and local bazaars in Egypt. 

The collection of the soldiers sketches was found among documents in the collection of Southwark Archives and has now been digitised by ancestry website Findmypast.  

Private Page (top left) with fellow members of C Company, 2-24th London Regiment, in Belgium after the Armistice in 1918

Private Page (top left) with fellow members of C Company, 2-24th London Regiment, in Belgium after the Armistice in 1918 

Unlike nearly 900,000 British soldiers who were killed in the First World War, Henry did survive to be reunited with Edith. 

Research carried out by Findmypast discovered that the couple were married by the mid-1930s and living in Luton. 

They had been a couple since at least the time Henry signed on in 1915

The records also show how Henry was able to indulge his passion. 

The 1939 Register – which was used to produce ration books and ID cards during the Second World War – reveals he was working as a ‘commercial artist’.

Private Page joined the army as a volunteer in October 1915 and spent the first year of his service in the UK. 

He was then sent to France with the Walworth TA Unit, 24th London Regiment and spent six months across the Channel.

In early December 1916, the soldier was sent with his regiment to the Greek city of Thessaloniki, which was then known as Salonika.

Private Page was there for another six months before being posted to Alexandria, Egypt in June 1917. 

Private Page's sketch to Edith showing himself writing letters to her while in bed

Private Page’s sketch to Edith showing himself writing letters to her while in bed 

What appears to be Private Page's depiction of himself trying to walk after weeks in hospital. He calls it 'the first time up' and jokes, 'will we do the wibbly wobbly walk?'

What appears to be Private Page’s depiction of himself trying to walk after weeks in hospital. He calls it ‘the first time up’ and jokes, ‘will we do the wibbly wobbly walk?’ 

Private Page's sketch of himself enjoying a shave while in Egypt

Private Page’s sketch of himself enjoying a shave while in Egypt

Private Page depicts himself being served food while in bed. The postage stamp dates it to July 1918

Private Page depicts himself being served food while in bed. The postage stamp dates it to July 1918

Private Page's sketch to his future wife for New Year during his time away fighting

Private Page’s sketch to his future wife for New Year during his time away fighting

It was while in the Middle East that he caught typhoid fever and spent 16 weeks in hospital.

Records show that Edith was born in Mile End in September 1891. She was the second oldest of John and Hannah Pedley’s five surviving children. 

In 1911, Edith was listed in the census as living with her parents and younger siblings and working as a shorthand typist.  

The former soldier and his wife lived in Luton until at least the end of the 1950s. 

Henry passed away in Ringwood, Hampshire, in December 1976 at the age of 87. Edith kept her husband’s letters for the rest of her life. She died in 1984. 

Private Page (left) in Salonika in 1917. The soldier was an avid amateur artist

Private Page (left) in Salonika in 1917. The soldier was an avid amateur artist 

The envelopes were pasted into a scrapbook that also featured dozens of sketches showing the realities of serving in the Great War. Above a depiction of the pyramids features among renderings of local scenes in Egypt

The envelopes were pasted into a scrapbook that also featured dozens of sketches showing the realities of serving in the Great War. Above a depiction of the pyramids features among renderings of local scenes in Egypt 

Two soldiers seen riding a camel in another of Private Page's sketches

Two soldiers seen riding a camel in another of Private Page’s sketches

Private Page's depiction of himself in his hospital bed. He calls the sketch, 'Adding insult to injury'. It shows an officer telling the 'no diet' patient: 'Dinner alright my man!'

Private Page’s depiction of himself in his hospital bed. He calls the sketch, ‘Adding insult to injury’. It shows an officer telling the ‘no diet’ patient: ‘Dinner alright my man!’ 

Another of Private Page's sketches. This one appears to depict him and Edith as a happy couple. The caption reads in French, 'Après la guerre' (after the war)

Another of Private Page’s sketches. This one appears to depict him and Edith as a happy couple. The caption reads in French, ‘Après la guerre’ (after the war)

Commenting on the findings, Jen Baldwin, research specialist at Findmypast, said: ‘This is a truly remarkable love story that was able to survive everything the Great War could throw at it. 

‘It’s also a fantastic example of the level of detail that our records can provide. 

‘Remembrance Day is the perfect opportunity for people to uncover and honour their own ancestors’ sacrifices, and paint a picture of the reality of life (and sometimes love) at war.’

Patricia Dark, archivist at Southwark Archives, said: ‘Southwark Archives holds collections of local people and organisations dating back hundreds of years. 

‘Our collections provide a window into what life was like for the people of Southwark from Shakespeare’s day to today. 

‘We’re really happy to partner with Findmypast and open up our records and provide access at home to Southwark residents and wider audiences and researchers around the world.’

Findmypast is offering free access to military records during Remembrance Weekend (7-11th November) to enable everyone to uncover their own ancestors’ wartime stories. 

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Starbucks’ mobile app went down for Americans heading to work on Friday, less than a day after it dropped it’s new holiday menu.

Downdetector, which tracks app and website outages, reported that more than 2,500 customers were complaining about issues with the app since about 7:00am ET.

The outage has spread across the US, affecting customers in major cities like New York, Dallas, Washington, DC and Boston.

Issues first started on Thursday when Starbucks released it’s holiday menu containing fan favorites like its Gingerbread Oat Milk Chai and Peppermint Mocha.

Although the company said it had resolved the app’s outage, customers were outraged when they still couldn’t access it a day later. 

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‘Could you please get it together?’ one person wrote on X. 

‘Day number two of this nonsense of having to stand in line to order my coffee like a peasant because your app is broken.’

Coffee crisis as Starbucks app goes down for Americans heading to work

Starbucks customers complain that they can’t order on the mobile app

The Starbucks app won’t allow customers to view it’s new holiday menu or select a location to order from, leaving many wondering how they’ll get their caffeine fix when they’re pressed for time.

‘Can’t select a store to order at, menu isn’t there,’ one enraged Starbucks customer complained on DownDetector. 

‘I want to see what new holiday drinks they have but I can’t because I can’t select a location,’ another customer wrote.

When a customer complained on X that she couldn’t access the Starbucks app, the company responded, saying it is ‘currently experiencing a temporary outage of the order-ahead-and-pay feature in our app.’

Starbucks added on its customer service account: ‘We continue to welcome and serve customers in our drive-thru and in-store.’

The Starbucks app has gone down for customers across the country including those living in Boston, Dallas, Chicago and DC

The Starbucks app has gone down for customers across the country including those living in Boston, Dallas, Chicago and DC

However, customers argued that they don’t have time to go inside and order and expressed disappointment that they can’t get their much-desired holiday drink.

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‘Is the Starbucks app seriously down again?’ one person wrote on X, adding: ‘I can’t handle any more disappointment this week.’

Another person said despairingly that they just wanted to order their holiday drink, while another commented: ‘Starbucks app is down and all I wanted was a peppermint cold brew.’

Starbucks spokesperson Jaci Anderson told DailyMail.com that the outage was a short-lived issue and the mobile app is now back up and running at 100 percent functionality. 

The company introduces it’s new holiday menu every November, and this year debuted three new items including the Cran-Merry Orange Refresher and the Cran-Merry Drink.

It also announced that it’s dropping the add-on price for dairy milk alternatives which is driving a surge of customers who wanted to try the holiday drinks without paying an added fee. 

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Gender gap: My pension is four times that of my wife’s pot

There must be a simple way to split pension contributions between partners.

For example you could simply make employers create two pots one for each partner and then pay half of all contributions to each pot.

Sure there is a bit more admin and it creates more pots but at least it addresses the inequality between usually men and women. 

For example, my pension is four times that of my wife’s pot.

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Steve Webb replies: We hear plenty about the ‘gender pay gap’, with larger employers now under legal obligations to publish details of pay differences between men and women in their workplace.

Your question relates to a different – but related – gap, namely the ‘gender pension gap’. And this gap is very real.

The average woman reaches retirement with private pension wealth around 35 per cent lower than her male counterpart, according to DWP figures published last year.

While the gender gap in *state* pensions is closing every year, mainly because of the introduction of the new state pension, the gap in *private* pensions between men and women is substantial and is at roughly the same level now as it was a decade earlier.

There are many different factors which lead to pension gaps between men and women, but here are some of the main ones.

– The gender *pay* gap: The size of your pension generally depends on how much you earned and how long you earned for.

As women are on average paid less, they will also tend to build up smaller pensions.

– The ‘caregiver penalty’: The majority of unpaid care in the UK, whether of children or the older generation, is given by women.

Often this can be at the expense of jobs or careers. Whilst the state pension system provides ‘credits’ during periods of caring, it can be hard to keep a private pension going if you are not earning or earning at a reduced level because of caring responsibilities.

– Gaps in automatic enrolment: Although automatic enrolment has been a great initiative, bringing millions of men and women into pensions for the first time, it does not cover the whole workforce.

In particular, those who earn under £10,000 per year from a single job, or those with multiple low-paid jobs, may miss out, and women are over-represented in these groups.

– Relationship breakdown: Where a couple divorce and there is a sharing of assets, pensions can often be overlooked or undervalued.

Where one member of a couple (typically a man) has built up much larger pension rights than the other, and nothing is done to even things up on divorce, this can leave the spouse with poor pension prospects when she retires.

You can read more about each of these issues in a paper I co-authored on this topic last year: The Gender Pension Gap – How did we get here, and where are we going?

In terms of solutions, there is no doubt that greater equality in the labour market would help, as would more equal contributions between men and women to caring responsibilities, though these could take decades to work through into improved retirement outcomes for women.

You have raised a creative suggestion which is that where an employee is part of a couple, the employer could pay equally into a pension for each partner.

One advantage of your idea is that both parties would build up equal pension rights and this would reduce the potential for unfairness in the event of a divorce.

There are, however, some significant practical problems with this idea.

I suspect employers would not be thrilled about the idea of having to make pension contributions for people who don’t even work for them.

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Although the total cost might be the same, there would be a considerable administrative burden in establishing the details of the other person to receive the contributions as well as keeping that information up-to-date as relationships are formed or break up.

Some employers would also, presumably, find themselves splitting the pension contributions which they currently make in respect of lower paid women so that half could go to a better paid spouse or partner.

If this was an ‘opt-in’ scheme it’s possible that many people wouldn’t bother as they can, if they wish, find simpler ways to even up their finances.

One example would be that in a couple concerned about this issue the higher earner could simply pay directly into the pension of the lower earner without needing to involve the employer.

The tax implications of doing this, both now and in retirement would however need to be thought through.

There is also the challenge that this idea could make the problem of small pension pots even worse.

We know that many people aren’t paying enough into their pension and that a short job spell can generate a relatively small pot.

If your suggestion was adopted, each job spell would now generate two pots, some of which would be very small indeed.

I welcome your creative thinking and it’s vital that this issue gets more attention.

Whilst I have my reservations about this specific idea, we certainly need to tackle these longstanding pension gaps sooner rather than later.

Ask Steve Webb a pension question

Former pensions minister Steve Webb is This Is Money’s agony uncle.

He is ready to answer your questions, whether you are still saving, in the process of stopping work, or juggling your finances in retirement.

Steve left the Department for Work and Pensions after the May 2015 election. He is now a partner at actuary and consulting firm Lane Clark & Peacock.

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If you would like to ask Steve a question about pensions, please email him at pensionquestions@thisismoney.co.uk.

Steve will do his best to reply to your message in a forthcoming column, but he won’t be able to answer everyone or correspond privately with readers. Nothing in his replies constitutes regulated financial advice. Published questions are sometimes edited for brevity or other reasons.

Please include a daytime contact number with your message – this will be kept confidential and not used for marketing purposes.

If Steve is unable to answer your question, you can also contact MoneyHelper, a Government-backed organisation which gives free assistance on pensions to the public. It can be found here and its number is 0800 011 3797.

Steve receives many questions about the state pension and ‘contracting out’. If you are writing to Steve on this topic, he responds to a typical reader question about the state pension and contracting out here.

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Trebah Garden is a work of art. I feel as though I’ve stepped inside Claude Monet’s painting ‘The Water Lily Pond’.

Thousands of flowers – two acres worth – in blue, magenta, cream and iridescent violet surround a sky-blue bridge over a lily pad-strewn pond in a scene that mirrors the artist’s famous work.

Hydrangea macrophylla. Gunnera manicata. Nymphaea. The Latin plant names detailed on tiny plaques by the flowers sound like whispered spells – and I am enchanted by this subtropical paradise on Cornwall’s southwest coast.

Great British Gardens was spellbound, too – ranking the 26-acre haven as one of the best gardens in England.

And like any self-respecting magical garden, it harbours secrets. One is newly opened Trebah Lodge at the head of the valley that the garden smothers. I stay there with my similarly mesmerised husband, arriving via the GWR Night Riviera sleeper train from London Paddington.

Inside the stunning Cornish lodge with after-hours access to one of the most beautiful gardens in England – and a secret beach

Sophie Foster checks in to Trebah Lodge on Cornwall’s southwest coast, which offers out-of-hours access to the magical Trebah Garden. Above is a spot there she likens to Claude Monet’s painting ‘The Water Lily Pond’

Luxurious: Trebah Lodge (above) is described by Sophie as 'a cosy, comforting abode'

Luxurious: Trebah Lodge (above) is described by Sophie as ‘a cosy, comforting abode’

We disembark, bleary-eyed, at 7am at Truro, from where it’s a 40-minute taxi ride to the lodge, lurking in an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty to the south of Falmouth.

We stumble out of the car in early morning sunshine and enter our home for the weekend – a cosy, comforting abode furnished with elegant Edwardian antiques, but sprinkled with enough modern amenities to stop us fully believing we’d stepped back in time.

But the most joyous aspect of staying at the lodge isn’t what’s inside, but having out-of-hours access to what’s outside – four miles of footpaths through a garden with almost 200 years of planting history.

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Easily enough foliage to keep us awestruck for the weekend.

Each morning, we wander into the valley past the Trebah Kitchen restaurant and into the lush garden basin that’s organised by a series of paths named after the plants, animals or landmarks nearby, or notable contributors to the estate.

The amusingly named Bamboozle is hemmed in by soaring bamboo stems.

Dreamy: Above is one of the elegantly appointed bedrooms in the lodge

Dreamy: Above is one of the elegantly appointed bedrooms in the lodge

Sophie says of the lodge: '[It's] furnished with elegant Edwardian antiques, but sprinkled with enough modern amenities to stop us fully believing we'd stepped back in time'

Sophie says of the lodge: ‘[It’s] furnished with elegant Edwardian antiques, but sprinkled with enough modern amenities to stop us fully believing we’d stepped back in time’

Strolling through Gunnera Passage – a walkway of giant rhubarb plants or ‘gunnera’ – feels like walking through Jurassic Park, with the enormous leaves stretching into a canopy and giant pink fur-like buds surrounding us up to the knees.

Thankfully, the only dinosaurs we find are ancient trees, some of which are the oldest living specimens of their kind in the United Kingdom.

We admire berries, seedpods and blooming flowers as we walk past the koi pond, the Stumpery with its felled trees and the water garden, where a manmade brook babbles.

The ‘Monet bridge’ is reached by ambling through the resplendent Hydrangea Valley. And just beyond is the garden’s second secret.

A private beach.

Pebbly Polgwidden Cove, also known as Trebah Beach, sits on the Helford River, a beautiful coastal inlet tucked between the western edge of Falmouth Bay and the eastern side of the Lizard Peninsula.

The water is sparklingly clear, but bracingly cold. Despite this, people wade in with their trousers rolled up around their knees.

Trebah Garden is on the lodge's doorstep - though there are no views of the 'paradise' from within

Trebah Garden is on the lodge’s doorstep – though there are no views of the ‘paradise’ from within 

Tiny plaques by the flowers in the garden, says Sophie, 'sound like whispered spells'

Tiny plaques by the flowers in the garden, says Sophie, ‘sound like whispered spells’

The garden contains four miles of footpaths with almost 200 years of planting history - and is home to some of the UK's oldest trees

The garden contains four miles of footpaths with almost 200 years of planting history – and is home to some of the UK’s oldest trees

Bloomin' marvellous: British Gardens ranked Trebah Garden one of the best in England

Bloomin’ marvellous: British Gardens ranked Trebah Garden one of the best in England

Out of the water, they buy ice cream (try the tart cherry sorbet), beer, local cider and snacks from a small shop and gather around signs to learn about the cove’s role in the Second World War and its nickname, ‘Yankee Beach’.

The shore was covered in concrete and transformed into a D-Day embarkation point by the 29th U.S Infantry Division from which they launched an assault on Omaha Beach in Normandy in 1944.

What remains of the concrete at the back of the beach is now a handy picnic spot with wooden tables on which we perch to eat sandwiches for lunch.

Trebah Garden's private beach - pebbly Polgwidden Cove, also known as Trebah Beach

Trebah Garden’s private beach – pebbly Polgwidden Cove, also known as Trebah Beach

Polgwidden Cove sits on the Helford River. The shore was covered in concrete and transformed into a D-Day embarkation point by the 29th U.S Infantry Division from which they launched an assault on Omaha Beach in Normandy in 1944. Today, what concrete remains forms a handy picnic area

Polgwidden Cove sits on the Helford River. The shore was covered in concrete and transformed into a D-Day embarkation point by the 29th U.S Infantry Division from which they launched an assault on Omaha Beach in Normandy in 1944. Today, what concrete remains forms a handy picnic area

The garden's paths are named after the plants, animals or landmarks nearby, or notable contributors to the estate

The garden’s paths are named after the plants, animals or landmarks nearby, or notable contributors to the estate

By day, we leave the waders and the ice-cream eaters to their own devices and head back to the lodge, knowing that we can return to the secret cove after the visitors have left.

Each night, as the light fades and the sky turns into a smear of pink and orange, we find ourselves alone on the beach and go swimming. It feels lazily decadent.

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One evening, while we float in the water, a double-masted, galley-like ship emerges from Helford River.

‘Smugglers?’ I ask. ‘Or pirates?’

‘You’ve not gone back in time, you know,’ replies my bemused spouse. Spoilsport.

I am transported, for a moment, into one of Thomas Buttersworth’s naval paintings.

Post-dip, chilly limbs are soothed by immersion in the lodge’s roll-top bath, and we snuggle in luxurious blankets dotted around the property as the night air turns crisp.

Above is the village of Helford Passage, home to The Ferry Boat Inn pub, which serves 'superb prawn tacos' and has outside tables with views of bobbing boats

Above is the village of Helford Passage, home to The Ferry Boat Inn pub, which serves ‘superb prawn tacos’ and has outside tables with views of bobbing boats

Trebah Garden is open daily from 9.30am. Access is free for lodge guests and £16 for visitors

Trebah Garden is open daily from 9.30am. Access is free for lodge guests and £16 for visitors

The kitchen has everything you need for rustling up dinner, but a 15-minute stroll to sample the food at The Ferry Boat Inn is a must.

This waterside gem, a bit further up the Helford River in the village of Helford Passage, has outside tables with views of bobbing sailboats and the nifty Helford ferry – and it does superb prawn tacos.

Stepping onto our train home at Truro station, I feel like I’ve emerged from a lost kingdom.

Here’s to the next 200 years of heavenly landscaping. 

TRAVEL FACTS 

Prices for Trebah Lodge start from £112 per night with a minimum three-night stay. Visit: trebahgarden.co.uk/trebah-lodge.

Trebah Garden is open daily from 9.30am. Access is free for guests and £16 for visitors.

Lodge ratings 

Pros: Incredible gardens, after-hours access, private beach, comfortable beds, super deep bath.

Cons: Tricky to reach without a car, no views of the garden from the lodge.

Rating: 4.5 out of 5 

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