Night the stars spoke for us all
As A-listers make a moving video tribute to NHS heroes...
A GLITTERING array of celebrities joined forces last night in a video paying tribute to NHS workers risking their lives to treat coronavirus patients.
Stars including Sir Paul McCartney, Sir Elton John, Sir Mick Jagger, Kylie Minogue, Kate Winslet, Dame Kristin Scott Thomas, Daniel Craig and Phoebe Waller-Bridge all thanked key workers for their tireless efforts to keep the nation running in the second week of the lockdown.
As well as actors and pop stars, the video featured sports personalities including David Beckham and former Olympic champions Dame Jessica Ennis-Hill and Sir Mo Farah. In the video, uploaded to YouTube by NHS England, each celebrity held up a placard bearing the slogans #OurNHSPeople and #ThankYouNHS. It is believed to have been organised by film director and producer Matthew Vaughn, and was released as households across the country prepared to pay further tribute to NHS staff. For a second week, millions stood at their front doors or leant out of windows to applaud and cheer. The event, organised by the Clap For Our Carers campaign, was expanded to include all key workers, such as supermarket staff, the emergency services and teachers who are working through the coronavirus outbreak. Among the locations to be illuminated in blue – the colour of the NHS – were the Shard in central London and Windsor Castle. Despite his continued self-isolation after he contracted Covid-19, Prime Minister Boris Johnson again was seen clapping at the door of Downing Street. Fireworks were set off across Newcastle’s city centre and drivers used their cars horns to sound their thanks in Tooting, south London. In Glasgow, bagpipes played Scotland The Brave as residents clanged pots and pans in appreciation. At least five frontline health workers are known to have died after contracting Covid-19.