Simon sings NHS praises

PAUL Simon has praised “brave” NHS staff for their tear-jerking version of his song Bridge Over Troubled Water.

The singer-songwriter, 78, said they made an “extraordinary” version of the 1970 chart topper.

Over 100 medics and workers who built their temporary hospital in Llandudno, North

Wales, sing in the video, which was viewed 60,000 times in 10 hours after Simon, above, shared it on Facebook. It also features Jools Holland and actor Rhys Ifans.

A DEADLY child fever could be a delayed response to the virus, experts warned as a 14-year-old boy became the first in Britain to die from the inflammatory condition.

He was one of more than 40 children treated for the syndrome at Evelina London Children’s Hospital.

Experts have found patients had Covid-19 antibodies, suggesting they had the coronavirus weeks before.

LOCKDOWN has helped police track down fugitives, who were found obeying the rules and isolating at home.

Met Commissioner Cressida Dick, right, said they were among 1,200 suspects arrested since February. She said:

“Some aren’t so bright.”

WORKING from home is a pain in the neck, back and wrist for millions.

Makeshift offices have meant two-thirds of workers have painful injuries from being hunched over a computer, slouching in their seats or balancing laptops on laps or the arm of a chair, according to research by insurer Bupa UK.

STAFF in Birmingham’s 591 parks have been ordered to mow the grass in “channels” to promote social distancing. The grass is to be cut in two-metre wide strips, with the next two metres left uncut.