Messages seen by The Independent confirmed the hospital put in place a divert for emergency ambulance patients who were sent to Kingâs College Hospital and St Thomasâ Hospital. People play ice hockey on frozen flooded fields near Ely in Cambridgeshire, Prime Minister Boris Johnson, wearing a face mask, accompanied by Sarah Rose (left), MD of the Northumbria healthcare PPE manufacturing hub in Seaton Delaval. The incident on the M6 near Warrington caused delays in the area Mersey tunnel completely closed to traffic until next month for 'essential maintenance' Mersey Tunnels Sefton Council has been carrying out increased testing in … Highways England advised drivers to take extra care on motorways and major A roads, while the RAC breakdown service said motorists should only drive if absolutely necessary. The DOT file that you are looking for has moved to a new location. The 500-bed hospital, part of the Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust, called in extra staff on Sunday after the incident was declared at around 1pm. Up to 70mm is expected to fall but in isolated spots, particularly in the northern Peak District and parts of the southern Pennines, 200mm could be possible. Get all the big headlines, pictures, analysis, opinion and video on the stories that matter to you. A frozen road sign and hedgerow are covered in icicles, as Storm Darcy affects large parts of the country, in Shenley, Hertfordshire, People walk up Gardner street in Glasgow as snow blankets the city, Drifting snow covers a car in Harwood, County Durham, People walk through the snow in Knole Park in Sevenoaks, A boy sledges at Moulin Moor near Pitlochry, as storm Darcy approaches, in Scotland, Research centre assistant Layla Hillsden with a rare copy of the 1647 Beaumont and Fletcher folio, an anthology of plays by John Fletcher and William Beaumont, from the personal library of King Charles II that has recently been acquired by Special Collections at the University of Leeds, Al Goodridge, from Newtonmore, uses an axe to create a channel in the ice for his wife Alice to swim in in Loch Insh, in the Cairngorms National Park, A mural of Captain Sir Tom Moore, by artist Robert Newbiggin, adorns a wall in Southport. World’s 'loneliest woman’ has new home flown to her in mountains piece-by-piece, World renown hermit Agafya Lykova, 76, had her new home brought to her in 18 shipments as she refused to live the mountainous Siberian area her family fled to in 1936, New mum felt 'isolated and anxious' after 'stress' of having baby in Covid lockdown, Vicky Woolston-Gill, 33, says much of her pregnancy journey and new mum experiences have been "ruined" due to their daughter Wren being born during Covid lockdown, Tory equality ministers slammed for 'vilifying' trans people as 3 LGBT advisors quit, Kemi Badenoch and Liz Truss face the bombshell accusation by Jayne Ozanne, one of three people who have now quit the government's LGBT advisory panel, Lorries and cars swept off roads as Britain battered by gale-force winds, England and Wales have been hit by strong winds reach 86mph over night, causing chaos on the roads where tipped over lorries and cars have triggered long delays. Winter Hill is a hill on the border of the boroughs of Chorley, Blackburn with Darwen and Bolton, in North West England.It is located on Rivington Moor, Chorley and is 1,496 feet (456 m) high. The hospital, which is still in a major incident as of Monday lunchtime, continued to accept children and cardiac arrest patients. In a tweet, Ms Jones said emergency protocols were instigated on Sunday, with sandbags handed out in flood-risk areas. The trust was approached for comment regarding the major incident but did not respond before publication. A 47-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of murder after the body of a pensioner was discovered at a property in Merseyside. Transfer deadline day RECAP: All the deals for Plymouth Argyle and their League One rivals Clubs had until the winter transfer window closes at 11pm on Monday to … We need to ensure we are in a position to provide safe and effective care for those patients most in need. As with several other London hospitals, the Lewisham and Greenwich Trust said it was being forced to cancel operations ahead of Christmas due to the high number of emergency patients. She said plans would run alongside the region's Covid-19 response, adding: "I do not want people to panic, but flooding is possible so please be prepared.". Dr Elizabeth Aitken, chief medical officer at Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust, said: âOur staff are very busy at present caring for a high number of inpatients, including those with Covid-19. People are being urged to … âWe understand how disappointing and frustrating it is to have your surgery cancelled, and we apologise sincerely for the inconvenience caused.