A group of 115 nurses, doctors and other health professionals who have been working on the frontline amid the dangers of the COVID-19 pandemic, have got together to raise funds for the support of the mental health of staff working in ICUs.
The choir practised via regular Zoom calls, thus following distancing protocols.
Calling themselves the ICU Liberty Singers, they are vying for number one spot in the British charts with another NHS choir, Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Choir who are trying their luck in wresting away the coveted spot with their remix of Justin Bieber’s
Holy.
The origins of the ICU Liberty Singers lie in their efforts to get away from the strain from the caring of huge amounts of COVID-19 patients; they gelled into a singing outfit and decided to release a single.
21 December 2020
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A mixture of new Christmas songs, festive classics, charity singles and the politically-charged, are all competing for a place in this week’s Christmas Official Chart Top 40.
The Official Chart: First Look, which airs on BBC Radio 1 today between 6pm – 7pm, offers a first glance of the Top 20 ahead of Friday’s Official Singles Chart Top 100. The chart is based on preliminary sales and early streaming reports.
Reigning champion LadBaby starts out in pole position for the UK’s Official Christmas Number 1 2020 with Don’t Stop Me Eatin’, charging out of the blocks in the biggest chart race of the year with huge sales.
How you can help these UHCW staff get a Christmas Number One
The song is a re-make of the classic Every Breath You Take
Seven of the staff at UHCW s intensive care unit that are part of the choir
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Kate Garraway has been given extra support by Dr Hilary Jones behind-the-scenes at ITV amid husband Derek Draper s ongoing battle with coronavirus
Fellow presenter Lorraine Kelly claimed Kate goes to ITV s resident doctor, 67, behind the scenes to talk to him about her husband s condition
Lorraine said Dr Hilary has been giving common-sense advice with real empathy and behind the scenes he has been helping Kate
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On Saturday, Kate said she hopes to form a bubble with husband Derek so she and her children can see him on Christmas day
Reigning champion LadBaby starts out in pole position for the UK’s Official Christmas Number 1 2020 with Don’t Stop Me Eatin’, charging out of the blocks in the biggest chart race of the year with huge sales.
The YouTubers aka Mark and Roxanne Hoyle have an impressive lead so far on the Official Chart: First Look, scoring 80,000 chart sales after 48 hours and on course to be one of the biggest opening weeks of the year.
The pair are currently the ones to beat as they set their eyes on a third consecutive Christmas Number 1 – following 2018’s We Built This City and 2019’s I Love Sausage Rolls – proceeds will once more benefit food bank charity The Trussell Trust.