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— following the deaths of their relatives in the early days of the covid pandemic. the families argue that human rights were breached because not enough was done to protect family members from the virus. the government says it tried to safeguard care home residents using the best evidence available at the time. here's our social affairs editor, alison holt. very happy days. that's my mother and father on a cruise. for liz, these photos provide special memories of her mother, margaret. when her mum found it hard to get around, she moved to a care home but she was still sharp. and this is also i think a lovely photograph. this is my mother in her care home. margaret died there during the first wave of the pandemic, aged 95. she had always kept a diary so documented the details of her last days, big and small. this was a particularly special diary for me because it is the last one that she wrote. liz is one of the relatives taking legal action against the government and others over what she sees as a failure to properly protect care home residents
like her mum, from covid. she believes the diary tells that story. this one is dated march the third, tuesday. she felt pretty good but the staff situation was bad. in march 2020, the virus took hold in the uk. care providers said they needed more government guidance and that they were struggling to get protective equipment and testing. on march the 17th, the government allowed hard—pressed hospitals to discharge patients into care homes without testing or the need to isolate people. margaret's family claim that included into her home. on march 23rd, the country went into lockdown. nearly a month later, as covid deaths in care homes were reaching their peak, margaret writes that her care staff have just started wearing masks. 20th of april, it is the first day for masks. and then 21st of april,
all wearing masks. on may the fourth, after a few days of feeling breathless, margaret again writes in her diary. oh, dear, the fourth of may. the matron came 10:30 to 10:45. she just writes, "i have the virus." and that is her last entry. it kind of hits you quite hard, really. margaret died in hospital on may 1a. the following day, the health and social care secretary made this now well—known statement... right from the start, we have tried to throw a protective ring around our care homes. i felt that her care was completely lacking and when i thought about it hard, i had to take it back to the government because ultimately we all put our trust and our faith in these public servants and it seemed to me there was a lot of headless chicken action going around. where was this planning?
very happy days. that's my mother and father on a cruise. for liz, these photos provide precious memories of her mother, margaret. when her mum found it hard to get around, she moved to a care home, but she was still sharp. and this is also, i think, a lovely photograph. this is my mother in her care home. margaret died there during the first wave of the pandemic, aged 95. she had always kept a diary, so documented her daily life. this was a particularly special diary for me because it is the last one that she wrote. liz is one of the relatives taking legal action against the government and others over what she sees as a failure to properly protect care home residents like her mum from covid. she believes the diary tells that story. this one is dated march 3, tuesday. she felt pretty good, but the staff situation was bad. in march 2020, as the virus took
when her mum found it hard to get around, she moved to a care home, but she was still sharp. and this is also, i think, a lovely photograph. this is my mother in her care home. margaret died there during the first wave of the pandemic, aged 95. she had always kept a diary, so documented her daily life. this was a particularly special diary for me because it is the last one that she wrote. liz is one of the relatives taking legal action against the government and others over what she sees as a failure to properly protect care home residents like her mum from covid. she believes the diary tells that story. this one is dated march 3, tuesday. she felt pretty good, but the staff situation was bad. in march 2020, as the virus took hold, care providers warned they needed more protective equipment, testing and government guidance. hospital patients were also discharged into care homes without testing or isolation.
and the spanish federation, you know, wrote things that the player hadn't even said about the incident, saying it was consensual and it was an emotion in the heat of the moment. it is not ok. that kind of attention for female players, physical or otherwise, is not ok. and that was yvonne harrison, who is the chief executive of the gender equality organisation women in football. here in the uk, the families of 30 people who died in care homes and hospitals in the early days of the covid pandemic are taking legal action against the government. the families argue the human rights of their loved ones were breached because not enough was done to protect them from the virus. the government says it tried to safeguard care home residents using the best evidence available at the time. our social affairs editor, alison holt, reports. very happy days. that's my mother and father on a cruise. for liz, these photos provide precious memories of her mother, margaret.
margaret's family claimed that included into her home. in april 2020, as covid deaths in care homes peaked, margaret writes that her care staff have just started wearing masks. the 20th of april is the first day for masks. and then 21st of april, all wearing masks. on may 4th, after a few days of feeling breathless, margaret again writes in her diary. oh, dear. the 4th of may. a matron came 10:30—10:45, and shejust writes, "i have the virus." and that is her last entry. kind of hits you quite hard, really. margaret died in hospital on may 14th. the following day, the health and social care secretary made this now well—known statement. right from the start, we have tried to throw a protective ring around our care homes.
hold, care providers weren't —— in march 2020, as the virus took hold, care providers warned they needed more protective equipment, testing and government guidance. hospital patients were also discharged into care homes without testing or isolation. margaret's family claimed that included into her home. in april 2020, as covid deaths in care homes peaked, margaret writes that her care staff have just started wearing masks. the 20th of april is the first day for masks. and then 21st of april, all wearing masks. on may 4th, after a few days of feeling breathless, margaret again writes in her diary. oh, dear. the 4th of may. a matron came 10:30—10:45, and shejust writes, "i have the virus." and that is her last entry. kind of hits you quite hard, really. margaret died in hospital on may 14th. the following day, the health and social care secretary made this
the south vehicle there will be some relief, but just some relif the great lakes and the northeast before the end of the weekend. and then our eyes and our attention turns here, to the caribbean, and the national hurricane center saying there is a high chance this could develop, and if it develops, will be heading up in the direction of the gulf coast, exactly where, still remains to be seen, but margaret, either scenario with a couple of the big forecast models point at the potential for some serious flooding, with some of this rainfall. >> margaret: chris warren, thank you. the kremlin today denied any involvement in the presumed death of russian warlord yevgeny prigozhin. meanwhile, u.s. officials say they are now confident the plane was brought down by an explosion on board. cbs's debora patta reports from southern ukraine. >> reporter: the kremlin has begun raining in wagner with ruthless efficiency. as the flight records was removed from the crash site by
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