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If there’s one thing British people do well, it’s queueing. Queues for Manchester Airport, queues for the latest Gregg’s pasties, even queues for other queues.
We all know the rules, we’re all stoic enough to wait in line, we’ve got queue etiquette down pat.
So when someone tried to push in during the queue to see Queen Elizabeth II’s coffin at Westminster Hall, it didn’t go down well.
Reporter Stephen Topping witnessed the moment.
“Suddenly, drama, as a woman clutching a copy of the Metro stands next to the queue near the front of our section - hours after the line had long since tailed back for miles. A man asks if she is jumping the queue, she doesn’t reply. It takes a minute of questioning before she eventually goes. She’s not the only one who tries their luck, but this crowd won’t stand for queue jumpers.”
Stephen got up at 4.40am to travel to the capital to join mourners during the Queen’s first day lying in state at the Palace of Westminster.
In his first-person feature he describes the snacks shared, the friendships formed, the politics chatted and the crosswords completed during the long wait.
But when he finally reached the grand hall, Stephen says there was ‘a solemn peace’ during ‘a truly stirring moment’. He says some were ‘overwhelmed by emotion’ as they left the palace.
Burned-out
Patients being treated by burned-out doctors may face additional risks when they receive care, a new study led by academics at the University of Manchester has found. They set out to examine the effects of burnout on a global scale and found it was linked to an almost four-fold decrease in job satisfaction.
The study, published in the BMJ, also found that overall physician burnout doubled patient safety incidents and burnout, and poorer job satisfaction was greatest in hospital settings, among doctors aged 31-50 and among those working in emergency medicine and intensive care.
The authors concluded that 'investment strategies to monitor and improve physician burnout are needed as a means of retaining the healthcare workforce and improving the quality of patient care'.
Banksy's in town
Flower Thrower, Rude Copper and Brace Yourself will be among the artworks on display when The Art of Banksy exhibition rolls into town next month.
The huge show of prints, canvases and sculptures, on loan from collectors, has been described as ‘the world’s largest collection of authenticated works by Banksy’ and is due to open at MediaCity on October 21. A purpose-built temporary structure has even been created to house the works.
Who knows what the real Banksy, whoever he may be, thinks of it all. The street artist has not authorised the show and once claimed : “I don’t charge people to see my art unless there’s a fairground wheel”.
Weather, etc.
- Friday: Sunny. 16C.
- Roads closed: One lane closed due to bridge maintenance work on M67 in both directions from J1 to J4 between 5am and 9pm Mondays to Sundays until September 19.
- Manc trivia question: Which French Impressionist painter is most famous for his urban landscapes of Manchester?
Answer at the bottom of the newsletter
Manchester headlines
Key actions: The end of the Coronavirus pandemic is 'within sight'. Weekly deaths from the virus around the world have hit the lowest level since March 2020. World Health Organisation director general, Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, says we have 'never been in a better position' to end the pandemic and proposed 'key actions' governments must take to 'finish the race'. More here.
Trains: 'Relief trains' to help curb the impact of a reduced rail timetable between Manchester and London will be added from tomorrow. Avanti will run four additional charter trains between the cities each day, initially as 'relief trains' before being integrated into the timetable at a later date. More here.
Alarm: Passengers had to be moved when an alarm was sounded in Terminal 2 of Manchester Airport this afternoon. A spokesperson said someone accidentally hit a red glass emergency box so 'people were moved out of the small immediate area'. The area has since been reopened.
Worth a read
This article, about a Stockport medic who has been helping people in war-ravaged Ukraine, is a difficult but essential read.
Marta Roscoe was told by a Ukrainian patient that he was forced to watch young children being lined up and shot by Kremlin troops. "There were people there who had lost everything and had nothing to go back to," she tells reporter Louisa Gregson.
That's all for today
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The answer today's Manc trivia question is Pierre Adolphe Valette.
