Clap For Our Carers: Pictures from around the UK

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Staff join in the applause at the Freeman Hospital in Newcastle upon Tyne to salute local heroes during Thursday"s nationwide Clap for Carers initiative to recognise and support NHS workers and carers fighting the coronavirus pandemic.Image source, PA Media
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These hospital workers in Newcastle upon Tyne made the most of a break during their shift to join the weekly clap for carers event

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This family in Northampton were out with their pots and pans to show their support at 8pm on Thursday - when the weekly event is taking place

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Lois, aged five, went out on her doorstep in Newcastle Under Lyme to make some noise for local carers

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This dog owner really got into the spirit of things by turning his pet into a Nightingale nurse

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You'd never normally expect to see Old Trafford, the football ground of Manchester United lit up in blue - the colour of their rivals Manchester City. But this week they made an exception because blue is also the colour of the NHS

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Another family in Northampton gave key workers a roaring reception

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This family had a tambourine and even made cymbals using saucepan lids

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Staff put a sign on the windshield in support of the NHS at the Freeman Hospital in Newcastle upon Tyne, to salute local heroes

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Even buses have been re-decorated with children's pictures in support of NHS workers and carers - like this one in Newcastle upon Tyne

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These kids were keen to do more than clap for NHS 'angels' helping to care for people during the pandemic

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This metal sculpture shows Aneurin Bevan, the chief architect of the NHS and is in Tredegar, Wales. The town clock face was illuminated blue in support of workers fighting coronavirus

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The UK Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab and Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak socially distanced while taking part in the "Clap For Our Carers" event

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Nurses at James Cook University Hospital in Middlesbrough lined up in height order!

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Hospital staff at Aintree University Hospital in Liverpool showed their support for Captain Tom Moore, who has raised more than £17 million for NHS charities

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St Mary's lighthouse in Whitley Bay on the North East coast was also lit in a blue shadow.