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22 Nov 2021

Covid: Memorial sculpture unveiled in Barnsley for victims, key workers and volunteers

A memorial has been unveiled in Barnsley in tribute to all those who have died with Covid, as well as the key workers and volunteers who have been on the frontline during the crisis.

The former coal mining town has been especially hard hit, losing more than 900 people so far to the virus.

We spoke to some of those whose lives have been changed forever by the pandemic about those they have lost and the trauma they have lived through.