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Calls for new Bank Holiday in England to mourn all victims of coronavirus pandemic
Covid-19.The death toll soared past 100,000 at the end of January in a grim milestone.The 80-year-old said in The Times: "It would be helpful to create a day during which everybody remembers the people we have lost."Dame Esther warned if people did not deal with their grief, they would be "angry and hurt" and their feelings could manifest at elections.She added: "I don't think that we're going to see Trump-style rioting in the streets and people breaking into parliament, but there's a huge amount of individual hurt."The former That's Life! presenter also urged the Department of Health to set up a helpline for those who have lost loved ones to Covid.The avid campaigner was speaking ahead of her Channel 5 documentary, Esther Rantzen: Living