SUPPORT for NHS staff fighting coronavirus on the frontline saw fireworks let off, landmark buildings lit up and police and firefighters clapping their hearts out outside Russells Hall Hospital.
As well as cheers and applause at 8pm as part of the Claps for Carers initiative fireworks erupted across Stourbridge, while Wordsley's Red House Glass Cone was bathed in blue and green light courtesy of Ryan Barnsley at Ian Livie.com - Concert & Corporate Lighting and senior lighting engineer Luke Welch.
Meanwhile - West Midlands Police and West Midlands Fire Service staged a co-ordinated spectacle outside the Dudley hospital at 8pm as part of the weekly nationwide tribute to hard-working NHS staff.
E Unit @ Russell’s Hall Hospital Dudley #ClapForCarers @OFFICIALWMAS @NHSuk pic.twitter.com/HR0G96fWRS
— Force Response - #StayHomeSaveLives (@ResponseWMP) April 9, 2020
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