Emotional debate over UK Covid memorial risks dividing bereaved

Split over colour of heart symbol - and who it represents - and date of annual commemoration

An emotionally charged dispute over how best to memorialise Covid in the UK risks dividing people bereaved over the course of the pandemic.

A split has emerged over whether a red or yellow heart should become the long-term symbol of loss, and over the date of an annual commemoration. The crux of the dispute is a claim from some people who lost loved ones to Covid that their experience needs to be treated differently" than those bereaved during Covid.