Don't miss a thing by getting the day's biggest stories sent direct to your inbox Masks may be covering their faces, but the emotion of this image is clear to see as two members of staff at Manchester Royal Infirmary pose for a selfie at the hospital's intensive care unit. "Big smiles under the masks," a post on social media from an MRI nurse happily assured us last night.
And while there are a handful of patients remaining on the unit at the Oxford Road site, there's light at the end of the tunnel.
After months of hard work for staff - who have shown incredible dedication during long, gruelling shifts during a pandemic that has rocked the NHS - things are on the up: numbers at the ICU are significantly reduced.