England is braced for ‘pub-ageddon’ as bars and restaurants reopen on Super Saturday but fears of 6am mayhem were calmed with most not set to start serving until after 8am. Landlords and staff were out at the crack of dawn readying their premises ahead of a tsunami of punters as lockdown easing kicks in. Drinkers will sink … Read more
Cornwall could see a staggering 80,000 tourists entering the county this weekend, as businesses open their doors on ‘Super Saturday’. There is expected to be an influx of visitors as hotels, campsites, pubs and restaurants are allowed to open on July 4, for the first time since lockdown. Hotels, AirBnBs, campsites and caravan parks are gearing … Read more
A senior Black Lives Matter organiser has called for Winston Churchill’s statue to be removed from Parliament Square ahead of today’s protest, which is under threat of violence from football hooligans and far-right thugs. Imarn Ayton, 29, a figurehead of the movement who has given speeches alongside Stat Wars actor John Boyega, said a monument … Read more
Britons who try to see their families and friends will be fined, police forces have warned, amid fears that the country could see mass rule-breaking ahead of lockdown restrictions being relaxed on Monday. With weekend temperatures predicted to reach 80 or even 82F (27 to 28C) in southern England, thousands could pre-empt the change to … Read more
Britain is set for the hottest day of the year so far today with temperatures expected to hit 82F (28C), with forecasters expecting dry and warm conditions for at least the next week. Today and this weekend will be dry and sunny across most of the country with the warmest conditions expected along the west … Read more
A north-eastern Chinese city with 2.8million residents has been hit with a fresh wave of coronavirus cases as officials scramble to hunt down the ‘unknown source’ of a new infection cluster. The city of Mudanjiang in Heilongjiang province has recorded a total of 11 domestic infections with no symptoms in the past three days, prompting … Read more