Animals saved as zoo finds them all homes after being forced to close permanently by Covid-19

A zoo that has been forced to permanently close due to the coronavirus lockdown has found new homes for all its animals after euthanasia fears.  Wild Planet Trust announced earlier this week that it cannot afford to reopen its Living Coasts site in Torquay, Devon, due to falling visitor numbers and massive costs incurred during the … Read more

Thousands call for Bicester Village to close over social distancing concerns

More than 5,000 people call for Bicester Village to CLOSE or improve its social-distancing after hundreds packed into the designer outlet park on first day of post-lockdown trading on Monday Upmarket Oxfordshire shopping outlet, which is home to 160 boutique shops, reopened on Monday But people have been struggling to maintain social distancing after reopening of … Read more

Rayshard Brooks death: Officer was ‘close to letting incident go’

The first officer to respond the 911 call that resulted in the death of Rayshard Brooks considered just letting the incident go but decided to check one more time on the man whom he found drunk and asleep at the wheel, DailyMail.com can reveal. Brooks was shot dead on Friday June 12 after police were … Read more

Police close A-road to allow funeral cortege to pass including Rolls-Royce once owned Simon Cowell

Large crowd of travellers gather at funeral in breach of social distancing guidelines banning groups of more than ten people meeting after police close A-road to allow huge cortege to pass through Funeral was for Albert Joseph Harper and took place on Wednesday morning in Chichester, West Sussex Mourners travelled around three miles to Portfield … Read more

Coronavirus drive thru testing centre is forced to CLOSE after group of travellers set up camp

Coronavirus drive thru testing centre is forced to CLOSE after group of travellers set up camp in leisure centre car park The Watford Leisure Centre facility was closed after travellers had set up camp  A number of vehicles were seen arriving at the car park on Wednesday night  The organisers of the centre have set … Read more

Schools in England will close to all pupils over summer holidays

Schools across England will not remain open during the summer holidays for the children of key workers, Downing Street confirmed today. Those pupils have been able to attend classes throughout the coronavirus crisis so that parents in critical jobs could continue to go to work.  They had been able to attend school during the Easter … Read more

Leonardo da Vinci’s ‘Vitruvian Man’ close to modern proportions

Some five hundred years ago, Leonardo da Vinci sketched what he believed was the perfectly proportioned male body. Now, scientists have compared the ‘Vitruvian Man’ with nearly 64,000 physically fit men and women and discovered da Vinci was very close to anatomical measurements of the modern-day human. The team found the groin height, shoulder width … Read more

Frankie and Benny’s owner will permanently close 125 restaurants

Frankie and Benny’s and Wagamama owner will permanently close 125 sites putting 3,000 jobs at risk as it battles with landlords to reduce rents in wake of Covid crisis By Henry Martin For Mailonline Published: 07:25 BST, 10 June 2020 | Updated: 07:43 BST, 10 June 2020 The owner of Frankie and Benny’s has confirmed … Read more