What a difference a week makes! London’s usually bustling streets are seen deserted on Saturday night as revellers stay at home due to lockdown rules London was a ghost town last night as closed pubs and restaurants kept the usually busy city centre deserted The UK capital was packed with revellers in Soho and Borough … Read more
City centres have been left deserted across England on the first weekend of national lockdown, but beauty spots have stayed busy as people make the most of the autumnal weather today. Photographs show boarded-up restaurants adorned with ‘stay alert’ signs lining empty streets in London‘s Soho and Newcastle’s Bigg Market after England entered its second … Read more
The streets of Milan were deserted again last night after Lombardy imposed an 11pm curfew to tackle a surge in coronavirus cases, as Italy piled up a record 16,000 new infections on Thursday. Seven months after Italy’s empty streets and piazzas became a symbol of the first wave of the pandemic, the square in front … Read more
Ghost town London: City centre’s normally-bustling streets stand empty with once-thriving bars and restaurants deserted on day one of capital’s new Tier 2 lockdown Kate Nicholls of UKHospitality said the industry saw 50% increase of cancellations due to restrictions London has been placed under Tier 2 level restrictions following rapid rise of infections in many … Read more
Step off an incoming plane at Terminal 2 at Heathrow Airport and you enter a ghost town where masked travellers cast nervous glances at empty Duty Free shops and stroll past once bustling restaurants where staff now outnumber customers. What was once Britain’s vibrant ‘gateway to the world’ is now almost entirely moribund, with acres … Read more
Debenhams boss warns they will close sites in deserted city centres unless workers return to office soon By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 21:56 BST, 4 September 2020 | Updated: 21:56 BST, 4 September 2020 The boss of Debenhams has warned they will close sites in deserted city centres unless workers return to … Read more
This weekend would have seen the streets of Notting Hill full of revellers celebrating the carnival. Live music, colourful parades and feathered dancers usually combine with the mouth-watering flavours of Afro-Caribbean cuisine to bring the streets of west London alive during the August bank holiday. But for the first time in the carnival’s 54-year history, … Read more
Eerie photos of Melbourne‘s deserted streets, shopping centres and sports grounds, have revealed the desolation of Victoria’s stringent lockdown measures imposed three weeks ago to curb surging cases of coronavirus. Melbourne, the capital city of Australia’s pandemic hotspot, has a strict ‘stage four’ lockdown in place: curfews from 8pm to 5am, schools closed, only one … Read more
All eyes are on Britain’s deserted cinemas as they prepare for the first release of a Hollywood film since March, with the industry expecting its worst year at box office in three decades amid the coronavirus pandemic. Christopher Nolan’s sci-fi film Tenet – starring David John Washington and Robert Pattinson – will hit the big … Read more
The Royal Exchange in London – home to exclusive shops such as Tiffany, Fortnum & Mason, and Boodles – is at the heart of one of the world’s most vibrant financial centres. But yesterday the landmark, founded in 1566 to act as a centre of commerce for the City of London, was empty despite the … Read more