High Street stalwart Next has warned that a fresh full two-week lockdown across England, Northern Ireland and Scotland would cost it nearly £60million in lost sales. The retailer said that its in-store sales in the last three months were around half of levels seen since last year, with fears already mounting about the potential impact … Read more
Back in Business! Rebecca Judd shows off her lavish $200 beauty haul that she got for FREE after Melbourne’s harsh stage-four lockdown is lifted By Chloe-lee Longhetti For Daily Mail Australia Published: 05:16 GMT, 28 October 2020 | Updated: 05:16 GMT, 28 October 2020 Shes been in lockdown for weeks with her family at her … Read more
Police chiefs have warned that Christmas family celebrations will be broken up by officers if they flout lockdown rules. David Jamieson, the West Midlands police and crime commissioner, said officers will investigate reports of rule-breaking over the festive period. The West Midlands are currently under Tier 2 restrictions, meaning people cannot mix with any other … Read more
The Prime Minister has been told to prepare for the second wave of coronavirus to be more deadly than the first, with the death toll likely to remain high throughout the winter, SAGE advisors have reportedly warned. According to internal analysis provided by the Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies (SAGE), deaths will peak at a … Read more
As the coronavirus crisis drags on, the mood in Europe is turning ugly. Tempers are fraying. Frustration is at boiling point. And, as the shocking photos on this page reveal, with new Covid restrictions being introduced across the continent, many countries are sliding into open rebellion. Take Italy, for example, where this week at least … Read more
French President Macron could announce a new nationwide lockdown tomorrow evening as a growing wave of anti-lockdown protests sweep Europe. The French government is envisaging a month-long national lockdown to combat the coronavirus resurgence which could take effect from midnight on Thursday, France‘s BFM TV reported today. Macron is due to make a televised address … Read more
Former Supreme Court judge Lord Sumption blasts ‘coercive’ ministerial powers during lockdown and accuses Boris Johnson of ‘the most significant interference with personal freedom in the history of our country’ Sumption accused ministers of keeping Britons ‘under a form of house arrest’ He attacked control ministers had over everyday life in Cambridge law lecture Said measures … Read more
A bargain store in Swansea is asking its customers to use their judgement on which items are ‘non-essential’ because their staff cannot challenge them. Signs asking shoppers to ‘judge’ what goods they deem to be non-essential have gone on display at the Parc Tawe B&M branch. Many goods including toasters, kettles, duvets, wrapping paper and … Read more
English police stopped 20 drivers in Gloucestershire on the first day of Wales’s ‘fire break’ lockdown – despite not having the power to fine those who break First Minister Mark Drakeford’s Covid rules, it has been revealed. Three of the motorists who were stopped last Friday during a police operation in the Forest of Dean … Read more
Angela Merkel is drawing up plans for a so-called ‘lockdown light’ in which bars and restaurants would shut but most schools would stay open, German media says. Merkel is due to hold talks with regional leaders on Wednesday amid rapidly rising coronavirus infections in Germany, with her economy minister warning that cases could soon reach … Read more