Shoppers in Wales have been left outraged after supermarkets cordoned off non-essential items days before Christmas under the country’s shock Covid crackdown. Pictures today emerged of Sainsbury’s in Pontypridd which blocked off non-essential sections of the store using large red barricades. Sainsbury’s say the items – including clothing and Christmas decorations – are blocked off … Read more
Tesco has barred shoppers from buying winter coats and children’s clothes by barricading items deemed ‘non-essential’ at one of its London stores. A photo taken in the store, in Streatham, South London, showed metal barricades blocking off the coats and clothes, among other items. The scene echoed those seen across Wales last month after the … Read more
Businesses were today bracing for a punishing four weeks that will see them burn through billions during England’s second national lockdown. Thousands of bosses and staff of non-essential shops, pubs, restaurants and gyms are waking up to a familiar sense of uncertainty after being ordered to close until at least December 2. Ministers have been … Read more
Key points in COVID lockdown Mark 2 Restrictions will start at midnight on Thursday morning and last until December 2. People can only leave their homes for specific reasons, such as to do essential shopping, for outdoor exercise, and for work if they are unable to work from home. Non-essential shops will be told to shut, … Read more
Welsh First Minister Mark Drakeford said supermarkets can use ‘discretion’ when deciding what items are non-essential after overzealous Tesco ‘trolley police’ told women they couldn’t buy sanitary towels. Sales of all non-essential items have been banned under Wales’s firebreak lockdown in a bid to discourage people from spending more time than necessary in shops and be fair to … Read more
The Welsh ‘trolley police’ sparked fury this morning after women in Tesco were told they could not buy sanitary towels – because they were non-essential items. Details of the extraordinary restriction were revealed by the supermarket online after a complaint from a shopper, known only as Katie. It sparked a war of words between Tesco … Read more
A dad attempted to shop at a Welsh supermarket wearing just his boxer shorts and a facemask in protest at Wales’ ban on selling ‘non-essential’ items in supermarkets. Chris Noden, 38, was stopped by security staff as he tried to push his trolley into the Tesco store in Newport, Gwent. Furious wife Dawn, 33, filmed … Read more
Wales is today reviewing its ‘trolley police’ ban on shops selling non-essential goods during the ‘firebreak’ lockdown after a massive backlash. First Minister Mark Drakeford said he recognised that people were ‘fed up’ as he hinted at a rethink on the draconian move, saying ‘common sense’ was needed. Welsh ministers have been embroiled in damaging … Read more
NYC threatens to SHUT non-essential businesses in neighborhoods where COVID-19 cases are on the rise – after the Big Apple records its highest spike in three months Six neighborhoods across Brooklyn and Queens are seeing concerning spikes in cases of COVID-19 The NYC Health Department is now threatening to shutter non-essential businesses in each of … Read more
Israel has closed all non-essential businesses, including open-air markets and limited prayer meetings after failing to bring down the highest Covid infection rate in the world. ‘Over the past two days, we’ve heard from experts that if we don’t take immediate and harsh measures, we’ll reach an abyss,’ Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said last night, … Read more