The Loins of Longleat Lord Bath is laid to rest on his estate but his widow and ‘wifelets’ ‘can’t bear to look at each other’ By Alistair Foster, Joanna Bell And Sophie Cockerham For The Mail On Sunday Published: 00:02 BST, 14 June 2020 | Updated: 02:01 BST, 14 June 2020 Lord Bath’s love life was … Read more
The south west region is emerging from lockdown more quickly than the rest of the UK while Londoners are most likely to stay home, new figures have revealed. Anonymised mobile phone data gathered by Oxford University shows population movements were on average 37 per cent of normal levels in the south west in the week … Read more
Britain today announced 133 more coronavirus deaths, as separate shock data shows the UK’s Covid-19 outbreak is killing more people each day than the rest of the EU countries combined. Department of Health officials have yet to confirm the final daily figure, which can often be much higher because it includes fatalities in all settings. The … Read more
London‘s 8.9million people could be released from lockdown earlier than other parts of the country if the city’s infection and deaths rates continue to fall at a faster rate, it was revealed today. The ‘R’ virus reproduction value has dropped to 0.4 in the capital and data yesterday revealed it hasn’t had more than 100 … Read more
City bankers may be asked to work from home for rest of year By Ben Harrington, Financial Mail on Sunday Published: 21:56 BST, 16 May 2020 | Updated: 21:56 BST, 16 May 2020 Some City bankers may be asked to work from home for the rest of the year, The Mail on Sunday can reveal. … Read more
Non-stop sales are planned for the rest of the year in shops which are set to re-open after the coronavirus lockdown wrecked an entire season for fashion retailers. Analysts believe there could be as much as £15billion-worth of stock which needs to be sold, meaning there will be ‘wall-to-wall’ sales until January. Clothing shops were … Read more
Ministers will let healthy over-70s be released from lockdown with the rest of the UK, it has been reported, amid fears of ‘social unrest’ if they have to endure longer coronavirus restrictions than the rest of the UK. The government is keen to clarify rules for the elderly after confusion at the weekend over the official … Read more
Britain has the fourth deadliest major coronavirus outbreak in the world and has now suffered more deaths per million people than France, according to statistics. As the UK this week began including people who died in care homes in its official statistics, its death rate rose above that of France, which had already done so. … Read more
BOOK OF THE WEEK BECOMING BULLETPROOF by Evy Poumpouras (Icon £14.99, 336 pp) She’s not a woman to mess with, Evy Poumpouras. A former U.S. Secret Service Agent blessed with spectacular looks, who has worked in the security details for four former presidents, she knows of what she speaks. She was on duty at the … Read more
Nicola Sturgeon declares she WILL ease lockdown restrictions in Scotland at different rate to the rest of the UK if she disagrees with Boris Johnson’s plan – and swears it is not ‘political’ – but refuses to set a date for rules to be relaxed Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon published lockdown exit plan last … Read more