He has been keeping fans entertained, motivated and encouraged throughout the COVID-19 lockdowns on social media. And Matthew McConaughey and his wife, Camila Alves, went one step further on Friday, taking to the streets to deliver 110,000 masks to those in need. The 50-year-old took to social media to open up about their charity initiate … Read more
Under normal circumstances they make for perfect stay-cation destinations. But residents in Scottish rural villages and glens have been urging visitors and those wishing to isolate there to stay away. Signs and blockades have been erected on single track roads and normally popular destinations, with messages such as ‘go home’ and ‘closed’ written across them. … Read more
Not long after Tamsin Calidas and her husband, Rab, decided to sell their home in London and buy a derelict croft on a small Hebridean island, their estate agent gave them a warning. ‘Island life . . . it’s different. It’s not for everyone,’ she said. Tamsin would have plenty of time to reflect on … Read more
Britons took full advantage of the loosened lockdown today by heading to parks and beaches to soak up the sunshine. Boris Johnson’s road map back to normality has given the green light for unlimited exercise and sunbathing, which has been seized upon by the public. Fitness enthusiasts were pictured working up a sweat in London’s … Read more
No one could have appeared more plausible than Thomas Fairfax, the middle-aged divorcee who arrived in the small Gloucestershire town of Lydney in the winter of 1991. Tall, well-spoken and smartly dressed in a cashmere overcoat, expensive Italian shoes and neat shirt and tie, he soon became a familiar face — driving around town in … Read more
Adorable footage shows otters and badgers relaxing and playing with their young in North Wales as the coronavirus lockdown leads to a marked reduction in human activity Hidden cameras in rural North Wales captured the footage of the animals Shows several badgers playing together in the middle of the night Wildlife expert from Wales also … Read more
‘Sunday driver’ effect is part of the reason MORE fatal car crashes occur in rural areas than in urban cities Peak for fatal car crashes is in rural areas and on a Sunday, UCL study shows Weekdays have two spikes in collisions for morning and evening rush hour More total collisions are seen in urban areas … Read more
Rural America is seeing higher death rates from the novel coronavirus than its urban counterparts because of an aging population, a new report suggests. The research examined the impact of age on the potential death rate in each US county. A demographer found that more than half of the country’s rural counties would have significantly … Read more