Police turn up at a village pub to stop ‘party’ breaking lockdown rules

Police were called to a virtual booze-up this weekend after reports a pub was flouting lockdown rules – only to discover the party was online. The Crown pub, in Cleator Moor, Cumbria, has been hosting Zoom get togethers dubbed the ‘Stay Inn’ since it closed to customers when coronavirus restrictions were put in place on March … Read more

Belgian PM is shamed by ‘outraged’ medics as they turn their backs on her in protest

Belgian PM is shamed by ‘outraged’ medics as they turn their backs on her in protest of her handling of the pandemic PM Sophie Wilmès visited Saint-Pierre Hospital, Marollen, Brussels, Saturday On arrival in a motorcade she saw rows of medics turning their backs one by one  Doctors and nurses were protesting the PM’s handling … Read more

ALEX BRUMMER: We can’t afford to turn Lloyds of London into a pariah

ALEX BRUMMER: Britain cannot afford to turn a valuable international earner like Lloyds of London into a pariah By Alex Brummer for the Daily Mail Published: 21:51 BST, 14 May 2020 | Updated: 21:51 BST, 14 May 2020 Britain’s insurers have not won many friends during the Covid-19 pandemic. The reluctance of Hiscox to pay … Read more

Banks turn customers away from branches if visit is not ‘essential’

Banks turn customers away from branches if the visit is not deemed ‘essential’ By Fiona Parker For The Daily Mail Published: 22:01 BST, 12 May 2020 | Updated: 00:15 BST, 13 May 2020 Banks are turning away customers who visit branches without a good reason. Lloyds, Halifax and Bank of Scotland are now providing only … Read more

Turn your lockdown jigsaw puzzle into a work of art

 Joint effort: Completing a jigsaw by Wentworth Wooden Puzzles, which can be framed, inset Piece by piece we’re trying to make sense of our lives during the lockdown, hoping that a clear picture will emerge by the end of it. But that’s nothing new for dissectologists — as jigsaw puzzle enthusiasts are known – who … Read more

Idris Elba’s DJ sitcom Turn Up Charlie is ‘axed’ by Netflix after just one series

‘They didn’t see eye to eye’: Idris Elba’s DJ sitcom Turn Up Charlie is ‘axed’ by Netflix after just one series By Jack Newman For Mailonline Published: 09:33 BST, 26 April 2020 | Updated: 18:51 BST, 26 April 2020 Idris Elba’s Netflix comedy Turn Up Charlie has been cancelled after just one series, according to … Read more

DEFENCE COMMITTEE CHAIR TOBIAS ELLWOOD: The global race for a vaccine will turn nasty

It is a race in which the prize could hardly be greater – the dash to find a vaccine. There will be no true exit from the coronavirus disaster without one. The runners and riders include such familiar names as GlaxoSmithKline, Johnson & Johnson, Sanofi, Imperial College and Oxford University’s Jenner Institute. There has been … Read more

Turn your garden into a Balinese spa (sort of): How to replicate pampering treatments at home

Turn your garden into a Balinese spa (sort of): How to replicate pampering treatments at home Jo Kessell attempts to recreate a holiday spa treatment at home on lockdown  She uses common kitchen ingredients including rice, ginger, cloves and nutmeg  Jo and her daughter don hotel slippers and lie on sun loungers in their garden   … Read more

Nintendo warns Switch owners to turn on two-factor authentication after wave of unauthorized logins

Nintendo warns Switch owners to turn on two-factor authentication after a wave of unauthorized logins Users report their Nintendo accounts have been accessed by a third party Nintendo said is aware of the issue and investigating To help secure accounts, it recommends turning on two-factor authentication   By James Pero For Dailymail.com Published: 23:54 BST, 21 April … Read more

DR MICHAEL MOSLEY: Should I join the stampede to turn VEGAN?

Should I go vegan? There are currently more than 500,000 people in Britain who say they have done – a fourfold increase over the past ten years. And the meat, fish, dairy and eggs (and honey – it’s made by bees and is therefore an animal by-product)-shunning revolution shows no signs of slowing down. The … Read more