Lockdown visitors ruin one of Britain’s most important ancient forests by holding weddings, leaving litter and stripping moss from trees for their hanging baskets Devon County Council say visitors are ‘ruining’ Wistman’s Wood on Dartmoor People have held weddings, left litter and stripped moss from dwarf oak trees Area likely to be left-over from ancient forest … Read more
Chelsea Flower Show visitors could be asked to show proof of a negative Covid-19 test before being allowed entry Royal Horticultural Society said this year’s event could go ahead with anti-virus measures in place Last year the physical show was cancelled and went online due to the pandemic This year’s event would be one of … Read more
Visitors at Nazi Buchenwald concentration camp are condemned for tobogganing over mass graves where 76,000 people died during WWII The German WWII memorial urged visitors to avoid spending leisure pastimes People were spotted enjoying sledging at the mass graves while touring the site Buchenwald and its sub camp were used to house thousands of slave … Read more
A couple who visited a care home in South Wales to see their 94-year-old mother through her window have had their £60 fine withdrawn amid an intensifying police crackdown on lockdown rule-breakers. Carol Richards, 68, and husband David, 66, of Bridgend travelled 10 miles to visit dementia sufferer Decima Minhinnick at Picton Court Care Home. They were reprimanded … Read more
While 2020 should have been a milestone year for Australia Zoo, the Irwins instead faced financial strain and uncertainty on the tourist attraction’s 50th birthday. Bindi Irwin admitted recently her late father Steve’s legacy was almost on the brink of collapse as they struggled to keep the business operational amid the Covid-19 pandemic. Now, a source … Read more
Walkers and cyclists descended on a National Trust beauty spot in Surrey this afternoon as the car park overflowed amid concerns the area is becoming overcrowded during the third national lockdown. Cars lined the road outside Box Hill in the North Downs as families, couples and dog walkers made the most of a day off, … Read more
Park wardens in Snowdonia are reportedly being abused by visitors who are travelling to the Welsh beauty spot from Tier 4 areas despite pleas to stay away. Non-essential travel in Wales is banned and any exercise has to start as soon as a person leaves their house. And breaking Covid lockdown rules can end with … Read more
Inside an inflatable ‘room of hugs’ where Italian care home residents can touch their loved ones through plastic screens Care home residents sat with their visitors in the ‘rooms of hugs’ in Campania in southern Italy on Saturday Wearing gloves and masks, guests pressed their hands and faces against the screen to get close to … Read more
Sledge-wielding visitors flock to Welsh beauty spots including the Brecon Beacons despite police pleas to stay away and threats of fines during coronavirus lockdown Hikers defied pleas from officials and headed to the Storey Arms beauty spot Brecon authorities have expressly told people to follow ‘stay at home’ orders But they acknowledged ‘it is clear’ … Read more
Police are carrying out ‘high visibility patrols’ in the Brecon Beacons after hundreds of visitors descended onto the Welsh beauty spot in defiance of the strict Tier 4 coronavirus restrictions. Dyfed-Powys Police have been turning visitors away from the busy Pen y Fan, the highest peak in south Wales, after hundreds of vehicles arrived at the … Read more