Wetherspoon’s launches four-day sale with pints of real ale at just 99p in bid to clear stock

Last orders! Wetherspoon’s launches four-day sale with pints of real ale at just 99p in bid to clear stock before winter lockdown kicks in Prices were cut before pubs across the UK close at 10pm on Wednesday night Pints of real ale were reduced to shed stock because they won’t last a month  Cider and … Read more

Liverpool mayor accuses Rishi Sunak of cheating the north out of 80% furlough

Increasing furlough payments for a national lockdown shows the Prime Minister thinks workers in the North are worth less than those in the South, regional mayors have claimed. The Government will plunge England back into Covid restrictions from Thursday with businesses set to close their doors for four weeks. The Chancellor Rishi Sunak announced an extension … Read more

UK Covid travel ban: Holidays abroad outlawed by second lockdown

Holidaymakers will be banned from travelling abroad again under strict new winter lockdown rules in England. All outbound international travel will be banned, except for a small number of circumstances, as part of the new rules revealed last night by Prime Minister Boris Johnson. Internal travel within the UK from England, for any reason apart … Read more

East 17 star Tony Mortimer reads first of 67 novels after turning 50

East 17 star Tony Mortimer reads his first novel after turning 50 — then reads 64 more with Shakespeare next on the list East 17 boyband member Tony Mortimer reads first novel, aged 50 in lockdown Now the Stay Another Day hitmaker is 10,000 words into writing his own book   Discovered passion for reading after … Read more

Wales lockdown: Dan Hodges visits during Mark Drakeford ‘firebreak’

Mark Rosser is nervous. ‘You’re the second person to call me today. Why are you doing this? Are you checking up on me?’ I’m actually seeing if it’s possible to book a room at his Crown Lodge B&B in Harlech, Gwynedd. The answer, apparently, is no. ‘Are you mad? I’m not even allowed to leave … Read more

Wales lockdown: Dan Hodges visits during Mark Drakeford ‘firebreak’

Mark Rosser is nervous. ‘You’re the second person to call me today. Why are you doing this? Are you checking up on me?’ I’m actually seeing if it’s possible to book a room at his Crown Lodge B&B in Harlech, Gwynedd. The answer, apparently, is no. ‘Are you mad? I’m not even allowed to leave … Read more

Comedian Tom Gleeson says Darwin has stayed safe during the pandemic because it’s a ‘s**thole’ 

‘It’s easy not to get a virus if no-one wants to visit’: Controversial comedian Tom Gleeson says Darwin has stayed safe during the pandemic because it’s a ‘s**thole’ By Marta Jary For Daily Mail Australia Published: 10:04 GMT, 1 November 2020 | Updated: 10:04 GMT, 1 November 2020 Tom Gleeson is known for making controversial … Read more

Holidays abroad are outlawed under strict new winter lockdown rules

Britons will be banned from going on holidays abroad again under strict new winter lockdown rules. All outbound international travel will be banned, except for a small number of circumstances, as part of the new rules revealed last night by Prime Minister Boris Johnson. Internal travel within the UK for any reason, apart from work, … Read more

Former Strictly star Kevin Clifton says he REGRETS leaving the show

Former Strictly star Kevin Clifton says he REGRETS leaving the show as all his theatre work is on hold due to the coronavirus pandemic By Charlotte Dean For Mailonline Published: 09:13 GMT, 1 November 2020 | Updated: 09:13 GMT, 1 November 2020 Former Strictly champion has spoken of his regret over quitting the show now … Read more

Coronavirus England: Police chief slams leak of second lockdown plan

The chairman of the Police Federation has slammed a ‘deeply unhelpful’ leak of the Government’s plan for a second lockdown which forced Prime Minister Boris Johnson to announce the new measure on Saturday, days earlier than planned. John Apter said the leak ‘created a media frenzy, concern and speculation’ at a time when it was … Read more