Demand for cleaners rockets as lockdown restrictions are lifted and home visits are given the green light Online searches for ‘book a cleaner’ quadrupled yesterday after new guidance Thousands of families contacted pre-lockdown cleaners requesting they return Government said on Monday families are now allowed to bring in domestic help By Kamal Sultan For The … Read more
Anxious holidaymakers are being ‘bullied’ into handing over thousands of pounds for trips that are unlikely to go ahead. Countless holidays have been cancelled since the Foreign Office advised against all but essential travel in March. With no end date in sight, and the Government now looking to enforce a 14-day quarantine period for travellers … Read more
NETFLIX White Lines When the Spanish crime drama Money Heist became a global hit, Netflix shrewdly signed up creator Álex Pina to make another show. This ten-episode series, which has the producers of The Crown on board, is the result. The latest show from Money Heist creator Álex Pina follows Zoe as she travels to … Read more
Bike shops are running out of stock as Britons rush to get on two wheels in preparation for the post-lockdown world. Halfords, Decathlon, Evans and WheelBase are selling out of mountain and road bikes as Cycle to Work schemes see a 200 per cent surge in orders from emergency workers. One bike store in Bicester … Read more
Ahmaud Arbery was shot dead in the Satilla Shores neighborhood in Brunswick, Georgia, just after 1pm on February 23 The family of an unarmed black man who was shot dead by two white men in Georgia have described his death as a ‘lynching’. Ahmaud Arbery, 25, was killed February 23 after he became embroiled in … Read more
LeBron James led a line of celebrities speaking out about the shooting of an unarmed black jogger by two white men less than three months ago – and the lack of consequences against the men involved in the shooting. In the incident, Ahmaud Arbery, 25, was fatally shot by Travis McMichael as he jogged in … Read more
FDA registers 1,500 new hand sanitizer manufacturers to meet demand amid the coronavirus pandemic – but warns the products must be ‘unpalatable’ after a surge in children drinking the disinfectant More than 1,500 new manufacturers of hand sanitizer have registered with the FDA to meet demand during the coronavirus pandemic The agency has asked that they … Read more
Cast off our lockdown restrictions, anglers demand as they brand themselves a ‘social distancing sport’ that could safely resume Anglers are trying to persuade the Government they can restart their hobby The Angling Trust submitted a large 15-page report to ministers yesterday Golfers also created proposals to persuade the Government to let them reopen Both … Read more
The dividend drought has begun. For people who rely on dividends for their income, either directly or indirectly through their pensions, the past three or four weeks have been a catastrophe. Share prices may have clambered back some 20 per cent from their lows of March 23, when the FTSE100 index dipped below 5,000 – … Read more
SKY/NOW TV, APPLE TV+ AND MORE Trying The streaming service’s first British series looks like being one of its best shows to date. The series’ pedigree is certainly impressive. Directed by Catastrophe helmer Jim O’Hanlon and written by former Mock The Week scribe Andy Wolton, the cast of Trying includes Rafe Spall, Esther Smith, Phil … Read more