The wartime President of the United States, Franklin D Roosevelt, once proclaimed that the only thing we have to fear is fear itself. And at this critical moment, nothing could be more true – not least when it comes to the inflammatory debate about whether or not some primary-aged children should return to the classroom … Read more
From Fearne Cotton’s Happy Place to No Really, I’m Fine, History Of Ideas with David Runciman and Easy Peasy Quarantini, this week’s top podcasts By Leaf Arbuthnot Published: 22:01 BST, 9 May 2020 | Updated: 12:29 BST, 10 May 2020 Happy Place Every week Fearne Cotton asks famous guests to tell her what happiness means … Read more
How many policemen does it take to catch a bike thief…? Moment mob of officers descended on park and fined Covidiots who tormented THAT lone PCSO and stole his cycle as he tried to disperse crowd during lockdown Mobile footage shows a PCSO trying to disperse a large gathering in a park As he tries … Read more
Italian police shared a video online on Tuesday in which they are seen using drones to hunt down a man lying alone on a beach, before issuing him with a fine. The police officers can be seen flying a drone to survey the beach from above before finding the unaware sunbather, and then closing in … Read more
Police fine three Londoners for making a 250-mile trip to camp at a Welsh beauty spot during lockdown Three men from the London area were located having set up camp at Mwnt The men travelled a considerable distance only to be fined and sent home By Sara Scarlett For Mailonline Published: 23:53 BST, 18 April … Read more
We may not be fully conscious of it yet, but lockdown is, in many respects, one giant, unprecedented social experiment. No one has any real idea how it will influence the economy, although very few disagree that, short term, it will be almost cataclysmic. Equally seismic are the social repercussions. For young people, who are … Read more
All too easy: The banks are relentlessly pursuing an agenda to take us away from using cash but it doesn’t work for everyone Slowly but surely, like a Number 9 bus, we are moving towards a cashless society where plastic and payment apps rule. Move over bank and building society branches run by tellers with friendly … Read more
The Queen’s stirring address to the nation has stiffened our resolve, but now it’s the turn of another royal to take centre stage in this time of crisis — home-grown Hollywood royalty, that is. For the inimitable Dame Joan Collins, forever revered as Alexis in the Eighties super-soap Dynasty, is putting herself up for auction … Read more
Police chiefs are calling for laws to ban Britons from driving long distances and going out for exercise more than once a day ahead of a hot Easter weekend. Officers in Windermere, Cumbria, are already sending people in camper vans, while locals in St Ives, Cornwall, have blocked some roads to protect vulnerable residents. Police … Read more
Sam Faiers risked a £1,000 fine on Tuesday as she drove her black Range Rover without a rear licence plate to stock up on supplies at local shops in Surrey. Failing to show a correct number plate fitted in the right place can lead to a fine of up to £1,000 or a failed MOT test. The … Read more