The average cost of buying a home in Britain reached an all-time high of £239,000 in August, with people making the most of the Chancellor’s stamp duty holiday, official figures show. In the year to August, property prices increased by an average of 2.5 per cent, or £6,000 compared to a year ago, the Office … Read more
Several European nations have put into effect new measures and restrictions in an effort to curb the second wave of the coronavirus rapidly spreading across the continent, with cases skyrocketing. Much of Europe has introduced measures such as shutting or ordering early closing of bars, but now the surging infection rates are also testing the … Read more
Sales of patio heaters and fire pits soar by 400% as homeowners desperately prepare for winter outdoor entertaining under new Tier 2 rules Demand for patio heaters and fire pits has soared thanks to new COVID-19 rules People hit by second-harshest lockdown level are banned from mixing indoors As such, outdoor furniture businesses have seen … Read more
A top scientist and SAGE expert has today said two-week circuit-breaker lockdowns around school holidays could help disrupt the spread of coronavirus ahead of a vaccine. Professor Graham Medley of the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, who is on the government’s Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies (SAGE) committee, said the lockdowns would best be … Read more
The World Health Organization has urged leaders to stop using lockdowns as a ‘primary control method’ amid the coronavirus pandemic, prompting President Trump to tell a Florida rally that he was right all along. Trump stepped out Monday for his first campaign event since he came down with coronavirus and defended his stance on keeping … Read more
‘Why would you butcher your son’s hair?’ Rachael Finch is trolled for the at home haircut she gives her three-year-old Dominic and slammed for not taking him to the ‘barbershop’ By Zoe Burrell For Daily Mail Australia Published: 00:43 BST, 8 October 2020 | Updated: 00:46 BST, 8 October 2020 Rachael Finch copped the wrath … Read more
Local lockdowns could be imposed within 24 hours of an outbreak thanks to real-time data from NHS Covid-19 app App offers a faster reporting mechanism than the beleaguered testing system It means local authorities will be able to act faster and impose local lockdowns NHS app has already been downloaded by 12.4million people to fight … Read more
Economically-crippling local lockdowns are failing to curb coronavirus outbreaks, analysis shows. More than 17million Britons in 48 towns, cities and boroughs are currently living with even more limited freedoms than the rest of the country. Many have been barred from meeting friends or family in person and university students in the locked-down areas are practically confined … Read more
REVEALED: The tourism hot spot that has become Australia’s number one domestic holiday destination as lockdowns smash the industry A domestic location has topped a list of flights booked by Australians for 2021 Broome on Western Australia’s north coast is number one destination on the list International travel was banned by the government in March … Read more
Democratic nominee Joe Biden went after Attorney General Bill Barr for saying that coronavirus lockdown orders were the ‘greatest intrusion on civil liberties in American history’ since slavery – and called Donald Trump’s handling of Covid ‘close to criminal.’ ‘Quite frankly they’re sick,’ Biden remarked of Barr’s comments at a Thursday night CNN town hall … Read more