A Nottinghamshire district was today added to the government’s Covid-19 hotspot watchlist amid a spike in cases. Public Health England announced Newark and Sherwood, home to around 120,000 people, is now an ‘area of concern’. Around 26.3 coronavirus cases were diagnosed for every 100,000 people living in the district in the week ending August 11 … Read more
Teenage boxer, 18, dies after being gunned down on street in locked-down Bury – as police launch murder probe Boxing prodigy ‘King Cole Kershaw’, 18, was shot in the street in Bury last night The teenager was rushed to hospital but doctors were unable to save his life A murder probe has been launched, with … Read more
More than half of locked-down Britons are now exercising or meditating at least once a day, data shows. A survey by University College London found 52 per cent of adults were doing some form of physical activity every day — up from 34 per cent pre-coronavirus. Walking, cycling and running have been the three most … Read more
Thousands of locked-down Britons are cramming onto packed beaches to bask in 82F (28C) sunshine on the hottest day of the year so far today, before rain and thunderstorms are set to hit the nation tomorrow. Sunbathers made the most of their new-found freedom following the easing of lockdown restrictions as London’s St James’s Park … Read more
Locked-down Britons are hitting the beach to bask in 82F (28C) sunshine on the hottest day of the year so far today, before rain and thunderstorms are set to hit the nation tomorrow. Sunbathers made the most of their new-found freedom following the easing of lockdown restrictions as London’s St James’s Park saw a high … Read more
Culture vultures! Zoo penguins check out the art at a locked-down museum (and it turns out they prefer Caravaggio to Monet) Three Humboldt penguins visited the empty Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art The Kansas City Zoo birds missed seeing visitors and were taken on a day out The birds were said to prefer Italian artiest Caravaggio … Read more
Locked-down smartphone users in the UK are sitting on 165 million gigabytes of unused mobile data worth a staggering £165 million, study claims Consumers stuck at home due to COVID-19 are using their WiFi instead of data Data use among non-essential workers has fallen from 2.4 to 1.9 GB a month More than two-thirds of users … Read more
British homes in lockdown are using 41 hours of internet a week, or nearly six hours a day – a rise of 29 per cent, according to a new survey. Comparison site Uswitch said a sizeable rise in internet usage since lockdown started has been driven by home working, video calls and gaming. Internet consumption for home … Read more
Exclusive shops and luxury hotels in London including Claridge’s and The Ritz have been shut and boarded up in the closed-down capital’s West End amid the coronavirus lockdown. High-end stores such as Dior and Givenchy have also been closed as the capital’s death toll surpasses 1,000. It comes as stores adhere to social distancing rules … Read more
Baseball bat-wielding thugs fight it out in full view of shocked locked-down residents in vicious street brawl Shocked locked-down residents in Halifax watched as a street brawl broke out Thugs were seen fighting with weapons, including one man using a baseball bat Others involved used household items such as a pot and pan as it … Read more