Long queues formed at Costco today as shoppers raced to supermarkets to fill their trolleys with toilet roll as tighter coronavirus restrictions are expected to be announced. Shelves are also being emptied of pasta, rice and tinned goods as people prepare to hunker down at home. Prime Minister Boris Johnson is expected to announce tightened … Read more
Ocado and Sainsbury’s have warned they are running out of delivery slots and there are none available until Monday with Tesco and Asda – as a second lockdown looms over Britain. The online supermarkets pasted notices on their ‘pick a slot’ page warning customers the sites were experiencing high demand. Ocado’s read: ‘Delivery slots are … Read more
Universities were frantically trying to unravel the Government’s exams U-turn last night as experts warned that 55,000 students might now try to switch back to institutions that rejected them. The industry’s main umbrella body said universities were seeking ‘urgent clarification’ on how to accommodate students they had earlier refused because of A-level results downgrades. Ministers last … Read more
Britain faces a further month’s worth of rain in just three hours today after intense thunderstorms battered the country over the weekend, forcing people to flee their homes and evacuate supermarkets. A huge funnel cloud appeared over the Bristol Channel yesterday which appeared to create a spray from the sea, while an extraordinary ‘microburst’ storm … Read more
Lebanese cash could flood to Britain as test court case looms By Dan Atkinson For The Mail On Sunday Published: 22:31 BST, 8 August 2020 | Updated: 22:31 BST, 8 August 2020 A court case in London could trigger a huge flow of money out of Lebanon and into the UK. Evidence has been filed … Read more
Shock twist in Bachelor in Paradise legal case as it emerges Jamie Doran’s lawyer is ‘trying to convince his co-stars to join a class action lawsuit against Channel 10’ By Demeter Stamell For Daily Mail Australia Published: 04:46 BST, 31 July 2020 | Updated: 04:47 BST, 31 July 2020 Just two days after announcing plans … Read more
Dominic Harrison, Blackburn with Darwen’s director of public health, A staggering 85 per cent of new Covid-19 infections in Blackburn with Darwen are among its South Asian population, a local health chief revealed today amid fears it will become the second place in England to be hit with a local lockdown because of a spike … Read more
Builders want £180m-a-year levy lifted as bill to fund industry training looms By Neil Craven for The Mail on Sunday Published: 22:30 BST, 20 June 2020 | Updated: 22:30 BST, 20 June 2020 Construction firms are calling for a holiday from a £180million-a-year levy that they are due to begin paying as soon as next … Read more
In Derby, they have a saying: ‘If you don’t work at Rolls-Royce, you know someone who does.’ The catchphrase, often repeated with pride, now has an element of poignancy as people wait, filled with trepidation, for the jobs axe to fall. The East Midlands town has three claims to global fame: its Royal Crown Derby … Read more
Minnesota Governor Tim Walz on Friday admitted an ‘abject failure’ by law enforcement in trying to control crowds of rioters who took over Minneapolis on Thursday night, torching buildings and overrunning a police station, as a city-wide curfew was declared between the hours of 8pm and 6am. Protesters have been running rampant in Minneapolis now … Read more