It’s ‘essential’ Goods Friday: Lockdown shoppers queue for up to THREE HOURS to buy booze and food before supermarkets shut on Easter Sunday Queues at Asda Clapham Junction were seen snaking down and across the car park this afternoon in London It comes ahead of the four-day Easter bank holiday weekend as shoppers stock up … Read more
Beauty spots and rural villages across Britain have told holidaymakers and second homeowners that they are ‘not welcome’ during the Easter weekend as many put up road blocks in a bid to deter tourists from visiting. National parks and seaside resorts have been left deserted during what is normally one of the busiest times of … Read more
Theresa May may no longer be in Downing Street but the veteran Tory MP was still leading by example outside her local Waitrose today. Mrs May, who famously said the naughtiest thing she’d ever done was run through field of wheat, stuck fastidiously to social distancing while grabbing essentials at the branch in Berkshire. Wearing … Read more
Meet the dog on course to become Britain’s oldest – thanks to a diet of McDonald’s. Pampered pooch Titch has just turned 20 – around 100 in human years – just a year behind the oldest pooch in the UK. But despite his OAP status he loves nothing more than a Maccy D’s and watching … Read more
A vicar’s son has made a tearful video begging people to pray for his father, a popular clergyman who is fighting for his life with coronavirus over Easter. Tom Holmes, 32, struggled to speak as he asked for prayers for Revd Peter Holmes, 65, who has been vicar of St Peter’s church in Norbiton, London, … Read more
Dr Maria Danilychev (pictured), who practices practices hospice/palliative medicine in San Diego, has published a chart showing how Covid-19 has risen to become the leading cause of death in the US at 1,970 deaths per day Coronavirus is now the leading cause of death in America killing more on average each day than cancer or … Read more
The CDC has extended its ‘no sail’ order for the cruise industry for a further 100 days, leaving 100 ships and 80,000 crew members stranded off the US coast. At least 20 of these ships have known or suspected cases of coronavirus on-board, the agency said. Cruise liners are coming under pressure to make repatriation … Read more
Britain’s coronavirus death toll jumps by 953 to 8,931 By Stephen Matthews Health Editor For Mailonline Published: 14:16 BST, 10 April 2020 | Updated: 14:27 BST, 10 April 2020 The UK’s coronavirus death toll today jumped by 953 to 8,931, according to figures released by all of the home nations. England recorded 866 new fatalities … Read more
Beaches are deserted and motorways empty this Good Friday as Britons take notice of warnings to stay at home – in scenes far from the same bank holiday weekend a year ago. Police have stepped up patrols and road checks this weekend as they warned would-be day-trippers to stay away from beauty spots as the … Read more
Christians were marking Good Friday in isolation today as churches lay empty, worshippers prayed from home and the Pope prepared for a scaled-back Easter because of the coronavirus pandemic. Pilgrims have been barred from retracing Jesus’s steps in the Holy Land, with flights grounded and the Church of the Holy Sepulchre closed for the first … Read more