Supermarkets warn shoppers could wait more than a week for deliveries as Ocado takes its app offline and Sainsbury’s, Tesco and Morrisons are forced to drop rivalries and share vans and depots A surge of panic-buying and large orders means online shops are ill-prepared Leading supermarkets will work together to ensure shopping is delivered But … Read more
‘Will cancelling everything solve it? I’m not entirely sure:’ Mike Tindall shares his views on cancelling major UK sporting events as thousands of Cheltenham Festival revellers defied coronavirus fears Around 68,000 people packed into Prestbury Park in Gloucestershire today Mike Tindall admitted it was a ‘shame’ to see the sporting calendar torn up Singer Lily Allen, … Read more
For more than a decade, Formula 1 tycoon Eric Hersman has slept soundly under the £100,000 antique crystal chandelier in his bedroom. But now its 24 bulbs are emitting more heat than light. It has been taken down and put in storage, over an extraordinary row with Mr Hersman’s upstairs neighbours Sir Peter Walters and … Read more
Distraught friends and relatives of the British soldier killed in Iraq hailed her as ‘a true hero’ and an ‘incredible force of nature’. Lance Corporal Brodie Gillon died when Iranian-backed gunmen fired missiles on a military base on Wednesday. She was the first British soldier to be killed in combat during the current fight against … Read more
A gang of brazen thieves who stripped a town park of its entire stock of daffodils were being hunted by cops today. Just seven out of an estimated 10,000 blooming daffodils were left standing after the flowers were cut at their stems in an ‘industrial scale’ operation earlier this week. The flowers, worth around £2,000, … Read more
A High Court judge yesterday brought the curtain down on a controversial theatre investment company backed by former BBC boss Lord Grade and the Duchess of York. A bitter court dispute – which saw the Conservative peer forced to defend his own company after his lawyers quit – laid bare allegations that Grade and other directors … Read more
Easter holidays could be extended by TWO weeks but government also considers emergency measures to force schools to stay open if head teachers shut them unnecessarily in coronavirus pandemic Gavin Williamson said he was ‘mindful’ of increasing strain on public services The Education Secretary will meet union leaders and school bosses to form plan Britain … Read more
Quarantined Italians took to their balconies for a second time on Friday evening to sing the national anthem and rousing soccer anthems to lift morale amid the country’s severe coronavirus outbreak. The flash mob launched throughout Italy aimed to bring people together and try to cope with the emergency of coronavirus as the country remains on … Read more
For the first time in years, Connie Yates is smiling. Wrapped in the strong embrace of her ‘rock’, Chris Gard, and cradling her baby bump, she is ready – almost – to let the joy of impending motherhood flood over her. It is three years since she lost her 11-month-old son, Charlie Gard, in a … Read more
President Donald Trump did not hesitate to spread germs Friday by repeatedly shaking hands during his coronavirus press conference, breaking the CDC’s guidelines on how to avoid contracting the deadly virus. But Trump wasn’t the only one to flout the safety guidelines. Vice President Mike Pence, members of the coronavirus task force and CEOs adjusted … Read more