Football legend Paul Gascoigne stunned drinkers by visiting a Manchester pub and posing for selfies despite calls for social distancing amid the coronavirus pandemic. The former England midfielder was in Spain last week, the second-worst European country affected by the spread of the killer Covid-19 illness. ‘Gazza’, 52, spent a couple of hours at The … Read more
By Natalie Rahhal, Acting US Health Editor for DailyMail.com HOW DANGEROUS IS CORONAVIRUS? About 14 percent of people who contract the Covid-19 coronavirus are taken to hospital – with severe symptoms including breathing problems and pneumonia. About 5 per cent need intensive care. But the majority who get the virus suffer nothing more than … Read more
2020 OLYMPIC GAMES The Olympic torch relay in Greece was cancelled on Friday March 13 – just a day after the flame was lit in Olympia. Large crowds mobbed Hollywood actor Gerard Butler as he lit the cauldron in the Greek city of Sparta despite repeated warnings for spectators not to attend because of coronavirus. That forced … Read more
What is the coronavirus? A coronavirus is a type of virus which can cause illness in animals and people. Viruses break into cells inside their host and use them to reproduce itself and disrupt the body’s normal functions. Coronaviruses are named after the Latin word ‘corona’, which means crown, because they are encased by a … Read more
Coronavirus clobbers the British pub: Restaurants also hit in latest stock market rout By Tom Witherow For The Daily Mail Published: 22:17 GMT, 16 March 2020 | Updated: 22:20 GMT, 16 March 2020 Shares in the UK’s biggest pubs and restaurants tumbled on another day of panic selling on stock markets around the world. As … Read more
Home is where the pub is. At least it could be if you have £4million to spare. Grade II listed medieval mansion The Moat House in Benenden, Kent is on the market, offering buyers their own car museum, moat and pub. Boasting more than 100 acres of land in the heart of the Garden of … Read more
The decline of the great British pub is nothing to raise a glass to, but the growing trend of converting old inns into new homes means it’s not last orders yet. The fall in numbers of pubs has been spectacular. There were 99,000 a century ago, compared to just 39,130 today. ‘Unfortunately pubs continue to … Read more
You might think this fine old British tradition had gone the same way as red telephone boxes and village post offices. So to discover a pub crawl flourishing in the heart of London, showing tourists Britain at its eccentric best, brought a warm glow to the cheeks of this lifelong aficionado of public houses. On … Read more
The smell of bread in Paris, the warmth of a pub fire in London and the scent of roasting chestnuts in New York: Sensory experiences travellers associate with cities around the world Other experiences include hearing the sound of water lapping a boat in Dubai In Sydney, travellers like the cool breeze on the Manly to … Read more
A popular country pub is on the brink of closure after TripAdvisor deleted it from searches of Salisbury five miles away when it decided it was ‘too far away’. Owners of The Hook and Glove, in Farley, Wiltshire, have complained that the 110-year-old ‘hidden gem’ has become ‘invisible to the masses’ visiting Salisbury. Just over seven … Read more