‘We woke up in a BOX, surrounded by strangers’: Manchester University students slam 6ft Covid fences

Students this morning told how they awoke in ‘a box surrounded by strangers’ after their university put up fencing around their halls without telling them. Undergraduates at Manchester University ripped down the metal posts last night after they were set up on Thursday on the first day of England’s new coronavirus lockdown. Crowds trampled on the … Read more

‘We woke up in a BOX, surrounded by strangers’: Manchester University students slam 6ft Covid fences

Students this morning told how they awoke in ‘a box surrounded by strangers’ after their university put up fencing around their halls without telling them. Undergraduates at Manchester University ripped down the metal posts last night after they were set up on Thursday on the first day of England’s new coronavirus lockdown. Crowds trampled on the … Read more

Workmen surround Kia with 6ft metal fences after driver leaves hatchback in roadworks

Instant car-ma! Workmen surround Kia with 6ft metal fences and start digging up street after driver leaves hatchback in roadworks area The driver left his  Kia Rio 2 in a roadworks area in Whitechapel, East London Workmen surrounded it with metal fencing and started digging up the road A passerby posted a photo on Facebook with the … Read more

Missing 6ft bird is reunited with her owner… then goes on the run AGAIN two days later

Catch emu if you can! Missing 6ft bird is reunited with her owner… then goes on the run AGAIN two days late Ethel the emu has gone on the run for the second time in a week near Doncaster The flightless bird was first reported missing to police on Thursday last week  Ethel was reunited … Read more

Missing 6ft bird is reunited with her owner… then goes on the run AGAIN two days later

Catch emu if you can! Missing 6ft bird is reunited with her owner… then goes on the run AGAIN two days late Ethel the emu has gone on the run for the second time in a week near Doncaster The flightless bird was first reported missing to police on Thursday last week  Ethel was reunited … Read more

Ethel the 6ft fugitive emu who spent six days evading police and RSPCA is ‘back home’

Ethel the emu, who spent nearly six days on the run in Doncaster, is believed to be back home. A friend of the her owner posted on Facebook that the city-wide search for the six-foot-tall bird who had eluded police and RSPCA officers was over. Victoria Elizabeth Robinson-Hewitt said the bird – which can run … Read more

Men over 6ft are TWICE as likely to get infected with Covid-19, study claims 

Tall people could face a greater risk of getting Covid-19, according to research that adds weight to the theory the disease is airborne.  Data from 2,000 people in the UK and US showed men above 6ft were twice as likely to be diagnosed with the coronavirus.  Women also had higher odds if they were over … Read more

6ft 1in woman with a 5ft 9in boyfriend admits she felt ‘self-conscious’

6ft 1in woman reveals she was anxious about holding her 5ft 9in boyfriend’s hand when they first met because she didn’t want to ‘draw more attention’ – but he insists he ‘didn’t even notice’ the height difference  Jess Kay, 22, is 6ft 1in tall and boyfriend Matthew Brown-King is 5ft 9in  She said she had … Read more

No10 tweets reminder that Britons should ‘keep 6ft apart from people you don’t live with’

No10 tweets reminder that Britons should ‘keep 6ft apart from people you don’t live with’… sparking explosion of memes, ridicule and fury online Government facing backlash after PM backed top aide for travelling in lockdown  Today No10 reminded people to keep distance following last night’s briefing  People responded by suggesting the rules do not apply … Read more

No10 tweets reminder that Britons should ‘keep 6ft apart from people you don’t live with’

No10 tweets reminder that Britons should ‘keep 6ft apart from people you don’t live with’… sparking explosion of memes, ridicule and fury online Government facing backlash after PM backed top aide for travelling in lockdown  Today No10 reminded people to keep distance following last night’s briefing  People responded by suggesting the rules do not apply … Read more