Next will be shutting down its online stores from tonight amid the nation’s coronavirus outbreak. The high-street fashion chain confirmed it had made the ‘difficult decision’ to stop all online trade after workers raised concerns at being asked to come into shops and warehouses to pick up goods during the Covid-19 lockdown. A statement from … Read more
NATURE Dangerous Earth by Ellen Prager (University of Chicago Press £20, 272 pp) Are we in the right mood just now for reading about natural disasters? Actually, it’s when you think things can’t get any worse that a book explaining just how much worse they can get is genuinely bracing, like a cold-water swim on … Read more
All major fast food restaurants in the UK will have closed their doors by tomorrow amid the coronavirus crisis. There were huge queues for McDonald’s across the country last night with customers desperate for one last Big Mac before all restaurants shut up shop at 7pm. Despite vowing to keep kitchens open for Drive-Thrus and … 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
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
Next to close all 700 stores from 6pm tonight as Britain’s high street shops shut down amid coronavirus crisis Fashion giant announced on Twitter that it will shut stores from 6pm tonight Comes as Covid-19 death toll in UK stands at 335, with 5,857 cases in Britain Other stores that are closing over crisis include … Read more
Next to close all 700 stores from 6pm tonight as Britain’s high street shops shut down amid coronavirus crisis Fashion giant announced on Twitter that it will shut stores from 6pm tonight Comes as Covid-19 death toll in UK stands at 335, with 5,857 cases in Britain Other stores that are closing over crisis include … Read more
GameStop will close all retail locations during the coronavirus pandemic after widespread criticism of their earlier decision to try and keep stores open, arguing they provided ‘essential’ goods to telecommuters The video game retailer will close all of its retail locations across the US The decision reverse’s the company’s previous attempt to remain open by … Read more
Costa Coffee and McDonald’s have closed their doors this morning amid the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. Both chains said they would be temporarily shutting stores in the UK, as retailers all over the country begin to deal with the fall out from the illness that has so far killed 281 people, with over 5,683 cases having … Read more
Hair salons MUST close too due to coronavirus because stylists are constantly in clients’ ‘personal space’, demands Tory MP after pubs, restaurants and gyms were forced to shut Conservative MP David Morris said that hair salons should be shut down too He said establishments see staff come ‘within the individuals’ personal space’ Comes after Boris Johnson ordered … Read more