Deserted skies: Flight tracker reveals scale of global coronavirus lockdown

Airlines across the globe have slashed services in an effort to slow down the spread of coronavirus, with thousands of fewer flights in the air.  Data from airline tracking site Flight Radar 24 shows the massive reduction in the numbers of aircraft flying across the globe.  According to the International Air Transport Association, it now … Read more

Day One of Lockdown: Nation’s streets and open spaces are deserted

The nation’s streets and open spaces have been left deserted today as Britons woke to a new dawn without pubs, restaurants and other services due to coronavirus. Stark pictures have emerged of empty town centres and roads as people abide by new government rules.   Yesterday the Prime Minister told his daily press conference that social … Read more

Day One of Lockdown: Nation’s streets and open spaces are deserted

Day One of Lockdown: Nation’s streets and open spaces are deserted as Britons awake to a new dawn without pubs, restaurants, leisure centres, cinemas and gyms due to coronavirus Yesterday the PM ordered social premises such as gyms and cinemas to close Today pictures emerged of empty towns as people chose to follow the PM’s … Read more

Times Square that attracts 330k visitors a day now lies deserted in New York’s coronavirus lockdown

New York’s normally thriving Times Square that sees around 330,000 a day pass through it was left virtually empty as the city that never sleeps went into lockdown. Businesses were shuttered as cafe, bars, restaurants and movie theaters closed from 8pm on Monday night as officials took strident steps to slow the spread of coronavirus. … Read more

Coronavirus UK: London’s nightspots deserted as theatres shut

These eerie images show London’s usually heaving nightspots deserted as theatres shut and restaurants closed, just hours after the Prime Minister urged people to stay at home and avoid social contact for 12 weeks. The PM warned last night that the coronavirus was now in a phase of rapid spread across the UK, with London seeing … Read more