Every weekend and holiday, Cameron Newham is out from dawn to dusk, in rain, sun, hail and biting winds, fulfilling his quest to photograph all 12,000 of England’s rural parish churches. Always working alone — ‘other people tend to get rather bored’ — he takes pictures of, well, pretty much everything. A nice view from … Read more
Hundreds of bank branches forced to shut their doors temporarily as staff fall ill or are forced to self-isolate By Money Mail Reporter For The Daily Mail Published: 22:00 GMT, 24 March 2020 | Updated: 23:40 GMT, 24 March 2020 Banks are being forced to shut hundreds of their branches temporarily due to staff falling … 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
Shares in some of the biggest High Street names slumped as they shut stores to protect staff and customers from coronavirus. Even before Boris Johnson ordered the closure of all nonessential shops, retailers took matters into their own hands and pulled the shutters down. Next temporarily closed its 700 UK stores last night, while Primark’s … Read more
The Environment Secretary today insisted there was a ‘significant resilience in our food supply chain’ and told shoppers there is not a shortage of food across the UK. George Eustice told MPs that the government was in talks to relax competition laws among supermarkets, and appeared to confirm that shop workers’ children could still go to … Read more
Tesco Will impose restrictions on all customers to buying a maximum of three products per line from Thursday. Limit for key products; disinfectants, hand sanitisers, long life milk, tinned vegetables and pasta. It was forced to take its mobile app offline temporarily due to high demand on Tuesday, and announced it would be reducing the … Read more
Nationwide to open its doors early for elderly customers who are more at risk from the coronavirus pandemic By Money Mail Reporter For The Daily Mail Published: 23:42 GMT, 17 March 2020 | Updated: 23:52 GMT, 17 March 2020 Nationwide building society is opening more than 100 of its branches an hour early to help those … Read more