Left-wing Remainers force gay pride festival to cancel its virtual event

Left-wing Remainers force gay pride festival to cancel its virtual event – because its organiser is a Tory-backing Brexiteer Labour adviser Linda Riley objected to Virtual Pride 2020 organiser Charlie Shakespeare being right-wing so would rather have the event cancelled Linda Riley, the publisher of DIVA magazine, was appointed as an LGBT+ adviser by Jeremy Corbyn … Read more

The Catalan firework festival that will make your Barcelona camping holiday go with a bang

There can be few better holiday moments than the sight of one’s children screaming in terror as explosions light the air all around, followed by an evacuation sequence that brings to mind Saving Private Ryan. It had started tamely enough. While spending a week at the Vilanova Park campsite, about 30 miles south of Barcelona, … Read more

Cheltenham landlord dies from coronavirus amid calls for probe into why the festival went ahead

Cheltenham landlord, 67, who was pulling pints for masses at horse-racing festival dies from coronavirus after 250,000 were allowed to pack into event despite warnings  Alexander Grierson, 67, died in hospital after a two-week battle with coronavirus ‘Boyzie’ ran the bar at The Beehive pub while the Cheltenham festival was on Andrew Parker-Bowles and comedian … Read more

Spain cancels its world-famous Pamplona bull running festival because of coronavirus 

Spain’s best-known bull running festival in the northern town of Pamplona has been cancelled due to the coronavirus crisis, Pamplona city hall said today. The San Fermin celebration is centuries old and typically attended by hundreds of thousands of people. During the celebration half-tonne fighting bulls chase hundreds of daredevils, many of whom wear traditional … Read more

Fyre Festival conman Billy McFarland wants early prison release because of coronavirus cases at jail

Billy McFarland, the convicted organizer of the failed Fyre Festival, has requested early prison release due to coronavirus concerns at his Ohio jail. He is pictured leaving Manhattan federal court in 2017, the year of his conviction Billy McFarland, the convicted organizer of the failed Fyre Festival, is making a bid to get out of … Read more

Sir AP McCoy says ‘lives were lost’ because Cheltenham Festival went ahead

‘Lives were lost because Cheltenham Festival went ahead’: AP McCoy says race organisers ‘followed government advice’ to let 70,000 racegoers attend Gold Cup despite coronavirus fears Sir AP McCoy has admitted that ‘lives have been lost’ because of Cheltenham  Retired champion jockey spoke about Festival which took place on March 10-13  Told Good Morning Britain … Read more

Sir AP McCoy says ‘lives were lost’ because Cheltenham Festival went ahead

‘Lives were lost because Cheltenham Festival went ahead’: AP McCoy says race organisers ‘followed government advice’ to let 70,000 racegoers attend Gold Cup despite coronavirus fears Sir AP McCoy has admitted that ‘lives have been lost’ because of Cheltenham  Retired champion jockey spoke about Festival which took place on March 10-13  He told Good Morning … Read more

BST Hyde Park festival is CANCELLED due to ongoing coronavirus crisis

BST Hyde Park festival is CANCELLED due to ongoing coronavirus crisis as organisers says ‘safety comes first’ despite it being a ‘difficult decision’ By Roxy Simons For Mailonline Published: 19:11 BST, 8 April 2020 | Updated: 19:15 BST, 8 April 2020 BST Hyde Park has been cancelled due to the ongoing coronavirus crisis, festival organisers … Read more

Cheltenham Festival say Boris Johnson’s trip to rugby was one reason they didn’t cancel race

The Cheltenham Festival organisers have said that Boris Johnson’s trip to the England versus Wales rugby match was one reason they did not cancel the race meeting, it has been revealed today. The four-day event, that attracts 250,000 people, went ahead just two weeks before the lockdown on March 23, but there was a huge … Read more

Did Purim festival spread coronavirus among Jews? Annual celebration brought large numbers together

Jewish leaders have lifted strict rules prohibiting burials during Passover as the community is overwhelmed by coronavirus deaths, MailOnline has learnt. Normally funerals are not held during the first two days of the festival, which commences this evening. But the United Synagogue has ruled that rules will be relaxed to permit burials on the second … Read more