Queen’s Platinum Jubilee: Four-day bank holiday CONFIRMED for next summer

Four-day bank holiday CONFIRMED for next summer! The Queen’s Platinum Jubilee plans are set in stone as UK will enjoy extended break to celebrate her 70 years on the throne in 2022 By Mark Duell for MailOnline Published: 10:40 BST, 2 June 2021 | Updated: 10:42 BST, 2 June 2021 Britons will enjoy a four-day … Read more

Major cruises resume as ship leaves Southampton on four-day voyage

All aboard! First ship takes to sea for four-night trip around British coast as cruises begin again after 14 months of Covid lockdown The MSC Virtuosa is leaving Southampton today on a four-night cruise of the UK From June 12, the 19-deck luxury cruise ship will offer longer seven-night sailings The cruise industry is worth … Read more

Tories claim Nicola Sturgeon’s four-day week plan for Scotland would cost taxpayers £3billion A YEAR

Nicola Sturgeon’s aim of a four-day week in Scotland will cost the nation’s taxpayers £3billion a year, it was claimed today. The First Minister yesterday unveiled plans for a £10million pilot scheme if the SNP administration at Holyrood is re-elected in May, which will examine the feasibility of shortening the working week. It was among … Read more

Easter UK: Drunken revellers kick off four-day with a VERY Good Friday

Drunken revellers tonight kicked off the four-day Easter weekend as police were forced to break up crowds in Cardiff, Exmouth and Plymouth.  Police sent revellers packing tonight after fights broke out when around 40 people gathered for a party on a beach in Devon despite the ongoing rule of six. Footage taken by a walker … Read more

Easter UK: Drunken revellers kick off four-day with a VERY Good Friday

Drunken revellers tonight kicked off the four-day Easter weekend as police were forced to break up crowds in Cardiff, Exmouth and Plymouth.  Police sent revellers packing tonight after fights broke out when around 40 people gathered for a party on a beach in Devon despite the ongoing rule of six. Footage taken by a walker … Read more

Easter getaway warning: Six million drivers are expected to hit the roads over four-day weekend

Police are ramping up patrols for the Easter bank holiday when millions are expected to use the first weekend of eased restrictions to meet with family and friends.  Forces across the country including Merseyside, Humberside, Dorset, Sussex and Cheshire today issued stern warnings that officers will be out enforcing lockdown measures, such as the rule … Read more

Three million UK workers may move to a post-pandemic four-day week study finds

Three million UK workers may move to a post-pandemic four-day week study finds – as PwC tells 22,000 staff to start and finish work when they want Be The Business survey said 18 per cent are considering it to boost productivity Five per cent of small and medium-sized firms already brought it in, study says … Read more

European politicians call for four-day week to ‘help economies recover from coronavirus’ 

European politicians call for a four-day week to be introduced to ‘help economies recover from coronavirus’ An international coalition is calling on governments to adopt a four-day week  It says a shorter working week could help economies recover from the coronavirus pandemic, boost mental health and help the environment Critics argue a four-day week could … Read more

UK gets extra bank holiday for a four-day weekend to celebrate Queen’s Platinum Jubilee in 2022

Cheers, Ma’am! UK gets extra bank holiday for a four-day weekend to celebrate Queen’s Platinum Jubilee in 2022 Britons will be given Friday, June 3 off as an additional bank holiday in 2022 Forms part of celebrations for Queen’s Platinum Jubilee in her 70th year of rule Late May Bank Holiday will be put back to … Read more

Wetherspoon’s launches four-day sale with pints of real ale at just 99p in bid to clear stock

Last orders! Wetherspoon’s launches four-day sale with pints of real ale at just 99p in bid to clear stock before winter lockdown kicks in Prices were cut before pubs across the UK close at 10pm on Wednesday night Pints of real ale were reduced to shed stock because they won’t last a month  Cider and … Read more