Foreign holidays and nights out are less important to Britons than they were before lockdown, a new survey has revealed. Instead, daily walks, spending lots of time with family and being able to work from home have become a greater priority than they were a year ago. The study, of 2,000 adults, found 43 per … Read more
Five thousand shops shut due to coronavirus lockdowns and national vacancy rate is now 14 per cent, research reveals Almost 1 in 5 stores closed in the hardest hit shopping centres and parts of UK National vacancy rate is now 14 per cent the British Retail Consortium warned Expert warns situation could worsen as protections … Read more
Five thousand shops shut due to coronavirus lockdowns and national vacancy rate is now 14 per cent, research reveals Almost 1 in 5 stores closed in the hardest hit shopping centres and parts of UK National vacancy rate is now 14 per cent the British Retail Consortium warned Expert warns situation could worsen as protections … Read more
Young people should get Covid vaccines to regain their freedom and bring an end to lockdowns even if they are at a lower risk of dying, a scientist has said. Cambridge University epidemiologist Dr Raghib Ali told MailOnline younger people might not see as big a personal benefit to vaccination as older generations. But widespread … Read more
Anarchy spilled out onto the streets of Rome tonight as anger at repeated coronavirus shutdowns across Europe grows amid a third wave of cases sweeping the Continent – while Britain finally reopens. Hundreds of Italians chanting ‘we are all workers’ clashed with riot police in a central plaza after they were blocked off from an … Read more
The Covid pandemic is at a ‘critical point’ and cases are growing ‘exponentially’ despite lockdown efforts, a World Health Organization chief has warned. Even though experts know exactly how to contain the coronavirus it is still managing to spread rapidly and infect more than half a million people per day worldwide. Dr Maria van Kerkhove … Read more
Glenn Greenwald has speculated that coronavirus lockdowns could have contributed to the armed robbery that saw him bound and held at gunpoint for an hour at his farm in Brazil last month. The journalist, who was part of a team that won a Pulitzer Prize for their reporting about government surveillance programs based on leaks … Read more
Mark Wright made a heartfelt speech on his Heart Evening Show on Tuesday, as the UK marked one year of lockdown. The former TOWIE star, 34, became emotional on the air as he spoke about how his family has been affected by the COVID-19 crisis, namely losing his uncle Edward to the virus earlier this month. … Read more
The devastating impact of lockdowns on disadvantaged children is laid bare today in research showing they were twice as likely to struggle with home schooling. In the week of the anniversary of the first Covid school closures, the figures show one in five poorer pupils did not cope and many spent some days doing no work … Read more
Almost three-quarters of EU countries are experiencing spiralling Covid infection rates, forcing vast swathes of the continent back into lockdown. As a third wave sweeps across Europe, Britons were yesterday warned that foreign summer holidays are ‘extremely unlikely’. In France alone, 21 million people awoke yesterday to a fresh draconian lockdown. Millions more in Italy, Germany, … Read more