Mad dash for toilet roll with panic-buyers joining early-morning Costco queues as lockdown looms

Long queues formed at Costco stores today as shoppers raced to supermarkets to bulk-buy essential items such as toilet roll as tighter coronavirus restrictions are set to be announced today.  Shelves are also being emptied of pasta, rice and tinned goods as people prepare to hunker down at home for a second time.  Prime Minister … Read more

Mad dash for toilet roll with panic-buyers joining early-morning Costco queues as lockdown looms

Long queues formed at Costco today as shoppers raced to supermarkets to fill their trolleys with toilet roll as tighter coronavirus restrictions are expected to be announced.  Shelves are also being emptied of pasta, rice and tinned goods as people prepare to hunker down at home.  Prime Minister Boris Johnson is expected to announce tightened … Read more

Ocado warns it’s running out of delivery slots as second lockdown looms over Britain

Ocado and Sainsbury’s have warned delivery slots are booking up fast and there are none available until Monday with Tesco and Asda – as a second lockdown looms over Britain. The online supermarkets pasted notices on their ‘pick a slot’ page warning customers the sites were experiencing high demand. Ocado’s read: ‘Delivery slots are selling … Read more

Ocado warns it’s running out of delivery slots as second lockdown looms over Britain

Ocado and Sainsbury’s have warned delivery slots are booking up fast and there are none available until Monday with Tesco and Asda – as a second lockdown looms over Britain. The online supermarkets pasted notices on their ‘pick a slot’ page warning customers the sites were experiencing high demand. Ocado’s read: ‘Delivery slots are selling … Read more

Higher education chaos looms as students could try to get back into institutions that rejected them

Universities were frantically trying to unravel the Government’s exams U-turn last night as experts warned that 55,000 students might now try to switch back to institutions that rejected them. The industry’s main umbrella body said universities were seeking ‘urgent clarification’ on how to accommodate students they had earlier refused because of A-level results downgrades. Ministers last … Read more

Higher education chaos looms as students could try to get back into institutions that rejected them

Universities were frantically trying to unravel the Government’s exams U-turn last night as experts warned that 55,000 students might now try to switch back to institutions that rejected them. The industry’s main umbrella body said universities were seeking ‘urgent clarification’ on how to accommodate students they had earlier refused because of A-level results downgrades. Ministers last … Read more

Huge spinning waterspout looms over the Bristol Channel as storms batter Britain

Britain faces a further month’s worth of rain in just three hours today after intense thunderstorms battered the country over the weekend, forcing people to flee their homes and evacuate supermarkets. A huge funnel cloud appeared over the Bristol Channel yesterday which appeared to create a spray from the sea, while an extraordinary ‘microburst’ storm … Read more

Shock twist in Bachelor in Paradise legal case as class action lawsuit looms

Shock twist in Bachelor in Paradise legal case as it emerges Jamie Doran’s lawyer is ‘trying to convince his co-stars to join a class action lawsuit against Channel 10’ By Demeter Stamell For Daily Mail Australia Published: 04:46 BST, 31 July 2020 | Updated: 04:49 BST, 31 July 2020 Just two days after announcing plans … Read more

85% of new coronavirus infections in Blackburn are among South Asians as local lockdown looms

Dominic Harrison, Blackburn with Darwen’s director of public health,  A staggering 85 per cent of new Covid-19 infections in Blackburn with Darwen are among its South Asian population, a local health chief revealed today amid fears it will become the second place in England to be hit with a local lockdown because of a spike … Read more