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Cressida Dick today insisted officers would come to the aid of supermarket staff if shoppers became ‘aggressive’ after being told to wear a mask after police warned they did not have enough manpower to enforce the rules. Sainsbury’s, Morrisons, Tesco, Asda and Waitrose have now reintroduced bouncers at the door in all stores to ensure … Read more
Sainsbury’s today joined Morrisons in reinstating bouncers outside supermarkets to enforce mask wearing as police said they lacked the manpower to enforce the rules. Morrisons said it would ban shoppers who refused to wear a mask without a medical reason, while Sainsbury’s said guards would ‘challenge’ flouters. Britain’s policing minister Kit Malthouse said police would … Read more
Alnwick Castle, a 150-room, heavily crenellated, many-towered magnificence perched on a rocky outcrop above the River Aln in Northumberland, is the second-largest privately inhabited castle after Windsor — and it bears the scars of centuries. There are musket pockmarks, made by Oliver Cromwell’s army, in the yellow sandstone. In the main entrance, a maroon board … Read more