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This step-by-step guide from John Lewis shows how to make lined pencil pleat curtains. It covers everything from working out how much fabric you need to how far apart to place the hooks in your finished curtains. What you’ll need Curtain fabric, lining fabric, matching thread for the face fabric and the lining (for patterned fabrics … Read more
Britons today opened their curtains to fresh snow, with weather experts now forecasting -6C Arctic blasts and four more inches later today – sparking road and rail chaos warnings. Areas of the north such of the north, including Wigan and Manchester, were blanketed in snow overnight, along with Stoke-on-Trent in the Midlands. Meanwhile, Londoners woke … Read more
A week ago, we said there was a whiff of Tony Blair about the Government’s case for a second lockdown. It felt rather too much like the launch of the 2003 dodgy dossier on Iraq’s weapons of mass destruction, which was used to stampede the nation into the Iraq War, to the eventual regret of … Read more
Butt of the joke! Argos is mocked by shoppers for selling £5.99 mustard and white curtains that resemble a pack of cigarettes High Street chain advertised its printed border eyelet curtains in its sale Bemused shoppers took to social media to liken the £5.99 items to a pack of cigs One joked on Twitter: ‘Why … Read more
Royal Navy 4,000-ton warship nearly crashed into fishing boat because officer on look-out couldn’t see where she was going after she closed the curtains Lt Rebecca Stanley was night shift look-out on type 23 frigate HMS Sutherland She shut a ‘blackout curtain’ so she could get on with work due the next day 4,000 tonne warship came … Read more
Oh yes it is! Theatre director predicts it’s curtains for this year’s pantomime season as the festive stage shows will be hit by knock-on effect of coronavirus pandemic There are fears pantomime season will not happen this year due to coronavirus Theatre director Sir Nicholas Hytner warned there is no cash left for the shows … Read more
TALK OF THE TOWN: Lord Brocket’s rocket over £3,000 pair of curtains By Alistair Foster, Joanna Bell And Sophie Cockerham For The Mail On Sunday Published: 00:44 BST, 26 April 2020 | Updated: 02:28 BST, 26 April 2020 Lord Brocket doesn’t exactly have a squeaky clean reputation, but striking a 69-year-old woman over a set … Read more
Bus company gives drivers movable ‘shower curtains’ to protect them from passengers with coronavirus First South West Buses has supplied its drivers with a clear plastic film screen The RMT had asked for protective Perspex screens to be installed in buses The curtain leaves a large gap and is only attached to the top of … Read more
NHS medics fighting on the coronavirus frontline are forced to cut up plastic curtains and use them as gowns as PPE shortage rages on Health Secretary had previously said 742m units of PPE had been delivered Medics claim they are having to create their own PPE from plastic curtains Intensive care staff being cut because … Read more
Hospital privacy curtains are breeding grounds for deadly superbugs such as MRSA University of Michigan experts studied curtains found on 625 specialist wards Around one in five of them – 22% – were harbouring MRSA or other killer bacteria The findings are concerning because privacy curtains are used around the world By Victoria Allen for the … Read more