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Britain’s streets, trains, pubs and theatres are set to stay deserted for weeks after the Prime Minister announced the country is shutting down and all non-essential contact is banned for three months. At a dramatic press conference in Downing Street, as the UK coronavirus death toll spiked to 55, Boris Johnson set out the need for … Read more
Ministers have today warned ‘ghost trains’ with no commuters on will be axed as millions of workers stay at home amid the escalating coronavirus crisis, leaving some services and roads empty. Officials warned there could be no point keeping the services going as the crisis – expected to last until Spring 2021 – escalates. Health … Read more
It’s self-isolation Monday: Millions of workers start working from home to leave trains, tubes and roads empty as Britain faces up to coronavirus crisis Workers across the UK snubbed public transport to work from home today Guidelines recommend social distancing – leaving tubes and trains empty Commuting hubs such as Waterloo, Euston and even the … Read more
7 Events: From a Titian exhibition to Belgravia on TV and the Glasgow International Comedy Festival, Event picks the top things to do this week By Keeba Roy for The Mail on Sunday Published: 22:00 GMT, 14 March 2020 | Updated: 01:18 GMT, 15 March 2020 The Art Show: Titian – Love, Desire, Death For … Read more
2020 OLYMPIC GAMES Cancelled The Olympic torch relay in Greece was cancelled on Friday 13 March – just a day after the flame was lit in Olympia. Large crowds mobbed Hollywood actor Gerard Butler as he lit the cauldron in the Greek city of Sparta on Friday despite repeated warnings for spectators not to attend because of … Read more
Passengers on board a Jet2 flight to coronavirus-ridden Spain were just 40 miles away from landing in Alicante when they were told their flight had to turn around and go home. Beryl Carrick, 78, flew from Leeds Bradford Airport for a family holiday in Benidorm with her husband, daughter and two granddaughters. The family were mid-flight … Read more
Cycling to work cuts your risk of dying by a fifth – even with the chance of being knocked of your bike! Cycling cuts risk of heart disease by 21 per cent and cancer by 11 per cent But cycling commuters were 45 per cent more likely to receive significant injury Glasgow University researchers studied … Read more
Six tins of tripe, 32 bottles of perfume and a miniature railway are among the most ‘weird and wonderful’ items left behind by Brits on Uber journeys in the last year. Uber’s Lost & Found Index revealed random items reported lost by passengers in 40 UK towns and cities, which also included a violin, a wig … Read more
Bryan Ferry SEC Armadillo, Glasgow Touring until Friday Rating: Like Bob Dylan, whose songs he sings so well, Bryan Ferry has gone from being a bit of a … Read more
Susan Boyle, 58, wears her iconic Britain’s Got Talent gold audition dress ELEVEN years after rising to fame on the ITV show By Ellie May Donohoe For Mailonline Published: 02:06 GMT, 7 March 2020 | Updated: 02:06 GMT, 7 March 2020 She stunned the nation 11 years ago when she walked onto the Britain’s Got Talent … Read more