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Wetherspoon today called on the Government to open its pubs at the same time as non-essential shops as bars remain shut across Britain during the third lockdown. Ministers are said to be considering plans to allow hospitality firms to serve customers outside by Easter, which falls on the weekend of April 2. But a full … Read more
Shopper Dr Caroline West shared a photo of the chocolate barrier at a branch of the supermarket in Dublin, where stores can only sell essential goods under Ireland’s Level 5 lockdown rules.
Priti Patel today refused to rule out a blanket ban on non-essential travel into and out of the UK as ministers scramble to tighten up border controls. Asked about the idea, the Home Secretary said the government was ‘reviewing measures at the border’ and further announcements would be made in the coming days. Boris Johnson … Read more
What counts as essential retail NOW? Garden centres can stay open but hundreds of thousands of shops that had managed to stay open will close for at least six weeks By David Wilcock, Whitehall Correspondent For Mailonline Published: 21:44 GMT, 4 January 2021 | Updated: 22:26 GMT, 4 January 2021 FULL LIST OF BUSINESSES ALLOWED … Read more
Furious small business owners say their non-essential stores could go bust under a third national lockdown – with one desperate pub owner revealing he has gone nearly a year with no income. Prime Minister Boris Johnson will set out the ‘next steps’ in the Government’s Covid-19 response with an address to the nation tonight at 8pm, … Read more
Stormont ministers are to issue guidance advising against non-essential travel between Northern Ireland and both Great Britain and the Irish Republic after a bid for an outright ban on GB travel was voted down. People arriving in Northern Ireland will also be advised to self-isolate for ten days. A Sinn Fein proposal for a temporary … Read more
Shoppers in Wales have been left outraged after supermarkets cordoned off non-essential items days before Christmas under the country’s shock Covid crackdown. Pictures today emerged of Sainsbury’s in Pontypridd which blocked off non-essential sections of the store using large red barricades. Sainsbury’s say the items – including clothing and Christmas decorations – are blocked off … Read more
A shopper ripped plastic sheeting from ‘non-essential’ items in a Tesco store in Wales because he had reached ‘breaking point’ over ‘unfair and illogical’ coronavirus rules, a court heard today. Video of Gwilym Llwyd Owen tearing down the sheeting at the supermarket in Bangor on October 23 was played in court today. Staff at the … Read more
A ballet teacher has filmed herself dancing in aisle of a French supermarket to call out the government’s ‘nonsensical’ approach to lockdown. Amandine Aguilar, of Sausset-les-Pins, in South West France, said she recorded the daring video to challenge how the Macron administration’s ‘absurd’ management of the Covid-19 pandemic has left the arts suffering. Dressed in a … Read more
Tesco has barred shoppers from buying winter coats and children’s clothes by barricading items deemed ‘non-essential’ at one of its London stores. A photo taken in the store, in Streatham, South London, showed metal barricades blocking off the coats and clothes, among other items. The scene echoed those seen across Wales last month after the … Read more