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Police were today called to break up crowds outside a trainer store in Liverpool as hundreds queued to buy newly released shoes ahead of an anticipated £5.2billion four-day spending frenzy starting tomorrow. Around 400 eager shoppers gathered outside Size? on Bold Street in anticipation of the release of the Nike Air Max 95 OG Neon trainers, with … Read more
Britons queued in the rain outside a football stadium today after medics armed with the Pfizer/BioNTech jab turned the site into a major vaccination hub. Practices in more than 100 parts of England have begun offering the vaccine this week, setting up centres in villages, towns and cities across the country. In north-west London, a stadium … Read more
A teacher who ploughed her car into a motorcyclist and killed him was mentally distracted by a podcast, a court has heard. Jemma Rutherford, 24, of Goxhill admitted causing David Duckitt’s death on the A15 on February 25 last year. The crash happened between Elsham and Barnetby Top at around 5.30pm as police were dealing … Read more
Lorries are queuing for 10 miles on the other side of the Channel as lorry drivers try to deliver essential goods before an impending no-deal Brexit on January 1. There have been 50 percent more heavy goods vehicles on the roads leading to the Channel crossing in the last three weeks, sources close to the … Read more
Primark fans have queued overnight as Christmas shoppers prepare to spend £1.7billion today on high streets. While many Brits are hoping to finish their festive shopping before London plunges into coronavirus tier 3, shoppers at a Primark in Braehead Shopping Centre, Glasgow, and Abbey Wood in Belfast were pictured joining lengthy queues last night. Yesterday, Braehead and Abbey Centres’ … Read more
Long snaking queues of lorries on the roads to Dover and the Channel Tunnel through the night and into today lays bare the disastrous crush at the nation’s ports as 2,000 more lorries than usual are crossing between Britain and Europe every day. Emergency measures were imposed on roads across Kent – for the third … Read more
Hordes of Christmas shoppers were seen queuing outside Primark as late as midnight after the budget clothing store threw open some of its stores for 24 hours. Hundreds of eager shoppers were seen queuing outside Primark’s 11 extended opening hour stores throughout the night as they looked to grab essential clothes from the discount chain … Read more
Police are called to IKEA as anger boils over and shoppers threaten staff as they are forced to queue for three hours to get their click and collect purchases Drivers approaching Ikea’s Greater Manchester store sat in gridlocked traffic Some waited without being able to pick up purchase in Ashton-under-Lyne Ikea confirmed police were called … Read more
Thousands of shoppers descended on Cardiff today, with the queue for the city’s Primark store stretching back more than 1,000 feet. Crowds were not put off by grey, drizzly weather as eager bargain hunters waited for hours outside the fashion retailer on the first weekend since Wales’ firebreak lockdown. Recent weeks have seen non-essential shops … Read more
Facebook is putting machine learning to work to help speed up and prioritize content moderation. Previously, human reviewers dealt with most flagged posts chronologically, with AI relegated to spam and other low-priority jobs. Now, the social media giant’s AI systems are prioritizing possibly objectionable content by virality and threat level. Messages, photos and videos relating … Read more