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Almost half a million benefits claims have been received by the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) over the past nine days, a committee has heard. Around 477,000 claims have been ‘processed’ since last Tuesday, with 105,000 being made for Universal Credit on Tuesday this week, said DWP Permanent Secretary Peter Schofield. The unprecedented pressure … Read more
Morrisons cashiers have been forced to work behind plastic shields as crowds of shoppers queued outside supermarkets up and down the UK, including Sainsbury’s, Tesco and Asda, on the first day of a country-wide lockdown. Shoppers across the country waited in line outside stores today after Boris Johnson last night asked people to only shop … Read more
Just one more Big Mac! Fast-food fans queue at McDonald’s drive-thrus for a final meal before burger giant closes all UK branches at 7pm today amid coronavirus shutdown Hungry drive-thru customers were seen waiting in Kent and Team Valley Comes as many restaurant chains in the UK have closed because of coronavirus McDonald’s said it … Read more
Retailers have reported a rise in abuse of staff amid coronavirus panic-buying, despite supermarkets calling for calm from shoppers. It comes after a chaotic weekend for supermarkets, which saw their shelves emptied of essential items such as toilet rolls, cleaning products, dried pasta and tinned food, after the virus outbreak was classified as a pandemic. … Read more
Australia descended into a panic-buying frenzy on Saturday as thousands of people rushed to stock up on food amid coronavirus fears. Woolworths and Coles introduced strict new purchase limits last week on toilet paper, pasta, dry rice and hand sanitiser after their shelves were repeatedly raided by nervous shoppers. One shopper in Brisbane was seen wearing … Read more
Someone who is infected with the coronavirus can spread it with just a simple cough or a sneeze, scientists say. Nearly 4,000 people with the virus are now confirmed to have died and more than 110,000 have been infected. Here’s what we know so far: What is the coronavirus? A coronavirus is a type of … Read more
Hundreds of people lined up through Vaucluse on Saturday for a look around Jackie ‘O’ Henderson’s $6.5million mansion in the affluent eastern Sydney suburb. According to The Sunday Telegraph, around 200 flocked to the first open inspection, after the KIIS FM star recently listed the impressive home for sale. Jackie was nowhere to be seen as … Read more
Hundreds of people have been filmed queuing up to buy face masks in the city at the centre of South Korea’s coronavirus outbreak. A long line of people snaked out the doors of a supermarket in the city of Daegu on Monday as people tried to protect themselves against the spread of the disease amid fears … Read more