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With lockdown sucking the life from the nation’s high streets, nobody could accuse bosses warning of lasting economic scarring of making mountains out of molehills. Yet this is the brainwave of one London council – which has revealed plans to plant an enormous hill by Oxford Street to coax tourists back to the West End … Read more
TALK OF THE TOWN: Fans see a lot more of Lottie Moss as model offers visitors to social media platform Glow the chance to see her in a bikini-clad video for £3.60 By Alistair Foster, Joanna Bell And Sophie Cockerham For The Mail On Sunday Published: 00:06 GMT, 14 February 2021 | Updated: 01:14 GMT, … Read more
The Eat Out To Help Out scheme boosted visits to retail venues by just six per cent on the days the discounts were offered, a study suggests. Rishi Sunak’s meal deal saw footfall increase by 5.7 per cent in cafes and restaurants but had no impact on the days it was not running, economists found. … Read more
ROS ALTMANN: We cannot squander this golden opportunity to open up care homes to visitors By Ros Altmann For The Daily Mail Published: 02:47 GMT, 2 February 2021 | Updated: 02:47 GMT, 2 February 2021 The Government and NHS deserve the highest praise for the successful roll-out of the vaccination programme in care homes. It … Read more
Lockdown visitors ruin one of Britain’s most important ancient forests by holding weddings, leaving litter and stripping moss from trees for their hanging baskets Devon County Council say visitors are ‘ruining’ Wistman’s Wood on Dartmoor People have held weddings, left litter and stripped moss from dwarf oak trees Area likely to be left-over from ancient forest … Read more
Chelsea Flower Show visitors could be asked to show proof of a negative Covid-19 test before being allowed entry Royal Horticultural Society said this year’s event could go ahead with anti-virus measures in place Last year the physical show was cancelled and went online due to the pandemic This year’s event would be one of … Read more
Visitors at Nazi Buchenwald concentration camp are condemned for tobogganing over mass graves where 76,000 people died during WWII The German WWII memorial urged visitors to avoid spending leisure pastimes People were spotted enjoying sledging at the mass graves while touring the site Buchenwald and its sub camp were used to house thousands of slave … Read more
A couple who visited a care home in South Wales to see their 94-year-old mother through her window have had their £60 fine withdrawn amid an intensifying police crackdown on lockdown rule-breakers. Carol Richards, 68, and husband David, 66, of Bridgend travelled 10 miles to visit dementia sufferer Decima Minhinnick at Picton Court Care Home. They were reprimanded … Read more
While 2020 should have been a milestone year for Australia Zoo, the Irwins instead marked 50 years of the iconic zoo with financial strain and uncertainty. Bindi Irwin recently admitted her late father Steve’s legacy was almost on the brink of collapse as they struggled to keep the zoo operational amid COVID-19. Now a source … Read more
Walkers and cyclists descended on a National Trust beauty spot in Surrey this afternoon as the car park overflowed amid concerns the area is becoming overcrowded during the third national lockdown. Cars lined the road outside Box Hill in the North Downs as families, couples and dog walkers made the most of a day off, … Read more