Many shops have been ‘wrongly’ been told they cannot sell Easter eggs, according to the Assocation of Convenience Stores (ASC). The ASC, which represents more than 30,000 shops across the UK, said several convenience stores had been told by council environment health officers to stop selling goods deemed non-essential during lockdown, including chocolate eggs and […]
WARNING: As you may have guessed, there are spoilers to some popular Netflix Originals below If you’ve been anywhere near the internet over the last few days – and I suspect you probably have – you are likely to have seen Netflix spoilers on billboards around the world. The billboards feature spoilers for shows like […]
A couple in Stevenage, Hertfordshire, were surprised to clock their neighbour escaping the house during lockdown, not least because they were dressed in disguise as… a bush. Lockdown has been affecting people differently, with many of us finding some days harder than others. While there are people enjoying the government-ordered time at home – baking […]
A passenger recorded the moment an easyJet cabin crew member made an emotional speech during a volunteer flight in order to bring stranded British holidays makers home from Alicante. With the coronavirus pandemic causing flights to be cancelled, and with entire airline fleets being grounded, many holidays makers have been stranded abroad not knowing how […]
Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab has said the government is ‘working around the clock’ to help stranded Brits abroad, having struck a £75 million ($93m) deal with airlines to help ‘tens of thousands’ get back to the UK. With tens of thousands of Brits stuck abroad due to the coronavirus pandemic – including 8,500 in Morocco […]
WARNING: GRAPHIC IMAGES OF FLESH EATING BUG SURGERY A dad-of-two almost died after catching a rare flesh eating bug when he cut his hand gardening. Steve Palmer, 34, nicked the middle finger on his right hand while clearing debris which had swept into his garden from a river during the recent floods. The initial cut […]
A Vincent van Gogh painting has been stolen from a Dutch museum that is currently closed to help stop the spread of coronavirus. The Singer Laren museum has said ‘Spring Garden’ by van Gogh was taken in a raid overnight. General director of the museum Evert van Os told the Associated Press he is ‘angry, […]
Uber is offering free rides and meals to NHS staff as a ‘thank you’ to frontline workers during the coronavirus outbreak. The company has said its giving away 200,000 free Uber trips up to the value of £15 and 100,000 Uber Eats deliveries worth a tenner, starting today. Uber chief executive Dara Khosrowshahi said: “The […]
A man living in Coventry was stopped by police after defying lockdown to drive 112 miles to pick up a £15 eBay order, then travelling back home with his wife in the boot for the rest of the journey. The driver was stopped by the North West Motorway Police after he made the journey to […]
A woman fell in love with a man she married in a computer game prompting her to leave her real-life husband to get hitched to the man behind the avatar. Kelly Sexton, from Kent,was an avid gamer of , where users make an online version of themselves and interact with others and it was here […]
