Morrisons is introducing protective screens at the checkouts of all its stores to help protect staff and customers amid the coronavirus pandemic. Supermarkets across the country have come under mounting pressure and the 1.5 metre wide screens are designed to help implement the social distancing measures advised by the government. Morrisons’ chief executive, David Potts, […]
A mum who works for the NHS has been overwhelmed by the kindness of strangers after burglars broke into her house and stole her son’s Nintendo Switch, as well as his birthday money. While Trudii Isherwood and her family slept on Saturday night, thieves managed to get into the house that she shares with her […]
Greggs is to close all of its stores from tomorrow, the company has announced. CEO Roger Whiteside said in a statement that the company would continue to pay staff full contract hours during the closure. He added that the bakery would ‘continue to provide support to our local communities by distributing any remaining unsold food […]
A space the size of Chicago in Yellowstone National Park has been expanding and shrinking for the past 24 years. The Norris Geyser Basin is one of the oldest and hottest areas of the park, and has been pulsating due to the extreme molten heat beneath the surface. According to reports, between 2013 and 2014, […]
NHS workers who were treating patients on the front line amid the coronavirus pandemic have had their cars vandalised. Dr Alec Watson, who triages people suspected of having Covid-19 over the phone at King’s Cross Hospital, Dundee, was alerted to damage to his vehicle at around 10.45am yesterday (Sunday 22 March). He found the front […]
Nhotos have been shared online showing morning commuters crammed onto tubes and trains across the country, despite experts urging people to keep their distance from one another. With trains running reduced services due to the coronavirus outbreak, passengers have been seen packing tightly together as they make their way into work. The worrying photographs have […]
Joe ‘The Body Coach’ Wicks recently stepped in as the ‘nation’s PE teacher’, offering free fitness sessions for those stuck at home as part of self-isolation or social distancing measures. The daily PE lessons are taking place Monday-Friday at 9am via Wicks’ YouTube channel, The Body CoachTV, and last half an hour. When he announced […]
A Tesco supermarket near Dover has been targeted by thieves who used a digger to rip two cash machines out of the wall, before ramming police cars while getting away. The criminals used the digger to steal the ATM machines, before loading them onto the back of a truck and speeding away, accompanied by two […]
A man has been charged over a coronavirus-related ‘prank’ at a police station in Australia. The unnamed man recorded the whole encounter, the video starting with the 21-year-old giving the middle finger to the Coffs Harbour Police Station. As he’s walking up to the entrance, the man said: “Got to report to these dogs every […]
Businesses in Ibiza have launched a campaign to extend summer in a bid to mitigate the coronavirus pandemic’s damage on the tourism sector. The spread of the disease has effectively put an end to holidays for the near future at the very least, but bars, clubs, hotels and restaurants are hoping people will postpone their […]
