The Australian state of Victoria has made face masks mandatory whenever people leave their home – getty Six weeks can feel like a long time. Just ask Melbourne. Here, time has taken a Beckettian turn and what had been planned as a six-week Stage 3 lockdown is now feeling more […]
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(Bloomberg Opinion) — Lockdown has us all reaching for the brandy. That’s a tonic for high-end liquor makers, but a worry for brewers of mainstream beers. French spirits group Remy Cointreau SA said this week that its first-half profit wouldn’t plunge as much as it initially feared, thanks to consumers […]
The young couple met by chance. (PA Real Life) Hope Peacock and James Hunter met by chance after he accidentally sent her a Snapchat selfie. It didn’t take long before the pair had agreed to quit their jobs, buy a van and travel Europe together. Peacock, 22 and Hunter, 27, […]
A woman walks past a boarded-up shop June 30 in downtown Leicester, England. (Rui Vieira / Associated Press) Thoroughfares are crowded in London once again, but not in Leicester. In Birmingham — Britain’s second-most-populous city — you can go to the office. Not so in Leicester, less than 50 miles […]
The visitor newsletter at Wyoming’s Grand Teton National Park looks a little different than it did pre-COVID-19. In addition to warning about how certain facilities are closed for the summer because of the coronavirus pandemic, the handout features a picture of a cartoon buffalo wearing a blue surgical mask with […]
(Bloomberg) — Some slivers of light emerged for the car industry as the first week of earnings season wrapped up for European companies, while the benefits of working from home showed up in results from telecom-equipment company Ericsson AB. German car manufacturer Daimler AG said Friday it saw a gradual […]
(Bloomberg) — Some slivers of light emerged for the car industry as the first week of earnings season wrapped up for European companies, while the benefits of working from home showed up in results from telecom equipment company Ericsson AB. German car manufacturer Daimler AG said Friday it saw a […]
Getty Images/iStockphoto After months of lockdown spent juggling working from home with parenting, health concerns and financial woes, many of us have been left feeling anxious, fatigued and highly strung. If there was ever a time for self-care it is now. The ultimate spa experience is something many of us […]
Melbourne (AFP) – Five million people in Australia’s second-biggest city began a new lockdown Thursday, returning to tough restrictions just weeks after they ended as Melbourne grapples with a resurgence of coronavirus cases. Residents have been told to stay at home for six weeks after other measures to contain a […]
Spain has introduced two local lockdowns – AFP British travellers have been warned they may be unable to claim a refund for a holiday lost to a local lockdown, regional quarantine rules or the need to self-isolate on return. Overseas trips will be possible once again from this weekend, after […]
An Easter weekend blow-out could risk the UK being plunged into a fourth lockdown, experts are warning. Scientists have sounded the alarm after the easing of gathering rules coincided with balmy weather, luring massive crowds to parks and beaches up and down the country. While many stuck to the rules […]
COPS are begging parents to keep their kids indoors over Easter as chaotic scenes at packed parks risk a fresh coronavirus lockdown. Health Secretary Matt Hancock said: “Enjoy the sunshine, by all means, but nobody is safe from this virus until we can make everybody safe.” 24 Hundreds of revellers […]
Stop us if you’ve heard this one before… A stand-up comic from San Francisco gets on a plane bound for South Florida to spend some time with her mother in Boynton Beach. Then, a global pandemic strikes. Now, what began as a two-week vacation gets stretched out into a year-long […]
It is still more than a month until people can go on holiday in England, while foreign travel won’t be allowed until at least 17 May. So how can you get your travel fix without breaking lockdown rules? We asked some seasoned travellers how they are exploring the world from […]
It’s easy to feel guilty when you’re lazing around in front of the TV in your pajamas, eating ice cream straight out of the tub. But it’s not an unusual activity in lockdown. The extended nature of the pandemic has turned attention to the impact that it is having on […]
An international student at Coventry University reading in the library. Photo: OLI SCARFF/AFP via Getty Images It has been two years since Nelson Nyandoro, a third year student at the University of Lincoln, has gone home. Coronavirus has thrown any plans of returning into disarray, and the Zimbabwe-born pharmacy undergrad is worried […]
It ought to make lockdown easier, knowing that the end is in sight. Instead, I feel temptation bubbling up inside more strongly than ever. A run of precociously sunny days hasn’t helped; or rather, it has helped enormously, reviving the spirits with that hormonal rush of vernal optimism that accompanies […]
Refinery 29 UK Brandy’s Black Cinderella Made The Impossible Possible In Hollywood I swear I heard several million Black people scream through my computer monitor when Disney+ announced that it will finally stream Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Cinderella starting 12th February. It may have another official title, but the Brandy-starring remake […]
On Jan 17, Dominic Raab even hinted that incoming travellers may face GPS tracking, as the Government aims to limit quarantine breaches and prevent the spread of new variants. Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon renewed the travel ban between Scotland and the rest of the UK as part of new lockdown […]
FILE – In this Jan. 22, 2021, file photo, people under umbrellas on the square in front of the Old Opera in Frankfurt, Germany, on a rainy. Nearly a year to the day after Wuhan went into lockdown to contain a virus that had already escaped, President Joe Biden began […]
Italian tennis player Simone Bolelli, left, and Argentina’s Maximo Gonzalez are escorted to their training session in Melbourne, Australia, Monday, Jan. 18, 2021. The number of players in hard quarantine swelled to 72 ahead of the Australian Open after a fifth positive coronavirus test was returned from the charter flights […]
John Pye, Associated Press Published 10:38 p.m. ET Jan. 17, 2021 | Updated 10:38 p.m. ET Jan. 17, 2021 The number of players in hard quarantine swelled to 72 ahead of the Australian Open after a fifth positive coronavirus test was returned from the charter flights bringing players, coaches, officials […]