Students are to be sent straight home from university after lockdown so they can spend Christmas with their families, official guidance will say. The long-awaited advice, which will be published on Wednesday by the Department for Education will say that all lectures and classes should move online by December 9 […]
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As part of our CEO Secrets series, which invites business leaders to share their advice, we are focusing on start-ups that have launched during lockdown. Each week we will look at a different type of entrepreneur. This week, we hear from fathers balancing a new business with childcare. A consignment […]
At L’Albereta, Lombardy’s shrine to gourmet excess, Mark C O’Flaherty rises to the challenge of losing weight Some things can’t be done alone. Others can only be achieved in solitude. There was something I desperately needed to achieve recently that was both at once. How to describe this […]
Serenity, Manchester – Getty Manchester’s tourism and hospitality venues may be temporarily closed but there are still plenty of outdoor activities in the city, where you can exercise and boost your mood at the same time. From alfresco art and an ancient deer park to views over the city, here’s […]
A shopper From Thursday 5 November, England will go into lockdown for a second time as the country battles a surge in coronavirus cases. Until 2 December there will be strict curbs on socialising and travel, but also on which shops and businesses can remain open. Which retailers are staying […]
Signs on a window at Manchester Metropolitan University’s Birley campus where hundreds of students were told to self-isolate The “mass exodus” of university students is expected ahead of lockdown, despite pleas from ministers to remain on campus. Students want to spend the next month where they feel “safest and most […]
The Prime Minister is being urged to provide sector support for the travel industry, as England moves into another nationwide lockdown. Manuel Cortes, The General Secretary of the Transport Salaried Staffs’ Association (TSSA) said: “Doubtless you will be aware that this normally vibrant sector of the economy has taken a […]
By PAN PYLAS, Associated Press LONDON (AP) — This year, the annual illumination of the Christmas lights on London’s famous Oxford Street was very much a bittersweet moment. The lights, which were turned on this week, are celebrating the people who helped during the coronavirus pandemic. They should have symbolized […]
Whether it’s a dinner date or a catch up with friends over a video call, these are the wines you can get delivered to your doorstep (Getty) Whether you’re pairing a bottle with a nice dinner after working all day from a makeshift home office, or enjoying a drink over […]
Later, the defence minister Johnny Mercer encouraged people to watch the national Remembrance Sunday event at the Cenotaph on television. Speaking during defence questions, he told the Commons: “This is a very important time of year for the country, and we encourage people to remember in their own way. There […]
Golf had become one of the first sports to resume in May after a near two-month hiatus, and Jeremy Tomlinson, the England Golf chief executive, published an open letter on Sunday in an attempt to force a u-turn from Boris Johnson. “Having digested the Prime Minister’s statement to the nation […]
England Golf is ready to fight the Government’s order to shut courses on Thursday, with the governing body labeling the fresh guidance as “confusing” and “contradictory” to the Prime Minister’s address on Saturday night. Sources indicate that senior figures at England Golf were stunned to learn that clubs are being […]
British retailers, bars and restaurants were furious on Saturday evening at being ordered to close in the run up to the crucial Christmas trading period. The tightening of measures will further dampen Britons’ spending confidence, many companies fear, and could put them off from going into shops even if non-essential retailers reopen before […]
PARIS—Before the killings began, Nice’s largest church was quiet and nearly deserted. Vincent Loqués opened the Basilica of Notre-Dame at 8:30 a.m. as usual. The landmark cathedral, a striking bone-white structure, was built in the mid-1860s in the Neo-Gothic style and sits on Nice’s Avenue Jean Médecin—a busy artery in […]
With coronavirus infections in England continuing to rise, the Government has now introduced a ‘traffic light’ system to streamline local lockdown restrictions. The country has now been divided into three tiers, with Tier 1 areas enjoying the greatest freedoms and Tier 3 placed under the strictest constraints. But what does […]
The Sport of Fitness is back on. Sort of. After moving the CrossFit Games from the Alliant Energy Center in Madison, Wisconsin US to the private Californian ranch of Games Director Dave Castro in response to the ongoing pandemic, further details have now been released. The team and age group […]
© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: Gina Cimarosti, manager of the London Tavern Hotel, stands outside her empty pub in Melbourne By Paulina Duran SYDNEY (Reuters) – Victoria state, Australia’s COVID-19 epicentre, on Sunday delayed an expected announcement on the easing of lockdown restrictions due to an outbreak in Melbourne, prompting warnings […]
SYDNEY (Reuters) – Victoria state, Australia’s COVID-19 epicentre, on Sunday delayed an expected announcement on the easing of lockdown restrictions due to an outbreak in Melbourne, prompting warnings that residents were at a “financial and mental breaking point”. FILE PHOTO: Gina Cimarosti, manager of the London Tavern Hotel, stands outside […]
SYDNEY (Reuters) – Victoria state, Australia’s COVID-19 hotspot, on Sunday delayed the eagerly awaited removal of strict lockdown restrictions for cafes, restaurants and pubs in the capital Melbourne because of an outbreak in the northern suburbs. FILE PHOTO: Gina Cimarosti, manager of the London Tavern Hotel, stands outside her empty […]
Then there is the planning for the event itself: the backup, the nutrition, the kit. “I talked to a lot of people who’d done LEJOG who told me there was no way I could do it this year,” Molinaro says. “It takes so much organisation, they reckoned the earliest I […]
People lit up the earthen lamps on all the ghats of the river Ganga during Dev Deepawali festival in Varanasi, India. Indranil Aditya | NurPhoto | Getty Images Indian businesses are stocking up more ahead of this year’s big festival season than at any time in the last five years, […]
A bride who said her ‘I dos’ on Blackpool Pleasure Beach followed by a reception in a games arcade said the day made her feel like “royalty”, Rosie Cook, 33, married boyfriend Paul on Saturday, before spending the day enjoying everything Blackpool has to offer at their socially distanced wedding, […]