Bars, restaurants and stores are boarded up as three million prepare to file for unemployment

ALABAMA Gov. Kay Ivey issued statewide shutdowns of all beaches, child care facilities, dine-in restaurants and other services effective 5pm March 19.  All public schools are closed until April 6.  This extended previous rules closing day cares, senior centers and on-site restaurant dining across six counties and banning public gatherings of more than 25 people … Read more

Britons stock up on alcohol after Boris Johnson’s coronavirus closure of pubs, bars and restaurants

What is the coronavirus?  A coronavirus is a type of virus which can cause illness in animals and people. Viruses break into cells inside their host and use them to reproduce itself and disrupt the body’s normal functions. Coronaviruses are named after the Latin word ‘corona’, which means crown, because they are encased by a … Read more

Britain’s biggest pubs, bars and restaurants report dire trading

Britain’s biggest pubs, bars and restaurants report dire trading amid warnings that many will collapse this weekend with the loss of a million jobs By Tom Witherow For The Daily Mail Published: 23:29 GMT, 18 March 2020 | Updated: 23:29 GMT, 18 March 2020 Britain’s biggest pubs, bars and restaurants reported dire trading yesterday amid … Read more

California closes all bars and orders restaurants to cut seating capacity by 50%

States implement closures of bars and restaurants California: Effective immediately  Gov Gavin Newsom called for the closure of all bars and advised restaurants to cut seating capacity by 50 per cent.   Ohio: Effective March 15-Indefinitely The order will shut down all in-person dining, but restaurants and bars will still offer carryout and delivery.  Illinois: Effective … Read more

Huge £250million indoor waterpark with slides, swim-up bars and wave pools is coming to Manchester 

Huge £250million indoor waterpark with slides, swim-up bars and wave pools is coming to Manchester Therme Manchester is set to open in 2023 opposite the city’s Trafford Centre – it will cover 28 acres The park, centred around a wellbeing garden, is being billed as the UK’s first ‘city-based wellbeing resort’  A dedicated adults’ area … Read more

Passenger wearing coronavirus mask licks his hands and wipes them over bars on Belgium subway

Subway passenger wearing coronavirus mask licks his hands and wipes them over bars on Belgium subway, forcing the train to be taken off service to be disinfected Video of the unidentified man on the Brussels subway was posted on 9 March  He can be seen removing his mask, licking his hand and wiping it over … Read more

Tommy Adams ordered to pay back £1.2m or face seven more years behind bars

A member of one of Britain’s most notorious crime families has been ordered to hand back over £1.2million of his ‘dirty’ money or face a further seven years behind bars. Thomas ‘Tommy’ Adams, 64, was jailed for seven and a half years for drug trafficking after his money laundering operation with accomplices was foiled in … Read more