Green light for fans to return to stadiums: Boris Johnson announces sports grounds could let spectators back in from October with test events including cricket starting in just NINE DAYS’ time in the latest lifting of the UK’s lockdown Crowds could return to UK sports stadiums from October as lockdown lifted Prime Minister Boris Johnson … Read more
Crowds of Black Lives Matter protesters march on Marble Arch in London six weeks after death of George Floyd in the US Hundreds of Black Lives Matter protesters marched in central London today The protest started at Marble Arch at 2pm where a speech was given Demonstrators then made their way through the city to … Read more
Thirsty Britons went out boozing last night for the second Saturday since pubs in England reopened after months of coronavirus lockdown. Partygoers in Leeds took to the streets in their droves the same day that 148 Covid-19 deaths were reported – more than double last Saturday’s figure. Groups of dressed-up revellers stumbled along the streets with … Read more
Hundreds have gathered in car parks for the first large scale car meet up since lockdown, travelling in convoy to five different locations to admire each other’s customised motors. Car enthusiasts from across the country took part in the all-day ‘cruise’ beginning at 10am in Barking before motoring up the M25 to meet at a … Read more
Huge crowds of Black Lives Matter protesters march through London and surround Churchill statue in Parliament Square as up to 5,000 anti-racism activists gather in Leeds Sea of peaceful protesters holding placards walked through the Woodhouse Moor in Hyde Park, Leeds, today In London hundreds of protesters flooded the capital’s at Hyde Park before heading … Read more
The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) punted on questions about increasing coronavirus cases and hospitalizations in reopened states, claiming worrisome rises could be due to ‘increased testing’ during a Friday press briefing. CDC director Dr Robert Redfield and deputy director Dr Jay Butler addressed the press in the first telebriefing since the … Read more
Met Police guarded the Winston Churchill statue from crowds of Black Lives Matters protesters who gathered this afternoon for George Floyd’s funeral – as police officers in Henley-on-Thames ‘take a knee’ during a demonstration. Around 200 protesters had gathered by the statue to Nelson Mandela on Parliament Square as Mr Floyd, an African-American who died after … Read more
Google Maps lets you see when public transport is the busiest to help you avoid crowds as Americans head back to work following the coronavirus lockdowns Google is rolling out Transit alerts to Maps to help people avoid crowds The feature displays when public transportation is likely to be more or less busy The firm … Read more
MPs warn beaches may have to be shut down as crowds spark fears of a second coronavirus wave Several MPs of constituencies with beaches have warned they may have to shut They fear that huge numbers of visitors to the beaches could spark second wave Last week, beaches all over England were packed with hundreds … Read more
The famous fountain outside the Bellagio hotel on the Las Vegas Strip roared back into life on Thursday as casinos in the city started to reopen for the first time since coronavirus closures. Crowds of people had lined up across Las Vegas late Wednesday night as after 78 days of shutdown, the public were allowed back … Read more