Drivers who cross the border face a £60 fine BUT police won’t set up road blocks and say ‘enforcement’ is a last resort Are all people banned from leaving or entering Scotland from 6pm on Friday? Yes, apart from a small number of exemptions. Nicola Sturgeon’s legislation demands that any person living in Scotland must … Read more
What a difference a week makes! London’s usually bustling streets are seen deserted on Saturday night as revellers stay at home due to lockdown rules London was a ghost town last night as closed pubs and restaurants kept the usually busy city centre deserted The UK capital was packed with revellers in Soho and Borough … Read more
City centres have been left deserted across England on the first weekend of national lockdown, but beauty spots have stayed busy as people make the most of the autumnal weather today. Photographs show boarded-up restaurants adorned with ‘stay alert’ signs lining empty streets in London’s Soho and Newcastle’s Bigg Market after England entered its second … Read more
The streets of Milan were deserted again last night after Italy’s Lombardy region imposed an 11pm curfew to tackle a surge in coronavirus cases. Seven months after Italy’s empty streets and piazzas became a symbol of the first wave of the pandemic, the square in front of Milan’s Duomo cathedral was abandoned once again as … Read more
Ghost town London: City centre’s normally-bustling streets stand empty with once-thriving bars and restaurants deserted on day one of capital’s new Tier 2 lockdown Kate Nicholls of UKHospitality said the industry saw 50% increase of cancellations due to restrictions London has been placed under Tier 2 level restrictions following rapid rise of infections in many … Read more
Step off an incoming plane at Terminal 2 at Heathrow Airport and you enter a ghost town where masked travellers cast nervous glances at empty Duty Free shops and stroll past once bustling restaurants where staff now outnumber customers. What was once Britain’s vibrant ‘gateway to the world’ is now almost entirely moribund, with acres … Read more
Debenhams boss warns they will close sites in deserted city centres unless workers return to office soon By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 21:56 BST, 4 September 2020 | Updated: 21:56 BST, 4 September 2020 The boss of Debenhams has warned they will close sites in deserted city centres unless workers return to … Read more
It’s going to be colder than Christmas tomorrow with beaches deserted on Bank Holiday Monday as temperatures are set to plummet to 11C (52F). It will be the coldest August Bank Holiday for 50 years and 15C (59F) colder than last year’s record hottest of 33.2C (92F). A 500-mile wide ‘polar plunge’ is forecast to sweep … Read more
This weekend would have seen the streets of Notting Hill full of revellers celebrating the carnival. Live music, colourful parades and feathered dancers usually combine with the mouth-watering flavours of Afro-Caribbean cuisine to bring the streets of west London alive during the August bank holiday. But for the first time in the carnival’s 54-year history, … Read more
All eyes are on Britain’s deserted cinemas as they prepare for the first release of a Hollywood film since March, with the industry expecting its worst year at box office in three decades amid the coronavirus pandemic. Christopher Nolan’s sci-fi film Tenet – starring David John Washington and Robert Pattinson – will hit the big … Read more