The former IBM factory near Glasgow has become Britain’s second crisis hospital as the building has been offered to NHS Scotland in the battle against coronavirus. It comes as the ExCel Centre in Newham, East London, was kitted out with 4,000 beds and two morgues amid the Covid-19 crisis. Britain’s major entertainment venues also ‘stand … Read more
Major hospitality firm G1 Group halts plans to dismiss new staff after Government reveals coronavirus job retention scheme G1 will reexamine their planned dismissals in light of the government’s package Staff had already been told their were to be fired before Sunak’s announcement A spokesman for the hospitality group called the coronavirus pandemic the: ‘most difficult … Read more
Virgin Mobile is DOWN across parts of the UK leaving customers unable to make or receive calls as millions of people struggle to work from home amid coronavirus crisis Outages appeared to hit the mobile provider early on Wednesday morning Smaller-scale outages are also being reported by Virgin cable internet users The issue strikes as … Read more
Virgin Mobile is DOWN leaving customers unable to make or receive calls as millions of people across the UK struggle to work from home amid coronavirus crisis Outages appeared to hit the mobile provider early on Wednesday morning Smaller-scale outages are also being reported by Virgin cable internet users The issue strikes as many work … Read more
An Inspector Calls… at Native’s ‘aparthotel’ in London’s South Bank where studios come with fully equipped kitchens and FREE food supplies Native has 16 sites in the capital and one each in Glasgow and Manchester The Bankside branch near the Globe Theatre is a former Victorian tea warehouse The Inspector’s ‘premium studio’ cost £120 and … Read more
Britain’s streets, trains, pubs and theatres are set to stay deserted for weeks after the Prime Minister announced the country is shutting down and all non-essential contact is banned for three months. At a dramatic press conference in Downing Street, as the UK coronavirus death toll spiked to 55, Boris Johnson set out the need for … Read more
It’s self-isolation Monday: Millions of workers start working from home to leave trains, tubes and roads empty as Britain faces up to coronavirus crisis Workers across the UK snubbed public transport to work from home today Guidelines recommend social distancing – leaving tubes and trains empty Coronavirus symptoms: what are they and should you see … Read more
7 Events: From a Titian exhibition to Belgravia on TV and the Glasgow International Comedy Festival, Event picks the top things to do this week By Keeba Roy for The Mail on Sunday Published: 22:00 GMT, 14 March 2020 | Updated: 01:18 GMT, 15 March 2020 The Art Show: Titian – Love, Desire, Death For … Read more
Passengers on board a Jet2 flight to coronavirus-ridden Spain were just 40 miles away from landing in Alicante when they were told their flight had to turn around and go home. Beryl Carrick, 78, flew from Leeds Bradford Airport for a family holiday in Benidorm with her husband, daughter and two granddaughters. The family were mid-flight … Read more
Six tins of tripe, 32 bottles of perfume and a miniature railway are among the most ‘weird and wonderful’ items left behind by Brits on Uber journeys in the last year. Uber’s Lost & Found Index revealed random items reported lost by passengers in 40 UK towns and cities, which also included a violin, a wig … Read more