Paris has seen a second night of riots break out over police ‘heavy-handed’ treatment of ethnic minorities during the coronavirus lockdown. Anger erupted in the French capital last night and during the early hours of Monday morning over alleged ‘racist’ police attacks. In response, police used tear gas and baton charges in Villeneuve-la-Garenne, northern Paris, … Read more
An exclusive medical unit in Saint-Tropez has sparked anger after it emerged billionaire residents have access to coronavirus testing while locals do not. A gated compound at Les Parcs de Saint-Tropez where some of the world’s richest people have homes has its very own private testing site. Locals in the French Riviera resort have reportedly demanded to also … Read more
Rita Ora has ‘left locals furious after spending the COVID-19 lockdown at a rented farmhouse 150 miles away from her London abode’. The singer, 29, is said to be staying with five people at the rural property in south-west England on a trip booked prior to the coronavirus pandemic gripping the nation, with the group working on … Read more
Locals in ‘crazy’ Derbyshire town of Belper MOO out of their windows in unison every evening to fight the boredom of coronavirus lockdown At 18:30 every day for three weeks, residents in Belper have ‘Mooed’ together Resident Jasper Ward said it was a way to make the lockdown more bearable While it may appear crazy, … Read more
Cornish locals have blocked roads to visitors and a motorhome was stopped by police on its way to the Lake District as second home owners continue to flock to rural areas – amid fears of a tourist influx over the expected 75F Easter weekend. Hundreds of holiday lets and second home owners who have arrived … Read more
Locals in Wuhan believe 42,000 people may have died in the coronavirus outbreak there not the 3,200 claimed by Chinese authorities Coronavirus has killed 3,300 people in China and infected more than 81,000 But Wuhan residents claim 500 urns were handed to grieving families every day Means ashes of 3,500 people are distributed every 24 hours, … Read more
A group of furious locals blocked a Range Rover driver after he travelled 115 miles from Sheffield to Snowdonia despite the coronavirus lockdown. The man was spotted at around 10am on Saturday as he drove down country lanes near Bala in Gwynedd, Wales. Aled Wyn Williams recorded the confrontation before police were eventually called to the … Read more
They call it ‘Ibiza on ice’ – an Alpine resort famed for its perfectly-groomed pistes where visitors ski all day, and raucous bars where they party all night. By summer, Ischgl is a small town of around 1,600 residents in the Tyrol region of Austria. But when the snow comes, it transforms into what the … Read more
This is Kelly’s Landing, a lobster ‘pound’ (or shack) on a wooden deck jutting into Maine’s Moosehead Lake. The woman next to me starts chatting. She’s a resident of Greenville, and delights in telling me that Moosehead Lake is the holiday destination New Yorkers prefer to keep to themselves. ‘This is a quiet, rustic, relaxed … Read more
Residents have fought riot police with wooden sticks and set up flaming barricades on the roads in an attempt to halt the construction of new migrant detention centres on two Greek islands. At least 500 people on Lesbos and Chios – including regional governor Kostas Moutzouris and West Lesbos mayor Taxiarchis Verros – clashed with … Read more