Best friends who launched a baby gift business just weeks into the first lockdown

Friends who launched a gifting marketplace for children and parents just weeks into the first lockdown are now turning over £41,000 a month thanks to support from fans including Ferne McCann and Stacey Solomon. Laura McBride, 30, and Laura Boswell, 30, from Essex, launched BabyChum, an online marketplace for mother and baby gifts, on 12 … Read more

Covid lockdown UK: Millions of Britons will spend £300m next week when pub beer gardens open

Britons across the country could be told to wear masks when they return to beer gardens next week despite being outside. From Monday, pubs will be permitted to welcome customers back as the latest lockdown restrictions begin to ease but they must only be served outside.  Government guidance states that masks must only be worn … Read more

Covid lockdown UK: Millions of Britons will spend £300m next week when pub beer gardens open

Britons across the country could be told to wear masks when they return to beer gardens next week despite being outside. From Monday, pubs will be permitted to welcome customers back as the latest lockdown restrictions begin to ease but they must only be served outside.  Government guidance states that masks must only be worn … Read more

Kym Marsh says lockdown has allowed her to spend more quality time with her army officer boyfriend

Kym Marsh has revealed that lockdown has been a blessing to her as she’s been able to spend more quality time with her army officer boyfriend. The former Coronation Street star, 44, explained how Parachute Regiment major Scott Ratcliff, 32, had been serving in Afghanistan when he was sent back home amid Covid-19 restrictions. And … Read more

JD Sports boosted by lockdown switch to ‘ath-leisure’

During lockdown it didn’t take long for the country’s wardrobe to shift from shirts and ties to ‘ath-leisure’, and the switch has boosted JD Sports By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 21:50 BST, 9 April 2021 | Updated: 22:49 BST, 9 April 2021 JD Sports has fared better than most retailers in the … Read more

Covid lockdown UK: Hair salons will open for up to 18 hours a day from Monday

Hair salons will open for up to 18 hours a day from Monday to clear the backlog of millions of ‘desperate’ clients. Customers have booked appointments in their droves with many salons fully booked until June. Hairdressers hailed the reopening, saying it will give ‘a confidence boost to the nation’ and provide vital income to … Read more

Why CAN Wales ease lockdown quicker if England can’t?

Pressure is building on No10 to accelerate its roadmap out of lockdown in England after Wales announced Covid restrictions would be lifted ahead of schedule.  Two households will be able to meet indoors on May 3 rather than May 10 because of ‘improvements’ in the public health situation and the vaccination roll-out, Welsh First Minister … Read more

‘It was pretty intense!’ Felicity Jones discusses having her baby during ‘the scary’ first lockdown

‘It was pretty intense!’ Felicity Jones discusses having her baby during ‘the really scary’ first lockdown By Ellie Phillips For Mailonline Published: 13:14 BST, 9 April 2021 | Updated: 13:55 BST, 9 April 2021 She gave birth to her first child in April 2020, with her director husband Charles Guard. And, Felicity Jones, 37, discussed having … Read more

UK is set for damp and dreary last weekend of lockdown but sun will shine on Monday

Monday is the day Britain has been waiting for, when pubs and restaurants open for outdoor service. And as if that wasn’t exciting enough, forecasters last night said the weather is expected to stay dry and bright – although anyone venturing for an outside drink should probably take a coat. Temperatures are likely to hover … Read more

Germany ‘needs a lockdown’ and may have to bring in curfews to curb virus health minister warns 

Germany needs to implement nationwide measures to break the current wave of coronavirus infections as quickly as possible, its health minister said on Friday. ‘We need a lockdown,’ Jens Spahn told journalists in a news conference, adding that nighttime curfews may be necessary to further reduce social contacts. He said that there were currently nearly … Read more