Is there any science behind two-metre social distancing rule…? Government adviser says guidelines on keeping apart was ‘conjured out of nowhere’ Robert Dingwall from Nervtag said that the rule was ‘conjured up out of nowhere’ The sociology professor warned evidence supports a one-metre gap but not two He said that government’s advice for a two-metre … Read more
Top U.S. Mindfulness guru Ann Ziety is the author of Just Relax (2018) and I Said, Just Relax, Weren’t You Listening?'(2019). Here is our first extract from her forthcoming bestseller, Coping With Lockdown. 07.00am: Grab a pen and paper and copy out this handy timetable for Getting Through The Day. 07.12am: So these past 12 … Read more
Charts and constellations are as vital to our everyday lives as our smartphones They only date if their signs are compatible, plan pregnancies and career moves by the zodiac and even reschedule meetings if (heaven forbid!) Mercury is retrograde. Eimear O’Hagan meets the women who won’t get out of bed without consulting their horoscopes ‘I … Read more
Government performs U-turn on car sharing during the coronavirus lockdown as it says critical workers CAN give colleagues a lift if there is no other option Key workers can car share with a minimum number of people at any one time Those giving lifts to colleagues are told to keep windows open and clean their … Read more
UnBAAlievable! Adorable flock of lambs flout the two-metre rule as they hop and skip on a roundabout in a deserted playground while Britons are urged to stay indoors Flock of lambs were seen playing on a deserted playground in Preston Hairdresser Debbie Ellis, 52, captured the footage in a field outside her house Adorable clip … Read more
President Donald Trump won’t rule out accepting government assistance for his Trump Organization after the company closed Mar-a-Lago, fired staff, and even shut down the bars at its Washington D.C. luxury hotel in the wake of the coronavirus. ‘I don’t know. I mean, I just don’t know what the government assistance would be for what I … Read more
An 88-year-old motorist was left without her beloved Mini Cooper for a year after the Motoring Ombudsman failed to act on a dispute with a dealer. Brandy Thomas was left stranded after her car was taken to her local Cooper Cobham BMW, on January 29, 2019, following an amber dashboard warning light coming on. A … Read more
Restaurants in China ban diners from sitting next to each other and introduce a ‘one person per table’ rule to prevent the spread of coronavirus The new rule came after people started to leave homes and return to workplaces Diners are asked to come back later or order takeaways if the restaurant is ‘full’ China … Read more
Matt Hancock refused today to rule out a Wuhan-style quarantine for an entire UK city if it was struck by a mass coronavirus outbreak. The Health Secretary had the admission as he said that the Government would publish a ‘battleplan’ for dealing with am epidemic of the virus this week. Ministers are reportedly to consider … Read more
Muslim law clerks CAN be ordered to remove head scarfs in court because ‘complete neutrality’ outweighs religious freedom, German judges rule Germany’s highest court ruled the law clerk can be asked to remove head scarf The Federal Constitutional Court ruling fell in favour of judicial neutrality The verdict follows similar decisions taken in several other German … Read more