Dead bodies are being kept at a temporary mortuary in Surrey after the county’s hospital reached capacity amid rising Covid case rates. Some 170 bodies are being kept in the temporary mortuary at Headley Court in Leatherhead, which first opened in April to alleviate pressure during the first wave of the pandemic. Similar temporary mortuaries … Read more
A German town has began storing its dead in a mobile freezer after space in hospital morgues ran out amid a surge in coronavirus fatalities. Cemetery workers in Hanau, 10 miles outside of Frankfurt, began using the mobile freezer on Thursday, with two bodies currently inside. It comes after the country suffered a record 956 … Read more
Premium Bond prize cheques given temporary reprieve, after NS&I announces U-turn on plan to cull them By Rachel Rickard Straus, Financial Mail On Sunday Published: 21:50 GMT, 5 December 2020 | Updated: 21:50 GMT, 5 December 2020 Premium Bond prize cheques have been given a temporary reprieve, after National Savings & Investments announced a U-turn … Read more
No pronouncement by any politician – here today and gone tomorrow – and no referendum on this or that issue of the day will have any effect on my understanding of myself and where I belong. It makes me feel better just to put those words down on the page. The Canadian anthropologist Wade Davis … Read more
Lambeth Council in south London is planning to keep ‘temporary’ controversial road closures in place for three years, it has been reported. The authority is said to have claimed nearly £200,000 of Government cash to block off five streets as part of its ‘Oval Triangle low traffic neighbourhood (LTN) temporary scheme’. But it has also … Read more
The terrified neighbours of a mother whose dream home fell off a cliff fear they will be next and are desperately trying to shore up the collapsing seafront. Striking drone images reveal houses teetering on the cliff top in Eastchurch, on the Isle of Sheppy, off the Kent coast, six months after mother-of-five Emma Tullett’s … Read more
Tesco launches recruitment drive for Christmas with 11,000 temporary jobs available in stores and warehouse across UK Tesco says it will hire more than 11,000 seasonal staff over the Christmas period Temporary roles will be available in supermarkets and Extra stores until January It comes as the Covid-19 pandemic has cost up to 200,000 jobs … Read more
Shares in FTSE 250-listed Cineworld have more than halved today after the giant said it will temporarily shut down all of its cinemas in the UK and the US, affecting around 45,000 employees in the two countries. The cinema giant, which blamed the decision on delays of major film releases and an ‘increasingly challenging’ situation … Read more
Former Bachelor Colton Underwood was spotted emerging from lockdown in Los Angeles this Wednesday early morning. His sighting marked the first time the 28-year-old was seen out in public since his ex Cassie Randolph obtained a temporary restraining order against him. Cassie, who won his hand on The Bachelor last year, split from him this … Read more
Larry King’s estranged wife Shawn files court documents seeking $33,100 PER MONTH in temporary spousal support as divorce turns ugly Shawn King, the estranged wife of talk show host Larry King, has filed court documents seeking at least $33,100 per month in temporary spousal support She claimed in court documents that she has no form … Read more