A POSTMAN in Swindon is worried he and his colleagues may be spreading the covid-19 virus. And he says bosses at the Royal Mail are not taking common sense measures to minimise the risk. Those claims are refuted by the service. The man, who does not want to be named, …
Read More »Gazette letters: Ocada hub, community parklets, Highbury & Islington station crossing and environment | Opinion
PUBLISHED: 08:30 14 March 2020 Readers’ letters #nocado local campaigners oppose the delivery hub being built close to Yerbury Primary school © Nicola Baird Nicola Baird N19 is a deceptive battleground, writes Nicola Baird, Islington Green. Email this article to a friend To send a link to this page you …
Read More »The best pop-up restaurant in Ireland
Here’s the food year in a soup. It starts with pickled garlic scapes, slices of the pregnant flower stalks sent spiralling skyward last summer. Bobbing above them are summer-ripened pickled nasturtium seeds. These sharpnesses slice through the full-throated turkey bone broth, an echo of midwinter feasting. In the middle floats …
Read More »Mumbai Diary: Saturday Dossier – news
Mujh se dosti corona Kartik Aryan’s state of mind is loud and clear as he’s spotted at the Mumbai domestic airport on Friday evening. Pic/Anurag Ahire A new beginning Chef Sanjana Patel’s Bandra offering La Folie Lab, the patisserie’s first outlet with an open kitchen, has temporarily shut shop. Known …
Read More »Missing Suffolk church silver turns up at auction | Latest Suffolk and Essex News
PUBLISHED: 06:00 14 March 2020 Andrew Hirst St Peter’s church in Copdock was burgled of £70k of silverware Picture: CHARLOTTE BOND Charlotte Bond Lost church treasure, worth £8,000, has turned up at a Royal Mail auction – almost three months after it went missing in the post. Email this article …
Read More »London postal workers take strike action over coronavirus concerns
London postal workers take strike action over coronavirus concerns By our reporter 14 March 2020 Postal workers in several depots across south west London and other parts of the capital have mounted a de facto wildcat strike/work to rule over concerns regarding coronavirus safety. They did so in the …
Read More »Coronavirus UK: Everton and Bournemouth latest Premier League clubs hit by COVID-19
Everton become latest Premier League club to put entire first-team squad into self-isolation after player reported symptoms consistent with coronavirus as Bournemouth reveal Artur Boruc and four staff are displaying it too Everton have become third Premier League club to self-isolate entire first-team News comes after a player reported symptoms …
Read More »Coronavirus UK: London nightlife busy despite fears of outbreak
Defiant Friday night revellers are still hitting the streets of London tonight despite the fact millions of workers stayed at home today over coronavirus fears. Huge crowds gathered outside theatres this evening for popular West End shows near Leicester Square such as The Book of Mormom and Les Miserables. So …
Read More »Mass gatherings WILL be banned from next weekend in dramatic government U-turn
All mass gatherings and sports events are set to be banned from next weekend, it can be revealed. In a major escalation of the coronavirus crisis, ministers are preparing to introduce emergency legislation early next week to allow this. The unprecedented move puts key summer events such as the Glastonbury …
Read More »Expert warns UK might not change behaviour until coronavirus death toll is ‘very big’
The UK’s coronavirus epidemic could spiral out of control if people wait for the death toll to rise before changing their behaviour, a leading scientist has warned. Professor Graham Medley, a disease expert at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, said people risk making the outbreak worse by …
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