Coronavirus Lockdowns

Covid UK: Police fine rule flouters in the Cotswolds ‘because they can’t go shopping in London’

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Police fined Covid rule-breakers £200 for driving 150 miles to the Cotswolds because ‘it is very hard to go shopping in London‘ at the weekend as the clampdown on lockdown flouters continues. In Gloucestershire, police fined tourists in Lower Slaughter and walkers at popular destination Bourton-on-the-Water for travelling from London yesterday. An irritated Cotswold Police tweeted: ‘Another … Read more

Puzzle mania sweeps UK as lockdown Britons spent £100 MILLION on jigsaws in 2020

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Britain has swept up by puzzle mania with more than £100million spent on jigsaws in 2020. Bored Britons looking for a new hobby in lockdown have turned to puzzles – sending sales rocketing sales by 38 per cent. The huge increase has left some manufacturers struggling to keep up with the soaring demand, according to … Read more

Cancer sufferer is arrested for serving soup to disadvantaged members of the community

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A man has been arrested for breaching coronavirus rules after organising a regular gathering where he handed out free soup to disadvantaged members of the community during lockdown.  Nick Smith, 56, was detained last Monday at the weekly soup kitchen he had set up at his local skate park in Forest Row, East Sussex, because social distancing … Read more

Ashley James details her ‘first wobble’ since becoming a mum as she shares sweet snaps with baby son

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‘I just needed a good cry’: Ashley James details her ‘first wobble’ since becoming a mum as she shares sweet snaps from sunny walk with baby son Alfie and partner Tom Andrews By Rianne Addo For Mailonline Published: 21:29 GMT, 31 January 2021 | Updated: 02:51 GMT, 1 February 2021 Ashley James detailed her ‘first … Read more

DOMINIC LAWSON: The EU are paying the price of their incompetence 

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One of the attractive aspects of the Dutch character is an insistence on plain speaking. Even so, it was quite something when, after we voted to leave the EU, the Prime Minister of the Netherlands, Mark Rutte, declared that, as a result, ‘England has collapsed politically, monetarily, constitutionally and economically’. Let’s bring things up to … Read more

Firm’s boost means Mail Force push to get laptops for pupils hits £5.6m

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In a boost for British children, one of the country’s most successful online retailers pledged a whopping £500,000 to Mail Force yesterday. The Hut Group’s donation sends our campaign to help pupils in lockdown get online soaring to £5.6million in just a week. Laptops are already being handed out to schoolchildren who desperately need them to … Read more

Jesy Nelson ‘REKINDLES romance with Sean Sagar and moves him into her Essex home’

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Jesy Nelson has reportedly rekindled her romance with Sean Sagar and moved him into her Essex home so they can spend lockdown together. The former Little Mix singer, 29, parted ways with the Our Girl actor, 30, just weeks ago, after eight months of dating.  However, it appears that the couple are giving things another … Read more

There’s never been a year like it for yo-yo dieting. Here readers share their ups and downs

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Many of us have put on a few pounds after comfort eating and drinking to our hearts’ content since the first lockdown last March. It’s a rare woman who doesn’t bemoan the ‘lockdown lard’ that’s gathered in  all the places we least want it — bottom, belly and thighs — over the past ten months.  A … Read more