Cheers! Chancellor FREEZES tax on booze in major budget boost for pubs during coronavirus crisis 

Cheers! Chancellor FREEZES tax on beer, wine AND cider in major budget boost to stop pubs shutting during coronavirus crisis By David Wilcock, Whitehall Correspondent For Mailonline Published: 13:12 GMT, 11 March 2020 | Updated: 13:16 GMT, 11 March 2020 Drinkers will be raising a glass to Rishi Sunak after he stepped away from increasing … Read more

eBay removes listing selling three nuclear cabins that promised ‘full protection’ from coronavirus

eBay removes listing selling three ex-Cold War nuclear cabins for £15,000 each that promised the ‘ultimate protection’ from coronavirus eBay removed listing as it was against the company’s disaster and tragedy policy Three cabins were said to give ‘full protection’ against viruses such as COVID-19 They were listed on eBay for £15,000 each, as collection … Read more

Astonishing moment skateboarder jumps over tube ticket barrier – but he went back to pay his fare

Astonishing moment skateboarder jumps over the ticket barrier at London Underground station (but he went back to pay his fare) The rider clears the barrier by mere millimetres in athletic stunt at Blackfriars He lands perfectly back on his moving board and wheels away in celebration The youngster, who goes by @shubzskate on Instagram, still … Read more

Widow is trapped in her home with her husband’s corpse for two days

Widow is trapped in her home with her husband’s corpse for two days after they were quarantined over his coronavirus diagnosis in Italy Woman from Borghetto Santo Spirito in northwest Italy was ‘seen crying for help’ Her husband died at around 2am on Monday after testing positive for COVID-19 She was unable to leave her apartment … Read more

New tricks! Hilarious moment dog balances on animal shelter owner as he does acrobatics

New tricks! Hilarious moment dog balances on animal shelter owner as he does acrobatics Cute scene caught on film at Köpek Bahçesi dog shelter in Turkey last month Shelter owner Kutay Özkan’s did a backbend before flipping onto his feet Dog stays steady by moving through the man’s legs as he flips backwards By Harry Howard … Read more

Sussex country house next to woods that inspired Winnie the Pooh goes up for sale for £2.25million

A sprawling country house in the heart of Ashdown Forest is on the market for £2.25million. End House in Sussex has five acres of grounds surrounded by forest famously known as the home of Winnie the Pooh. For fans of the honey-loving bear, a stream within the property’s grounds connects to the actual bridge where … Read more

Rishi Sunak promises Budget will make UK ready to fight coronavirus

Rishi Sunak headed for the Commons to deliver his crucial first Budget under the shadow of coronavirus today. The Chancellor posed with his team outside 11 Downing Street as he pledged the measures he will set out in full this afternoon will give those on the ‘front line’ fighting the spread of the deadly disease … Read more

How handshakes are being replaced by the ‘Vulcan’

The coronavirus has now spread to almost 70 countries around the world and health officials are scrambling to stop people spreading the virus among themselves. But with many patients not realizing they’re ill, and others carrying on with normal life until they are diagnosed, the fast-spreading infection is proving difficult to contain. Avoiding an infection … Read more

Priests keep their distance from Pope Francis amid coronavirus lockdown

Catholic priests kept their distance from Pope Francis over coronavirus fears today as Italy‘s 3ft safety rule reached the Vatican. Francis held an audience in his private library with his clerical translators sitting a yard apart – the distance which Italy is demanding in public spaces to stop the spread of the virus.  St Peter’s … Read more

No further action against man arrested over Emiliano Sala death

Emiliano Sala died when a plane plunged into the English Channel on January 21 last year Police will take no further action against the 64-year-old pilot arrested on suspicion of manslaughter in relation to the plane crash that killed footballer Emiliano Sala. Dorset Police arrested David Henderson, a private pilot from North Yorkshire, in connection with … Read more