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Coronavirus: Retail sales plummet as pandemic takes hold
Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Scotland’s major shopping streets have been eerily quiet during lockdown Scotland’s high streets took a massive hit last month as the full effects of the coronavirus pandemic took hold, according to a regular survey.Total sales plummeted year-on-year by 40.3% – the biggest fall recorded since the SRC-KPMG retail sales…
Halfords to reopen 53 stores after physical-distancing trial
Halfords is to fully reopen 53 stores after a successful trial of physical-distancing measures on its shop floors. The bike and car parts retailer said that the reopenings follow successful tests at its Peterborough and Bristol Cribbs Causeway stores. It will be the first time Halfords customers will be allowed in store since the UK…
Facebook will expand its political ad rules to Nigeria, Ukraine and EU
And as India gears up for parliamentary elections in the spring, Facebook has begun confirming advertisers’ identities and locations, and next month, it will put all electoral ads in a searchable online library. Facebook announced those measures in December and it told Reuters it will also be introducing versions of them in the European Union…
Coronavirus in Florida: Confirmed COVID-19 cases in Florida nears 20,000 mark; 461 deaths
Rachael Thomas Florida TodayPublished 6:09 PM EDT Apr 12, 2020We’ll update this story throughout the day with the latest news about coronavirus and its effects in Florida.The Florida Department of Health reported the total number of confirmed cases of the COVID-19 coronavirus around the state reached 19,895 in data released Sunday evening, with every county…
Andrew Lloyd Webber Launches Free Musical Theater Streaming Service
Andrew Lloyd Webber is to stream a production of one of his musicals for free on YouTube each week during the coronavirus crisis. Lloyd Webber’s YouTube initiative to entertain fans, titled “The Shows Must Go On!,” will begin with his 2000 adaptation of “Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat,” starring Donny Osmond, Joan Collins and…
Coronavirus: Job Retention Scheme to save jobs may cost up to £40bn
Image copyright Getty Images The UK’s Job Retention Scheme may cost £30-40bn over three months, three times the size of initial estimates. That is according to analysis by the Resolution Foundation, using the latest figures on take-up of the scheme from the British Chambers of Commerce (BCC). While initial Treasury estimates suggested a 10% take-up,…
I have a silk mask to match my wedding dress
We are publishing personal essays from CNN’s global staff as they live and cover the story of Covid-19. Valentina Di Donato is a producer for CNN in Italy, living in Rome for more than six years.Rome (CNN)Rome has given me so much. I came here for a two-year stay from Montclair, New Jersey, for a…
Michael Che honors his late grandmother by covering rent for 160 public housing units
(CNN)Michael Che wants to honor his late grandmother, who died after contracting the coronavirus.The “Saturday Night Live” star took to Instagram on Wednesday to announce that he plans to pay one month’s rent for all those living in his grandmother’s public housing complex.”It’s crazy to me that residents of public housing are still expected to…
How Muslims Have Been a Major Part of American History
G/O Media is teaming up with Smartypants Pictures to premiere the second season of The Secret Life of Muslims — a video series with a view on modern Islam you’re not getting on cable news.Muslims have been an integral part of American history since the days of Christopher Columbus. The video above explores the many…
Proposed drive-in movies wouldn’t affect games at Yankee Stadium (UPDATE)
An empty Yankee Stadium during the coronavirus pandemic on Thursday, May 14, 2020. UPDATE (1:21 p.m.): A parking lot near Yankee Stadium being used for proposed drive-in movie events wouldn’t affect whether games would be played at Yankee Stadium or whether fans would attend them, a person with knowledge of the club’s thinking told NJ…
Declan McKenna Tickets For Spring 2021 UK And Ireland Tour On Sale 9am Today
Declan McKenna has announced a spring UK and Ireland tour. Declan McKenna tickets goes on sale at 9am today. The singer-songwriter will follow…
Insurers taken to court for failing to pay out to coronavirus stricken businesses
INSURANCE firms are being taken to court to decide whether thousands of businesses have been wrongly declined payouts for disruption due to coronavirus. The spread of Covid-19 has seen scores of companies close their doors and furlough staff across the UK, with Chancellor Rishi Sunak coming under increased pressure to help small businesses. ⚠️ Read…
Analysis: Trump has sent 0 tweets on the caravan since the election
(CNN)From October 16 to November 6 — aka Election Day — President Donald Trump sent 45 tweets mentioning the “border” between the United States and Mexico. Between October 16 and October 31, he sent nine tweets referring to the “caravan” of migrants making their way across Mexico.Here’s a typical one: “Many Gang Members and some…
The rules around lighting bonfires during lockdown
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Coronavirus updates: Trump believes there may be vaccine by end of year
SummaryUS President Donald Trump says “we are very confident” of a vaccine by the end of the year