Shoppers are being warned not to be fooled by genuine-looking emails offering free supermarket vouchers during the coronavirus lockdown.
27.03.2020 - 12:43 / billboard.com
Download Festival, Britain’s premier rock and metal fest, will skip this year’s edition due to the global health crisis.
Slated to take place June 12-14 at Donington Park, Download 2020 was inevitably scrapped as Britain enters a lockdown with strict, enforceable measures in place to limit public gatherings.
“We’ve been closely monitoring this unprecedented situation and it’s become clear that it just isn’t possible for the 2020 festival to go ahead,” reads a statement from organizers. “This
Shoppers are being warned not to be fooled by genuine-looking emails offering free supermarket vouchers during the coronavirus lockdown.
When lockdown was first announced, most UK supermarkets took the decision to cut opening hours to manage crowd levels and allow staff adequate time to restock shelves.
The UK is now in its fourth week of lockdown and all attentions have turned to when this could be lifted.
The government does not expect to make any changes to lockdown rules when social distancing guidelines are reviewed this week, the foreign secretary has said.