Primark to close every one of its 189 UK stores amid coronavirus pandemic

Looking for the helpers. Prince William and Duchess Kate talked to teachers and students — the children of people who have to work during the coronavirus pandemic — who are still in school amid the health crisis to express their gratitude.

Metrolink travel will be free for all NHS and social care workers from this weekend under plans announced by Andy Burnham.

Miss England 2019, Bhasha Mukherjee, was in the middle of a humanitarian trip in India when the coronavirus pandemic surged around the globe.The 24-year-old junior doctor says she knew right away it was time to return to the United Kingdom and trade in her crown for a stethoscope. "It wasn't a tough decision," Mukherjee told Fox News on Tuesday.

Lydia Bright has thanked the British Embassy for getting her younger brother Freddie home from Asia amid the coronavirus pandemic.The former TOWIE star, 30, shared her relief about Freddie returning to the UK as she posted an adorable snap of him FaceTiming her daughter Loretta. Lydia, who welcomed her first child with ex-boyfriend Lee Cronin on 24 February, wrote on Instagram: “Loretta can’t wait to meet her uncle Fred.

© Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP FILE - In this Sunday, Jan. 19, 2020 file photo, Phoebe Waller-Bridge arrives at the 26th annual Screen Actors Guild Awards at the Shrine Auditorium & Expo Hall on , in Los Angeles.

LONDON – With independent record stores around the world facing the prospect of weeks and possibly months of shutdown, a growing number of artists and labels are getting behind social media campaigns to help protect the sector’s survival. The most high-profile campaign so far is #loverecordstores, a global, social media-led initiative that’s asking musicia

Aldi has taken its new shopping rules a step further to help those working on the frontline - including nurses, police officers and firefighters.

Queen Elizabeth II's public birthday celebration will take a different shape this year.  It is customary for the British monarch's special day to be officially marked with Trooping the Colour, her annual birthday parade.

A government minister has told Sports Direct owner Mike Ashley to 'back off', insisting there is 'no reason' for a store such as his to remain open following the Prime Minister's orders to the country amid the coronavirus pandemic.

A 10 per cent cut in pay for certain staff at Manchester Airport for 12 months was agreed in an 'initial' deal struck between unions and airport bosses to protect the business and safeguard jobs amid the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, the M.E.N. can reveal.

Manchester United have announced that closures of the Old Trafford museum and stadium tour and Red Cafe have been extended and that the club megastore has closed amid the coronavirus outbreak.

"The Government’s proposals fall far short of the lifeline needed by the self-employed in the music industry and creative sector," says CEO Tom Kiehl

Due to the current coronavirus outbreak many businesses and individuals have been lending a hand where they can, especially to our wondrous NHS workers have who have been working round the clock to try and help lessen the impact of the disease and save lives.