Tier Four Ghost Town: London lies eerily deserted with Tube carriages empty and bars and restaurants deserted the weekend before Christmas after non-essential stores were shut under harsh new anti-Covid rules
Boris Johnson revealed that a third of England - including London - will be thrust into a brutal Tier 4 lockdown
Bracket will see non-essential shops shut, and travel restrictions including stay at home order on Christmas
Crowds of shoppers flooded Oxford Street and Regent Street in London to get their last minute purchases
But the jam-packed streets of yesterday evening looking nearly deserted today as Tier 4 rules kicked in
Experts predict the UK s tills will ring with a staggering £2.5million-a-minute spent before December 22
Mask-wearing shoppers rushed to get Christmas essentials in London s Oxford Street ahead of Tier 4 rules
The scramble came after Boris Johnson yesterday revealed that a third of England will enter the new tier
Queues were also seen forming outside Costco in Manchester as people stocked up on Christmas essentials
Newcastle high street was jam-packed with locals eager to get their last-minute presents bought
In Southampton, tech-savvy buyers queued outside Currys PC World while Kent marketplace put up signs
Coronavirus lockdown rules hammered the UK High Street in November as retail sales dropped by 3.8 per cent when compared to October.
Clothing stores were the hardest hit as sales plummeted by 19 per cent while the sale of fuel also tumbled by 16.6 per cent as families stayed at home.
However, online shopping surged by 74.7 per cent year-on-year as businesses said people had brought forward their Christmas shopping.
Supermarkets and household goods stores were the only two physical retail sectors to see growth in monthly sales in November.
The former saw a 3.1 per cent surge largely because of the closure of restaurants and pubs while the latter was aided by a continuing uptick in DIY during the coronavirus crisis as sales went up by 1.6 per cent when compared to October.
Yes, it’s that time of year again – the Daily Mail Wine Awards, your essential guide to the very-best-value wines out there on the supermarket shelves right now.
There’s something here for every taste, from Champagnes, English sparkling wines and Proseccos through reds and whites to rosés, ports and delectable sweet wines and sherries – and there are some glorious surprise finds along the way.
To make it easier to navigate this year we have divided the red and white wines by country, as you would find them in the supermarket aisles. A rosette attached to a bottle indicates that it was a category winner, while all the others are outstanding runners-up.
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