Top beer gardens are revealed as landlords set up marquees and tents

Drinkers across England are gearing up for the return of the great British pub next Monday – with some places so desperate to serve locals that they are opening up at one minute past midnight. The Kentish Belle, a micropub in Bexley, South East London, has been taking bookings for tables between 0.01am and 3am next … Read more

Bell tents, cabins, domes – why this rugged Welsh retreat is just the tonic we all need

Amid hardy grazing sheep, seals peeping fleetingly from the ocean and a lonely whitewashed church, a fierce wind whips up mighty Atlantic waves. Our feet are the first to imprint the sand since the tide subsided, and the sea flashes mackerel-silver each time the sun pokes out of the thick cloud above. We’re on Mwnt … Read more

Tents used to treat victims of terror attacks could be set up outside hospitals overrun with Covid

Tents used to treat victims of terror attacks could be set up outside hospitals overrun with coronavirus patients, it was claimed today. NHS trusts operating in virus hotspots are said to be considering the option, with official data showing a quarter of England’s hospitals are now treating a dangerous amount of Covid patients. Emergency medicine … Read more

French police forcibly clear huge Paris migrant camp where more than 2,000 people lived in tents

French police forcibly clear huge Paris migrant camp where more than 2,000 people lived shoulder-to-shoulder in tents under motorway overpass Migrants, most them men from Middle East and Africa, set fire to their camp under the A1 in Saint-Denis Riot police were dispatched to prepare the migrants ahead of removal by 70 buses this morning … Read more

Medical tents return to the streets of Madrid

The green medical tents return to Madrid’s military hospital , as the city is gripped by coronavirus second wave.    The Gomez Ulla hospital, is getting ready just in case emergency wards get crammed again. COVID-19 cases are stubbornly on the rise in Madrid despite curbs on nightlife, outdoor smoking and limiting all group interaction to … Read more