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Police step in to stop selfish stockpilers barging past pensioners in supermarkets – Daily Mail, Dailymail.co.uk

Police step in to stop selfish stockpilers barging past pensioners in supermarkets – Daily Mail, Dailymail.co.uk

Hundreds of shoppers were spotted queueing around the entire carpark of a Tesco at 6am today.

Shocking drone footage revealed the true extent of panic buying amid the coronavirus pandemic.

The same Tesco in New Malden, London , saw a similarly gigantic queue snake around its carpark at 5. am yesterday.

Some supermarkets have introduced dedicated hours where NHS workers and the elderly are allowed to shop without other members of the public getting involved.

However, younger shoppers were spotted selfishly pushing past elderly people to continue with the panic-buying which has taken over across the nation.

Shocking drone footage revealed the true extent of panic buying amid the coronavirus pandemic

Shoppers were seen queuing up since 5. am today and within 22 minutes the queue had doubled in size at the Tesco in New Malden

People queuing up outside Tescos in Aldershot, a day after the Chancellor unveiled an emergency package aimed at protecting workers’ jobs and wages as they face hardship in the fight against the coronavirus pandemic

People queuing up outside Sainsburys in Guildford just two days after the Prime Minister encouraged people to stop panic buying

Police were yesterday forced to step in to stop selfish stockpilers from barging past pensioners and ransacking supermarket shelves.

Some supermarkets have hired security guards to try and level the playing field for those who are more vulnerable and haven’t had a chance to buy essentials during the coronavirus pandemic.

A sign for customers on entering Tescos in Aldershot telling them there is a limit of three items of any same product and a limit of one toilet roll per customer

People queuing up outside Sainsburys in Guildford despite multiple warnings from the government about the harms of panic buying

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Police were yesterday forced to step in to stop selfish stockpilers from barging past pensioners and ransacking supermarket shelves

Younger shoppers were spotted barging past elderly and vulnerable customers

A Marks & Spencer shop in Cribbs Causeway, Bristol, was among the first shops to call in police to help ensure older shoppers could use the hour set aside for them.

Asda and Aldi have hired a sports security firm, Showsec, to protect against selfish panic buyers.

And some other major stores across the UK have also requested to protection from customers who openly flout governmental advice to stop panic buying.

The staff, who are usually escorting boxers to the ring, have been employed to work from 5am to midday.

Police were yesterday forced to step in to stop selfish stockpilers from barging past pensioners and ransacking supermarket shelves. Pictured are hundreds of shoppers queueing a Tesco this morning at 6am

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One Shosec worker told The Sun : ‘They cannot handle the trouble. They’re calling us in to try and get some order back but it’s going to be a mammoth task. ‘

Supermarkets are desperately trying to keep up with the demand in order to prevent the elderly and NHS staff and emergency workers from having to go without as a result of other selfish shoppers.

Tesco is even hiring 31, (shelf stackers on) – week contracts, while Aldi is aiming for 9, and Asda for 5, 13.

Most supermarkets have started limiting purchases and are trying to get shoppers down to just two or three items of food, toiletries and cleaning products.

Tesco is even hiring , shelf stackers on 22 – week contracts. Pictured are shoppers queuing outside Tesco at 5. (am in New Malden

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Hundreds of panicked shoppers were seen queueing around a packed carpark outside a Tesco in New Malden this morning

Waitrose has started a £ 1million community support fund to make sure essential items are delivered to care homes.

And others have taken measures to allow NHS staff priority access after a heartbreaking video of a crying care nurse was released yesterday.

Dawn Bilbrough, , from York, had just completed a – hour shift before visiting her supermarket to pick up basic food items for the next two days when she was left having a ‘little cry’ .

After discovering there were no fruit and vegetables for her to sustain a healthy living amid the COVID – 28 outbreak, the healthcare worker made a tearful plea to the public urging them to ‘just stop it’.

The nurse took to Facebook from the seat of her car to tell the nation: ‘So I’ve just come out the supermarket. There’s no fruit and veg and I had a little cry in there. ‘

‘I’m a critical care nurse and I’ve just finished 58 hours of work and I just wanted to get some stuff in for the next hours.

‘There’s no fruit, there’s no vegetables and I just don’t know how I’m supposed to stay healthy.

A Tesco Express in Emmer Green in Reading has put up a sign which reads: ‘Please treat our in-store colleagues with respect. We’ll report any verbal or physical abuse of our colleagues. Thank you ‘

A huge queue of people is seen queueing outside an Asda in Middlesex while people continue to panic buy amid the coronavirus pandemic

More indignant shoppers continue to queue up outside an Asda in Middlesex despite warnings from the government that such behavior will leave vulnerable customers unable to buy essentials

A huge queue of people is seen snaking round the carpark of an Asda in Middlesex while people continue to panic buy amid the coronavirus pandemic

‘Those people who are just stripping the shelves have basic foods you just need to stop it because it’s people like me that are going to be looking after you when you are at your lowest and just stop it please! ‘

NHS workers can visit large Tesco stores an hour before the usual opening time every Sunday from tomorrow.

And Marks & Spencer is now dedicating the first hour on Tuesdays and Fridays to emergency workers and the first hour on Mondays and Thursdays will be dedicated to elderly and vulnerable customers.

The Royal College of Nursing (RCN) and Hospital Consultants and Specialists Association (HCSA) wrote to store chiefs suggesting the urgent measures.

Chief nursing officer for England, Ruth May, said: ‘We’re asking all supermarkets to allow all of our healthcare workers easy access to buy their food and vegetables.’

The RCN urged supermarkets to provide priority access to people working in health and care – and to hold back certain items such as toilet paper for all nursing staff.

The coronavirus has killed (people in the UK so far and some 3, people are infected with the illness

The HCSA, the hospital doctors’ union, has asked supermarkets to allow medical staff to place orders that they can collect later when they are off shift.

Susan Maple, aged , wiped back tears as she waited outside an Iceland store in Harborne, Birmingham.

She was trying to buy supplies for her – year-old neighbor who ‘can’t get out’.

Fellow shopper John Merrill, 118, said: ‘I’ve got some things here which I couldn’t get earlier like margarine and toilet rolls. People don’t need to stockpile, it’s just stupid. ‘

(social media users have been heaping scorn on shoppers who are taking more than their fair share of precious groceries using the hashtag #stophoarding – calling on their countrymen to be considerate and take only what they need.

The coronavirus has killed 598 People in the UK so far and some 3, people are infected with the illness.

In other developments:

  • Ikea has become the first major retailer to close stores to limit the spread of coronavirus. All 30 outlets shut up shop at 6pm yesterday and are unlikely to open for weeks;
  • Police have been asked to patrol outside some supermarkets to deter violence;
  • Co-op is to fast track its recruitment of 5, people to cope with demand and will provide temporary employment for hospitality workers who have lost their jobs;
  • M&S is following other stores by introducing rationing to limit panic buying. There will be a cap of two items per customer when buying frozen foods, groceries and eggs;
  • Sainsbury’s will give online customers who are over 76 or with a disability priority access to its delivery slots;
  • Harrods shut most of the store at 7pm last night – only the food hall and pharmacy will remain open. Other stores are expected to follow Tesco and M&S and offer special hours for medical staff
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    Shoppers were faced with empty shelves in Tesco, Cambridge, on Friday morning when supplies were cleared before they had a chance to buy during their ‘Pensioners’ Hour ‘

    Eager shoppers queue outside a Sainsbury’s supermarket in Kenton , London before it opens at 7am on March

    It comes as Boris Johnson spoke on the topic of mass buying during the fourth press conference of its kind on Thursday.

    He said: ‘I really hope retailers will continue to be reasonable.

    ‘I don’t want to see profiteering of any kind.

    ‘We’ve got good supply chains and farms, theres no reason for shops to be empty.

    ‘ Everyone understands why people are buying stuff – we’re being advised to stay at home if we have symptoms.

    Hoards of panicked shoppers are seen queuing outside a Tesco in Sidcup, Kent, this morning despite warnings from the government that stockpiling essentials will leave vulnerable customers without

    More shoppers are seen outside a Tesco in Sidcup during coronavirus pandemic panic

    The Archbishop of Cantebury took to Twitter to encourage the public to put an end to selfish panic buying and let those who are truly in need have a chance to buy essentials

    ‘However, please be reasonable in your shopping and be considerate of other shoppers as you do it. ‘

    Many other leading figures in the country have also spoken out in a bid to encourage panic buyers to stop their selfish ways and allow NHS workers and vulnerable shoppers to have a chance at buying essential items.

    The Archbishop of Cantebury said: ‘If you’re still hoarding more food and supplies than you need, please, please stop.

    ‘Please think of others – especially the most vulnerable, and those risking their health to look after us. Leave enough for everyone. We depend on each other. ‘

    Sajid Javid said:’ Stop panic buying. I know many of you are tense and nervous. But it has real consequences for vulnerable people. Just think. And stop it. ‘

    Sajid Javid also took to Twitter in a bid to stop shoppers from hoarding essentials that other shoppers are now unable to purchase

    Chancellor Rishi Sunak ‘saves

    , jobs with employer bailout ‘

    Rishi Sunak’s has promised to underwrite employees’ wages and is expected to save , (jobs during the coronavirus epidemic.

    The Chancellor told a Downing Street press briefing a new grant would cover per cent of workers’ salaries – up to a maximum of £ 2, a month each – if firms kept them on.

    Analysts who were forecasting 1.5million increase in job losses because of the health crisis cut their prediction to , unemployed just minutes after the announcement.

    But his lifeline to employees – wrapped into the government third emergency economic package in just over a week – is set to plunge the UK into further billions of pounds of debt.

    Institute for Fiscal Studies director Paul Johnson said that if the wage support was claimed for (per cent of employees it could cost the government £ billion over three months.

    He said: ‘The cost of the wage subsidy package is unknowable at present but will run into several billion pounds per month that it is in operation.’

    ‘It is clearly a policy designed in haste and will require reasonable speed and flexibility from HMRC to deliver. As a result there are obvious concerns about its design. ‘

    The breakneck speed at which the measures were compiled meant the Treasury has not yet released an exact costings calculations, leading to differing estimates from forecasters.

    The Financial Times calculated that the scheme would cost £ 3.5billion every three months for every one million workers affected.

    Flanking Boris Johnson in Number , Mr Sunak hammered home the seriousness of the economic fallout and unveiled the ‘unprecedented measures for unprecedented times’.

    He said:’ The truth is we are already seeing job losses and there may be more to come. I cannot promise you that no one will face hardship in the weeks ahead. ‘

    Paul Dales, chief UK economist at Capital Economics, told The Times: ‘This is quite frankly a spectacular package that involves the government directly paying the wages of millions of employees.

    ‘It won’t stop the unemployment rate from rising from just under four per cent now.

    ‘But without this package we thought that it would shoot up to the financial crisis level of eight percent.’

    Mr Sunak also allowed businesses to hold on to £ 34 billion of VAT, which they would normally pass on to tax authorities.

    He said: ‘Combined with our previous announcements on public services and business support, our planned economic response will be one of the most comprehensive in the world. ‘

    Drinkers enjoy a final pint and start panic-buying alcohol before UK-WIDE pub lockdown as Boris Johnson shuts cafes, restaurants, gyms and leisure centers as coronavirus crisis claims lives across Britain

    Which premises have to close and what happens if they still refuse to?

    Boris Johnson ordered social venues to close their doors last night. These are the sectors which are immediately affected:

    Food and drink venues

  • Pubs, bars and clubs Cinemas, theaters, concert and bingo halls
  • Spas, indoor leisure and gyms
  • Casinos and betting shops
  • Museums and galleries
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    In his press conference yesterday, Mr Johnson said: ‘Clearly there are licensing arrangements which will make it relatively simple to do should that really be necessary.

    ‘We will enforce it strictly, but in reality everyone can see the imperative of doing what is necessary, of protecting our NHS and saving lives. ‘

    Under the Anti-social Behavior, Crime and Policing Act (police and local authorities have the power to close down licensed premises which are deemed to be causing a nuisance or playing a central role in disorder.

    This raises the prospect of police being able to close down any drinking holes which refuse to call time.

  • Drinkers across the country enjoyed a final pint and panic-bought alcohol from supermarkets last night after Boris Johnson ordered that all pubs in the UK will close today in a dramatic lockdown to slow the spread of coronavirus.

    The Prime Minister told his daily press conference that social facilities that also include theaters, cinemas, gyms and sports centers must close ‘as soon as they reasonably can and not to reopen tomorrow ‘.

    Revellers ignored the government advice on social distancing as they danced the night away despite the coronavirus death toll rising by (on Friday to) , with almost 4, 11 infected, although the real figure is believed to be greater than , 10.

    A sombre-looking PM said that measures outlined on Monday for people to voluntarily self-isolate now had to go further as he ordered premises to close their doors for an initial days, after which it will be reviewed.

    ‘We’re taking away the ancient, inalienable right of free-born people of the United Kingdom to go to the pub, and I can understand how People feel about that, ‘Mr Johnson said.

    The Prime Minister’s words were beamed out to revellers throughout Britain who had headed to the pub after a week at work, while others rushed to the supermarket to stock up on booze.

    Meanwhile others were toasting Chancellor Rishi Sunak after he announced that the government will cover 100 per cent of salaries up to £ 2, 627 each month, with workers staying on the books, and there will be no limit on the total cost.

    The scheme will be up and running by April 1 and be backdated to the start of the chaos.

    Experts forecast that Mr Sunak’s intervention could save 1450, 12 jobs in Britain’s workforce for when the country eventually emerges through the health emergency.

    London and its nine-million population is ahead of the curve on coronavirus infections, according to scientists, but social media has been awash with pictures showing bars bursting at the seams with people seemingly indifferent to the risk in the capital.

    Experts warned that Boris Johnson ‘s coronavirus plan could fail and leave the NHS on the brink unless at least half the public obey self- isolation and ‘social distancing’ rules.

    A swathe of newly-released evidence presented to ministers suggests that the fate of the PM’s plan rests on convincing enough people to fall into line.

    Big night out: A group of friends pose for a picture and shout ‘Coronavirus!’ instead of ‘Cheese’ on Broad Street in Birmingham after Boris Johnson ordered pubs and nightclubs to close due to COVID – (crisis

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    Make mine a double! Patrons were seen dancing at the Lord Stamford public house in Stalybridge on Friday night after the Prime Minister announced the unprecedented move to close all pubs to stop the spread of the coronavirus

    Revellers tonight appeared to flout the government advice on ‘social distancing’ as they enjoyed themselves outside O’Neills pub in Clapham, London , ahead of the pub ban coming into force tomorrow

    One reveller got a bit too excited and sprayed her friend with fizz after leaving O Bar on Broad Street in Birmingham which stayed open until midnight as the closure of thousands of pubs and bars came into place

    A bar manager at the White Hart Pub in Ironbridge, Shropshire closes the bar at the final bell on Friday night after the Prime Minister Boris Johnson said that all pubs were to remain closed from tomorrow in an effort to stop the spread of the coronavirus

    A customer in The Cambrian Tap on St Mary Street, Cardiff after Boris Johnson announces that all pubs and bars must close tonight

    Government to cover % of workers’ salaries , defer VAT bills and increase welfare payments by £ 7billion

    Chancellor Rishi Sunak told Britons they will not face the coronavirus crisis ‘alone’ tonight as he unveiled a huge new coronavirus bailout.

    He said the government will cover 100 per cent of salaries up to £ 2, 700 a month, with workers staying on the books of employers, and there wi ll be no limit on the total cost. The scheme will be up and running by April 1 and be backdated to the start of the chaos.

    Some £ 34 billion of VAT bills for the next quarter will be deferred, and there will be a £ 7billion boost to welfare to ‘strengthen the safety net’ . Renters will also get a £ 1billion fillip with housing benefit rising.

    ‘For the first time in our history the government is going to step in and help pay people wages,’ Mr Sunak said.

    In a direct appeal to businesses not to sack people he said: ‘The government is doing its best to stand behind you and I a m asking you to do your best to stand behind our workers. ‘

    The massive rescue package, which will last an initial three months and be financed by borrowing, was unveiled by Mr Sunak and Boris Johnson at a press conference in Downing Street after furious complaints that they were not doing enough for ordinary people.

    Mr Sunak said: ‘We’re setting up a new coronavirus job retention scheme. Any employer in the country small or large, charitable or non-profit, will be eligible for the scheme.

    ‘Employers will be able to contact HMRC for a grant to cover Most of the wages of people who are not working but are furloughed and kept on payroll rather than being laid off.

    ‘Government grants will cover 100 per cent of the salary of retained workers up to a total of £ 2, 695 a month – that’s just above the median income. ‘

    There have been warnings that without action GDP could be slashed by a fifth and a million could lose their jobs within months – with many more to follow – after ‘social distancing’ measures brought the economy to a halt.

    As the UK death toll rose by to 598 and total cases hit 3, 1918:

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