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Boy, 13, is sent home from school for selling squirts of hand sanitiser to fellow pupils

A teenage 'Del Boy' (pictured) who capitalised on coronavirus fears by charging fellow pupils 50p a time to use hand sanitiser was suspended from school in Leeds for a day.




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Bride-to-be reveals she is getting married to her delivery driver in Curvy Brides Boutique

Helen, 46, from Gloucestershire, revealed she is getting married to her Tesco delivery driver Chris, in tonight's episode of TLC's Curvy Brides Boutique.




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Joanna Lumley calls on Tesco to allow animal rights group to film in its new broiler chicken barns

EXCLUSIVE: Joanna Lumley has called on the UK's largest supermarket to 'put their money where their mouth is'. MailOnline revealed chickens with chemical burns at a farm that used to supply Tesco.




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Megan Barton Hanson shares a sweet message written by a fan who saw her in Tesco

The Love Island beauty shared a sweet message tweeted by a fan who saw her in Tesco and admitted she is feeling 'anxious.' 




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Coronavirus UK: Tesco limits hours, McDonalds is takeaway only

All McDonald's restaurants will scrap dine-in operations, shut seating and close children's play areas. CEO Paul Pomroy said restaurants will remain open as 'long as it is safe to do so.'




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Danniella Westbrook shares her VERY extravagant stockpile of champagne

There has been a flurry of stockpiling across with UK with many celebs opting to stock up on food to feed their families.




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Elderly couple's car flips during 4.30am panic-buying dash to the shops amid coronavirus panic

The couple had been on their way to their local Tesco in Moreton, Merseyside when their vehicle flipped over, forcing emergency crews to cut them free using hydraulic equipment.




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SARAH VINE: How love has become a lethal weapon as coronavirus isolation sends Italians stir crazy

SARAH VINE: Elderly people who live on their own have nowhere to go for human contact. And it seems, for some, isolation is far more gruesome than the prospect of catching the virus itself.




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Alcohol replaces toilet paper as the number one must-have for panic-buyers

The alcohol shelves at a Tesco in Hartlepool were stripped completely bare this morning after Boris Johnson announced the closure of all pubs, restaurants, clubs, gyms and cinemas yesterday.




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Police step in to stop selfish stockpilers barging past pensioners in supermarkets

Staggering scenes saw a queue of hundreds of people snake round a Tesco car park at 6am, and even spill out on to the streets of New Malden, London.




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Tesco boss calls for calm in stores amid coronavirus chaos

The boss of Britain's largest retailer, Tesco, has pleaded with panicbuyers to search their conscience and ask themselves: 'Do I need everything in my trolley?'




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UK coronavirus death toll soars by 56 in a day to total of 233 as youngest victim is revealed as 41

The total deaths in England rose by 53 as a 41-year-old is thought to be the youngest victim in Britain since the outbreak began. The total number of confirmed cases in the UK has hit 5,018.




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NHS boss slams selfish panic-buyers and demands they STOP clearing Britain's shelves

Environment Secretary George Eustice told people to 'calm down' and claimed there is 'more than enough food to go around'. But he said that many Britons, including frontline NHS staff, were being deprived.




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Heinz Baked Beans fans fuming after brand shrinks tins but supermarkets don't match price change

Customers who purchased the smaller packs of Heinz Baked Beans online on Tesco and Ocado took to the reviews to bemoan the alteration, with many claiming they felt duped.




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Mother's Day mayhem as hundreds of panic-buyers flock to supermarkets

Hundreds of shoppers were spotted queueing outside a Tesco in Cheshunt this morning just before it opened its doors to NHS workers and emergency staff.




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Hole-in-the wall thieves use huge digger to rip two cash machines from wall in midnight ram-raid 

Thieves targeted the Tesco Extra store in Dover, Kent, yesterday at midnight. Kent Police said two vehicles were damaged as they tried to stop the robbers. No arrests have been made.




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Coronavirus UK: Applause and flowers for NHS staff shoppers

Supermarket workers today lined up at the entrance of a store in Swansea and clapped as nurses and doctors walked through the doors. Other supermarkets across the UK also participated.




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Coronavirus UK: Wetherspoon boss tells staff to work at Tesco

Wetherspoon was forced to close after Boris Johnson ordered people to stay at home in the battle against the killer coronavirus and shut all non-essential businesses.




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Tesco reduces stock of skimmed milk and scraps multi-buy offers

Fresh milk will also only be sold in two or four pint milk cartons as the shop phases out the less in-demand one and six-pint cartons to create space.




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Coronavirus UK: Tesco applies 80-item limit to online orders

Supermarket chain Tesco has pulled out drastic measures amid the mounting coronavirus crisis and limited its online shoppers to a maximum of 80 items per order.




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'Selfish' Mercedes driver caught taking 30 rubber gloves from petrol station says he's sorry 

Steve Harrison captured footage of a Mercedes driver taking 15 pairs of gloves from a Tesco petrol station in Salford, Greater Manchester, prompting the motorist to apologise.




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Tesco limits customers to just ONE item of milk, bread and toilet roll each as Waitrose bans couples

Britons donned gloves and facemasks on trips to supermarkets nationwide today, after the death toll from the virus reached 1,228 over the weekend.




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Ocado buys 100,000 testing kits for staff costing £1.4million supermarkets ramp up safety

Ocado UK wants all of its workers to be tested regularly to ensure they are safe to drop off supplies to elderly or vulnerable customers who are 'shielding' for 12 weeks.




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Now ALL husbands can shop: Tesco releases set of how-to guides targeted at men

The Malaysian government decreed that only the head of the household, or ketua rumah, is permitted to go to the supermarket in a bid to restrict the number of people in public places.




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Paedophile Travelex manager at Tesco Rochdale stole £70,000 on Christmas Eve and fled to the US

A former junior football club secretary abused a 12-year-old boy, then stole £70,000 and fled to America. David Aspden stole from a Travelex in Tesco, Rochdale in December 2018 and spent five months abroad.




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Tesco emails customers encouraging them to visit stores instead of shopping online

The retail giant encouraged healthy shoppers across the UK to go to stores to buy groceries in order to help those who are more vulnerable.




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Coronavirus UK: Father's warning as Boy, 1, rushed to hospital

Peter Jones, from Devon, has warned people to stay inside after his one-year-old boy contracted coronavirus and was hospitalised.




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Panic-buying boosted Tesco sales by 30%

The Government has been urged to rethink its taxpayer-funded 12-month business rates holiday for Britain's largest supermarkets, despite stores remaining open and record sales in March.




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Man arrested after 'attacking Tesco worker' and threatening shoppers in Birkdale Merseyside

Mobile phone footage shows the man furiously kicking the doors of the Tesco Express store in Birkdale, Merseyside on Tuesday morning.




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'Middle classes in south of England were to blame for stockpiling during coronavirus crisis'

The UK retail giant's chief executive, Dave Lewis, said panic-buyers tended to be more affluent customers from London and that 10 per cent of shoppers were behind a third of Tesco sales.




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Coronavirus UK: Food firm boss seen telling staff to work if ill

Video shows Bakkavor's Head of Operations Sean Madden telling staff they would be sacked if they stayed at home. Bakkavor said comments were inappropriate and it was investigating the matter.




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Police break up crowd not following social distancing rules at vigil for father killed in crash 

Mourners gathered in Gorton, Manchester, pictured, to pay their respects to crash victim Clive Pinnock, who died after being hit by a BMW in the city on Wednesday.




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'They can't give them away': Tesco cuts price of Easter eggs

Tesco stores across the UK have slashed the price of leftover Easter eggs, with Cadbury Creme Eggs priced at 12p, down from 75p, and full-sized eggs that were £4 reduced to just £1.




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Essex racing champion swaps his sports car for a Tesco van to deliver groceries during lockdown

Racing driver Josh Webster, 26, has become a Tesco delivery driver to help self-isolating Brits through lockdown. The Porsche Carrera Cup winner is now dropping off groceries in Suffolk.




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Culture minister Oliver Dowden describes news as 'the fourth emergency service'

Culture secretary Oliver Dowden called on big companies including Amazon and Tesco to 'play your part' in supporting what he described as 'Britain's fourth emergency service'.




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Advertising bodies back government's call for brands not to block ads

Industry bodies have joined forces in an attempt to stop the 'overzealous use of keyword blocking' amid the coronavirus outbreak.




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Shopper takes PPE to a new level by browsing supermarket shelves in a full-body latex suit

The shopper in Colchester, Essex was browsing for essentials in the local Tesco. Self-declared as the 'Gimp Man of Essex', he was dressed head-to-toe in the black suit and is raising money.




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Would-be supermarket queue-jumper tackled to ground and arrested after abusing staff and customers

Police were called to reports of someone 'behaving aggressively' at the shop in Middleton. Officers arrested a 21-year-old man on suspicion of theft in connection with an earlier incident.




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Katie Price stocks up on supplies with Dreamboys pal Al Warrell

The mother-of-five, 41, and personal trainer, 23, were spotted at Tesco with a trolley full of essentials as they stepped out for fresh air.




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Lauren Goodger reveals her sideboob in bottom enhancing black summer dress

The voluptuous reality TV star showed off her incredible curves in a revealing black summer dress while making her way to a local Tesco supermarket for some essential shopping.




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Horrified mother-of-one, 36, finds dirty blue surgical glove inside sealed pack of potatoes

Mother-of-one Biba Kutisova, 36, from Salisbury, set about immediately washing the potatoes to avoid any possible contamination from coronavirus.




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Armed police swoop on sports bar near Tesco Express after man is stabbed in the head, neck and back

Pictures show police officers standing outside a bar in Wallasey, Merseyside, after a man, 20, was stabbed multiple times. A 22-year-old suspect has been arrested.




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Sainsbury's predicts loss of more than £500m profits this year

Boss Mike Coupe has revealed that for five days running at the start of the lockdown food sales were higher than the busiest shopping days at Christmas leaving shelves largely empty.




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Jason Manford reveals disappointment after being rejected for a job by Tesco

Jason Manford has revealed his application to work as a customer assistant at his local Tesco supermarket has been rejected. 




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Supermarket Iceland offer Jason Manford a job after Tesco rejected his application

Iceland have offered Jason Manford a job after his application to work as a driver for Tesco was rejected.




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Jason Manford lands volunteer job driving elderly people to medical appointments

Jason Manford has landed a new job driving elderly people to medical appointments, after being turned down by Tesco.




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James May looks VERY windswept as he picks up some milk

James May's crowning glory was left dishevelled as he encountered a strong gust of wind on a trip to Tesco on Tuesday.




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The Block's Scott Cam reveals that even more drama goes on behind the scenes

Fans of The Block probably feel like they had seen it all after Sara Vale's many dramatic meltdowns and walk-offs on last year's season. 




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Shaynna Blaze on hitting rock bottom after marriage split

Shaynna Blaze announced her split from husband of 18 years, Steve Vaughan, in August 2018.




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The best brunch restaurants in every state offering takeout or delivery this Mother's Day