With picnics tolerated and even a pub doing takeaway drinks, it seems few in Hackney are obeying the stay-at-home rule

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As the mounted police approached, the group leapt up from their picnic, clearly fearing the worst. They were wrong. Grinning, the officer encouraged them to enjoy the sun and suggested that if the park became too crowded they should consider leaving.

For people sunning themselves in London Fields, Hackney, the incident signified another unheralded shift in the UK’s coronavirus lockdown strategy. “Two days ago, police were confiscating beer from drinkers’ hands,” said media consultant Gavin Jamieson, 34. “Weeks before that, they were turning up in vans and telling people to leave the park.”

Sure, it’s great to have clear blue skies but for most of the world the pandemic spells famine and disease, not the planet fighting back

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Cormorants are hunting fish in the now clear waters of Venice. Wild boars roam the avenues of Barcelona and wild goats the streets of Llandudno. Above Los Angeles are blue skies. From smogless Delhi, you can once more glimpse the Himalayas.

“The Earth is healing, we are the virus,” runs the meme spreading fast across the internet. It’s a sentiment echoed by many policymakers, commentators and celebrities.

Turning colder overnight with cloud and some rain pushing southwards into tomorrow.

The patient's front door has become the district nurse's front line.

The musician, whose real name is Ben Chijioke, had been in hospital after testing positive for Covid-19.

Things are cooling down after a few days of warmer weather.

The news came as the number of daily coronavirus tests fell below the 100,000 target for a seventh day in a row.

The Prince of Wales and Camilla sent a letter including ‘heartfelt thanks – and a big thumbs up’ to everyone at Royal Mail.

The 19-year-old was killed when his motorbike crashed into a car outside a US military base in Northamptonshire on August 27.

The front pages are led by Boris Johnson’s anticipated “road map” to a new normality.

Dr Anthony Fauci is one of the task force members who are self-isolating after coming into contact with someone who tested positive.

Japanese medical workers and infected patients have reported widespread incidents of discrimination amid the coronavirus pandemic.

President Trump has consistently defended and boasted of his response to the virus.

There will be drop in temperatures compared to recent days.

Sheridan Smith and her fiance Jamie Horn have welcomed their first child together.

There’s an image hidden in these black-and-white blotches. Once you spot the figure, that’s it: The shape will emerge, and then, try as you might, you’ll never unsee it.

In a country where even kissing has been rarely shown on screen, Amazon series garners attention for its frank portrayals of progressive Mumbai women and sex.

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Mission ‘Get Mike Tyson to Australia’ is on.

Kane Cornes has slammed the Adelaide Football Club after a serious breach of the AFL’s training protocols.

The Kansas City Chiefs will open defence of their Super Bowl championship by hosting Houston on September 10 (Sept. 11 AEST) in the NFL’s annual kick-off game — pending developments in the coronavirus pandemic, of course.

Alastair Clarkson wanted to trade Lance Franklin at the end of 2012, a year before he departed as a free agent and signed a monster nine-year deal with Sydney.

When we talk about rivalries in the NRL there’s few bigger than the Melbourne Storm and Manly Sea Eagles so it only seems fair 2011’s infamous Battle of Brookvale snags a spot in foxsports.com.au’s ‘Biggest brawls in Aussie sport’ countdown.

The Premier League is finally working towards a restart of its competition as Liverpool wait to be crowned champions.

Former Essendon captain Brendon Goddard firmly believes Joe Daniher will be a Sydney Swans player for the 2021 season.

Australia’s frontline white ball spinner, Adam Zampa, is poised to leave South Australia in the off-season for a move back home to New South Wales.

Jarryd Roughead has revealed his shock when Alastair Clarkson approached him at the end of 2018 with a similar proposal to the one Jordan Lewis and Sam Mitchell accepted two years earlier.

Gold Coast skipper David Swallow has added his voice to football’s flu shot debate, saying players should not be forced to be immunised before the AFL season starts.

Liverpool’s January transfer window of 2011 was a strange one. It was dominated by two names: Fernando Torres and Andy Carroll.

Even before they check in to the hotel, every fighter, coach, cameraman, journalist and UFC employee arriving in Jacksonville, Florida, is immediately directed to a screening station.

The NRL is charging towards its May 28 return, and some other key overseas competitions will be back even sooner as live sport starts to emerge out of the coronavirus crisis.

Tennis star Novak Djokovic has come under fire for spruiking the idea people can change the chemical make-up of food and water with their thoughts and emotions.

Here’s one anecdote you won’t be seeing in the final four instalments of “The Last Dance.”

North Melbourne chairman Ben Buckley is confident out-of-contract star Ben Brown will recommit to the club once contract discussions are resumed after footy’s return.

The AFL has decided to take the opposite approach to the NRL, telling clubs that players and officials don't have to have a flu vaccination.

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The only two fighters keeping UFC alive are Justin Gaethje and Tony Ferguson, according to Tony Ferguson.

George Foreman has revealed that Muhammad Ali once admitted to him that he didn’t believe he could have beaten prime Mike Tyson.

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Aussie sports commentator Tim Lane has revealed he “felt sick” in the moment he realised his employer had double crossed him on the eve of the AFL season.

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Tottenham Hotspur striker Son Heung-min was named one of the top five recruits in his unit as he finished three weeks of compulsory military training in South Korea on Friday.

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A reported hook-up between the AFL and coaches has come to light, which took place mere hours before the Crows’ training breach came to light.

The opening night of South Korea’s K-League presented a rare-treat for football fans starved of action, with reigning champions Jeonbuk Motors facing cup champions Suwon Bluewings.

The field for the Korn Ferry Challenge at TPC Sawgrass in Florida has yet to be finalised, though an early list of participants surfaced on Twitter and three-time PGA major champion Vijay Singh is among them.

Mike Tyson once threatened to beat up Michael Jordan over their romantic history with the same woman, the boxer’s former manager has claimed.