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He should resign now before he causes any more friction! The bit I don't understand is, if him and his wife allegedly had the symptoms of Covid19, there was no room for misinterpretation of the rules 'Stay At Home'. Why was it sensible for him to take the virus to his family???? And surely if they had been in contact with there son, then he potentially had it and had to quarantine with the too. I am sure they would have been able to care for each other like others have managed to do. Why did they feel the need to risk others to help them care for their child???

My daughter and her husband had a very expensive holiday booked with flights they booked separately on Opodo. They have had a total nightmare trying to get a refund. They elevated it to the founder of the holiday company who said he would process the refund but still they have received nothing, and Opodo were impossible to get through to and they are still waiting for their money back from them as well. They are seriously out of pocket and the two companies have been sitting on their money for months ... disgraceful!

Do the majority of people realise that many teachers have been in school this whole time? I think judging by what I have been reading it has been assumed that teachers have been shielding at home but so many have been in school face to face with children of key workers who ironically are the ones who may have been closest to the virus such as children of NHS staff. And they have been given hand sanitiser to protect themselves if they have been lucky enough! My question is, is it worth risking more infection for both the teaching staff and support staff for half of a term of what won't be 'normal' school teaching/learning? Will parents want to risk delivering and collecting their children, and what about those year groups that aren't being offered schooling?

Whilst I understand that the airline business is on its knees, I can't see how it would be in any way sensible for anyone to consider taking a holiday abroad in the near future, and certainly not this summer. Social distancing is virtually impossible in an airport and on an aircraft it is totally impossible! I saw the interview on TV this morning and I think Mr O'Leary has lost the plot! I wonder if it is cunning ploy to get out of refunding money to passengers who have already booked flights for the summer .. if he says the flights are operating and then puts the onus on the passenger to cancel, maybe they won't be liable to give them a refund???

In my opinion, the virus is still here, nothing has changed apart from staying at home has meant that infection rates have reduced. Until there is a vaccine we will all be at risk to this invisible enemy. Difficult to 'stay alert' when we can't see the enemy. I think that any sensible person who values their life more than their freedom will still act with caution and not be in a hurry to go out and about any time soon. I think this message is open to misinterpretation to those who struggled to 'Stay at Home' and these are the people who possibly lack the sense to 'Stay Alert'!

For me, I don't think I am drinking more because of lockdown. I generally drink more in the summer than the winter anyway. I enjoy a glass of wine in my garden after a hard day of toil when the evenings are sunny and light. And we have had some lovely evenings recently so I have to confess the rose has been flowing!

This is so strange. I keep having reoccurring dreams about my hairdresser in various situations. She is not always cutting my hair either! I have been searching for may hair cutting scissors and thinking about them for days now, so I am sure this is why, and as if by magic I found them this morning after waking up from yet another dream about hair cuts! So the good news is I have my scissors, but the bad news is I cannot find a comb in the entire house, as I never use one, and my husband is bald! So I have just attempted a little trim using a brush LOL!

I haven't bought a newspaper for years and I am not going to start now. There is so much news available online and I have the BBC news app on my phone. Printed papers go out of date so quickly compared to online news which is updated instantly. Not quite sure how the Culture Secretary thinks we should all be going out and buying papers when we have been instructed to stay at home .. has he missed the message?? Maybe he needs to read the papers!

I would like to nominate a wonderful young nurse - Nancy - she is working tirelessly on the frontline in a London hospital, has caught COVID-19, recovered and is back on the frontline again helping to fight the battle. Such courage, bravery and commitment with a heart of gold :)

My hair is fine at the moment as I had a cut just before lockdown, so should be ok for a couple of months hopefully. I may be tempted to trim the edges. My husband has his own clippers and one of our daughters uses them on him. He is saying that he may try himself as she is not able to visit. I have offered to do it for him, but I have never done it before so it could be interesting/amusing!

I am having problems accessing the Ocado website ... it seems to be permanently down and although I am lucky enough to have an order placed for this weekend, I am unable to edit it or make any changes that I need to make. I am going to try again tomorrow very early in the morning in the hope that everyone is still asleep! I feel sorry for those who haven't already got an account and are now unable to register.

I can see that they are trying to keep the most vulnerable age group safe and away from the virus spread as much as possible and more importantly out of hospitals to take the strain off the NHS, but I am unsure how practical this will actually be. Also how will this be enforced? Plus there are many over 70s who help with childcare and support the younger generation. We are in a crisis situation and unfortunately there is no right answer

Such unsettling times for us all :(

I regularly help out with childcare in our family to help out as all my children work full time and I have retired. Always happy to help however, I do now have a slight concern as my husband has underlying health conditions and I guess the issue is that our generation are going to be relied upon but we are the 'at risk' age group so I can't imagine how this is all going to work out. We are the ones being told to take care of ourselves.

Yes, you're right Sally

Travel seems full of uncertainty at the moment ... my daughter is due to go to Vietnam at Easter via Hong Kong ... her boyfriend's company say he will need to go into 14 days home quarantine when they return and they are now trying to change their flights and holiday plans and go west instead of east, but they are having a challenging time trying to rebook.

Thanks Carole .. he is a big dog and seems to be fine today, so hopefully no damage done ... I have also heard of a dog who stole a whole box of Christmas chocolates and ate them all including the wrappers! Maybe they are more resilient than we think? My dog drinks from muddy puddles and loves horse poo! And we then buy him premium dog food LOL!

I always say to my husband we are only 48 hours away from crisis when things go wrong. There are only limited supplies of fresh foods like milk and bread and when people panic buy crisis begins so quickly!

I don't blame you Wilf ... it's quite frightening how fragile our world is!

Hi Wilf, I share your concerns too. I am thinking of changing my forthcoming travel plans as I am meant to be going to the Far East in May and feeling quite nervous about it. I am going to wait a couple of weeks as things keep changing so quickly. It seems that a vaccine is way off and it will be interesting to see how far it has spread during the next couple of weeks. Do you have any travel plans?

I wish I was a gin drinker, but I cannot even smell it .. my family tell me posh tonic makes a difference but I am too mean to buy it for them!

I love chocolate but the thought of tainting it with ketchup actually makes me feel sick! Yuck!

I can so no reason why a child aged 7 would need a mobile phone. When children are on public transport or responsible for getting themselves independently to secondary school, I can see a need but the issue now is that phones are more than just phones connected to the internet and with poor policing of social media bullying and trolling is a huge issue with young children.

I can think of better ways to spend £500,000 to be honest! I will probably be in bed at 11pm so it won't make a difference to me. It is still early stages of the Brexit process so I feel the celebration may be a bit premature.

I am one of the women who this impacts, however I am very sceptical about this new promise from Labour. I watched the TV debates and there was no mention of it then on Friday by Jeremy Corbyn, which makes me very suspicious. If it wasn't in their original manifesto then where on earth is the money going to come from?? This just makes me think that they have no means to fund any of what they are proposing!! I think they are playing with the emotions of people like me to try and sway my thinking, which is quite a scary prospect. Can't trust any of them to be honest!

Interesting question - I think Helena Bonham Carter is excellent as Princess Margaret. I am unsure about Olivia Coleman at the moment - I have watched 4 episodes so far and think she has a very stern facial expression the whole time and is not as warm as Claire Foy, but then perhaps this happens with age! Not sure the Duke of Edinburgh's character is as cheeky as it was in the previous episodes. Be interesting to see what others think?

He should follow the Queen's mantra ... 'never complain, never explain' ... I think they all should!

I have never sat squirming in front of the TV as much as I did watching this interview! What was he thinking? I can't believe that he agreed to it in the first place or was even allowed to talk publicly about it either. He didn't appear to have concrete credible answers for many of the questions and seems to be suffering from amnesia when it suits him! There is no smoke without fire ... surely if he was totally innocent he would have been a lot more convincing than he was??? The poor Queen ... I can't imagine what she must be thinking.

I think the world has gone bonkers! Playing 'it' as we called it is all part of growing up and having fun! Children have run around in the playground at school for as long as I can remember, We are in danger of encouraging 'snowflake' children who will melt and fade at the slightest touch. Children need to exercise and run around at break time. This sort of play should be encouraged - not discouraged!

Interesting - Jeremy Corbyn is 70 so how would that work? I wonder how many other members of parliament are over 70?

Whatever next?! No I would not feel at ease having a standing appointment with my GP. Quite happy to have telephone appointments which I think are a good use of everyones time, but I would much prefer to take a seat in the surgery when I am face to face with my GP. There surely must be better ways for a GP to get exercise ... the surgery times have breaks in between so maybe they should encourage some walking or standing time then?

Whatever next??? We have all survived wolf-whistling and a lot worse and have a strong backbone because of it. I do worry that we are trying to wrap everyone up in cotton wool. Our sense of humour is in danger of being totally eroded due to the PC brigade. I have to think carefully now whenever I open my mouth to make sure I observe the rules of being 'woke' a new term I have been taught recently by the younger generation. Don't get me started! One regret I have is that I have never learnt to wolf-whistle myself - never too late though LOL!

I refuse to read the tabloids! Unfortunately, by trying to explain how they feel in this programme, they have both walked into the media’s hands. Harry and Meghan have given the media what they feed on. The Queen’s mantra of ‘never complain, never explain’, is right. The couple are on a hiding to nowhere with this interview- they can’t win. My opinion is - leave them alone, Harry has a totally different path to that of William. William is being groomed to be a future king. Harry is not. He’s on the sidelines. He should focus on the Invictus games and his passion of helping Africa. Both of them should totally ignore the media and not give them any further fuel. I wouldn't blame them if they choose to leave the UK and settle elsewhere and get on with their family life.

Our generation had glass milk bottles that were recycled, paper bags, and terry nappies that were washed and our cars were fuelled with petrol. We had no mobile phones, computers or multiple pairs of trainers and we still make and mend our clothes. This has become a blame game which it should't be. The world has evolved and grown and technology has advanced and we have become over populated. We all need to make changes and there is no point in blaming any generation.

Whilst I think they have highlighted this extremely important issue and got in the headlines, I think their tactics are now out of hand. Yes we all need to act now to try and save our planet I am fed up with all the blaming tactics being used. There are so many mixed messages and only this week I heard that going vegan for a year has the same reduction in carbon foot print as taking one less flight a year. It is bigger than the individual - it is governments that need to take urgent action globally. Donald Trump doesn't help. He thinks climate change doesn't exit! And what about China?? their carbon foot print must be the biggest cause of the change in our climate.

Having a dog means you have to go for a walk whatever the weather or how you are feeling. There is no way I would get my daily 10,000 steps in if I didn't have a dog. My dog is one of my best friends, and I couldn't imagine every having a home without a dog.

Absolutely Val - simple solution and very well said.

Whilst I think it is a good thing that we are able to freely discuss a topic that has historically been taboo, I wonder if this is not going to cause more discrimination in the work place. One minute women want equality which is a good thing, and then it appears we are asking to be treated differently. I think the world is getting very confused at the moment, with the advent of multiple gender recognition and gender fluidity. Us older generation are having to learn a whole new language and practise a new modern view point. Not quite sure how this will end???

I recently read a feature you posted about Zoflora which I used to buy years ago. It made me buy it again recently and I love the smell and everyone comments when they visit. So Silversurfers influenced me. Does that count?

I was brought up to think that if you don't have anything nice to say about people don't say anything at all. I am really fed up with all the negativity surrounding the couple. I think the press are deliberately fuelling a hate campaign thinking it will sell papers. Who actually knows them personally. Some of the speculation amazes me. We have recently cancelled all newspapers as I am fed up with the reporting and don't actually believe a thing in them. Leave poor Harry alone and let him live his life - he has a kind heart like his mother and doesn't deserve this.