Pubs And Restaurants May Reopen In April

Pubs and restaurants might be allowed to reopen after Easter in April but only if they agree not to sell alcohol.

Another report suggests pubs and restaurants might not completely reopen, with alcohol sales, until May, though takeaway pints will be allowed before then as the COVID 19 lockdown is eased.

Boris Johnson has cautioned that it’s still early days to begin talking about opening up society, and he’s committed to setting out a road map later this month for easing restrictions.

He encounters pressure from Conservative MPs to ease the current lockdown once the most vulnerable have been vaccinated, and Downing Street has confirmed that the vaccine programme planned to reach all those aged 50 and over, as well as adults aged 16-65 in an at-risk group, by May.

Ministers are said to be considering options to allow broad relaxation of restrictions after Easter, including the reopening of pubs and restaurants, and a temporary alcohol embargo, which will mean that pubs and restaurants will be dry. That’s one proposal being considered as part of the three-phase road map to be announced on February 22.

The alcohol ban is being considered to alleviate concerns from England’s chief medical officer Professor Chris Whitty and others.

They are said to be concerned about punter’s ability to social distance when drinking, but a senior Government source was dismissive about the idea, saying that they’re not going to open pubs that can’t sell alcohol because there would be no point of that.

The report said the three-phase road map in England would allow some outdoor socialising in March, in addition to the reopening of schools from March 8.

The devolved administrations in Wales and Scotland have both announced that some primary schools year groups will return by February 22, and a news outlet reported that ministers were planning to allow pubs to serve takeaway pints in April before completely reopening in May.

Restrictions such as the 10 pm curfew and substantial meal requirement will be scrapped as part of the simplification of rules to alleviate confusion, it was suggested.

Punters will be encouraged to drink outside, and it’s been suggested that, with falling case numbers, lockdown easing could pave the way for outdoor team and individual sports to resume, as well as outdoor gatherings, within weeks of schools returning in March.

In a video posted on Twitter on Friday, Boris Johnson repeated his promise to announce a steady programme for beginning to unlock in just over two weeks but cautioned it was still early days and asked the public to continue following lockdown rules.

This is ridiculous, what’s the point of going to a pub that sells no booze, what are they going to serve? Water perhaps! Can you imagine everyone sitting around with a glass of iced water, and who on earth comes up with little gems like this?

The fact is, pubs should be the last thing to reopen, they’re not a necessity and they’re not essential. If people want to have a drink, go down the local off licence and buy some and drink it at home. At least that way they’re safe and they can sit in the comfort of their own home watching the football.

So everyone sits around with a glass of ice water ….who is the ning nong coming up with little gems like this , what difference does it make if you have an alcoholic drink .all you need is good hygiene management, and physical distancing rules , and you are keeping people safe .

Nazi Concentration Camp Secretary Charged In Connection With 10,000 Murders

The woman, who now lives in a retirement home in north Germany, has been indicted by prosecutors following an inquiry.

Prosecutors said in a statement that she’d been accused of having helped those responsible at the camp of the systematic slaughter of Jewish prisoners, Polish partisans and Soviet Russian prisoner of war in her capacity as a stenographer and secretary to the camp commander.

Over 10,000 people were executed in the Stutthof concentration camp’s gas chambers during the war.

In their statement, prosecutors said the charges ran from June 1943 to April 1945.

The accused, who wasn’t identified by prosecutors, was a minor at the time and so will be tried in juvenile court.

Prosecutors in the north German city of Itzehoe said she will also be tried for complicity in attempted murder.

Germany has been working to try Nazi staff who worked at concentration camps throughout the war. This has stepped since the 2011 conviction of former guard John Demjanjuk.

Based on working as part of the Nazi apparatus, he was later indicted by prosecutors.

The most recent case is that of 93-year-old former SS guard Bruno Dey, who was handed a two-year suspended sentence by a court in Hamburg.

Bruno Dey had also worked at the Stutthof concentration camp which was set up in 1939.

Accountant at Auschwitz Oskar Groening and former guard Reinhold Hanning was both also found guilty following trials.

The thing is, this woman was a child when she worked there, and it seems that she didn’t have much of a choice, so, was she really an accomplice? Because she was literally a child, not an adult with an autonomous say in her life, and this would be a ludicrous miscarriage of justice.

And if a child takes notes at an organised crime meeting, should she actually be prosecuted seventy years later? But then it seems that age has no statute for murder, but the story does state that the accused, who wasn’t identified by prosecutors, was a minor at the time, and that’s why it’s being tried in juvenile court, so she will presumably get a slap on the wrist anyhow.

However, those that have been captured and punished is seemingly less than 1 in a 1,000 of the murderers responsible for German war crimes. And to be honest, if every German that committed capital war crimes in World War II had been hung, most of their population would have vanished into thin air, just like the Jews did.

Some might say that Germany should never be allowed to forget what they did to the Jews and the world, but on the other hand, that would mean that no country on the planet should be allowed to forget what their forefathers did to them, or is this just reserved for Germany?

And at this woman’s great age, and living in a care home. If found blameworthy, what would be the point of a life sentence, or even working in the community?

At her age, she might understand what’s going on in court, but it will be virtually impossible to find any witnesses after all these years. She was a young girl and she might have known something of what was going on, other than frantically trying to keep herself alive by obeying orders, and isn’t this just 75 years too late?

NHS Worker Mother, 39, And Daughter, 24, Are Stabbed To Death

A mother and daughter have been stabbed to death before a man smashed a vehicle into a viaduct in a presumed double murder-suicide.

Nurse Emma Robertson Coupland, 39, was stabbed outside Crosshouse Hospital in Kilmarnock, Scotland, at 7.45 pm. Her daughter Nicole Anderson, 24, was attacked 20 minutes later near a takeaway shop she worked at and died in hospital.

A 40-year-old man crashed a vehicle under a viaduct and police said he died at the scene at about 8.30 pm.

Police said inquiries so far suggest the incidents are connected and officers are not looking for anyone else as part of their inquiry.

Local journalist Alex Tiffin said on Twitter he’d been informed by a police source the incidents were linked to a domestic incident.

Chief Superintendent Faroque Hussain said that several areas remained cordoned off as officers proceed to conduct their enquiries, and that they were working to establish the full facts of what had occurred, and that if anyone has any information which could help their enquiries to please contact them.

And he said that naturally, people would be horrified by what’s occurred, but that they were still in the process of establishing the full facts.

He said that he would like to reassure people that there was no wider threat to the community and that police would be on patrol and anyone with any concerns could approach these officers.

Tributes have flooded in for the deceased mother and daughter, with a relative saying that she was broken and that this could not be happening.

Another male family member posted that he truly couldn’t even put it into words how he was feeling. He said he was devastated, to say the least, and that it was the worst news of his life and he just couldn’t take it in.

A friend wrote that they were so sorry and that she was the most amazing lassie she knew and all her thoughts were to her family and that she was heartbroken.

An eyewitness at the hospital told a news outlet that they were picking someone up when a member of the medical staff was stabbed – the entire place was in lockdown, and armed police were there and they were sending everyone away from the area.

Another witness told Ayreshire Live that there were between 10 and 15 police vans sitting on the edge of the Moorfield Estate which is approximately half a mile away from the hospital.

This is a tragedy, killing a mum and daughter and it makes you question what’s wrong with people who view life like its nothing at all, and it appears that it’s us humans that are a real threat to humanity.

At the moment none of us knows why this terrible crime occurred, and it’s not for anyone else to know the cause, but it is still really sad for those concerned and their family.

Of course, we should never condone killing, particularly if it was premeditated, but then I guess the man killing himself did save the taxpayer some money. However, if it was a mental health problem then it’s a disgrace that there’s no help out there for the mentally ill, and three people are now dead that should be enjoying their lives, and it does make you question what happens to people to make them do something like this because this was a painful loss of beautiful lives.

A Police Officer In Suicide After Posting Videos

A black police officer from Louisiana has killed himself after sharing a series of videos online saying he’d had enough of serving a system that didn’t give a damn about him or other African Americans.

Clyde Kerr III, 43, a Lafayette Parish sheriff’s deputy, died by suicide on Monday after talking extensively about the demonic criminal justice system and the killings of Black men including George Floyd.

Clyde Kerr said in one of his videos shared online that he couldn’t abide by this any more and that he wasn’t having anything to do with this nonsense no more, and that if this feels right to you, then there’s something wrong with you, and that this was the furthest thing from right.

He said: “You have no idea how hard it is to put a uniform on in this day and age with everything that’s going on”.

He also highlighted the importance of mental health in the police force and spoke about children’s exposure to violence and trauma in videos that have now been extensively circulated on social media.

He said that his whole life had been in the service of other people and that they trusted him to safeguard their little ones, the thing that was most dear to them and that he did that well.

He said that he passed security clearance in the military, but that had enabled him to see the inner working of things and that it dawned on him that they don’t give a damn about everyone, and they were the facts.

He said that he understood that they have a tough job, and that’s what they signed up for, but that they needed help because when they deal with the bottom rung of society, that doesn’t give them an excuse to just do whatever they want, and that was what they were doing and that they were not being held accountable.

Clyde Kerr was a father, and a long time deputy and a veteran who served in Afghanistan and Iraq.

His posts triggered debate online about the mental health of police officers, particularly Black officers. Clyde Kerr also spoke about his struggle to reconcile his status as a Black man with his profession, before proposing suicide.

Sharing one of the videos, writer and activist Shaun King wrote on Instagram that the fact was that the system was so gross and so inhumane, that the whole thing needed to be torn down and reimagined, and that was so bad it was even destroying police themselves.

But this is what you get when people reject the existence of systemic racism and prejudice against the Black community, and it’s so sad that it had to end in this way for Officer Clyde Kerr, and may his declaration help to improve things, and we need to keep speaking up for compassion and fairness.

Sadly, racism is alive and well and positively thriving in some regions, and it’s a disgrace that some people make life a living hell for others, and our hearts should go out to this gentleman and his family, and it’s just a pity that he couldn’t get the help that he required, it seems like he was a fine gentleman.

This is all sad, but unfortunately, there are numerous people out there that enjoy the oppression of others, and there will always be those that will fight for the oppressed, and there is so much wrong with humanity.

Racism can break a person’s spirit, and what this gentleman must have seen to take his own life is chilling.

Tory Minister Backs Big Statue In Remembrance Of Captain Sir Tom Moore

A Tory minister has backed a campaign to build a big statue of Captain Sir Tom Moore.

Vaccines minister Nadhim Zahawi said it would be a wonderful way of honouring the NHS campaigners after his passing, aged 100.

He told ITV’s Good Morning Britain that what Captain Tom represents, is the best of the United Kingdom, and that he sees it every day in the vaccination deployment programme, the whole country, the army of volunteers and that he was one of those and he became a beacon of light in these gloomy, dark days of this pandemic.

He said that he was completely in support of making sure that they recognise that, and a big statue would be a wonderful way, not just for this generation to remember Captain Tom but for forthcoming generations.

He continued that as Chris Whitty, the chief medical officer for England said, some of the younger people to aspire to be like Captain Tom would be a great thing and that he would certainly back a statue for Captain Tom.

TV presenter Nick Knowles was among those who suggested a permanent statue on the fourth plinth in Trafalgar Square, while Carol Vorderman said he deserved a stone in Westminster Abbey.

Just over a third of almost 1,500 UK adults surveyed by Opinium are in support of a statue in Parliament Square, while more than half say Captain Tom should have a hospital named after him.

Boris Johnson last night said he was, of course, open to the idea of a statue, but the decision should be for Captain Tom’s family.

The Prime Minister said that he knew that was the sort of thing people would want to support and they would be working with his family to see what they believe is most appropriate.

Asked if the statue might be built possibly in his home town or where he was born or in London, Matt Hancock told LBC that he did believe that they should find a way, at the right time, to acknowledge the contribution that he made to the NHS and that he was an inspiration to so many people.

Captain Sir Tom Moore set out to raise £1,000 for NHS Charities Together by walking 100 laps of his garden before his 100th birthday last April, but his efforts struck a chord with the nation and donations flooded in, and the statue would be a splendid idea.

There will be numerous people who will want to see a statue in this man’s honour, and no doubt a movie will be made in time showing his time in the war, but if this is the case, they shouldn’t let American film producers get their hands on the facts and twist all the events as they frequently do.

Captain Sir Tom Moore was an astonishing person, and hopefully, the Tories won’t use his legacy for their own personal political agenda because he was a wonderful person and a statue in his honour would be well justified – he was a true warrior and our national treasure.

A statue would be a lovely idea because it will remind people of some of the good things to have come out of this pandemic.

This man touched so many people in how he found the strength in the dark days to provide some sunshine and inspiration to so many, but there should also be a statue to remember all the people who we’ve lost in this pandemic, and they both need remembering for different reasons.

Captain Tom’s Heartbreaking Final Words

Sir Captain Tom Moore died in hospital after getting coronavirus and his closing words were “you can do and be anything you want to be”.

The Queen led tributes to him, highlighting “the inspiration he provided for the whole nation and others across the world”.

The army veteran had walked 100 laps of his garden during the first lockdown to raise money for NHS Charities Together.

Sir Captain Tom Moore was knighted by the Queen at a ceremony at Windsor Castle, and a Buckingham Palace spokeswoman said that Her Majesty very much enjoyed meeting Captain Sir Tom Moore and his family at Windsor Castle last year and that her thoughts, and those of the royal family, are with them, recognising the inspiration he provided for the whole nation and others across the world.

In his closing message on Instagram to the world last month, Sir Tom Moore posted an image which read: “You can do and be anything you want to be”.

Alongside the post on social media, Sir Captain Tom’s account read: “Be positive and believe in yourself”.

Prime Minister Boris Jonson also made a statement following Captain Tom’s death. He said: “Captain Sir Tom Moore was a hero in the truest sense of the word”. And he continued that in the darkest days of the Second World War he fought for freedom and in the face of this country’s deepest post-war crisis he united us all, he cheered us all up, and he embodied the triumph of the human spirit.

The Prime Minister said he became not just a national inspiration but a beacon of hope for the world, and that their thoughts were with his daughter Hannah and all his family.

The flag at 10 Downing Street was lowered at half-mast in tribute to Sir Captain Tom Moore, and Labour Party Leader Sir Keir Starmer tweeted that this was incredibly sad news.

Sir Captain Tom Moore put others first at a time of national crisis and was a beacon of hope for millions and Britain has lost a hero.

At the beginning of his plan to raise money, Captain Sir Tom Moore only imagined he would raise £1,000, but he ultimately raised £32,794,701 for the NHS.

The veteran joined the Army at the beginning of World War Two, where he served in India and Myanmar.

This man was a real gentleman and he was one of the golden generations that we won’t see again, and a country full of Captain Sir Tom Moore’s would be a wonderful place, and may he rest in peace.

A statue in Trafalgar Square would be a fitting eulogy to a positively inspirational symbol of British resilience, and he represented everything that was good about Britain.

Perhaps we could even have a new hospital named after him because whether he died COVID related or not, he lived life more than we ever could, and the great work he did in his life is extremely important and should always be remembered.

Life For Everyone Has Been Tough

The Duke of Sussex has said that vulnerable children shouldn’t be ignored amid the global COVID 19 crisis.

The father of one, who remains the patron of WellChild, a charity for seriously ill children, said he’s spoken with the families the organisation supports in a letter attached to their impact report for 2020.

The Duke said that life for everyone has been tough, but that as we continue to battle the health crisis, the current needs of vulnerable children shouldn’t be ignored.

The report details how last year, the charity provided more than 289,000 PPE items to families in the United Kingdom to ensure that carers could safely come to their homes, and how it adapted to provide digital resources for families who were forced to isolate.

Harry acknowledges that it’s taken a constant, coordinated effort across communities and countries to get themselves to a point where they can fight the virus.

He also said the charity’s response to the pandemic shows precisely why WellChild was so close to his heart.

He said that he was especially proud to say that WellChild had moved with urgency and determination to tackle the new challenges that children with complex needs and their families have endured because of the crisis.

He said that life for everyone has been tough, but for these families, it’s been tougher than most of us can imagine and that as the battle is continued because of the health crisis, the current needs of vulnerable children shouldn’t be forgotten.

He said that WellChild is a lifeline for so many people and has had to redirect much of its funding resources during the pandemic and that they must make sure that young people with serious health conditions continue to get the support they require as the country recovers, rebuilds and works to return to normal life.

WellChild lost 60 per cent of its projected income in 2020 because events were cancelled and financial constraints grew for sponsors.

In the Impact Report, one WellChild Children’s Nurse also wrote that this had been the hardest and saddest of years for lots of NHS workers, but on the days she’s feeling low and miss her friends and family, she reminds herself of the daily challenges children and young people with complex health needs and their families face.

WellChild provides a national network of children’s nurses, who work with families to ensure that children with complex care needs can leave the hospital and get the care they require at home.

However, if Harry was that concerned about these vulnerable children, he wouldn’t have spent $7,000 on a playhouse for his son Archie, but would have used that money more prudently for vulnerable children – his son could have played on a playhouse for $200 just as easily.

And why would any child need a playhouse, when they have a mansion to play in, and this just seems like another publicity stunt to keep him in the media.

But then maybe he does care for the children all over the world, not just in America and here in the United Kingdom, but let’s face it, he does have the best life he’s ever had, and he makes all the appropriate noises, saying what the public wants to hear – he’s a great self-promoter, but then his mother raised awareness and millions of pounds for numerous charities – he clearly takes after Diana, but would this man even have a clue about having it tough, I think not!

Twenty Thousand Break Rules To Attend The Funeral Of An Orthodox Rabbi

Huge numbers of people assembled for the funerals of two notable rabbis in Jerusalem at the weekend, flouting the coronavirus restrictions announced by the Government as the country entered a third national lockdown.

On Sunday, the first public funeral carried out was of Rabbi Meshulam Soloveitchik, the head of the Brisk Yeshiva in Jerusalem, who died at the age of 99 after months of illness and COVID 19 infection.

Pictures showed his coffin being carried through the city of Jerusalem besieged by a crowd of thousands who came to pay their respects, the latest in several incidents where ultra-orthodox communities in the country disregarded the pandemic restrictions.

Thousands of black-garbed supporters assembled outside the rabbi’s home and proceeded through the city, unable to observe social distancing given the numbers involved and many not wearing a mask, towards the cemetery where he was to be buried.

Later on Sunday, another crowd assembled for the esteemed Rabbi Yitzhok Scheiner, once again flouting the lockdown rules. He’d also tested positive for COVID and died at the age of 98.

Alon Halfon, a Jerusalem police official, told Channel 13 that police had little choice but to allow the large procession for Soloveitchik to continue.

He said police action had helped subdue the crowd size and that some 100 tickets were issued for health violations, but in such a densely crowded environment, with children among the masses, trying to disband the crowd would have been ill-advised and dangerous.

The scenes brought intense criticism from deputy Prime Minister Benny Gantz, who described it as unequal enforcement of the lockdown.

Deputy Prime Minister Benny Gantz tweeted that millions of families were locked in their homes and abide by the rules while thousands of Haredim crowd the funeral, most of them even without masks, and he said that they would not agree to the continuation of an ineffective fake lockdown – either everyone is locked down, or everyone opens and that the days of indulgence were over.

The Netanyahu led coalition government is set to further prolong the national lockdown after a majority in favour by the cabinet on Sunday.

The country has limited gatherings to 10 people after a spike in infections in January, which saw the daily new caseload equating over 6,000. Israel recently announced its highest ever daily increase of 15,000 infections on 25 January.

However, despite the rising number of cases, Israel has been lauded globally for its rapid vaccination programme that has seen three million inoculations so far among a population of nine million, and on Sunday it was announced that Israel would transfer 5,000 vaccine doses to Palestinian communities.

Perhaps God will save them all, depending on what mood he’s in, especially when he sees these religious lunatics worshipping the man on sugar candy hill.

Perhaps it’s good that these people have their faith, and that’s their choice, but people should be staying at home, and what if the innocence of their faith fails them? Because hospitals are packed in Israel from the infection and they can’t cope with the virus especially in the religious communities.

And it’s shocking, because now many more people may die from the virus, and it seems that there are lot of very self-centred, self-important, shallow and irresponsible people out there that are just gratifying themselves and not thinking about everyone else around them.

Why should everyone else have to suffer? These people need to wake up and quit thinking it’s one huge joke because it’s no laughing matter when it comes down to all these people sadly passing away from this virus, and these selfish people can see that, but they still carry on what they’re doing, which is unacceptable behaviour.

All Topshop Stores To Close

ASOS has rescued Sir Philip Green’s flagship Topshop brand for £295 million.

The online behemoth has acquired Topshop, Topman, Miss Selfridge and HIIT from the administrators of Arcadia, two months after its collapse. However, all stores will close, with only 300 jobs saved.

In total, ASOS will pay £295 million for the brands, plus a further £30 million for all stock.

It will pay an extra £30 million to account for any outstanding liabilities and creditor orders.

About 300 employees across design, buying and retail partnerships will transfer to ASOS – at least 2,500 retail jobs will be lost as a consequence of the takeover.

The transaction excludes the Topshop, Topman and Miss Selfridge store network which comprises about 70 leasehold sites.

Completion of the transaction is expected on February 4, 2021.

ASOS chief executive Nick Beighton said its takeover of the four brands will resonate with its core customer base of 20 somethings in the United Kingdom, and he said they were very proud to be the new owners of the Topshop, Topman, Miss Selfridge and HIIT brands, and said that the acquisition of those iconic British brands was a hugely inspiring moment for ASOS and their customers and would serve to accelerate their multi-brand platform strategy.

He said that they’ve been fundamental to driving their recent growth online, and under their ownership, they will develop them further, using their design, marketing, technology and logistics expertise, working closely with key strategic retail partners in the United Kingdom and around the globe.

The transaction follows the purchase of Evans to City Chic on December 23, 2020, for £23 million.

Sir Philip Green’s Arcadia retail empire collapsed into administration on November 30, under the weight of a £750 million debt pile.

Administrators last month confirmed all 21 Outfit stores, alongside a further 10 shops for other Arcadia brands would close, in a move which would affect more than 700 jobs.

The process to secure new owners for Burton, Dorothy Perkins and Wallis continues to be ongoing via exclusive discussions with a possible buyer.

Fast fashion website Boohoo is understood to be the leading bidder, after it confirmed a £55 million takeover of 200-year-old Debenham in January.

Boohoo Group Plc confirmed that it’s in exclusive negotiations with the Administrators of Arcadia over the acquisitions of the Dorothy Perkins, Wallis and Burton, excluding HIIT brands.

It comes less than a week after Boohoo’s rescue bid for Debenhams was given the go-ahead, a move that will see the website saved, but 118 stores will disappear from the high street.

However, it’s not a rescue deal if jobs are not being saved. It may keep the brand alive, but in actuality, they don’t really care who they buy from, or what you buy as long as they’re lining their pockets, because that’s vastly more important.

They probably won’t even purchase the same clothes, as their garments are cheaper. They just want the brand name which is so wrong, and those that have bought up these companies have destroyed not just the high street shops, but also good quality clothes.

The high street has been dying for years, and it’s largely because of online shopping. Ultimately, everything will be online and all shops will disappear from our high streets, but people like to go into shops to have a look around and try things on, now it will all be delivered to your door.

All they’ve done is purchase stock, very little else and the death of Woolworths countless years ago should have had all of these companies evaluating their business plans and future-proofing, and online shopping can be such a pain, particularly if what you ordered isn’t what you wanted or expected and you need to return it because it takes so long to return it and get your money back, so shopping instore is much better, but then this is life as we know it, so get used to it folks!

Dino-mite Find

A girl from Wales has discovered a perfectly preserved 215 million-year-old dinosaur print, described as the finest of its kind found in 10 years.

Four-year-old Lily Wilder has been praised by scientists after making the finding on a beach at Bendricks Bay near Barry.

The girl, from Llandough, near Cardiff, made the fossilised rock finding when out walking with her father Richard, 47.

The print is just over 3.9 inches long and was made by a two-foot dinosaur currently unknown to science.

The creature that created it is believed to have stood about 75cm tall and 2.5 long, and experts have pronounced it the finest impression of a 215 million-year-old dinosaur print discovered in Britain in a decade.

Mum Sally, 38 said it was flawless and they initially thought it was a carving made by artists.

She said that Lily noticed it when they were walking along and said, “Daddy look”, and when her partner Richard came home and showed her the image, she thought it looked amazing.

She said that Richard thought it was too good to be true and she was put in touch with experts who took it from there. They weren’t even sure if it was real, and she was thinking that an artist had gone down and scratched it out, but she knew dinosaur footprints had been found along that piece of the coast before, so she just thought she’d ask some people.

She discovered this fossil identification page on Facebook and she posted it there and people went a tad crazy, and she said it’s all been so overwhelming, realising that it’s really what they believed it was.

It was investigated after Sally and her husband Richard reported the finding to experts, including palaeontologists, who specialise in dinosaurs.

Karl-James Langford, of Archaeology Cymru, called it the finest impression of a 215 million-year-old dinosaur print found in Britain in a decade, and he said that it was perfect and pristine and it was a wonderful piece.

He said that it was universally relevant and that’s why the museum took it, and he said that it was the best dinosaur footprint found in the United Kingdom in the past ten years.

A spokesperson from the National Museum in Cardiff said the detail in the fossil was of great importance to science, and that its magnificent preservation may help scientists establish more about the actual structure of their feet as the preservation was clear enough to show individual pads and even claw impressions, but where is David Attenborough when you need him?

Geology is a science of disentangling mysteries written in the rocks, but dating fossilised footprints is a special kind of challenge, but stratigraphic principles and careful thought can identify these distinct footprints as 190 years old, created by a prehistoric spider out for a stroll.

Trace fossils are useful for palaeontologists because they tell us about the activity of ancient organisms.

For example, the study of dinosaur footprints has added significantly to the understanding of dinosaur behaviour, and palaeontologists have learned much more about dinosaur behaviour from footprint trace fossils than from dinosaur body fossils, and from numerous sets of dinosaur footprints or tracks, scientists have discovered that some species of dinosaurs roamed in large groups or herds.

Sets of tracks have also shown that some herds protected their young by keeping them in the centre of migrating groups. Other tracks reveal that dinosaurs didn’t drag their tails when they walked, and palaeontologists can also estimate dinosaur gait and speed from some footprint trackways. If the footprints are close together, this might show they were running. If the footprints are spaced further apart, the dinosaurs may have been walking.

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