Just got a letter to show the police when out

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I'm a care worker and my boss has given is all letters to prove we're legit to be out and about. Am wondering if there's new measures coming? I've seen plenty out and about today when driving home.

The problem is that what is essential is essential to everyone so it has all been sold out so your precious journey to the supermarket could be a waste of time

I thought it wasn’t enforceable as law til Thursday?
www.google.com/amp/s/www.bbc.co.uk/news/amp/uk-politics-52004116

Thank fuck I still have a stack of chocolate left that I bought in Thornton’s sale in January

Kingcole
Bulshit.
One of those cases where everyone knows someone who knows someones cat who said.....
I think that right now the police have got bigger problems than people buying newpapers as they try to implement the new laws. Surely if they were taking action it would be against the newsagents.

Do this!

Chocolate is an essential food group and I'll argue that point to my dying breath!

My DM's NDN walks her dog each morning to the newsagent and buys newspapers for a number of elderly people near her, my DM included. I really hope she won't be fined. She is getting her daily exercise and doing a good deed for these people.

I know a paper isn't strictly necessary but by DM has had one every single day of her adult life. She relies on it not only for news but as her TV guide and as brain workout doing the puzzles.

If newsagents are open and people factor it into their daily walk I cannot see how it is bad.

I'm getting a paper every day for an elderly neighbour up the road. I pick up shopping for us at the same time if I see anything I want. I distance really carefully. I touch the paper as little as possible. He's not great with tech (it takes him two days to read an email and he'll then reply by phone) and that paper is his news source.

Loitering with newspapers
DH finally convinced 78yo MIL that popping round the corner for a paper every day wasn't an essential, hope she wasn't loitering with it before that!

Newsagents are in the exemption list of premises. Why on earth would they be allowed to stay open if people weren't allowed to buy newspapers. It is their primary purpose.

Please go to government websites for information like this and not Facebook or Mumsnet.

Kingcole
But it's on the internet and that never lies

Adeline fair point. Although today we have had people bringing their kids in just for a paper and an ice cream. I get that it's a nice day and kids are bored but the rules are clear enough. I risk mine and my families life every day to supply essential food and drink to everybody and it just feels like some are taking the piss.

One of the services involved with our disabled son has written one to explain why he may be being driven somewhere to exercise.

I must confess I was going to exercise to the paper shop on Saturday to get a paper as it has the telly supplement in it, I didn’t want to use Saturday as my supermarket day as the people working all week would want to shop then, I might have to get a telly magazine with my supermarket shop so I don’t have to go to the newsagent

I went yesterday to Sainsbury's in the middle of my cycling route to get beer, vaping liquid and walnuts. Is that not anymore allowed? Dh does big shop and I can't join because dc would join too. I don't drive so I can't do the big shop.

I went to the supermarket today because I went at the weekend and couldn't get half what I needed. However, as I was parking, a woman came back from the shop to the car next to mine. She had no bags with her, just in her hands two bottles of champagne. I half admire her definition of essential (the other half of me despairs.)

Lots of people treating it as a family outing - two apparently able-bodied parents with varied numbers of DC all shopping together. FFS, one parent stays at home with DC while the other does the shopping.

My personal highlight was managing to get a pack of 9 loo rolls - although only some crappy "cherry blossom scented" make was available. Failed to find any chicken - this has been the case in my last 3 shopping trips. What's with the great chicken shortage? Is chicken the new loo roll?

I did a full shop today, as per normal.

When I am driving to site I will carry evidence of why I'm doing so.
I will also offer to take shopping to those I am visiting as its daft that they should have to wait for a delivery slot when I live near a big shop.

Newsagents and off licences are classed as essential
so gin and newspapers are allowed

the legislation will not be enacted until Friday at the earliest to all internet stories are dubious

Off licences have been to the exception list today

We had letters from regional director for school and travel to work with space for each individual date of essential travel and phone number to verify. Haven't printed mine off yet so hoping I can just show the virtual version if necessary.

Some forces are doing it, some are not, ours has taken a common sense approch and that we have our employment ID badges with us.

Why on earth would anyone risk their health and the health of others just to buy a sodding paper?

Why are people nit-picking and waiting until the day legislation is enforceable when it's perfectly obvious we should all be staying in our houses NOW??

The education system in this country has failed us all.

Fined for buying a newspaper

Link or it didn't happen.

I like to get the Times on Saturdays for the Caitlin Moran column and travel section so I can read about holidays I can't take any time soon and usually buy it from the Newsagents to support them and also because the Co-op is glacially slow.

But you're saying that I am allowed to go for a walk but I'm not allowed to get my paper from the Newsagent - they don't really sell food except sweets and crisps, which aren't essential. I'm also allowed to get my paper in the Co-op as long as I buy food I need at the same time, but will have to dodge other people because there's always a queue and the aisles are narrow.

I'm fully on board with the stay at home message but it makes no sense that I apparently can go in one shop but not another one that's just over the road and likely to have fewer people in it.

Chocolate is a food group on it's own isnt it...?

Good grief people, calm down. Newsagents and off licences are both on the list of shops allowed to be open. Why would they be if we were not allowed to buy a newspaper or alcohol?

Off licences specifically added today as supermarkets have been selling out of beer/wine etc. Some of the hysterical crap being written on here is just nuts.

Of course people should be limiting their trips to the shops, but nothing wrong with going to the supermarket, then butchers or whatever to get your supplies for the week if observing social distancing as instructed.

It is bad to just go out and but a newspaper because you are increasing the risk for those that aerve you at the shop and those that they come into contact with. Exercise means exercise, not going to the shop on your way. If you are going to shop it should be for food and that should happen as little as possible, preferably at the most once a week. I don't know why people fail to understand what stay at home means