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Coronavirus infection rates have tripled or more in 0.6 per cent of council wards across England, with a six-fold surge in one village in East Yorkshire mystifying its residents. South Cave, a village 13 miles (21km) west of Hull and home to 5,000 people, saw its infection rate surge from 123 cases per 100,000 people in … Read more
Quarantine hotels could become Covid infection hotspots due to the type of ventilation systems they use, a hotel group chief has today claimed. Meher Nawab, chief executive of the London Hotel Group, warned airport hotels often rely on central air flow systems – in which air is passed through a centralised unit. He warned this … Read more
Tourist hotspots like the canals of Venice and the Louvre in Paris should be digitally replicated as a way to tackle overcrowding, a Swiss economist says. Bruno Frey, 79, a professor at the University of Basel, has written a book called Venedig ist uberall (Venice is Everywhere). In it, he says technologies like holograms, augmented reality … Read more
Booking a holiday has become a minefield. Yet hopes are high that summer trips will be possible this year – and there are huge bargains to be had You could be forgiven for being confused, if not bemused. With the Government bringing in a ‘red list’ — where British tourists returning from 33 countries have … Read more
Pubs, restaurants and cafes have never been coronavirus hotspots, local public health directors claimed today. Despite hospitality venues facing hugely damaging restrictions, there has never been a ‘terribly big risk’ of someone catching the disease in them, they said. Greg Fell, director of public health in Sheffield, and Dr Richard Harling, his counterpart in Staffordshire, … Read more
Pensioners in vaccination hotspots are celebrating after receiving their Covid jabs and are looking forward to making the most of their freedom by enjoying a pint and hitting the races when lockdown ends. Some regions are leading the way with vaccines, with the Cockermouth and Maryport primary care network in Cumbria having vaccinated 92.8 per … Read more
Lingering at coastal tourist ‘hotspots’ is putting injured whale sharks at a greater risk of boat strikes, a study of the larger, slow-moving filter-feeders has found. Researchers from York and the Maldives warned that wounded sharks stay in certain, favourable locations for three times longer than their uninjured counterparts. This means they not only miss … Read more
Start-ups should look to the North East, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Yorkshire as the next tech hotspots Regions are ‘levelling up’ their contribution to the tech industry, reports say They have hubs of activity in areas such as fintech, cyber security and AI Companies based in these locations include Sage, Atom Bank and KCOM By … Read more
Ministers ‘will split’ low-infection rural areas from nearby urban hotspots in tier review tomorrow to avoid massive Tory revolt as Sadiq Khan warns moving London into tier 3 will be ‘catastrophic for our businesses’ The Government will carry out its first formal review of the tier system tomorrow Ministers have raised prospect of ‘decoupling’ rural … Read more
Hopes that rural areas will be ‘decoupled’ from neighbouring Covid hotspots in high tiers are dashed as Matt Hancock warns move would trigger infections spike Local MPs had hoped they would be ‘decoupled’ from neighbouring hotspots However, Matt Hancock has warned move could lead to rural areas ‘catching up’ Review of tiers to take place … Read more