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Half of restaurants and hotels forced to shut during lockdown may not have enough cash to get through the next three months, official data reveals ONS today published latest business survey data for period from 14 to 23 Dec 41% of surveyed food service and accommodation firms shut over period By Jane Denton For Thisismoney Published: … Read more
The surge in house prices saw the average property in Britain reach a record high of £245,000 in October, as buyers race to complete transactions ahead of the stamp duty holiday on 31 March 2021. Property prices rose by 5.4 per cent, or £19,000, in the year to October, up from a 4.3 per cent … Read more
How England’s second Covid wave is in retreat: ONS data shows daily cases HALVED during lockdown in November with just 25,700 people catching the virus every day by the end of the month Daily infections for November 14 were estimated to be 38,900, which was down on a peak the previous week No estimate was … Read more
Covid deaths rose steadily in November to take all-cause fatalities 19% above average – but the number is well below England’s spring first wave which saw 21,000 people dying each week Coronavirus deaths in England rose by 28% in the second week of November from 1,771 the week before Covid-19 accounted for one in every … Read more
Coronavirus was the third biggest killer in England in October, official data shows – but the total number of deaths from all causes for the month was about the same as last year. An Office for National Statistics report today found there were 43,265 fatalities recorded last month — just eight more than in October … Read more
Covid deaths continue to rise in England and Wales: ONS reveals 1,937 victims in most recent week – with coronavirus to blame for one in six fatalities Weekly Office for National Statistics report shows 16.4 per cent of deaths are now linked to Covid-19 Deaths have risen for nine weeks in a row as effects … Read more
Drug offences soared by 30 per cent during the coronavirus lockdown as overall recorded crime dropped by a quarter compared to 2019, new figures show. Total recorded crime fell by 121,873 in April compared to the same month last year after Britain was plunged under draconian coronavirus restrictions, according to an Office for National Statistics report published today. … Read more
People are now just as likely to catch coronavirus in England as they are if they went abroad on holiday, official data suggests. Before today, people were more likely to test positive for the infection if they had travelled overseas in the past 30 days. But the Office for National Statistics (ONS) revealed today there … Read more
More proof England’s Covid-19 outbreak is slowing down? ONS estimates 35,200 people got infected every day last week – a rise of 26% in a week (but the speed of growth has slowed again) Office for National Statistics data is based on random swab testing of the population across England Its estimates last week were … Read more
Huge leap in number of women killed by cocaine: Deaths from the drug are up sevenfold in 10 years, new figures reveal 2019 had the highest number of drug-related deaths in the past 25 years The drug-related death rate for women increased for the 10th year in a row Generation X, had the highest death … Read more