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An unofficial postcode-checking website has been launched to allow users to find out what the coronavirus lockdown rules are in the area where they live. Some areas of the country – notably in the North West of England and Leicester – have stricter rules than others because of spikes in Covid-19 cases there. As a … Read more
Where you can Eat Out to Help Out: Postcode checker shows which pubs and restaurants are offering up to £10 off meals in August under Rishi Sunak’s new scheme (so much for Boris’s anti-obesity drive!) Diners will receive a 50 per cent discount, up to a maximum of £10 per head It will be valid … Read more
As we push through the branches I feel excited. I scan the ground. I think this is it!’ I say To look for buried treasure these days you don’t need a map – just an app. Flic Everett has her mind blown by the secret worlds that anyone can find on their doorstep I’m standing … Read more
Take-up of a scheme allowing people to delay selling their houses to pay care home fees exposes a ‘postcode lottery’, according to research by a law firm. A selective survey of 10 local authorities reveals that the rate of deferred payment agreements among self-funded care home residents ‘varies wildly’ from 0.9 per cent in East … Read more
Roads could become ‘dangerous postcode lotteries’ for drivers if overstretched police forces are letting off low-level speeders in lockdown, motoring lawyer Mr Loophole warns Some police forces have reportedly sent written warning to low-level speeders Speed awareness courses are suspended for social distancing reasons There are more cases of drivers breaking speed limits in cities, … Read more
An interactive map which reveals coronavirus deaths by postcode shows that people living in the poorest parts of England and Wales are dying at more than double the rate of those in affluent areas. The map, included in the latest Office for National Statistics report, found the most deprived regions suffered 55 deaths per 100,000 people, … Read more
Local tips will reopen in some parts of England this weekend but others will remain closed despite a surge in fly-tipping. Some councils said they won’t open refuse sites until there is sufficient staffing and PPE for workers amid the coronavirus crisis. Speaking to the BBC Friday morning, the Local Government Secretary Robert Jenrick, confirmed that … Read more
Virus grants are postcode lottery for small firms with some councils paying just one in ten eligible companies By James Salmon for the Daily Mail Published: 21:51 BST, 22 April 2020 | Updated: 21:51 BST, 22 April 2020 Desperate firms scrambling for emergency grants to survive the pandemic face a ‘postcode lottery’, with some councils … Read more
‘It’s cruelty’: Cystic fibrosis patient blasts postcode lottery after she is denied ‘miracle’ drug by her local hospital Megan Kellett-Jones, 28, hoped she would be given the drug Trikafta to help Her hospital is waiting for the treatment to be approved by drugs regulator NICE Drugs on the NHS – Orkambi and Symkevi – work … Read more