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How Bath and North East Somersets coronavirus cases soared to record levels The number of people with the virus across the city has skyrocketed in recent months Ghost town - Abbey Churchyard, Bath. | Photographer: Artur Lesniak/arturlesniak.com | Date: 23/03/2020 | Copyright: Artur Lesniak/Reach (Image: Artur Lesniak/Bath Live) THE LATEST NEWS AND UPDATES ACROSS BATH STRAIGHT TO YOUR INBOX Invalid EmailSomething went wrong, please try again later. SIGN UP When you subscribe we will use the info...

He also said now was not the time to learn lessons, but Labour accused the Conservatives of “monumental mistakes”.   Those mistakes have been well-covered. Some are clear with hindsight, but many were pointed out at the time; not closing our borders to people from virus hotspots sooner, locking down too late, abandoning community testing early on, then spending billions on a track and trace system which couldn’t track and trace tens of thousands of people.  In fact, some would argue t...

Restrictions were relaxed during the summer, with non-essential shops and later pubs permitted to re-open for the first time in months. The Eat Out to Help Out scheme was launched, with dozens of restaurants offering discounted meals. Testing was ramped up, but the Test and Trace system was not without teething problems. There were reports of people from Gloucestershire being told to go to Wales or Scotland to get tested. As cases started to rise once more, restrictions were tightened. A ...

Submitting... Jamie Brown, whose father Tony died from coronavirus in March last year, and who is now the campaign’s spokesman, said: “We dont want to be sitting around waiting to find out in 10 years’ time ‘oh, wait, we should have done this’. Prime Minister Boris Johnson is facing calls to start a rapid review now. Photo: PA “There is a very real need to learn lessons now. And thats why were calling for a rapid review phase public inquiry because the objective is to save peoples l...

High mortality rates among certain groups may prompt a rethink on vaccine prioritisation

If this lockdown ever ends and we are allowed to go shopping again for fun, non-essential things (remember those?), I’m seriously starting to wonder if there will be any shops left on the high street to shop in. The signs are not good.

How does the UK’s Covid death rate compare to the rest of the world? (JPI Media) This week Boris Johnson announced that the UK Covid death toll had surpassed 100,000, stating it was “hard to compute the sorrow” the deaths had caused. As of 16 January, the UK has one of the highest death rates in the world relative to its population - with more than 16 people in every million dying each day from coronavirus at the beginning of 2021. This has led many to ask why the UK has reached...

95,000 on furlough in Northern Ireland as eat-out meals topped 7.5m during August scheme More than 7.5 million meals were claimed for in Northern Ireland during the Eat Out to Help Out scheme in August. Picture: Mal McCann Gary McDonald Business Editor 29 January, 2021 01:00 THOUSANDS more people in Northern Ireland are being furloughed on a monthly basis, new figures show. According to HMRC, some 94,800 employees were availing of the Coronavirus J...

How does the UK’s Covid death rate compare to the rest of the world? (JPI Media) This week Boris Johnson announced that the UK Covid death toll had surpassed 100,000, stating it was “hard to compute the sorrow” the deaths had caused. As of 16 January, the UK has one of the highest death rates in the world relative to its population - with more than 16 people in every million dying each day from coronavirus at the beginning of 2021. This has led many to ask why the UK has reached...

Restaurants which took part in the Eat Out to Help Out scheme. Clockwise from top left: The Gurnard Press, Gurnard; Bargemans Rest, Newport; The Steamer Inn, Shanklin; The Fishbourne Inn, Fishbourne, The Sun Inn, Hulverstone More than 200 Isle of Wight outlets took part in the governments Eat Out to Help Out (EOHO) scheme last summer...claiming back more than £2.5 million. In an effort to put money back into the local economy and support the hospitality sector after the first coronavirus l...