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Covid: Piping competitions pay the price over pandemic travel restrictions

Thank you for signing up to The Press and Journal newsletter. Something went wrong - please try again later. Sign Up The Covid pandemic has put paid to Europe’s biggest pipe band competition – causing a multi-million pound blow to the Highland economy. The European Pipe Band Championships, part of the popular Piping Inverness event, was one of the biggest highlights of the instrument’s calendar in the Highlands, attracting 100 bands and 17,500 visitors when last held in the city in 2019. The setback has come at the same time another massive competition was called off in Lewis, and other major events such as the Black Isle Show are being cancelled across the region.

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One of the basic lessons from the pandemic is how interconnected we are - your mask protects me, mine protects you. Early outbreaks of Covid in meat-processing factories - where workers cannot practice social distancing - were exacerbated by the fact these low-income workers lack sick pay. Unable to afford to (willingly ) forego wages, workers masked symptoms, hoped for the best, and clocked in, with disastrous results.

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