BBC: Covid: ‘Most dangerous time’ of the pandemic, says Prof Whitty. “The UK will go through the ‘most dangerous time’ of the pandemic in the weeks before vaccine rollout has an impact, England’s chief medical officer has warned. Prof Chris Whitty urged people to minimise all unnecessary contact with others. The next few weeks will […]
NBC News: Faced with mounting cases, England announces new lockdown. “British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Monday announced a new national lockdown in England, including the most stringent level of restrictions since the start of the pandemic, to slow down the spiral in new cases of Covid-19 on the same day the U.K. started the […]
New York Times: Lockdown Gardening in Britain Leads to Archaeological Discoveries. ” Gardeners in Hampshire, a county in southeast England, were weeding their yard in April when they found 63 gold coins and one silver coin from King Henry VIII’s reign in the 16th century, with four of the coins inscribed with the initials of […]
BBC: Covid-19: Hospitals under pressure as coronavirus cases rise. “Hospitals in the south of England say they have seen a ‘real rise in pressure’ as the number of Covid patients needing treatment increases. Saturday was described as one of London Ambulance Service’s busiest in history amid the rapid spread of a new variant. The service […]
BBC: Coronavirus: Trains cancelled over Covid-related staff shortages. “South Western Railway (SWR) is cancelling services because so many train crew have contracted coronavirus or are self-isolating. West of England line trains via Salisbury are starting and terminating at Basingstoke until 23 December. Services between Salisbury and Bristol are also cancelled.”
Reuters: UK police arrest 155 in anti-lockdown protests in London. “Police in London said on Saturday that they had made 155 arrests as they tried to break up anti-lockdown and anti-vaccine protests. The police said the arrests had been made for different offences including assaulting a police officer, possession of drugs and breaching coronavirus restrictions. […]
Washington Post: Britain tries to swab all of Liverpool in pilot of mass coronavirus testing. “‘Liverpool can beat TB’ proclaimed a 1959 public health campaign urging the whole of England’s third-largest city to get X-rayed to screen for tuberculosis. The same attitude is being applied to the coronavirus, as Liverpool attempts to quash its outbreak […]
BBC: Coronavirus: New Covid tier system comes into force in England. “England has returned to a tiered system of coronavirus restrictions after its second national lockdown ended. The tougher new system has come into force hours after being approved by MPs in a Commons vote.”
Reuters: COVID infections in England doubled during October – Imperial College study. ” COVID-19 infections rose sharply in October with double the number of cases reported by the end of the month compared to the beginning, a large prevalence study led by Imperial College London said on Thursday.”
City A.M.: Google searches for ‘takeaway pints’ rise 3,000% in a week. “Brits are missing the pub during the latest coronavirus lockdown, new research showed, as searches for reopening dates and takeaway pints rocketed during the first week of new restrictions. According to analysis of Google data, last week searches for ‘when can pubs reopen […]
BBC: Football before lockdown: Your last football match before lockdown. “As England continues through another national lockdown, the return of fans to football grounds seems as far away as ever. With that in mind, we asked you to get in touch and reminisce about the last live game you watched. These are your stories.”
Variety: At 172 Years Old, London’s Regent Street Cinema is Rallying to Survive: ‘We’re Independent. We Can Do This.’. “Located at 307 Regent Street, a short distance from the bustle of Oxford Street’s shopping district, the theater has long been considered the birthplace of British Cinema. Though it was opened in 1848 to host live […]
BBC: Sheffield knife-makers: More cutlery history unearthed . “More than 100 people have answered an online plea for more information about knife-makers from the steel city of Sheffield. The Name on a Knife Blade project found new stories and unrecorded knives made in the South Yorkshire city after its search for descendants in September. One […]
BBC: Cumbria’s M6: Photo archive shows motorway at 50. “It is one of the highest stretches of motorway in the country, covering 36 miles (57.9km) between Lancaster and Penrith. The road, which incorporates the Lune Gorge, was opened on 23 October 1970. Photographs of the construction of the motorway, by John Laing Construction Ltd, have […]