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Six pubs have closed every week during Covid lockdowns as premises are demolished or converted

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Six pubs have closed every week during the three Covid-19 lockdowns with premises demolished or converted into housing or shops.  Figures released today showed 384 pubs have closed permanently during the national and tiered local restrictions over the past 14 months. The number of locals is down by one per cent from 40,886 to 40,502, … Read more

Hundreds of special forces hunt heavily armed Belgian soldier who vowed to fight lockdowns

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Hundreds of special forces troops have joined the hunt for a heavily armed Belgian soldier who has threatened the country’s top virologist and vowed to fight to the death against lockdown restrictions.  Corporal Jurgen Conings, 46, disappeared on Monday after threatening Marc Van Ranst, a leading academic who has become a public figure in Belgium … Read more

Land Securities hit by £1.4bn loss as lockdowns leave properties empty

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Land Securities hit by £1.4bn loss after lockdowns left properties empty and hammered rent income By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 22:01 BST, 18 May 2021 | Updated: 22:47 BST, 18 May 2021 Most of Land Securities premises – including Trinity Leeds shopping centre (pictured) have closed or unoccupied for months One of … Read more

Lockdowns led to 9% drop in knife crime in England and Wales compared to 2019

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Lockdowns led to 9% drop in knife crime in England and Wales compared to 2019 – as data shows Wiltshire was safest place to live during pandemic Data showed there were 5.6million crimes in 2020, compared to 6.1million in ’19 During both the national lockdowns knife crime numbers dropped nine per cent Wiltshire the safest … Read more

Minister hints tiered lockdowns are still on the cards amid rise of Covid hotspots in the North

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A Government minister today refused to rule out tiered lockdowns returning when England’s national measures are planned to end next month.  Environment Secretary George Eustice revealed No10 was ‘closely monitoring’ several localised coronavirus outbreaks that have cropped up in recent weeks. Analysis shows that while national infections have continued to plunge, there are 12 boroughs where … Read more

Minister hints tiered lockdowns are still on the cards amid rise of Covid hotspots in the North

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A Government minister today refused to rule out tiered lockdowns returning when England’s national measures are planned to end next month.  Environment Secretary George Eustice revealed No10 was ‘closely monitoring’ several localised coronavirus outbreaks that have cropped up in recent weeks. Analysis shows that while national infections have continued to plunge, there are 34 areas across … Read more

Alcohol-related deaths in England and Wales rose to highest EVER level in 2020 amid lockdowns

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Alcohol-related deaths in England and Wales rose to highest EVER level in 2020: Experts say Covid lockdowns helped fuel a 20% yearly rise in fatalities with almost 7,500 victims Office for National Statistics report published today found there were 7,423 alcohol-related deaths in 2020   Alcohol death toll was a fifth higher than in 2019 and … Read more

Alcohol-related deaths in England and Wales rose to highest EVER level in 2020 amid lockdowns

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Alcohol-related deaths in England and Wales rose to highest EVER level in 2020 amid Covid pandemic as experts say lockdown drinking exacerbated worrying trend Office for National Statistics report published today found there were 7,423 alcohol-related deaths in 2020   By Connor Boyd Assistant Health Editor For Mailonline Published: 11:25 BST, 6 May 2021 | Updated: … Read more

Survey reveals how Britons’ priorities have changed over the last year of Covid lockdowns

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Foreign holidays and nights out are less important to Britons than they were before lockdown, a new survey has revealed.   Instead, daily walks, spending lots of time with family and being able to work from home have become a greater priority than they were a year ago. The study, of 2,000 adults, found 43 per … Read more