Where Britons want to visit post-lockdown based on Tripadvisor searches: Isle of Skye’s Portree top

Where Britons most want to visit post-lockdown based on Tripadvisor searches: Portree on the Isle of Skye is the staycation No1 and Soufriere in St Lucia the top hotspot abroad Tripadvisor revealed its trending destinations for Britons based on year-on-year increases in search volumes It then drew up two top 10 tables – one for … Read more

Online searches for Covid symptoms can predict peaks 17 days before they happen 

Online search activity taken from Google can help predict peaks in Covid-19 cases up to 17 days in advance, a new study reveals.  Researchers from University College London created computer models based on online search query frequencies to gain insights about the prevalence of the disease in multiple countries, including the UK.  Models based on … Read more

Property searches double for the Cotswolds in lockdown

The already in-demand Cotswolds have reached new heights of desirability amid the coronavirus pandemic, new research has suggested. The area’s pretty rural villages have long been a favourite among the rich and famous, with homes in the area owned by Kate Moss, Jeremy Clarkson, David Cameron, Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen and the Beckhams, to name but a … Read more

SAM and DAN most popular personalised registration searches

DVLA says ‘SAM’ and ‘DAN’ are the most in-demand personalised registrations as Britons buy a private plate every minute in 2020 despite a massive decline in new car sales Nearly 370,000 personalised registrations have been purchased this year BEN, TOM and AMY join SAM and DAN in the top five most common searches Appetite for … Read more

SAM and DAN most popular personalised registration searches

DVLA says ‘SAM’ and ‘DAN’ are the most in-demand personalised registrations as Britons buy a private plate every minute in 2020 despite a massive decline in new car sales Nearly 370,000 personalised registrations have been purchased this year BEN, TOM and AMY join SAM and DAN in the top five most common searches Appetite for … Read more

Google’s top searches of 2020 are revealed and the list is dominated by coronavirus-related phrases

How to make hand sanitiser and cook your own KFC: Google’s top searches of 2020 are revealed… and the list is dominated by coronavirus-related phrases Google’s list of ‘big hitter’ search terms for 2020 is dominated by coronavirus Millions of questions were lodged around making face masks and hand sanitiser Searches for ‘KFC recipe’ and … Read more

HBO’s ‘Murder on Middle Beach’ director searches for his mother’s killer in new docuseries

HBO’s ‘Murder on Middle Beach’ is a deeply intimate docuseries directed by Madison Hamburg, who tries to investigate his mother’s murder and find her killer a decade after her death. Madison Hamburg was 18 years old when he got the call from his sister: Their mother had been stabbed and bludgeoned to death outside her … Read more

HBO’s ‘Murder on Middle Beach’ director searches for his mother’s killer in new docuseries

HBO’s ‘Murder on Middle Beach’ is a deeply intimate docuseries directed by Madison Hamburg, who tries to investigate his mother’s murder and find her killer a decade after her death. Madison Hamburg was 18 years old when he got the call from his sister: Their mother had been stabbed and bludgeoned to death outside her … Read more

‘Where is my baby?’: Migrant mother screams as she searches for boy who later died in Mediterranean

A migrant mother has been filmed crying out for her six-month-old son after being hauled onto a rescue ship after a dinghy capsized in the Mediterranean. ‘Did you see my baby? I lose my baby! Why me? Where is my baby?’ The woman from Guinea shrieks in the harrowing footage. Her baby, Joseph, was eventually … Read more