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Book and food retailer WHSmith has reportedly turned over a loss due to the coronavirus pandemic. This is likely due to travel restrictions being imposed in the UK, as WHSmith is primarily a brick and mortar store, as oppose to an online one. They reported a pre-tax loss of £226m, down from a £135m profit…
The government has confirmed that students will be allowed to go home for christmas and to spend the holidays with their families. The coronavirus pandemic currently doesn’t allow university students to travel home, and requires them to stay at their university accommodation. But, between December 3rd and December 9th, students will be allowed to make…
The PM Boris Johnson is reportedly not happy, after he was pushing into locking down the country on what he now considers “false data”. This comes after recently news that Mark Woolhouse, the professor of infectious disease epidemiology at the University of Edinburgh, believes that almost half of people in the UK with coronavirus or related symptoms…
The government has revealed that gatherings of 6 or more people will be illegal from the 14th of September. The rules, that come into effect Monday, have been put in place to stop even further rises in coronavirus cases, after a sharp rise recently. Sports teams, workplaces, people from the same household and schools are…
There have been 30 more confirmed coronavirus related deaths in the UK, as cases continue to rise. Cities such as Birmingham, Leeds and Liverpool have had a huge rise in cases recently, as concern grows within local councils. Up to Saturday, over 700 people caught coronavirus in Birmingham, marking the biggest recent rise in one…
Leeds is possibly a new cause for concern when it comes to the coronavirus. There have been local lockdowns across the country, and Leeds may be headed for a similar fate if numbers don’t come down soon. The councillors themselves in Leeds have warned that residents and visitors must make a “collective effort” to not allow themselves to…
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