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financial hardship as a result
‘CANCELLED’ CHRISTMAS FEARS GROW
of coronavirus. The sum
ENVIRONMENT SECRETARY SAYS PEOPLE “MAY NOT BE ABLE TO
includes money to provide free
GET TOGETHER IN THE LARGER GROUPS THAT THEY NORMALLY
school meals over the school
WOULD”.
£30M SUPPORT PACKAGE A £30m package of funding is being made available to local authorities in Scotland to support people facing
holidays.
FOOTFALL DOWN 1.2% The latest figures from retail specialist Springboard show a 1.2% drop in footfall in the last week compared to the week before. This is a slight improvement on the 3.1% decline of the prior week. Almost all the drop in footfall was down to the high street where footfall fell by 3%.
COCKTAILS AT HOME
Concerns that Christmas as we know it may be ‘cancelled’ this year due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic have continued to grow as Environment Secretary George EustIce has warned that people “may not be able to get together in the larger groups that they normally would”. The Minister stated that it was “too early to say” what restrictions would be in place over the festive period but with Covid cases growing daily, the likelihood of anything approaching a ‘normal’ Christmas appears to be receding fast. The total number of cases is now approaching 918,000. Opposition parties have called for coronavirus rules to be the same across
all four UK nations this Christmas. Eustice commented: “We want people to have a Christmas that is as close to normal as possible. There will undoubtedly be frustrations about the restrictions, but people also understand we have to control the spread of the virus.”
Waitrose has introduced interactive ‘Cocktails at Home’ Experience Boxes in partnership with John Lewis which provide shoppers with key ingredients and kit to make home cocktails, and also include access to an online masterclass with a Waitrose drinks specialist. The boxes are priced at £69.
NOTTINGHAMSHIRE TO ENTER TIER 3 Nottinghamshire is to enter tier 3 from Friday and will include the entire county. Nottingham, Rushcliffe, Gedling and Broxtowe were originally due to move into the top tier tomorrow, but Mansfield, Ashfield, Bassetlaw and Newark & Sherwood will also now be included. City council leader David Mellen had earlier hit out at the delays and confusion, stating: “Nottingham people and businesses deserve clarity in difficult times. This is not good enough for our city.”
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