France will enforce a month-long night-time curfew in Paris and eight other major cities and towns aimed at fighting the Coronavirus ‘second wave’, it was announced tonight. The capital will now shut down for nine hours from 9pm until 6am, in a bid to stop the disease circulating, said President Emmanuel Macron on Wednesday. This … Read more
Coronavirus outbreaks in student areas are much bigger in the universities than in the towns and cites around them, data shows. Analysis shows there are up to seven times more cases per person among certain student populations than in the public. Sheffield University reported 588 student infections in the week ending 8 October, which is … Read more
Germany today lined up tough new measures in its largest cities while hospitals warned of staff shortages amid an alarming spike in coronavirus cases. Angela Merkel and the mayors of 11 cities including Berlin, Hamburg and Munich have agreed the new rules, including bar curfews, outdoor masks and military assistance, which will kick in when … Read more
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Parts of the UK – including a number of university cities – could be plunged into local lockdown within days after ‘missed’ Test and Trace data belatedly revealed soaring infection figures – putting the areas over the threshold for a new three-tier alert system. Cities including Sheffield, Leeds and Oxford are among a dozen areas … Read more
Azerbaijan’s second-largest city, Ganja, has been hit by heavy shelling today as the country’s forces exchanged heavy rocket and artillery fire with Armenia over disputed territory. Fighting over Nagorno-Karabakh has intensified between the two nations’ forces in the last week, with the breakaway region’s capital and Azerbaijan’s Ganja both hit today. Armenia said that Nagorno-Karabakh’s main … Read more
More than half of residents in university towns and cities fear return of students will cause Covid spikes and lockdown restrictions, survey reveals Tens of thousands of students are due back on campus in the coming days A poll has suggested 57 per cent of people fear local restrictions will result Half of respondents believe … Read more
Donald Trump moves to DEFUND ‘anarchist’ cities’: President orders review to revoke federal funds from NYC, Portland, Seattle and Washington DC because they have allowed ‘lawless’ protests and a surge in crime By Keith Griffith For Dailymail.com Published: 00:21 BST, 3 September 2020 | Updated: 00:42 BST, 3 September 2020 President Donald Trump is taking … Read more
Last week, I saw a quote suggesting Britain is seeing a ‘polo mint’ effect – that is, city centres hollowing out and periphery towns buzzing with activity. This is where office workers have been remote working from home in the pandemic and since lockdown eased, are spending more money in local shops, cafes, restaurants, pubs … Read more