19th April 2021 UK Deaths: 4. Harborough Infected: 13. Travel from India to the UK is being banned for non-UK and non-Irish citizens from 4 am on Friday. More than 10 million people in the UK have now received their second dose of the vaccine. Today, quarantine-free travel bubble between Australia and New Zealand began.… Continue Reading

12th April 2021 UK Deaths: 13 Harborough Infections: 49 As restrictions eased, pub gardens, shops, hairdressers, gyms, and zoos reopened in England. Shoppers flooded the High Street, with long queues forming outside many retailers. Meanwhile, millions in India are travelling to celebrate the Maha Kumbh Mela, despite soaring coronavirus rates. This month-long festival draws pilgrims… Continue Reading

5th April 2021 Easter Monday. UK Deaths: 26. Harborough Infected: 133. We woke to snow flurries and a biting wind. Sue had been expecting to play pétanque with her U3A group this morning, but thankfully the session was cancelled due to the weather. In the afternoon, she visited Doreen at her flat, as Doreen had been… Continue Reading

29th March 2021 UK Deaths: 23. Harborough Infected: 105. Today, six people, or two households, are permitted to meet outdoors and in private gardens. The government has also signed an agreement for up to 60 million doses of the Novavax vaccine to be manufactured in the North East of England by GlaxoSmithKline. The UK has… Continue Reading