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Coronavirus: ‘It’s not how I thought maternity leave would be’ – Lockdown News

18 August 2020 By Port Elizabethan

Coronavirus: ‘It’s not how I thought maternity leave would be’: More than 270,000 people have now signed petitions for parental leave to be extended by three months. Three women speak of their experience of being on maternity leave during the pandemic. Kirsty …
Source: “Coronavirus Lockdown” – BingNews.

Murder investigation launched after death of woman in south Belfast: The woman had not yet been named. She is the fifth woman to die in suspected violent circumstances in Northern Ireland since the start of the coronavirus lockdown. Emergency services were called to …
Source: “Coronavirus Lockdown” – BingNews.

Manctopia is a billion pound property boom: Coronavirus has left many people feeling uncertain about the future of the UK economy, but during the period covered by the new documentary series Manctopia: Billion Pound Property Boom, Manchester …
Source: “Coronavirus Lockdown” – BingNews.

AFTER COVID-19 group on Facebook: Amidst all the panic over the COVID-19 Novel Coronavirus Pandemic we need to also plan for what happens AFTERWARDS. This group is a platform to share some positive suggestions about what we personally, as business, community leaders and politicians can do to ensure a better life for all ONCE this pandemic has ended. Post your suggestions and advice freely and with a better, faster recovery in mind.
Source: AFTER COVID-19

Fitness coach shares the six-minute ab workout she swears by for a toned physique: An Australian gymnast-turned-fitness-coach has shared the six-minute ab workout she uses to tone her midsection – and millions have watched it during the coronavirus lockdown.
Source: “Coronavirus Lockdown” – BingNews.

Sunderland woman assaulted police officer after hospital escort: To browse the site with fewer ads, subscribe to the Sunderland Echo from just £2 per month. Agnieszka Hasiak, 36, was put in handcuffs at her home in Byron Terrace, Houghton, to avoid her behaviour …
Source: “Coronavirus Lockdown” – BingNews.

UPDATE 1-Britain’s hot weather keeps shopper numbers low: The country’s retailers, already struggling with high rents, business taxes, tight margins and online competition, have been hammered by the coronavirus lockdown. Thousands of job losses have …
Source: “Coronavirus Lockdown” – BingNews.

Heartbreaking impact coronavirus lockdown has had on this British high street: While some stores are thriving since reopening, others are suffering huge losses following lockdown, with little certainty about the future …
Source: “Coronavirus Lockdown” – BingNews.

Wheely fast: Gardener ‘sets speed record’ of 44.6mph on wheelbarrow: A gardener from Oxfordshire says he has set a speed record by travelling at 44.6mph on the back of a wheelbarrow. Kevin Nicks, 55, from Chipping Norton, built the Barrow of Speed during the UK’s …
Source: “Coronavirus Lockdown” – BingNews.

Japan’s economy shrinks at fastest pace on record, despite no coronavirus lockdown: World’s third largest economy reports biggest quarterly fall in GDP – but decline not as severe as US and Europe …
Source: “Coronavirus Lockdown” – BingNews.

CLICK HERE to join the AFTER COVID-19 group on Facebook and tell us what you have planned for AFTER the Coronavirus Lockdown.

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Port Elizabethan

This author is a 'catch-all' for occasional articles and letters written to MyPE. The Author of each article can be found in the signature at the bottom of each individual article.

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