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Coronavirus: ‘The care home lockdown sent my senile grandad into spiral of decline’ – Lockdown News

15 August 2020 By Port Elizabethan

Coronavirus: ‘The care home lockdown sent my senile grandad into spiral of decline’: As I wheeled my grandad Martin up the ramp and into a taxi which would take him away to the care home, I repeated the white lie my family had agreed might make this painful scenario slightly easier.
Source: “Coronavirus Lockdown” – BingNews.

Coronavirus in Ireland: €1,000 enterprise support grants to help sole traders back to work: Sole traders such as taxi drivers, plumbers and electricians who have lost work due to the coronavirus pandemic can now apply for up to €1,000 in grant aid to help with their business costs.A total of …
Source: “Coronavirus Lockdown” – BingNews.

River Island to cut 350 jobs in management shake-up: The move comes just a month after it had already said it would cut 250 head office staff as part of cost-cutting measures.
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

Restaurant boss is left stunned after receiving more than 800 applicants for 15 new roles: Wayne Chadwick, owner of York Roast Co, said it used to be difficult to recruit staff, but he has been inundated with hundreds of applications after posting 15 job openings online.
Source: “Coronavirus Lockdown” – BingNews.

Eleven Sale Sharks players choose not to kneel in support of Black Lives Matter: Rugby has returned for the first time since lockdown this weekend and, as has been the case in the majority of sports post-lockdown, some players have opted to take the knee …
Source: “Coronavirus Lockdown” – BingNews.

Coronavirus rule changes: What you can and can’t do from tomorrow as salons fully reopen: Indoor theatre, beauty treatments and soft play areas will be back on the cards from this weekend – as well as fans being allowed back into some sporting events. Here’s what you can and can’t do from …
Source: “Coronavirus Lockdown” – BingNews.

Friday’s Real Madrid transfer talk news roundup: Cristiano Ronaldo, Lionel Messi, Jadon Sancho: The summer transfer window has now begun, with rumours and speculation continuing to swirl as Real Madrid eye possible reinforcements. Florentino Perez oversaw a significant overh …
Source: “Coronavirus Lockdown” – BingNews.

Continuing home education after the coronavirus lockdown: We had never considered home education before lockdown but we realised that Aedan was happier, more engaged and producing a better quality of work.” Share this with Email Facebook Messenger Messenger …
Source: “Coronavirus Lockdown” – BingNews.

Coronavirus outbreak at 2 Sisters factory declared over: A coronavirus outbreak at a meat processing factory in north Wales has been declared over by public health officials. Some 217 coronavirus cases were found among the 560 staff at 2 Sisters on Anglesey …
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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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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