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House-builders see sales plummet amid lockdown, but cheer recovery in demand – Lockdown News

10 July 2020 By Port Elizabethan

House-builders see sales plummet amid lockdown, but cheer recovery in demand: It comes after Chancellor Rishi Sunak announced a stamp duty cut on Wednesday to help boost the hard-hit sector.
Source: “Coronavirus Lockdown” – BingNews.

Video meetings turned into virtual auditorium with new Microsoft Teams feature: The tech giant is introducing a number of new features as competition among video communication platforms ramps up.
Source: “Coronavirus Lockdown” – BingNews.

Black Lives Matter: England & West Indies players take a knee: England and West Indies players all take a knee in support of the Black Lives Matter movement before the first Test in Southampton.
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

YouTube Kids app is now available on Amazon Fire TV: YouTube Kids, the family-friendly version of YouTube with built-in parental controls and a curated selection of kids content, is now available on Amazon’s Fire TV. The app’s arrival comes after Google …
Source: “Coronavirus Lockdown” – BingNews.

‘Go back to China and take your coronavirus with you’: Anti-Asian racist tirade caught on camera in T&T supermarket: A racist tirade caught on camera in Mississauga, Ont. on Tuesday has gone viral after a white, non-mask wearing man berated staff at T&T Supermarket who told him he couldn’t shop at the store without …
Source: “Coronavirus Lockdown” – BingNews.

Tattoo studios to reopen next week as coronavirus lockdown rules are relaxed: TATTOO studios are to reopen next week as the government confirmed the next stage of lockdown restrictions easing. Studios will be able to reopen from Monday July 13, along with beauty and tanning …
Source: “Coronavirus Lockdown” – BingNews.

Seventy-five percent of American parents witnessed a key moment in their child’s life while in self-isolation: FIVE percent of American parents witnessed a key moment in their child’s life while in self-isolation, a new study has revealed. The survey of 2,000 Americans, including about 1,200 …
Source: “Coronavirus Lockdown” – BingNews.

Husham al Hashimi: Renowned Iraqi scholar assassinated outside his home in Baghdad: Hashimi was a prominent expert on both armed Shia militias and Sunni insurgents groups Husham al-Hashimi knew his life was in danger. And late last year, heeding warnings, the Iraqi researcher and …
Source: “Coronavirus Lockdown” – BingNews.

London’s Brixton Academy to host 360-degree virtual reality concerts: Brixton Academy, one of London’s most iconic music venues, is set to host a series of live virtual concerts. Fans will be able to choose their spot from which to watch the shows, to mimic the …
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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