QUOTES OF THE DAY
“Many infectious diseases never reach herd immunity, like measles and malaria and Aids and flu, and with increasing evidence of reinfection, we should have no confidence that we would ever reach herd immunity to Covid, even if everyone caught it. Herd immunity is a flawed goal without a vaccine, even if we could get to it, which we can’t”
Health Secretary Matt Hancock
“If you would expect to go into that restaurant normally, or pub, and order a plated meal at the table of a Cornish pasty with chips or side salad or whatever it comes with, then that’s a normal meal. This isn’t actually as unusual a concept as you might feel”
Housing Secretary Robert Jenrick
explains what constitutes a meal
“The new development proposed by Sainsbury’s threatens the hedgehogs’ very existence in this part of Surrey”
Queen guitarist Brian May objects to supermarket expansion plans in Burpham
29 horticultural groups growing food for their communities, 124 playgroups and nurseries, 75 village and community halls, £2.6 million worth of free school meal vouchers for 6,000 pupils across the UK, 80 groups that support people suffering with their mental health, as well as mental health charities Mind, SAMH and Inspire with £2m, 41 food banks, 104 community centres, 13 groups educating communities about nutrition, a £1.54m donation to the National Emergencies Trust to provide access to food, 45 services that teach people valuable skills they need to get back into work, 34 community transport services helping people get out the house, 45 support groups for people with learning disabilities, 51 youth centres, over 3 million Fareshare meals for people who needed a helping hand during the pandemic, 42 Men’s Sheds that help reduce isolation and loneliness, 337 Scout groups, 61 groups making dance, drama and theatre moreaccessible, 351schools, 131 football clubs on top of 155 other sports clubs, 56 groups supporting the homeless, 20 community groups for senior citizens, 21 local crime prevention groups, 54 family support centres, 70music groups, 37 bereavement groups, 22 organisations helping those who are partially sighted, 11 after school and breakfast clubs,