The easing of restrictions has provided much-needed Christmas cheer and hospitality businesses have seen bookings flood in
Number 1, Kellyâs Eye. It was Herefordshire who called for a full house in the latest game of Covid Tier Bingo, making them one of just four English regions with the fewest restrictions bestowed upon them. This sparsely populated pocket of cider farms, ancient woodlands and charming hamlets joins Cornwall, the Isles of Scilly, and the Isle of Wight with a little more to shout about over Christmas.
While it may come as a surprise that a central county flanked by its Tier 2 neighbours Gloucestershire, Shropshire and Worcestershire would find itself in Tier 1, it came as no surprise to me. Not only is Herefordshire the fourth least populated of Englandâs thirty nine historic counties, its residents have managed to keep Covid cases down to circa 50 per 100,000 people.