Cambridge City Council working towards reopening market following public pressure
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Cambridge City Council has stated that it is ‘continuing to work towards the safe reopening of the market’, following criticisms of its closure on 1st January.
Councillor Rosy Moore, the Executive Councillor for Climate Change, Environment, and City Centre, explained that ‘with fewer people using the space, we hope to be able to reopen for essential trade soon.’
This comes as an online petition calling on the Council ‘to reverse its decision to close the market such that essential foods stalls can continue to trade’ has gained more than 6,000 signatures at the time of writing.
GM NHIDCL Ladakh calls on CEC, discusses work on Zojila Tunnel
GM NHIDCL Ladakh calls on CEC, discusses work on Zojila Tunnel
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KARGIL Jan 2: General Manager, National Highways and Infrastructure Development Corporation Limited (NHIDCL) Ladakh, Ministry of Road Transport and Highways (MoRTH), Government of India (GoI) Bipin Kumar Chand called on the Chairman and Chief Executive Councillor (CEC), LAHDC Kargil Feroz Ahmad Khan at Council Secretariat here today.
Executive Councillor for Works, Mubarak Shah Nagvi, Executive Councilor for Zanskar Affairs Er Phunsog Tashi besides other concerned officers were present during the meeting.
General Manager, NHIDCL informed the CEC that blasting work is in progress at the Zojila Tunnel despite sub zero temperature at the site. He also informed that the draft DPRs regarding the Shinkula Tunnel has been submitted to the higher authorities with the aim of starting work on ground in the month of May-June 2021.
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Bromley Council will be making additional support available for those who have been left in financial hardship as a result of the coronavirus pandemic. The discretionary grant scheme is designed to help with essential living costs such as purchasing food or towards utility costs or clothing. The additional £151k funding is being given as part of the Government’s Covid Winter Grant Scheme, with the initiative in operation until the end of March 2021. It follows an earlier announcement, the week before Christmas, that around 11,000 children and young people would be eligible for £600k of additional support being given under the same government scheme.
Imminent failure looms for over 200 Lincoln businesses
Study on consequences of the COVID-19 lockdown
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218 businesses in Lincoln are at immediate risk of failing as they run out of cash, according to new research.
Professor Marc Cowling from University of Derby, and Professor Ross Brown from the University of St. Andrews have looked into the impact of the COVID-19 lockdown on the 100 largest cities and towns in the UK.
They found 218 Lincoln businesses at risk of imminent failure, which would put 2,552 workers into unemployment with little chance of finding a new job.
Professor Cowling said: “The immediate consequences of the COVID-19 crisis on the economies of our cities and towns will be extremely severe at a time when people are already struggling to make ends meet and pay their bills.”