The faded British seaside towns that are due a summer renaissance
Look beyond Cornwall, Devon or the Lake District and you ll find plenty of old-fashioned charm
This Welsh seaside town is well worth another look
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Could 2021 bring the “renaissance of the Great British Seaside Holiday”? This is the hope, and expectation, of Pete Waters, executive director of Visit East of England.
“After the end of the first lockdown last year, we saw a huge surge in holidaymakers to resorts such as Great Yarmouth, Lowestoft and Cromer, towns that were first made famous by the Victorian development of the rail network from the cities to the coast, and we think there’ll be a similar impact this summer,” he says.
A ONCE thriving airport hotel has been pictured trapped in time after permanently shutting its doors to paying guests two years ago. The Northern Echo obtained an exclusive look around the St George Hotel at Teesside Airport – the first time it has been publicly seen since it closed. Formerly officers’ accommodation when the airport was an RAF base, the hotel opened in the 1960s. >See the gallery below
Covid-19: 180 Stats SA members in isolation after four colleagues test positive
By Sakhile Ndlazi
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Pretoria - Statistics South Africa said yesterday 180 staff members were in isolation after four of their colleagues tested positive for Covid-19.
Spokesperson Trevor Oosterwyk said the employees were attending a training course at St Georgeâs Hotel in preparation for the upcoming census pilot project due to be carried out next month.
âDespite adhering to Covid-19 protocols such as social distancing, sanitising, wearing face masks and ensuring that we did not exceed the limited 180 people, we had four positive cases, said Oosterwyk.
It was unclear whether they had been infected before arriving at the workshop or picked up the virus at the venue.
Llandudno hotel cancels Christmas for first time in near 170 year history
St George’s Hotel said they had been forced to make the decision as restrictions become more and more strict
Christmas at St George s Hotel in Llandudno (Image: St George s Hotel)
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