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Page 2 Contents ® News & Sports Roundup 4 Creativity keeping road workers safe and the country moving 9 weltersORGANISATION New video tech to increase remote hearings in civil and family court 11 WORLDWIDE Comprehensive new funding package for councils to help address coronavirus pressures and Design and Innovation cover lost income during the pandemic 12 Additional tooling capacity - social media post 15 Visit us on-line at Ventilator Challenge hailed a success as UK production finishes 16 government-world.com Armed forces lead tributes to Dame Vera Lynn at her funeral 19 A silver lining - social media post 20 Advertising | Articles | News | Letters | Editorials HMRC invites hospitality industry to register for East Out to Help Out 21 Roll-out of 2 new rapid coronavirus tests ahead of Winter 22 welters organisation Government further boosts UK vaccine manufacturing capacity 26 P.O. Box 159 Carlisle, Great Britain CA2 5BG Office: 08702 416 422 Projects to heat homes through disused mines and faster offshore wind farm construction win E-mail: [email protected] government backing 28 Chamber stock - social media post 30 Submissions should be sent to New help on offer for disabled people working from home during the pandemic 31 Government WORLD, PO Box 159, Carlisle, CA2 5BG Pupils start returning to schools in England 32 Email: [email protected] Scottish diners eat more than 6.3 million meals to support hospitality sector 34 ISSN 1744-6996 Silage crop - social media post 36 Environmental issues - noise pollution 37 The Coronavirus edition of Big broadband boost for rural English shires and counties 41 Government World, embracing the full year of 2020, will be New Lighthouse Labs to boost NHS Test and Trace capacity 43 available later in the year. 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Page 3 Newsand sports Roundup Summary of the main news and sports events over the last three months By Paul G Bazeley for Government World July News Review offered UK citizenship after a controversial US President Donald Trump national security law was passed by officially declared his intent to In coronavirus news, pubs, restaurants China. China claimed the UK was violating withdraw the United States from and hairdresser were allowed to re-open international law and threatened to stop the World Health Organisation in England with strict distancing rules recognising the BNO passport (British (WHO) in 2021. The president in place. While restrictions were eased National (Overseas) Passport). notified Congress and the UN of earlier in the month further lockdown his intentions after he accused easings were postponed due to an The Casual Dining Group, who own the WHO of being under China’s increase in coronavirus cases. Places restaurant chains Café Rouge, Bella Italia control. Presidential challenger such as casinos and bowling alleys were and Las Iguanas, fell into administration. Joe Biden tweeted that he would told to remain closed after Boris Johnson They citied the Covid-19 pandemic re-join the WHO if he were to stated it was ‘time to squeeze the brake as having been a major factor in their become president. pedal’ now that cases were beginning to economic downturn. Ninety-one of the increase. outlets closed immediately leading to The UK Court of Appeal ruled that 1,900 job losses. Shamima Begum, a 20-year-old Protests continued in America and the EnchroChat, a military-grade encrypted who left the country to join ISIL UK over the killing of George Floyd by communication system used by organised in 2015, can return to the UK to American police and to raise awareness criminals, was hacked by police after a fight for her citizenship. The Home of racism with many of the protests being Europe-wide operation that lasted four Office had previously revoked her organised by the Black Lives Matter years. The hack led to the arrests of 746 citizenship while she was living in a movement. suspects and the seizure of more than refugee camp in Syria, they stated £54million in goods including cash, drugs that they were disappointed by Boris Johnson announced that up to three and guns. the decision and would apply for million Hong Kong residents would be permission to appeal. Page 4 and Norwich were relegated. results downgraded over a third A statue of Jen Reid, a Black Lives Matter of results. It was later announced protestor, was briefly erected without The delayed Formula One season got that students were able to use their permission on the plinth of the toppled underway with Valtteri Bottas won the first teachers predicted grades instead statue of Edward Colston which stood race in Austria before a hat-trick of wins of their algorithm results. in the centre of Bristol. The statue was for Lewis Hamilton put the other Mercedes removed the next day. Bristol Mayor Marvin driver top of the driver standings at the Joe Biden was officially nominated Rees stated that the ‘people of Bristol will end of the month. as the Democratic presidential decide its future’ when deciding what will candidate to run against Donald be placed on the plinth. Trump (the Republican candidate) August News Review in the November US Presidential A sealed copy of the Nintendo election. Entertainment System game Super Mario The UK economy officially entered Bros. from 1985 sold for $114,000. It recession for the first time since 2009. Jacob Blake, a black American, became a world record for a video game The economy shrank by 20.4% compared was shot several times in the back sold at auction. with the first quarter of the year. Lockdown by police as he tried to enter his measures due to the coronavirus saw car where his three children were It was announced that Johnnie Walker shops close and factory and construction seated. It is alleged that Blake Scotch Whisky will soon be sold in paper output fall leading to a decrease in had a knife before officers fired bottles. A trial for the environmentally household spending. A recession is seven shots. His family said he had friendly packaging is scheduled for 2021. defined as two consecutive quarters of been left paralysed from the waist economic decline. down, however, it is unknown if it July Sports Review is permanent. Protests broke out The Office for National Statistics reported around the Police headquarters in The Premier League concluded it’s the worst quarterly job losses in the UK Kenosha and cars were set alight 2019/2020 season with Liverpool being since the 2009 financial crisis. Later in the before a night-time curfew was put crowned the champions on 99 points, 18 month the Office for National Statistics in place. points ahead of Man City in second place. also claimed the UK’s national debt had Man United and Chelsea also managed to exceeded £2 trillion for the first time. Virgin Atlantic declared itself capture Champions League spots, while bankrupt and files for Chapter 15 Leicester and Tottenham secured Europa A-level results sparked protests after it was bankruptcy protection in New York League places. Bournemouth, Watford revealed the algorithm used to calculate after a large decline of international Page 5 flights due to the Covid-19 pandemic. The them clinch victory. transmission rate of coronavirus is company filed for protection after it told a ‘high or rising exponentially’. The court in London it would run out of money Bayern Munich beat Barcelona 8-2 in governments’ scientific advisor in September if a rescue deal failed.