The civil and medical authorities have urged families to stay in their own bubbles and their own gardens if they are celebrating bonfire night tonight, the first day of the second national lockdown.
Penn’s MP Dame Cheryl Gillan and Beaconsfield MP Joy Morrisey both voted in favour of the Government’s lockdown proposals in the House of Commons yesterday. Wycombe (and Tylers Green) MP Steve Baker was a teller in the No lobby and as such did not have a vote. However, he indicated earlier he would have voted against the proposal arguing that the economic cost of lockdown outweighs the medical risk. He told fellow MPs: “We have got to learn to live with this virus.”
The council said its libraries will be closed from today but said some will open next week to provide computer access and enable pre-ordered books to be picked up and returns to be made. The council’s waste disposal tips are operating normally with the restrictions they have implemented over the past few weeks.
Buckinghamshire Council leader Martin Tett said yesterday there had been a “very significant” increase in the number of over-60s contracting the virus, especially in the South Bucks area. Local figures will be available tomorrow.
The Squirrel at Penn Street is offering takeaway drinks while its stocks last. All drinks need to be pre-ordered and served in takeaway containers and cannot be consumed on the premises. The service is available between noon and 10pm seven days a week and is permitted following a change in the regulations yesterday morning after the pub trade said pubs forced to close will have to pour thousands of gallons of beer down the drain.
Penn Motor Company said it will be closing for a few weeks during the lockdown, from 12 November to 5 December
A snapshot survey of school attendance in Buckinghamshire schools on 15 October found the amount of pupil absence less than the national average. There was an average attendance of 93 per cent compared to 89 per cent nationally. The absences were almost all Covid related.
