6 things to do in Peterborough this week
A small child explores One Small Step by Peter Walker.
One Small Step
Peterborough Cathedral from July 17
From Saturday you can see a giant representation of the lunar surface, created by the renowned sculptor and artist Peter Walker using imagery from NASA.
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The 36m x 7m art installation, entitled One Small Step, will transform a huge area of the floor in the north and south transepts, and under the tower, into an image of the moon’s terrain, showing all the craters and details of the lunar rock. Visitors will be able to walk on the surface and even locate the place where Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin made their Apollo 11 landing in 1969. Look out for supporting events in the coming weeks too. Dancing on the Moon (a silent disco), One Giant Leap (a lunar crafts day with teddy bear drop) and Moon with a View (seeing One Small Step from above, plus the view from the top of the tower). Mezzo-soprano Gabriella Pineda-Rodrigues will be giving a concert of Songs to the Moon, on July 24 at 7.30pm.
www.peterborough-cathedral.org.uk
Peterborough Vegan Market
Cathedral Square, July 17
From 10.30am to 4pm, the event will feature up to 35 stalls including a huge variety of vegan street food, artisan bakes, craft cheeses, handmade cosmetics, ethical clothing and jewellery, arts and crafts and charity stalls.
Community picnic
Bretton Park, July 21
The event - held next to the water park from 11am to 2pm - will have popular local resident ‘Dave the Clown’ bringing lots of smiles to
the faces of all age groups at 11:30am, followed by a Laughter Yoga session at 1pm.
All residents are welcome, all they need to do is bring their own picnic and something to sit on.
Community engagement worker, Kathy Shaw said: “Everyone who has tried Laughter Yoga says how uplifting it is, and Dave the Clown is a very much loved local character, I think it will be good few hours of fun.” The event is part of a programme of engagement activities to support community aims in Bretton, it is funded by People’s Health Trust, and supported by Royal Voluntary Service. For more information, please call Kathy 07714 091 073 or email
BLOCKBUSTER
Key Theatre tonight and tomorrow
Sam is an ordinary person, from an ordinary town. Then one day everything changes. In a race against time to save the world, Sam must solve an ancient mystery, defeat an alien army and protect the President of the United States. Can it be done?
BLOCKBUSTER is a live theatre show…of a movie brought to the stage by Lamphouse Theatre. Featuring a 40-strong digital choir and presented in real life widescreen, this hilarious romp will be a night out to remember!
www. keytheatrepeterborough.ticketsolve.com/
Salsa for beginners
The Fletton Club, July 18
A new six-week salsa dance course gets underway in The Ball Room, at the Fletton High Street venue from 7pm-11pm.
Silver Screen
Key Theatre
The film screenings continue tonight and tomorrow with Dream Horse. The film tells the inspiring true story of Dream Alliance, an unlikely race horse bred by small town Welsh bartender, Jan Vokes. On Wednesday, July 21, you can see The Father, a 2020 drama film co-written and directed by Florian Zeller, in his directorial debut, based on his 2012 play Le Père.
Tier 4 rules and exemptions: What you can and can’t do explained
A NEW Tier 4 ‘Stay at Home’ alert level was added to England’s coronavirus-tackling categories before Christmas.
Boris Johnson introduced the tougher measure to combat a rogue new strain of Covid - discovered through viral genomic sequencing - before England went into its third lockdown.
8 A giant snowball shaped into a coronavirus was seen on Parliament Hill in Hampstead Heath, January 24, 2021 Credit: Getty Images - Getty
What are the Tier 4 rules?
Tier 4 is, in essence, similar to a lockdown.
In this category, the ‘Stay At Home’ message continues - by law - to help stem coronavirus cases.
Meeting people inside:
The rules are strict: you cannot meet other people indoors unless you live with them or they are part of your existing support bubble.
You must stay at home and only leave for a specific purpose or if you have a “reasonable excuse”.
This includes going to work if it cannot be done from home, shopping for essentials such as food and medicine, attending education or training, using registered childcare, outdoor exercise and for medical reasons.
Meeting people outside:
You are allowed to take unlimited exercise alone, or in a public outdoor place with your household, support bubble, or one other person.
But indoor leisure and sports facilities, including gyms, must close.
One person can meet one other person outside in a public place.
Public outdoor places include parks, beaches, forest, public gardens, allotments and playgrounds.
8 Playgrounds, parks and public gardens can also remain open Credit: SWNS:South West News Service
Can people stay overnight?
No. Brits living in Tier 4 areas are not allowed to meet other households inside or stay overnight anywhere else.
The Government says those in these areas must stay in their homes to help combat the spread of the adapted virus.
The only way people can meet is outside - and the rules are strict.
What about support bubbles?
Support bubbles will continue in Tier 4, and overnight stays are permitted.
People can form a support bubble if they’re the only adult in their household, are under 18 and living without adults, are living with a disability which requires continuous care, or are living with a child under one.
You may need to change your support bubble if your circumstances change. Find out more about changing your support bubble.
The Government’s specific guidance is that people in Tier 4 “can exercise or meet in a public outdoor place with people they live with, their support bubble - or as part of a childcare bubble - or with one other person”.
Children under five, and up to two carers for a person with a disability who needs continuous care are not counted towards the outdoors gatherings limit.
8 People should not enter or leave Tier 4 areas, and Tier 4 residents must not stay overnight away from home Credit: PA:Press Association
What will be open?
Businesses that are providing an essential service can stay open.
Latest government advice states that this includes:
Supermarkets
Pharmacies
Garden centres and Christmas tree retailers
Building merchants and suppliers of building products and off-licences
Market stalls selling essential retail
Businesses providing repair services but only if they primarily offer repair services
Petrol stations
Automatic (but not manual) car washes
Vehicle repair and MOT services
Bicycle shops
Taxi and vehicle hire businesses
Banks and building societies
Post offices
Short-term loan providers and money transfer businesses
Funeral directors
Laundrettes and dry cleaners
Medical and dental services
Vets and pet shops
Animal rescue centres, boarding facilities, and animal groomers
Agricultural supplies shops
Mobility and disability support shops
Storage and distribution facilities
Car parks
Public toilets
Motorway service areas
Outdoor playgrounds
Outdoor gyms, pools, sports courts and facilities
Golf courses
Archery/driving/shooting ranges (outdoors)
Outdoor riding centres
8 Revellers enjoy a night out before restrictions were beefed up Credit: AFP or licensors
What about pubs, cafes and clothing shops?
Non-essential retail must close, including clothing and homeware stores, betting shops, tailors, tobacco and vape shops, electronic goods and mobile phone shops.
But, these stores can continue to operate click-and-collect systems, if goods are pre-ordered and collected off the premises, and delivery services.
Cafes, restaurants, pubs, bars and social clubs are also closed under Tier 4.
They can, however, provide food and drink through takeaways until 11pm, click-and-collect, drive-through or delivery.
Elsewhere, entertainment venues such as theatres, concert halls, cinemas, museums, galleries and casinos also remain closed.
What counts as ‘non-essential’? These businesses will shut in Tier 4 Clothes shops
Electronics stores
Car showrooms
Travel agents
Betting shops and adult gaming centres
Auction houses
Tailors
Car washes
Tobacco and vape shops
Card shops
Phone shops
Jewellery stores
Toy shops
Homeware shops
Bookstores
Music shops
What are the Tier 4 exemptions?
Just like in full lockdown, Brits in Tier 4 can only leave their homes for essential reasons.
All exercise is unlimited - unlike in the first lockdown, when it was initially restricted to just an hour a day.
Travel for some reasons - including education, childcare or an emergency - will be allowed.
When it comes to education, the Government says it must be formal provision - as in, going to class - rather than extracurricular classes such as music or drama tuition.
Communal worship can however still go ahead.
And people can still go to work - but only if they cannot work from home.
People can also leave home to buy food, or to collect any items - including food or drink - ordered through click-and-collect or as a takeaway.
8 Supermarkets can continue to stay open in Tier 4 areas Credit: Zenpix
Essential shops including supermarkets, convenience stores, pharmacies, petrol stations, hardware stores, banks, pet shops and post offices are allowed to remain open in Tier 4.
Brits can leave home for any medical reason, including to get a Covid test, to be with someone who is giving birth, to escape domestic abuse, or to get treatment for a pet.
People can also leave home to visit someone who is dying or someone in a care home, hospice, or hospital, or to accompany them to a medical appointment.
But those in Tier 4 won’t be allowed to leave their area to travel elsewhere, unless it’s for one of the reasons above.
Similarly, no one from Tiers 1, 2 or 3 can enter a Tier 4 area.
However, support bubbles will still be in place in Tier 4.
Those who are deemed clinically extremely vulnerable should not go to work.
They should also limit time outside of their homes, the Government says.
Brits across all tiers are advised to stay local, and “think carefully” about whether they need to travel abroad.
8 Minister for Covid Vaccine Deployment Nadhim Zahawi (right) at the Cullimore independent community chemist in Edgware, London Credit: Getty Images - Getty
Are Tier 4 restrictions returning?
Boris Johnson has raised hopes of a gradual return to normality as more Brits receive their Covid jabs.
While visiting a vaccine centre, the PM said on Monday, January 25, that the Government is “looking at the data as it comes in, looking at the rates of infection” when asked about the easing of restrictions.
Mr Johnson said the UK was on track to give the 13 million most vulnerable Brits a vaccine by February 15, adding: “But before then we’ll be looking at the potential of relaxing some measures.”
He added: “Now this massive achievement has been made of rolling out this vaccination programme, I think people want to see us making sure we don’t throw that away by having a premature relaxation and then another big surge of infection.
“We’re going to be looking at where we’ve got to on February 15. We’ll be deciding before then whether we’ll be getting schools back, but daily we’re looking at data and deciding when we’ll be looking to lift restrictions.”
8 Boris Johnson is keen to see the jabs rolled out across England Credit: AP:Associated Press
It’s too early to receive any confirmation about a return to Tier 4 restrictions, as Britons battle several mutant coronavirus strains.
And, given the huge toll the latest infection surge has placed on doctors, nurses and other heroes on the struggling health frontline, it’s expected that England will more likely ease back into tiered measures, rather than lift constraints completely.
In the meantime, a cabinet committee is considering the introduction of quarantine hotels for people arriving in the country, for mandatory self-isolation.
Also, Home Secretary Priti Patel has risen fines for selfish lockdown flouters.
Anyone caught going to a party of 15 or more people will be whacked with an £800 fine.
This will double each time a person breaks the rules to a maximum of £6,400.
8 Priti Patel has warned of tough fines Credit: AFP
Which areas would most likely be under Tier 4 rules?
It’s difficult to predict which areas would most likely be under Tier 4 rules - it depends on what the government’s scientific experts recommend.
Covid case rates in most regions of England are now at their lowest level since before the start of 2021, latest figures show.
In London, the rolling seven-day rate as of January 20 stood at 557.8 cases per 100,000 people - down from 770.6 a week earlier, and the lowest since the seven days to December 16.
Eastern England is currently recording a seven-day rate of 437.9, down from 561.4 and the lowest since December 17.
South-east and south-west England are also at the lowest level since before New Year’s Day.
The rate in the south east is currently 409.9, down week-on-week from 535.7 and the lowest since December 18, while in the south west the rate is 281.1, down from 351.1 and the lowest since December 30.
The figures, which have been calculated by the PA news agency using Public Health England data, suggest the England-wide lockdown introduced on January 5 is having an impact.
Across the Midlands and northern England, rates are down in every region, but not every area is quite back to levels last seen at the end of 2020.
North-west England, for example, is currently recording a rate of 441.3 cases per 100,000, down from 557.3 for the previous week and the lowest since January 1.
The West Midlands is presently at 524.8, down from 566.6 - again, the lowest since January 1.
In the East Midlands the rate is currently 386.5, down a little from 410.2 one week earlier, while north-east England has seen its rate fall slightly from 343.7 to 317.5.
Yorkshire & the Humber continues to record the lowest rate of any region: 241.2, down from 286.1.
The death toll is nearly 100,00
How homecare can have a positive impact on your loved ones
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Published: 10:50 AM April 9, 2021 Updated: 11:00 AM April 9, 2021
Caring Together is a charity supporting carers and provides homecare and breaks for people with a range of needs across Cambridgeshire, Peterborough and Norfolk. - Credit: Getty Images/iStockphoto
Homecare helps people live safely and more independently and this can have a positive impact on their physical and mental health, says Sarah Harvey, head of care at Caring Together.
The charity supports carers, providing homecare and breaks for people with a range of needs across Cambridgeshire, Peterborough and Norfolk.
Here she outlines how homecare – from personal care and medication support to meal preparation, shopping or enabling someone to take part in a hobby – can have a positive impact on those being cared for and their friends or family who are caring for them:
Q: How can homecare have a positive physical impact on those being cared for?
As well as leading to a higher overall quality of life, homecare is clearly linked to being able to maintain good mental health and wellbeing. - Credit: Getty Images/iStockphoto
At Caring Together, we provide person-centred care. This means we will work together to help people choose the support that best suits them and their family and recognise their own individual needs. It also means we understand these needs and the care we deliver is flexible and will change over time.
Our care is provided by highly qualified, consistent carer workers on a one-to-one basis, enabling them to fully understand an individual’s needs and to help them to enjoy a familiar environment, with their own belongings and even their pets.
Person-centred homecare can improve quality of life and wellbeing for the person being cared for, which in turn supports their good physical health. Our approach is evidence based, with research proving that there is a reduction in falls due to familiar surroundings and confidence when people stay at home. There is also less of a decline in function in those with conditions such as dementia.
Q: Are there positive mental and emotional impacts too?
Homecare can continue to provide and build upon familiar routines in a way that suits the individual. - Credit: Getty Images/iStockphoto
As well as leading to a higher overall quality of life, homecare is clearly linked to being able to maintain good mental health and wellbeing.
Being in your own home with your own personal possessions around you, continuing to live with your partner or family and being a part of the wider community, along with the dignity and familiarity of remaining in your own home means that people can continue to be themselves.
Homecare can continue to provide and build upon familiar routines in a way that suits the individual and will not change unless a person or their family want them too. This understanding and familiarity can mean less disruption for the person being cared for and give them greater peace of mind.
Q: What other benefits are there?
Remaining in their own homes enables couples to stay together and for people to be able to keep their pets, both of which are a huge source of support, comfort and motivation.
They are able to continue to be a part of their community and go out and about when they choose, as well as to receive help from their communities, who often serve as an important network of support, along with their friends and family. Their interaction with family and friends can remain informal and take place in a way that suits them, rather than being mandated by an institution such as a residential care home.
By remaining in their own home for longer, the cost to the person will be less than alternative options such as live-in or residential care and there can be support available from the local authority to help people to pay for their care where needed.
Q: What are the positive impacts of homecare for the carer?
We know that for many people, friends or family members are an important part of providing care or support when we’re not there. This can have an impact on the carers’ own health and wellbeing and ability to cope.
By providing care in the home, carers can have a break with the knowledge that the person being cared for is safe and receiving care from a care worker that they know.
They can use this time to do what is important for them, such as run errands, have a rest, do some exercise or continue a hobby; all of these things help their own physical, emotional health, and wellbeing, meaning that they can continue to care for their loved one.
Taking a whole family approach means that the person who is caring can be involved in all aspects of the care being provided and that they are listened to and their voices are heard. They are always up to date with what is happening and contribute to a person’s care plan as people’s needs change over time.
Q: What is the impact on a couple when one person can no longer stay at home?
Research has shown both parties go through similar emotions to suffering from a bereavement. This also has an emotional impact on the wider family and friends as they also feel a sense of loss.
By providing a whole family approach to care that responds to the needs of the person being cared for and those around them, our homecare enables people to stay in their own home for longer and continue to live their life in the way that they choose.
Of course, we understand that not everyone has a friend or family member who is caring for them and it is equally as important that they receive care in their home that suits their own individual needs.
For more information visit caringtogether.org, email homecare@caringtogether.org or call 0345 241 0954.