Warning issued about suspicious social media adverts
The Chartered Trading Standards Institute (CTSI) today issued a warning about a series of prize competition adverts appearing on social media. Mature Times reports that particularly visible on the Facebook platform, the call for users to “like and share” the advert...‘Too early’ for British holidaymakers to be allowed to visit Ireland, new leader Micheál Martin says
Overseas arrivals in Ireland are still required to isolate for 14 days. Inews reports that Ireland’s Taoiseach Micheál Martin has said that it is too soon for British holidaymakers to return to Ireland without being quarantined. The country continues to ask overseas...National Trust to open gardens and parks for free to all.
The National Trust has announced that it will, where possible, open as many of its gardens and parks for free, but close its houses, cafes and shops to help the nation fight the spread of the coronavirus. Following the Prime Minister’s briefing, Director General...Trading standards teams at Heathrow Airport have stopped 6.5 million substandard face masks and 8,000 counterfeit hand sanitisers coming through the airport since the pandemic started, according to London Trading Standards (LTS).
LTS reports that the majority of masks seized had been labelled with false claims or fake safety certificates and around 4.25 million had to undergo label amendments before they were subsequently released. However, Mature Times reports that 2.25 million have been...Over 50s ‘more willing to immerse in local culture’ than younger travellers
A study by TUI Tours found the older generation are more likely to go off the beaten track and socialise with the locals abroad. The over 50s are more willing to immerse themselves in local culture than younger travellers, according to a poll of 2,000 adults carried...Ourplace News
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