Today’s local news plus sport, weather and travel news including details of bus changes with Lucy Davies, Kate Fairweather and James Robbins.
In today’s news
More Petersfield families feel the direct effects of Covid-19 as case numbers and deaths continue to increase locally, Petersfield town Council is still offering its Lockdown Helpline Service for those who are unable to leave home, an independent Petersfield business received a boost from showbusiness royalty this weekend and the East Hampshire community lottery results are out.
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80 death in TOTAL since March 2019 NOT in the last week. Get facts right please to avoid misinforming people: https://coronavirus.data.gov.uk/details/deaths?areaType=ltla&areaName=East%20Hampshire
Also, using per 100K figures can also not be helpful as again it can mislead folks. Petersfield only has around 20K residents. Use raw numbers:
https://coronavirus.data.gov.uk/details/cases?areaType=ltla&areaName=East%20Hampshire
Thank you Rob – we have corrected the error in that report and will broadcast a correction tomorrow morning. Shine Radio covers four different measurement zones and the rate per 100k is used so listeners can make meaningful comparisons between the areas. This is the approach taken by all media. We have included specific case numbers in some reports and will see how we can do that more often if you find it useful.