With doubts hanging over foreign holidays this year, Britons are currently staycation-obsessed – and it’s Saint Clears in Carmarthenshire, Wales, that’s the hotspot, according to Airbnb. The home rental site has released data on 2021’s trending destinations – those that have seen the biggest year-on-year increase in searches among its users – and the top … Read more
Where Britons most want to visit post-lockdown based on Tripadvisor searches: Portree on the Isle of Skye is the staycation No1 and Soufriere in St Lucia the top hotspot abroad Tripadvisor revealed its trending destinations for Britons based on year-on-year increases in search volumes It then drew up two top 10 tables – one for … Read more
The already in-demand Cotswolds have reached new heights of desirability amid the coronavirus pandemic, new research has suggested. The area’s pretty rural villages have long been a favourite among the rich and famous, with homes in the area owned by Kate Moss, Jeremy Clarkson, David Cameron, Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen and the Beckhams, to name but a … Read more
DVLA says ‘SAM’ and ‘DAN’ are the most in-demand personalised registrations as Britons buy a private plate every minute in 2020 despite a massive decline in new car sales Nearly 370,000 personalised registrations have been purchased this year BEN, TOM and AMY join SAM and DAN in the top five most common searches Appetite for … Read more
While the eighties is often thought of as the decade that fashion forgot, Princess Diana was often applauded for her statement looks from novelty knits to her love of gingham. And the fourth series of The Crown has highlighted Princess Diana’s influence to a whole new generation, with eBay revealing new research that shows a surge in … Read more
Could Google help predict coronavirus outbreaks? Online searches for nausea and other GI symptoms of COVID-19 spike for four weeks before an uptick in cases Researchers looked at Google searches for gastrointestinal symptoms of coronavirus in 15 states between January 20 and April 20 Search terms included loss of tase, abdominal pain, loss of appetite, … Read more
Google searches for symptoms such as diarrhoea and abdominal pain could act as an early warning for a coronavirus outbreak, a study has revealed. Academics found there was a surge in coronavirus cases roughly three to four weeks after a spike in online searches for the symptoms. In New York, one of 15 regions examined … Read more
Google searches for ‘panic attack’ and other anxiety-related queries soared 17 per cent to a record high at the start of the coronavirus crisis, study shows Researchers studied Google searches dating from 2004 through to the present Start of the Covid pandemic coincided with spike in searchers for panic attacks Researchers are calling for more … Read more
Google trends data has suggested that more people are searching for information about coronavirus symptoms, raising fears of a second wave. On Monday, U.S. searches for ‘coronavirus symptoms’ hit a three-week high on Google. Over the past week, Arizona, South Carolina and Texas were the top states for such searches. Nationwide searches for ‘coronavirus testing’ … Read more
President Donald Trump’s effort to settle on a campaign slogan for his reelection campaign has been complicated by the coronavirus crisis and repeated street clashes. The president has repeatedly tried out the fresh ‘Transition to Greatness’ – a statement born of the grim reality of the start of the coronavirus outbreak. He has repeatedly said … Read more