Lake District

• LONDON, July 5, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Families are taking advantage of this week's teaching strikes in England by booking last minute UK getaways, according to Parkdean Resorts' sales data.
• With national strikes today and Friday, bookings this week at the UK's leading holiday park operator are up by 20.4% compared with this week last year.
• Parkdean Resorts is the UK's leading holiday park operator, with 66 parks across the country.
• Xavier Vallee, Chief Customer Officer, Parkdean Resorts, said: "The teachers' strikes have presented an unexpected opportunity for families to take a short break before the summer holidays, and there's huge demand for a long weekend in the UK.

• Chicken eggs have been eaten at Easter for centuries.
• Eggs have long symbolised rebirth and renewal, making them perfect to commemorate the story of Jesus’ resurrection as well as the arrival of spring.
• Although nowadays eggs can be eaten during the fasting period of Lent, in the middle ages they were prohibited along with meat and dairy.
• For Easter – a period of celebration – eggs and meat, such as lamb (also a symbol of renewal), were back on the table.
• Across Europe, eggs were also given as a tithe (a sort of yearly rent) to the local church on Good Friday.
• The Wordsworth Museum in the Lake District still has a collection of eggs made for the poet’s children from the 1870s.

From dyed eggs to chocolate eggs

• Although dyeing patterned eggs is still a common Easter activity, these days eggs are more commonly associated with chocolate.
• Catholic theologians did connect chocolate with Easter in this time, but out of concern that drinking chocolate would go against fasting practices during Lent.
• Chocolate remained expensive into the 19th century, when Fry’s (now part of Cadbury) made the first solid chocolate bars in 1847, revolutionising the chocolate trade.
• Even in the early 20th century, these chocolate eggs were seen as a special present, and many people never even ate theirs.
• It was only in the 1960s and 1970s that supermarkets began to offer chocolate eggs at a cheaper price, hoping to profit off the Easter tradition.
• With rising concerns over long-term chocolate production and bird flu provoked egg shortages, future Easters might look a little different.

• However, it's not just outer space that will soon have better connectivity than huge swathes of the UK.
• David Hennell, Director at National Broadband commented: "The disparity between digital 'haves' and 'have nots' in the UK is sadly growing.
• If your broadband speeds pale in comparison to the moon, take a look at National Broadband's 4G rural broadband solutions.
• Utilising data from the Fair Internet Report , National Broadband analysed median download broadband speeds and typical download broadband speed ranges of 1,339 cities, towns and villages in the UK.

• Kendamil has committed at least 2 million cans or 54 million 8-ounce bottlesof formula to the U.S. between June and November 2022.
• United Airlines will transport Kendamil formula pro-bono to the U.S. over a three-week period, commencing June 9.
• Shortly thereafter, two types of Kendamil formula Kendamil Classic and Kendamil Organic will be available on shelves at Target nationwide, as well as online through https://us.kendamil.com/ .
• Launched by the Biden Administration, Operation Fly Formula was put in place to speed up the import of infant formula and alleviate the burden that many families are experiencing across the country due to the formula shortage.