The Latest Breaking News from New Year

How to get £5 off a Chinese takeaway to celebrate the Year of the Tiger

Chinese New Year is on Tuesday, February 1 - here's how to get £5 off a takeaway to celebrate

Wales Online · Feb 1, 2022

Fireworks ban pays off as Beijing records best air quality for Lunar New Year's eve

A ban on fireworks ahead of the Beijing Winter Olympics helped China's capital record its cleanest air for a Lunar New Year since it first started monitoring air pollutants, known as PM2.5, nine years ago.

Reuters · Feb 1, 2022

UK records 92,368 Covid-19 cases in spike as reinfections counted for first time

The UK's Covid-19 case numbers have substantially dropped since peaking around New Year’s when 245,182 cases were recorded on January 4 - meanwhile, the UK Health Security Agency has begun to include data on possible reinfections in its dashboard

Daily Mirror · Feb 1, 2022

Chinese Travel for Lunar New Year Despite Plea to Stay Put

Chinese are traveling to their hometowns for the Lunar New Year, the country’s biggest family holiday, despite a government plea to stay where they are as Beijing tries to contain coronavirus outbreaks. The holiday, which starts with Chinese New Year's Eve on Monday, usually is the biggest annual movement of…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Jan 29, 2022

Lanarkshire disability sports club gets £5k New Year cash boost

They have benefited from the Community Mental Health and Wellbeing Fund grant

Daily Record · Jan 29, 2022

Douglas Blyde discovers the best Biujiu cocktails for Lunar New Year

Three excellent cocktails based on the best selling Chinese spirit

Evening Standard · Jan 28, 2022

What wines to drink with Chinese food

Don’t just plump for an off-dry white to see in the lunar new year: with so much variety in a Chinese spread, try matching styles instead of individual dishes, and don’t neglect the reds

The Guardian - UK · Jan 28, 2022

Chinese travel for Lunar New Year despite plea to stay put

Chinese are traveling to their hometowns for the Lunar New Year, the country’s biggest family holiday, despite a government plea to stay where they are as Beijing tries to contain coronavirus outbreaks

The Independent UK · Jan 28, 2022

Swiss maison welcomes Year of the Tiger

According to the Gregorian calendar, the New Year begins on Jan 1 while the Chinese New Year falls on a different date each year, following the lunar cycle and the addition of a leap month to the Chinese calendar every two to three years.

Bangkok Post · Jan 27, 2022

Mayo Clinic Minute: Exercising in the new year

Keeping to a New Year's resolution is so difficult for some that there's even a day on the calendar for those unsuccessful to abandon their plans: Jan. 17, which is known as "Ditch New Year's Resolution Day." But before all hope is lost and the new workout gear is tossed…

Tribune News Service · Jan 27, 2022