The faces of the British security workforce are rapidly changing, according to data released by the Security Industry Authority (SIA),

Manchester Partnership Board set up pop-up vaccine centres across the city to administer Covid and Flu vaccines.

“50 years from now, Britain will still be the country of long shadows on county (cricket) grounds, warm beer, invincible green suburbs, dog lovers, and – as George Orwell said – old maids bicycling to Holy Communion through the morning mist,” said former British Prime Minister John major in 1993. Interestingly, this was his vision of Britain in Europe. However, does his view of English county grounds reflecting the British character still resonate nearly 30 years on?

Within a decade people aged over 60 will outnumber children aged 14 and under – the UN calculate there will be one billion 60+ people by 2020 – and as people age their skin becomes weaker and more susceptible to infections.