Are there any mountains left unclimbed?

Bad service

Economic growth fell by 2.6% in November, the month of the second lockdown, compared with falls of 7.3% in March and 18.8% in April. The pandemic has achieved what has eluded recent governments, in rebalancing the economy away from services. Since February:

— Services have contracted 9.9%
— Manufacturing has fallen 4.9%
— Construction is up 0.6%

The most affected sectors of the service economy were:

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— Hair and beauty: 24.4% of businesses reported zero turnover
— Pubs: 27.4% reported zero turnover

Source: ONS

Unclimbed peaks

A team of Sherpas made the first winter ascent of K2, the world’s second-highest mountain. Are there any mountains left to climb?

— Gangkhar Puensum, a 24,836ft peak in Bhutan, remains unclimbed. Bhutan banned attempts to reach its summit in 1994, for religious reasons.
— Muchu Chhish, a 24,591ft peak in Pakistan, defied attempts in 1999 and 2014.
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