Admitting defeat
8 May is celebrated as VE Day, but it is also a date which marks a significant English military defeat. It was the day in 1429 when the Earl of Salisbury’s forces were driven from Orleans by Joan of Arc, an event which provoked an English retreat from the Loire Valley and marked a turning point in the Hundred Years’ War. The event is marked in Orleans with an annual Fête de Jeanne d’Arc, featuring a parade through the city led by ‘Joan’.
Upwardly mobile
Residents on the Isle of Wight were urged to install an app on their phones which is being used in a pilot scheme for tracking contacts of people who have been diagnosed with coronavirus. How many people own a smartphone, by age group?
18-24 | 93%
25-34 | 94%
35-44 | 92%
45-54 | 90%
55-75 | 80%
Source: Deloitte (2019)
There was no figure for over-75s, but in 2015 Ofcom suggested only 14% of over-65s use data services on a mobile phone.
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