Good morning,

Today’s ‘Monday Mind Workout’ is: Name that Tune:

Lyrics: “Bring me my bow of burning gold!

Bring me my arrows of desire!”

2 From a 1950s classic musical, it certainly won’t put a ­dampener on your mood.

Lyrics: “I walk down the lane

With a happy refrain.”

3 This rock masterpiece was rumoured to be the most expensive single ever made on its 1975 release.

Lyrics: “Because I’m easy come, easy go

A little high, little low.”

4 This ballad was written to comfort one of the band member’s sons.

Lyrics: “Take a sad song and make it better

Remember to let her under your skin.”

5 Patriotic song associated with the Royal Navy

Lyrics: “When Britain first, at Heaven’s command

Arose from out the azure main.”

6 The unofficial anthem of ­Yorkshire.

Lyrics: “Wheear ‘ast tha bin sin’ ah saw thee, ah saw thee?”

7 Ol’ Blue Eyes made it one of the most famous tunes in the world.

Lyrics: “Regrets, I’ve had a few

But then again, too few to mention.”

8 Fun times in a Yorkshire seaside town.

Lyrics: “Parsley, sage, rosemary and thyme

Remember me to one who lives there

She once was a true love of mine.”

9 This band certainly had an Edge in it.

Lyrics: “Through the storm, we reach the shore

You give it all but I want more.”

10 A regular feature of Last Night of the Proms.

Lyrics: “Wider still and wider shall thy bounds be set

God, who made thee mighty, make thee mightier yet.”

11 It only hit the number one spot in the British charts after the singer’s untimely death in 1980

Lyrics: “I hope someday you’ll join us

And the world will be as one.”

12 Typical Cockney’s song, according to the musical Me and My Girl.

Lyrics: “Any evening, any day

You’ll find us all

Doin’ the ——- —-.”

13 This 1997 movie theme song’s success did not sink like the ship.

Lyrics: “Far across the distance

And spaces between us.

You have come to show you, go on.”

14 The band’s warring brothers hate each other.

Lyrics: “And all the roads we have to walk are winding

And all the lights that lead us there are blinding.”

15 Always Sung before the FA Cup Final.

Lyrics: “Swift to its close ebbs out life’s little day;

Earth’s joys grow dim, its glories pass away.”

16 A favourite from The Forces’ Sweetheart

Lyrics: “I’ll never forget the people I met

Braving those angry skies

I remember well as the shadows fell

The light of hope in their eyes.”

17 It was the first record by a Welsh artist to top the US chart.

Lyrics: “And I need you now tonight

And I need you more than ever.”

18 Popular in New Orleans and football grounds.

Lyrics: “Oh when the trumpet sounds the call

Oh lord I want to be in that number.”

19 Found fame a second time around thanks to one of a hit film’s most romantic scenes.

Lyrics: “Lonely rivers flow

To the sea, to the sea.”

20 Penned when the writers were just 17, it features a famous sax riff.

Lyrics: “So I’m never gonna dance again

The way I danced with you.”

Good luck.

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Dear all,

Further restrictions on different households mixing have been introduced in Leeds from midnight tonight to help curb a rise in cases of COVID-19 and keep people in the city safe.

The latest seven day COVID-19 rate in Leeds is 98.5 per 100,000 people, with 8.4 per cent of those tested being positive and cases showing a consistent upward trend for a number of weeks.

Following detailed discussions between Leeds City Council, the government, Public Health England and partners, Leeds is expected to be named as an area of intervention today, meaning extra measures will be put in place to control the spread of the virus within the community.

Being named an area of intervention means new rules and guidance which is specifically geared towards how COVID-19 is spreading in Leeds are due to be introduced.

These measures will mean that from midnight today [Friday, September 25]:

• People in Leeds cannot meet or host people you do not live with in private homes or gardens unless they are in your support bubble. A support bubble is where a household with one adult joins with another household.
• You cannot visit someone else’s home or garden even if they live outside of Leeds, unless they are in your support bubble.
• People can still come inside your home or garden for specific purposes. These include where everyone in the gathering lives together or is in the same support bubble; to attend a birth at the mother’s request; to visit a person who is dying; to fulfil a legal obligation; for work purposes, or for the provision of voluntary or charitable services; for the purposes of education or training; for the purposes of childcare; to provide emergency assistance; to enable one or more persons in the gathering to avoid injury or illness or to escape a risk of harm; to facilitate a house move; to provide care or assistance to a vulnerable person.
• Existing arrangements for access to, and contact between, parents and children where the children do not live in the same household as their parents, or one of their parents will remain exempt.
• Friends and family can also still provide informal childcare for children under 14.

In addition to these restrictions, people in Leeds are also being advised:

• Not to socialise with people you do not live with, unless they are in your support bubble, in any public venue either in Leeds or elsewhere. Examples of public venues include pubs, restaurants, cafes, shops, places of worship, community centres, leisure and entertainment venues, or visitor attractions and parks.
• Not to visit friends or family in care homes, other than in exceptional circumstances. Care homes should restrict visits to these circumstances.
• To follow all relevant transport guidance when making a journey into, within or out of the areas affected, wear a face covering on public transport and try not to share a car with those outside your household or support bubble.

Restrictions will be continually monitored and reviewed and additional measures could be brought in the coming weeks if required.

Councillor Judith Blake, leader of Leeds City Council said: “We are acutely aware that nobody wants to see further restrictions placed on life in Leeds and alongside our partners we have been doing absolutely everything within our power to avoid that.

“But the safety of the city and the public simply has to come first and we have now reached a point where we all need to take additional steps to contain the spread of this terrible virus within our communities.

“How long these new measures last and how much further they may need go in the coming weeks and months will depend on everyone playing their part. We know there has already been some excellent partnership work taking place across the city and this will continue to manage outbreaks and help everyone stay safe.

“Building on that sense of community spirit, I’d appeal to everyone to follow these rules, consider the impact your actions could have on others and take your share of the responsibility for protecting our city.”

The new measures come after months of extensive work by agencies and partner groups across the city which has seen increased testing, community engagement and public awareness campaigns. This has also been supported by work alongside the city’s universities to prepare for the imminent arrival of students to start the new university year in Leeds.

Victoria Eaton, Leeds City Council’s Director of Public Health said: “Any restrictions on seeing the people close to you are incredibly difficult to take but these rules have been put in place to protect families, friends and neighbours from a virus which is spreading at a dangerously rapid rate.

“It’s vital that we all play our part in containing that spread by sticking to the latest rules and guidance and ensuring that we don’t put ourselves or each other at unnecessary risk.”

General advice continues to be:

• Wash your hands regularly and for 20 seconds
• Keep a safe distance wherever you can
• Cover your face in enclosed spaces 
• Stick to the national rule of six and try to limit contact wherever possible
• Isolate when you need to/are advised to e.g. after a holiday abroad, contact with someone with the virus, contacted by test and trace, in a bubble in education with a positive case – and draw on community support where needed.

For details on all current coronavirus guidelines and advice visit the government website or Leeds City Council coronavirus information pages.

Dear all,

‘Walking in the Woods’

That day I saw you I had been walking in the woods, bluebells becoming less blue, merging into green of ferns and a darkening tree canopy. A hollow pad pad on the path as I move to the edge; joggers running beside me, not distancing, saving energy and focus for their task, a displaced need forcing a migration from treadmill to wilder and less predictable tracks.

Sinking into soft leaf mould and fragmenting earth I glance to the suddenness of a new blue and darting V of a tail. Did you feel that too? A primitive and infinite impulse giving way to a willingness: to risk uncertainty, exhaustion, even death, to continue life?

Thank you for sharing this with us Becky, such a wonderful poem.