Places where pub, takeaway and holiday are top of online searches

Many people are coping with lockdown cabin fever by dreaming of a time when they can leave home for more than an hour a day to socialise with family and friends or enjoy a fish supper.

They have turned to the internet in their droves to search for items such as pub, takeaway and holiday.

So what has been the most popular search among the nation's cities?

Pharmacy firm Treated.com used Google Trends in compiling a search interest report. Their findings show  that people living in Brighton searched for pub more than any other area of the country. London was second, Norwich third, Bristol fourth, York fifth and Liverpool sixth.

Dr Daniel Atkinson, GP clinical lead at Treated.com, said: “Many of us are likely missing our pubs and restaurants, because they are typically places of social interaction between friends and family.

“However, for some people the very absence of a pub might encourage them to go out and purchase alcohol, simply because they miss the ability to choose whether they want to go out, and may even lead to consumption levels higher than before the lockdown. It’s important we don’t fall victim to this.

“So let’s try to keep in mind the UK guidelines surrounding ‘low-risk’ drinking’ which are to consume no more than 14 units of alcohol per week. If you do drink 14 units a week, make sure you spread them out across the week with ‘sober’ days in between. And don’t ‘save up’ your units and consume them all on one day or night.”