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The chaotic life of a Pharmacist during lockdown

The pandemic has been a bizzare time for everybody involved, whether you’re a stay at home parent or a doctor. Yet despite the uncertainty of it all, 20 year old pharmacy worker Abby Davidson, saw a rewarding side of the experience.  Abby has been working in a pharmacy in Lisburn, outside Belfast for over 3 years, alongside her university studies. She described going into the first lockdown as a terrifying experience for her and her […]

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Review: Emma Chamberlain’s podcast, ‘Anything Goes’ is my therapy

I think you know a podcast is a good one when even though its by a big and successful person, it feels like you’re listening to a friend on the phone. I’ve listened to various podcasts over the years, ones focused on drama, true crime, advice, interviews, the list goes on; however, I truly don’t think I’ll find one I prefer to ‘Anything […]

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Cancel Culture: Is it more destructive than helpful?

One of the beauties of social media is the fact that it allows freedom of expression, giving a voice to its millions of users in any and every subject you could think of.   However, over the last few years, there has been the rise of cancel culture, which is basically the movement of a large group on social media showing their disapproval to a certain person, […]

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Whilst they were partying, we were grieving

April 2020, was when I attended my grandad’s socially distanced funeral, which at the time the circumstances were kind of normalised. Yet, looking back, it was a completely bizarre and cold situation. My grandad spent his last months in a care home and with the Covid restrictions at the time, I wasn’t allowed to visit him. Dealing with a death of […]

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Meet the owners of Gloucestershire’s sustainable Christmas decor company

Decorating the tree is an activity we’ll all be taking part in shortly, with Christmas around the corner. The Cotswold Bauble company ran by husband and wife duo Abbie Duncan, 31 and Mickey Duncan, 37 is selling sustainably made and packaged baubles, to allow families to kick off their Christmas in an ecofriendly way.  The Cotswold Bauble company has been running for over 3 years now and originally started off as […]

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Care Home staff lose jobs as new guidelines state they must be double vaxxed

By Kiera Neal All care home staff in the UK must now be double vaccinated in order to keep their jobs, so they can keep the number of Covid cases in care homes as low as possible.  According to a press release that was released yesterday, by the National Care Forum, the government consulted the policy earlier in the year. However, the majority of the general public and patients in care did not support the mandation of compulsory vaccinations for carers.   […]

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Top independent fashion brands in Gloucestershire to support this Christmas 

By Kiera Neal Although it’s tempting to shop at the big highstreet/online brands this Christmas season, since the pandemic it’s become more important than ever to shop locally and support independent businesses. Here are some of the local Gloucestershire businesses you can support whilst doing your Christmas shopping.  Pink Vintage  Pink Vintage sells a range of vintage designer bags and jewelry items, from brands […]