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When Boris Johnson and his pals were sipping wine on the Downing Street terrace, I probably could’ve used some myself. Trying to come to terms with the fact that I was fundamentally unhappy in my life was hard to say the least, but had it not been for lockdown, I never would’ve realised just how […]
During the pandemic and lockdowns, thoughts went out to the elderly that were stuck inside and away from their families. But what’s the opinion of those whose jobs were to care for these people? Lauren Rhys-smith, 20, from Devon, reveals her first-hand experience of being a carer during the pandemic. Lauren began her caring career […]
It’s a dream that took Tara Mutton almost five years to build. In 2020 The Cornish Pudding Co was going to have a new HQ. It was the year each weekend had pencilled in for local food shows and fairs. The year the brand she had created was finally on the map. Little did she […]
“I’d wake up at around six in the morning to get to work for eight and start my 12-hour shift. I’d get home late and go to sleep only to wake up the next day and do it all over again”. As I sit opposite someone I have known my entire life, I start to […]
Student nurses have it tough at the best of times, but throw a global pandemic into the mix and suddenly it makes it ten times harder. Izzy, 19, is a second-year student nurse who has only ever known nursing during a pandemic. She was thrown in at the deep end. With the first placement that […]
It started like the common cold, constantly blowing my nose and taking paracetamol to tame the headache. Later, it developed into vicious migraines, sometimes taking my breath, so I struggled to breathe. I am fully vaccinated, I have even had the booster, yet for four to five days, I isolated myself from my family; this […]
“Initially, I was surprised I caught Covid as I had no symptoms”, my brother says while sitting on his bed watching a YouTube video of the Sidemen. Antonio’s first semester at Hartpury College was nearly over for the Christmas holidays. He was planning to meet his friends and go to family Christmas dinners. But on […]
A reoccurring symptom of Covid-19 has been the loss of taste and smell and many people have reported that their senses never went back to normal. It has been reported that 250,000 adults in the UK have suffered from Parosmia after Covid. ‘Parosmia’ is a condition where people experience unpleasant smell distortions. Today, UK’s leading […]
Morrisons has confirmed that sick pay will be cut for all unvaccinated workers that have to isolate due to Covid- 19. Unvaccinated workers who test negative, but still have to isolate, will receive statutory sick pay of £96.35 per week. Which is the minimum amount that an employer must provide as sick pay. If any […]
The 19th of May 2019 was my last day of college, and at the time, I didn’t realise it. There was a short period when all my friends and I thought it was an excuse to have a three-to-four-week holiday, how we were embarrassingly so wrong… I like to keep busy, and like many people […]
Locked in. Isolated. I looked outside my house and it was a ghost town after the first lockdown was announced. The whole process felt so surreal it was almost like a dream- or nightmare. I couldn’t help but have strong feelings of boredom after all the social aspects of my life were cut out. Sure, […]