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“I’ve stood with people before, where they have confronted people and people are just like, ‘F*** off’, I don’t want to do that”. The coronavirus outbreak has highlighted how important essential supermarket workers are to households across the UK. Every day they’re putting their lives at risk to maintain some sort of normality. Supermarket employees […]
After he was made redundant from his previous job due to the pressures of Covid-19, Harry Hilsdon managed to find a new one within the police force. Harry Hilsdon now works as a criminal justice administrator in Oxfordshire. The 23-year-old’s training for his current job was much different to anything that he had experienced before: […]
‘When we first went into Lockdown and we recruited a large number of staff, I think my parents were proud of me.’ Rebecca Duglan, is 21 years old and works as a recruitment officer at Yeovil Hospital, working harder than ever before to provide more HCA’s, Pharmacists, and oversees occupational therapists to help the country […]
Ella Saunders, rotational pharmaceutical assistant- Great Western Hospital, Wiltshire. As she grabbed her Emma Bridgewater mug of chamomile and peppermint tea, Ella sat down in the corner of her room, surrounded by plants, vines and candles. ‘Welcome to my zen space’, she laughed. ‘It’s been a long day.’ When starting her first full time job […]
“The hardest part has definitely been that I can’t see people I used to see or just do simple things like having coffee with my friends or anything. I just feel as if I do the same s**t everyday and I’m so so tired of it.” Exhausted after another strenuous working day, Victoria Tomkins is […]
Phoebe Nott explores some of the best takeaway options in Cheltenham. I like to think of myself as a takeaway specialist in the worst possible way (I eat way too much of it). And what makes me such an expert- I love food a bit too much. My life revolves around what my next meal […]
Cheltenham-founded fashion brand Superdry has said that they are uncertain about their ability to keep their shops open in 2021 due to the Coronavirus. Superdry’s shares fell 52% in the in the 11 weeks covering the Christmas period up until the 9th of January. But, the silver lining is that online sales were up 13.2% […]
Phoebe Nott wants people to stop blaming students for everything I was in the queue to get into my local Wetherspoons. It was just before the 2nd lockdown. It was raining, I was wet, with no jacket because I wanted to look cute. We had been waiting outside for 40 minutes but I wasn’t mad, […]
Park Campus The University Gloucestershire campus is currently running asymptomatic testing for its students following governments advice for the Christmas period. The antigen test does not require laboratory processing and can turnaround results within an hour. Students are eligible to receive two tests before returning home for the Christmas Holidays. The NHS is also using […]
You may question who and why people are still buying fur; it seems that in this day and age the industry seems old fashioned and unsought after. Faux fur is everywhere and the love for animals never dies, especially now; lockdown caused a significant rise of pet adoptions according to Pets at Home which saw […]