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The first Covid-19 vaccine ‘smart patch’ is being produced by British scientists. Two Covid-19 vaccines (Pfizer/BioNTech and Oxford/AstraZeneca) have now been approved and the mass rollout is well underway. Over 1.3 mil...
It will be one of seven to open in the UK next week. Pop-up vaccination centres are set to open in the UK next week, with Ashton Gate Stadium in Bristol, now confirmed to be one of seven to open first. Starting from Mon...
The Amazon rainforest will be wiped out over the next few decades, environmental expert warns. The Amazon rainforest is the world’s largest tropical forest, covering well over two million square miles. It also happens t...
It’s a dark, cold January, and we’re all being asked to stay home – luckily, the Body Coach is back to help us get up and moving! When the first UK lockdown hit and school children were sent home, the parents of nearly...
The UK’s lockdown rules have changed once again, but what does it all mean? Life as we currently know it has become quite confusing again with the arrival of England’s third nationwide lockdown, currently scheduled to l...
For the third time since March, England will enter a nationwide lockdown. New year, same old story, isn’t it? Despite the pages of the calendar flipping over to 2021, we’re getting in a throwback to 2020 qui...
Brian Pinker became the first UK patient to receive the Oxford vaccine this morning. 82-year-old dialysis patient, Brian Pinker, became the first person in the world to receive the Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine. The Oxford...
The tampon tax has been abolished after a six-year long campaign. The “tampon tax” has now been abolished in the UK after the government honoured its March commitment to remove VAT on women’s sanitary produc...
Any easing of restrictions would depend on the success of the vaccine and tier system, however. With almost 80% of England set to enter 2021 in Tier 4, the year isn’t exactly set to start on the front foot. Still, with...
Bristol will not level down (or up) today. Health Secretary Matt Hancock announced today that a number of areas across England would be moving into tiers with stricter restrictions, however Bristol will remain in the se...