All over 50s have been offered a first dose of a coronavirus vaccine in Wales
All four UK governments had pledged to vaccinate all over 50s by mid April. Wales Online reports that the Welsh Government has hit the key vaccination target. Everyone over 50 and all at-risk adults with underlying health conditions have been offered a first dose of a...Life in lockdown: Stories from isolation
The coronavirus lockdown has presented unprecedented challenges for many of us. But, amongst the darkness there have also been plenty of heart-warming stories in the media about people rediscovering old passions, isolating with friends, and finding new and creative...Get your motor running… 6 of the best UK road trips
If there’s one thing many of us need now, it’s a holiday. But while we can’t go for a getaway just yet, there’s nothing to stop us dreaming about what we’ll do when the worst of the pandemic is over, and lockdown begins to ease. After months of confinement, the idea...Countryside visitors urged to say hello, stick to footpaths and bin dog poo
An update of the Countryside Code is being published on the 70th anniversary of the booklet’s first publication. Silver Surfers reports that visitors to the outdoors are being urged to say hello to other people, stay on footpaths, and bag and bin their dog’s poo in a...Holidays may be in the UK this year, but Costa del Berwick can cost just as much as a trip to the Med
We have reached the stage where a seaside break, once the beloved if kitsch balm for working Brits’ souls, has become a rarefied luxury that’s too expensive for millions of people. Did you have a good Easter? Go anywhere nice? Let’s face it, just leaving the house...Reduce your grocery bill: How to grow new vegetables from kitchen scraps
A pair of keen allotmenteers offer a guide to growing new plants from veg cuttings, fruit stones and pips. When you’re depositing your kitchen scraps – including old spuds, vegetable seeds and stones in the bin, or on the compost heap, think again. There are...Alan Titchmarsh: Gardeners are interacting with nature and encouraging it along
As Alan Titchmarsh launches a new show, he talks about career changes, the joy of gardening, and reducing his carbon footprint. There is one thing you can be sure of following an interview with Alan Titchmarsh. The much-loved gardener, presenter, and novelist, who...Holidays abroad are back on the horizon after lockdown – but the future for long-haul travel remains uncertain
With a roadmap to freedom now set out for much of the country, providers are raring to get us going again. But travelling further afield could look markedly different to pre-pandemic times. Not long ago, the concept of hotel quarantine was about to become a reality...Next stage of Covid vaccine rollout after over50s ‘to be decided partly by ethnicity’
It comes after it was revealed more than 15 million people in Britain have now had their first dose of a coronavirus vaccine, according to Government figures. Third phase of the mass coronavirus vaccine rollout will target people by ethnicity as well as age, it has...Ourplace News
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