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BBC News By Oliver Wright image copyrightPA Media image captionFrank Turner performed to a socially distanced audience at the Clapham Grand in July 2020 Music venues across England have remained largely silent for the past nine months after the coronavirus pandemic forced them to close their doors. As the unwanted anniversary of a year without live music approaches for some, musician Frank Turner is once again picking up his guitar to help. "If you had told me back in March last year," says Fra...

The Year Of The Vaccine Advertisement January 06, 2021 As 2020 came to a close and the new year opened up, Covid-19 infection rates went soaring again—in a second wave that included a new, apparently more contagious, strain of the virus. Nevertheless, at the same time, a wave of optimism washed through world economies as vaccine excitement took hold, especially in the West. In December, the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine got emergency approval and the EU, UK, US and Canada opened vaccination campaig...

From safety-first thinking to support local shopping, CosmeticsDesign-Europe takes you through nine ways beauty consumption changed during COVID-19 this year (Getty Images) The ongoing coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic has mightily impacted consumer behaviour, with many upcoming beauty trends fast-forwarded and new purchase and usage patterns appearing. Here, CosmeticsDesign-Europe brings you the nine ways beauty consumption changed this year. COVID-19 would create a ...

Peter Summers/Getty Images Depending on who you believe, a Brexit deal may be just around the corner - or just a fading dream. European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said yesterday that there had been “movement” in the negotiations following the extension of Sunday’s deadline for reaching a future trade agreement.  “This is the architecture we are building,” she told an Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) conference in Paris. “We are fine ab...

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