Covid-19: What have lockdowns and restrictions meant for musicians?
By Laurence Cawley
image copyrightAnna Mae Kelly
image captionAnna Mae Kelly has written more than 30 songs since the start of the pandemic. With lockdown easing planned, she is looking forward to playing live gigs in front of audiences
Unable to perform up close and in person, the Covid-19 pandemic has been a difficult time for musicians. The BBC spoke to those involved in the music scene in Corby, which currently has the highest infection rate in England, about what they have been up to and their plans for post-lockdown life. I m going to try to get as many gigs as possible
Covid-19: I am just really looking forward to reopening
By Laurence Cawley
image captionSylwia Chrostowska says she is looking forward to reopening in April
Following the prime minister s announcement about the easing of lockdown restrictions, the BBC spoke with a number of independent traders in Bury St Edmunds, a quintessential English market town. I m missing people I said to my husband this morning, I m going to the shop , partly to escape the home-learning duties but also just to get out of the house and be here, she says. And the sun is out, spring is around the corner and I am just really looking forward to reopening. It is all fine.
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Covid-19: Policing the coronavirus law breakers
By Laurence Cawley and Dotty Macleod
BBC News
image captionBetween the start of the pandemic and late December, Cambridgeshire Constabulary had issued 280 fines
Since the onset of the pandemic last March, thousands of people across the UK have either been fined or criminally prosecuted for coronavirus-related offences. What is it like for police officers having to tackle the Covid-19 rule-breakers?
Cambridgeshire, with its mix of cities, large towns and rural areas, is a fairly typical English county.
Its inhabitants, however, are far less likely to be fined for coronavirus rule breaches than those in most other parts of the country.
In Pictures: The Covid-19 volunteers supporting front-line NHS staff
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Across England an army of volunteers is supporting the NHS in the battle against Covid-19. The BBC met some of them to find out why they stepped forward.
image caption It is fun and you get to meet loads of new people and you get to see the goodness in people, says Izaak De May, an 18-year-old Ipswich student volunteer at the town s hospital. Mr De May, who is now considering a future working within the NHS, says: It is really rewarding and you know you re doing something right.
image caption It is refreshing and it feels good to be helping, says Rachel Laurence, who volunteers at the vaccination clinic in Colchester. A full-time worker during the week, she decided to volunteer at weekends because she was at home, bored and felt she needed to do something.