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Watch a report by ITV News Anglia's Rob Setchell The total number of Covid deaths in the UK now stands at more than 125,000. A year ago it was just fifty three. And it was on this day last year, March the 16th, that the Health Secretary Matt Hancock told us that our daily lives would have to drastically change. The coronavirus pandemic is the most serious public health emergency our nation has faced for a generation. Matt Hancock, Health Secretary speaking on March 16th 2020

Watch a full report from ITV News Anglia's Rob Setchell A 101-year-old war veteran from Norfolk has spoken about the isolation, loneliness and grief that have made 2020 the hardest year of his life. John Lister, a resident at Thorp House care home in Griston, near Thetford, says he still has nightmares about Nazi bombs and storming Normandy's beaches. But the coronavirus pandemic has brought a different sort of suffering. "It's being lonely," he said. "I mean sometimes I'm in my room and the only time I see anyone is when they bring my meals." In March, John and his wife Ella caught coronavir...