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Wedding receptions are back on… but with COVID-19 guest and catering restrictions

Weddings receptions in the form of a sit-down meal are finally being allowed to go ahead from August 15, according to another Government easing of lockdown restrictions. So, you’d initially tried on ten dresses, spent hours deliberating bridesmaids colours, and spent weeks choosing the perfect wedding venue, then coronavirus happened and everything was cancelled or put on…

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Dionne Brown and Maciya Smith had one of the first weddings after UK lockdown restrictions were eased

First Birmingham wedding held following lifting of COVID-19 lockdown restrictions

One of the first post-lockdown weddings to take place since restrictions was lifted went ahead at a Pentecostal church in Birmingham on Saturday. Getting married on the 4th of July at noon, Dionne Brown and Maciah Smith became one of the first Birmingham (and maybe even in the Midlands) couples to marry after recent coronavirus restrictions were eased.

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Birmingham amateur barber goes viral helping viewers with lockdown haircuts

An amateur barber from Birmingham has gone viral by helping people with lockdown haircuts over social media. Anthony Weir, a graphic designer at Creative Media Design, learned to cut his own hair before the lockdown and is now helping others via Instagram Live. As the coronavirus pandemic continues to ravage the world and whole populations…

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Birmingham volunteers have joined forces to create essential scrubs for NHS staff

Meet the Birmingham volunteers creating scrubs for NHS staff still without basic PPE

A group of Birmingham women have stepped in to provide NHS workers with essential scrubs, as the government continues to fall short of delivering vital PPE to frontline staff. Despite being hit financially and socially by the coronavirus crisis, a team of women from across the city have joined forces to help coordinate the production and distribution of scrubs.

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The government's self-employed coronavirus crisis support package was initially £94 per week

“I can’t pay my bills” – UK’s self-employed freelancers respond to government coronavirus plans

As the government responds to short term financial fears of millions of UK workers due to the coronavirus crisis, self-employed freelancers react with shock as they feel ignored by the government’s suggestion to ‘sign on’. While worried about paying the bills, or keeping a roof over their heads, the government has responded with a minimum living wage…

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