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The COVID-19 outbreak has affected us all in very different ways. For some, it is the immediate heartbreak of losing a loved one, while for others the burden is financial rather than emotional.
People are queuing outside Primark, the Drive-Thru at Maccy D's has a 10-minute wait for nuggets and there's midweek Premier League football on the telly. Whisper it quietly, but things are finally starting to feel a bit more normal.
If ever a song summed up the spirit shown by the Northampton College community during lockdown, it's ‘Somewhere Over The Rainbow'.
With a further easing of lockdown restrictions meaning we can now see up to six family and friends in the comforts of our gardens, certain year groups heading back to primary school and more shops reopening, next week feels like it could be the most ‘normal' for a while.
If ever there was an easy target for the public to portray as the pantomime villain, it's professional footballers. These highly-paid and heavily-pampered stars may be at the pinnacle of their sport but that doesn't prevent them from receiving the full brunt of the public's anger when people are looking to play the blame game.
