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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Colin Drury

‘Kids are still struggling’ Five years on, how the Covid pandemic changed life on a single UK street

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Lee and Nina Churchus, who have six children, said the weekly shop was one of the biggest challenges of lockdown - (Colin Drury/The Independent)

It was a moment unprecedented in British history. Five years ago this weekend, as the then novel Covid-19 virus threatened to overwhelm UK hospitals, the entire country was placed into lockdown.

Nothing like it had ever happened before. Shops, schools, pubs, restaurants, nurseries, gyms, libraries, museums and leisure centres were all shut down, with Britons ordered to stay at home. Police were granted powers to fine anyone caught outside without good reason.

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