TO DO LIST
TRENDING BRIDGERTON
NETFLIX’S raunchy new period drama has been a hit with viewers with many taking to social media to say that its steamy scenes were just what they needed after a long 2020. Derry Girls actress Nicola Coughlan, right, is a delight as Penelope.
THE OXFORD VACCINE
THE Covid-19 vaccine created by Oxford University and Astra Zeneca has been approved for use in the UK, paving the way for mass rollout. The jab, which has been described as a “game changer”, was given the green light by the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) this week.
EATING MORE HEALTHILY
THIS is our top New Year’s resolution, according to a poll of 2,000 people. Others pledged to travel as soon as allowed and to do more to make a positive contribution closer to home, a study for gifting businesses owner Appreciate Group found.
THE QUEEN’S SPEECH
IT was the most watched television programme on Christmas Day beating the Strictly Come Dancing special and the soaps with 8.2m people tuning in to watch Her Majesty address the nation at 3pm on BBC1 and ITV.
TANKING SOPHIE ELLIS-BEXTOR
THE Murder on the Dancefloor singer became the first celeb to be knocked out of the new series of The Masked Singer. Not that any us were surprised to see her inside the Alien costume. Sophie herself said: “Even my one-year-old pointed at the telly and shouted ‘Mummy!’ when I started singing in the alien suit.”
JUNK FOOD
MULTI-BUY offers on junk foods will be banned from April 2022, under new government plans to tackle obesity. “Buy one get one free” and “three for two” offers on unhealthy food will be prohibited in shops and restaurants will be banned from giving free refills on sugary drinks.
2020
IT WAS the longest, strangest, toughest year ever for people the world over because of the global pandemic, but with vaccines now being rolled out around the globe, we can hopefully look forward to a happier, healthier, brighter 2021.
BOOZE
ONE in five people who drink alcohol are planning to take on Dry January this year. That means an estimated 6.5m will be going alcohol-free – up from 3.9m last year according to research by Alcohol Change UK.