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18 Dec, 6 tweets, 3 min read
2020... a year most of us will wish to forget.⁠ But amid the grizzly moments, there has been joy. ✨

Our readers have told us about the wonderful things that happened to them this year.

Read some of their stories in this *thread* 👇
👨‍👩‍👦‍👦 Claire and her family rediscovered the importance of spending time together.

"Our children have been happiest with our time rather than expensive experiences! We are very lucky"

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🏠 Kayleigh and her partner bought their first home in January and welcomed their son in February.

Arthur is now 10 months old

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💖 Nine fell in love, moved in with her boyfriend and are about to spend their first Christmas together⁠.

"What better way to get to know each other than to live through your first year together in a pandemic!"

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⁠🚴 Colin started a new job as lead mechanical engineer in Singapore.

"I also took up cycling in this beautiful country, got myself fit and lost some weight"

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Looking for more?

Here are 10 good things that happened in 2020 👇
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Between January and June of this year, 1,924 girls and women died by suicide in South Korea

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"Given how much faster this new variant spreads it is going to be very difficult to keep it under control until we have the vaccine rolled out"

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ICYMI:

Boris Johnson cancels Christmas for millions

📌 Residents in tier 4 must stay at home

📌 Non essential retail, indoor gyms and personal care services must close

📌 People should not enter or leave tier 4

📌 People can only meet one person in an outdoor public space
Sixteen million people in London, the South East and East of England have been placed under tier 4 restrictions

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19 Dec
Boris Johnson is expected to host a press conference at 4pm today with the Chief Medical Officer Chris Whitty and Chief Scientific Adviser Sir Patrick Vallance.

Watch it live here 👇and follow this thread for the latest updates

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🚨 Breaking: Boris Johnson has called an emergency meeting of his Cabinet today to discuss how to control a fast growing mutated strain of coronavirus

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The Prime Minister will host a last-minute press conference at 4pm with the Chief Medical Officer Chris Whitty and Chief Scientific Adviser Sir Patrick Vallance
One source has suggested that MPs are looking at locking down all transport routes in the south east of England
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19 Dec
Britain's fondness for the Christmas season is timeproof

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1900: How much is that doggie in the window? In simpler times, shoppers in London on Christmas Eve

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