Many people have discovered a love for gardening since the start of the pandemic.
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When the UK was first plunged into lockdown in March 2020, many who weren’t key workers or overnight home school teachers were left with an unprecedented amount of free time on their hands – and just when they really needed the distractions of everyday life the most. With restrictions in place once more, we meet people across the four nations of the UK who have managed to find the positives of life being on pause.
‘I’ve been working on helping others’
Aqeel Ahmed, 22, is a civil servant from Glasgow