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Say my car tank holds 60 litres. My anxiety level used to be about 5 litres (1/12). Now it kicks in around 1/4. For some people, they may be getting antsy at 1/3 or 1/2 level. People panicing are not idiots. This is about mental wellbeing (same as pasta and loo rolls). Until all petrol stations are ...

Oodles of vaccinations, mouths covered by tea bags, politicians jetting off to the sun, flight path towards herd immunity for the young and anti-vaxxers, 100 cricket, and full football stadiums next month.

There will not be another lockdown this year.

I confess to being chess consultant to BBC's Eastenders. Last night, Patrick spectacularly checkmated Ted (Christopher Timothy - AKA James Herriot in All Creatures Great and Small) in the allotment shed. On Monday, Ted was practicing in his shed and played a RxN Sicilian Dragon sacrifice as black wh...