Sign up for our What's On newsletter - for all the latest whether you're staying in or heading out and about Around this time last year, after weeks of nerve-wracking news from across the world and the panic-purchasing of all the toilet roll in the country, the UK was plunged into its first lockdown.
Restaurants and bars were ordered to lock their doors, with the nation told to stay at home as the coronavirus pandemic tore across the globe.
At the time we all hoped it would be for a few weeks - the reality has been much more drawn-out. Sadly, after a year of so much uncertainty and so many u-turns, many of the region's hospitality businesses locked their doors for good.
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