@DominaShantotto
They've published in The Post (so it'll be sooooo accurate) that certain areas within postcodes are not part of the restrictions. So we live within a postcode on the danger list but are in an excluded area. That's if they don't change their minds.
It doesn't help much. I've been trying to explain to DM (& may have lost my shit a bit in the process) that people living in the city cope by relying on family, friends & neighbours popping in & running errands for each other. Young mums with small kids see each other in each others' homes every day because they always have done- life is hard, they get by because they have each other. Going to the pub isn't about getting bladdered, it's about getting a cheap hot meal that they wouldn't make at home. If they fail to turn up at the pub because they've collapsed at home a mate will check on them later & get help.
Mixing households isn't about them disregarding the rules, it's how they cope.
Without those informal social networks people's physical & mental health gets worse.
And in my experience they are actually more likely to try to stick to the rules without questioning them.
(It took a lot of getting used to, doing community health work, & having my appointments completely sabotaged by neighbours popping in -no doors kept locked- with a loaf, the TV Guide & this week's tablets, & they'd launch straight in with, "Saw Jean at the shops, she's looking a bit peaky, I'll go up after," like I just wasn't there! Now I just go with the flow, & can see how useful those interactions are.)
I'm sorry about your uni course. I had a meeting about HCP students today. We are planning to have students on actual physical placements but we know it won't be the usual experience.
We also know how much extra support new graduates will need in their first jobs on qualifying.