Here's what readers of The News are aspiring to achieve in 2021

SO MANY plans and aspirations were put on hold when coronavirus swept across the globe in 2020.
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Now, a new year has dawned – and our readers have told us what they hope to achieve over the next 12 months.

From fulfilling simple pleasures they once took for granted to doing something totally new, here’s what they want to get up to in 2021.

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:: Nicky Turner: ‘Finish my degree, get a full-time job and get married.’

A golden sunrise above South Parade Pier and Southsea. Picture: Marcin Jedrysiak.  Instagram: @drone_photography7777A golden sunrise above South Parade Pier and Southsea. Picture: Marcin Jedrysiak.  Instagram: @drone_photography7777
A golden sunrise above South Parade Pier and Southsea. Picture: Marcin Jedrysiak.  Instagram: @drone_photography7777

:: Mark Roberts: ‘To go out more than my dustbin!’

:: Daniel Carter: ‘Save money and go travelling hopefully.’

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:: Joe Sweeney: ‘Get a vaccine, have normality and freedom back, throw away face mask.’

:: Graham Hyett: ‘To go to the Wedgewood Rooms and Kings Theatre like I should have done in 2020.’

:: Mandy Eburne: ‘Going home to see my family.’

:: Neil Taylor: ‘Visit the Historic Dockyard and have a few days’ holiday in Portsmouth/Southsea.’

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:: Joy Rumbold: ‘To give my family hugs, pick up and cuddle my two great grandchildren born this year and say goodbye to Covid.’

:: Keera Shaw: ‘Become debt free.’

:: Lorraine Wright: ‘To take each day as it comes to get us through Covid, no matter how fed up we all are. We have to keep going.’

:: Jemma Bachelor: ‘To move back to Portsmouth again.’

:: Lindsey Wilmshurst: ‘To appreciate what we have more.’

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