Buying bitcoin in the UK

has anyone done it recently, I last purchased it before the UK government restriced it, iv tried topper (which I used last time), coinbase and PayPal and all don't work because im in the UK. iv tried using vpn's but I get stuck when its asking for mobile text confirmation. any help would be appreciated, the chat helper ran out of ideas.

TLdr, how are you buying Apollo in the UK?