Category: England, United Kingdom

May to trigger Brexit on March 29

… for states. A 27-year-old in Los Angeles, also with an annual income of $40,000, now gets $180 in tax credits for health insurance . An agent in the NY office had no knowledge of new carry-on restrictions affecting electronics, when reached by …

Centenarian Melvina Ferguson praises a hand of Goda

The secret to a long life lies within the lineage of Melvina Ferguson – a St Thomas native who, on February 20, 2017, celebrated her 100th birthday. “Me feel good man, an me nuh even feel mi gone to that,” Ferguson said last week as she gave a hearty laugh during an interview with the Jamaica Observer.

Get outta my club! Eastenders legend Phil Mitchell set to make appearance at Mercy

Eastenders favourite Phil Mitchell, played by actor Steve McFadden, will swap Albert Square for Prince of Wales Road for a club appearance at Mercy in Norwich. The 57-year-old actor, who has been in the BBC1 soap for 27 years, will appear at the club on Friday, March 10. A spokesperson for the Cabana Club, Mercy’s popular Friday club night, said: “We’ve been planning this event for a long time and are very excited to announce his appearance at Cabana Club.

Ellutia Chromatography Solutions opens new state-of-the-art facility in Cambridge, UK

Ellutia Chromatography Solutions, the world-renowned gas chromatography instruments and solutions company, officially opened its new state-of-the-art facility in Lancaster Way Business Park, Ely, on 28th February 2017, consolidating its offices, laboratories, production and warehouse on one site. Ellutia is the first occupier within the Enterprise Zone at the business park and the official opening was attended by Mark Garnier, Minister in the Department for International Trade and Lucy Frazer, MP for South East Cambridgeshire.

Act on cancer signs, urges award-winning East Lancashire GP

AN award-winning cancer GP from East Lancashire is urging men to get themselves more clued-up on prostate cancer – as the condition is set to become the most common in the UK. Dr Neil Smith is leading the fight to raise awareness of the cancer for clinical commissioners in Blackburn with Darwen and East Lancashire as part of an awareness month in March.

Downham Market woman raises the bar for Dechox charity challenge in mum’s memory

Laura Harwin with 11 week old Sierra Harwin from Downham Market A self-confessed chocaholic from Downham is taking on a Dechox challenge to raise funds for a charity she has close connections with. New mum Laura Harwin, 30, is attempting to give up the sugary snack for the whole of March to raise money for the British Heart Foundation , after losing her own mother to a rare heart condition in 2010.

Tributes to Black Country DJ who has died aged 44

… in Roberts Green Road, Gornal, where he retired from his job as a branch manager for Travis Perkins due to his ill health. His sister Sonia said: “He was well known around the Black Country for being a great DJ, but more importantly to us, he was a …

‘I’ve got a duty to help people’: Ex-Norwich City player Cedric …

For, three months after speaking to this newspaper to reveal his 14-year battle with anxiety and depression, he has opened his heart again to tell how the decision to go public has transformed his life. The 39-year-old, who played for the Canaries between 1998-2001 and previously won a Uefa Cup runners-up medal with Bordeaux, has been signed up as a mental health ambassador and is doing everything he can to share the message that being open is crucial when you have a mental health issue.

Free range egg labels explain ‘temporarily housed’ hens

Marks and Spencer has promised to continue paying the free range egg price to producers who are having to keep birds indoors after the end of February. In the United Kingdom, the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs issued the housing order in anticipation, before cases were reported in Wales and Northern England.

Free range egg labels explain ‘temporarily housed’ hens

Marks and Spencer has promised to continue paying the free range egg price to producers who are having to keep birds indoors after the end of February. In the United Kingdom, the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs issued the housing order in anticipation, before cases were reported in Wales and Northern England.

Can’t-Miss Spots for a Perfect London Honeymoon

Speaking of royalty, is there anywhere more impressive and highbrow than the home of the world’s most famous , London? If you’re heading to England’s historic capital to celebrate your newlywed status, make sure to add these can’t-miss , located in the heart of the stylish Knightsbridge neighborhood and overlooking Hyde Park. So British, in fact, that the Queen herself learned to dance in the hotel’s ballroom, also where Will and Kate had their rehearsal dinner.

Keighley Town Council issues warning to fend off bird flu threat

OUTBREAKS of avian flu creeping closer to Keighley have prompted Keighley Town Council’s allotments officer to issue a warning to allotment holders who keep poultry or other captive birds. Lee Senior said the council is aware of instances of this disease as close as Gargrave and Addingham , adding that the town council is continuing to take advice from the Government’s Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs.

Anger over bus that never came

A DIABETIC carer was left angry with a Chippenham bus service after he was left waiting in the cold for nearly two hours for a bus that never arrived. Jonathan Hemmings was left waiting at Chippenham bus station for the X33 service to Devizes on Saturday morning and contacted Faresaver when the service failed to turn up at its scheduled time.

Poultry club chairman says news of suspected bird flu outbreak is a “constant worry”

The chairman of a poultry club has spoken of her fears following a suspected bird flu outbreak near the Norfolk-Suffolk border. The Lowestoft and Great Yarmouth Poultry Club, which has its headquarters at Grange Farm in Barsham, near Beccles, holds three shows a year, and cancelled its spring show which was due to be held on Sunday after news of the outbreak first came to light.

Thinking Out Loud by Suffolk’s Ed Sheeran tops list of favourite love songs

In order to find out which tunes get people in the mood for romance, HMV asked their 2,000 staff to short list songs from a selection of popular classics and modern day love songs. The comments received on the social networking site revealed very clearly that people became emotionally attached to the songs that soundtrack their lives, with their wedding day being the ultimate time to look for a special song.

Dress like Ed Sheeran for under A 37k? St Elizabeth Hospice and ‘Young Ed’ can help

Hugo Fairbanks Weston, who played “Young Ed” in Ed Sheeran’s Castle on the Hill video is modelling the singer’s old clothes, which will be auctioned by St Elizabeth Hospice. Picture: ST ELIZABETH HOSPICE The sixth-form student who played a young Ed Sheeran in the video for his Suffolk “love song” has followed in the star’s charitable footsteps – quite literally – by wearing some of his old shoes and clothes.

The hearing was at Burnley Crown Court

A 47-YEAR-OLD man hanged himself on the day he arrived back from a two-week holiday in Crete, an inquest heard. Nigel Wilson, of Orpen Avenue, Burnley, was found dead by his partner in the garage of their home on September 28 last year, a hearing at Burnley Crown Court heard.

The hearing was at Burnley Crown Court

A 47-YEAR-OLD man hanged himself on the day he arrived back from a two-week holiday in Crete, an inquest heard. Nigel Wilson, of Orpen Avenue, Burnley, was found dead by his partner in the garage of their home on September 28 last year, a hearing at Burnley Crown Court heard.

Familiar names, faces return to movie theaters

Keanu Reeves returns as hitman John Wick in “John Wick: Chapter 2.” In this chapter he’s forced out of retirement by a former associate hoping to seize control of a shadowy international assassins’ guild. Wick travels to Rome where he squares off against some of the world’s deadliest killers.

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The family of a mother-of-three who has an aggressive form of cervical cancer are asking people to donate money to help fund treatment that is her last hope. Louise Gleadell, daughter of Leicester Riders’ assistant coach Phil Gleadell, was diagnosed with severe cervical cancer last year, despite never having missed a smear test.

Del Grou with his beard that he grew for more than a year

A High Wycombe man raised more than A 1,000 for a cancer charity, smashing his A 600 target, by growing his beard for more than a year. Del Grou, 44, who is originally from Marlow, decided he was going to grow his beard last January for Cancer Research, after three members of his family – his wife, brother and aunt – were diagnosed with the disease.

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The Finnish government has set an ambitious goal for residents in a bid to benefit their health — and their bank balances. Officials plan to make the country tobacco-free by 2040, meaning they want less than 2% of their adults to consume tobacco — in any form — by that deadline.

a Don’t get caught out by a cold snap – stock up to stay well this winter

GPs in Stoke-on-Trent and North Staffordshire are urging people with long-term health issues to keep medicine cabinets fully stocked – and don’t leave themselves at the mercy of the fast-changing winter weather. People living with chronic conditions such as diabetes, respiratory disease , heart disease, kidney or liver disease, or neurological disease, are particularly vulnerable when the temperatures drop.

Row over MS charity as third branch in three years prepares to close its doors

VOLUNTEERS battling to save a centre that supports 400 people with multiple sclerosis have been told there are “plenty of other charity shops” to work if they disagree with the closure, it has been claimed. It comes amid a row over why bosses at the MS Society have decided their Ayrshire and Arran Branch centre and charity shop is surplus to requirements with expectations it will close at the end of next month.

Girl who lost dad to leukaemia donates hair

A BRAVE young girl whose father died after a battle with leukaemia has taken the fight to beat cancer in a very personal way. Three years ago, 11-year-old Eduarda Lima and her younger brother Gustavo were dealt the cruellest of blows with the loss of their dad.

Bridgwater charity celebrates A 5,000 funding boost

Towards Tomorrow Together provide services including supplying memory boxes to Musgrove Park Hospital and hosting monthly support groups in Chard, Taunton and Bridgwater . The funds awarded to Towards Tomorrow Together from the Aviva Community Fund will be used to provide bereavement training to local holistic therapists before fully funding a course of up to six sessions of selected therapies, including aromatherapy, reiki, reflexology and hypnotherapy.