CRITICISM of council members travelling to twinned towns and cities across the world or visiting New York for St Patrick’s Day met with sharp rebuttal at a recent meeting of the local authority. The council was seeking approval for members to travel to Fourchambault in France and Echternach,.... |
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Andrew McLennan. Starting as a producer for ABC radio drama and features in 1971, he returned from visits to radio stations in England, Europe and Scandinavia in 1976 to found and produce (with Jaroslav Kovaricek as presenter) 360 Shift , a fortnightly six-hour experimental audio and music program. |
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HIGHLIGHTS IN HISTORY ON THIS DATE. 1378 - Pope Gregory XI dies. 1625 - Death of King James I, the first Stuart king of England and the first to rule both England and Scotland. 1703 - Russia's Tsar Peter the Great founds St Petersburg. 1854 - In the Crimean War, France declares war on Russia. |
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A group of U.S. women using a podcast to tell how they were sexually assaulted is bringing other women forward to talk about rape. By Sophie Davies. BARCELONA, March 26 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - When Gabrielle Vega woke in a hotel room in Morocco and realised she had been drugged and raped she.... |
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The coronavirus epidemic continues to disrupt life across the world. The disruption is all but gathering steam in affected even virus-free African countries. The rate of infection is lower on the continent as compared to Europe, Asia and parts of the Americas, where lockdowns are in place. |
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Compiling lists of best songs by favourite artists. THE Beatles, The Rolling Stones, solo Beatles, Van Morrison, Velvet Underground, solo Velvets, Bob Dylan, Dusty Springfield, Aretha Franklin, The Smiths, The Fall, U2, whoever. Make a Top Ten or even Top 20, then send to friends to ask for their.... |
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Okay, so which actor said, “Slip me some skin!”? Where did he say it? Who did he say it to? What was the name of the movie? You do realise that I am merely showing off with my movie buff skills, right? Meanwhile, I’m just trying to introduce a post on shaking hands. |
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Nokia and Belgium’s Port of Zeebrugge have completed the first phase of its 5G-ready and industrial-grade private wireless network deployment. By integrating the Nokia Digital Automation Cloud platform, Zeebrugge would be able to offer private wireless connectivity to over 100 endpoints across the entire port operations. |
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The coronavirus epidemic continues to disrupt life across the world. The disruption is all but gathering steam in affected even virus-free African countries. The rate of infection is lower on the continent as compared to Europe, Asia and parts of the Americas, where lockdowns are in place. |
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I liked going to The Pictures, as we called them then. The first large screen image I ever saw was a hen – a Rhode Island red, which was shown on the white wall of Garrynamonie Primary School in South Uist by a lady we called “Cailleach nan Cearc” (The Hen Wife), who used to come round the islands once a year to encourage poultry production. |
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I’m a pastor, not an infectious disease expert. But there’s one thing I know about the unprecedented crisis: we need hope. I find that hope in words Jesus spoke to his disciples on the night of his crucifixion. He said: “Peace I leave with you. My peace I give to you. Not only as the world gives do I give to you. |
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