The Charity Finance Group and the Small Charities Coalition have called on the government to rethink its small business grant fund after it emerged that small charities would not be eligible. The government had announced that small businesses would be eligible for grant funding of £10,000 to help them weather the Covid-19 pandemic. But only businesses that
Month: March 2020
A view of an American Airlines ticket counter in Terminal D at Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport (DFW) on March 13, 2020 in Dallas, Texas. Tom Pennington | Getty Images With air travel at a near standstill amid the COVID-19 pandemic, the Department of Homeland Security is extending the Real ID enforcement deadline a full year
Stokke expert Linda McNeill from The Positive Family Academy offers some fantastic tips to help families cope with life during the lockdown. Even at the best of times, modern life can be a careful balancing act. As parents, many of us have to juggle external responsibilities such as work, school commitments, and socialising, together with
Note: This article discusses sexual assault allegations. French Montana has been sued for sexual battery, The Blast reports. A woman under the pseudonym Jane Doe filed the lawsuit against the rapper, his employee Mansour Bennouna, and his label Coke Boy Records. Jane Doe’s lawsuit claims that she was invited by French Montana to his home
In the past survivalists and doomsday preppers with elaborate bunkers built to withstand a nuclear blasts were looked upon with derision. Then as gun sales and toilet paper robbery grew with the chaos gripped the United States thanks to the terrifying spread of coronavirus, survival bunkers are suddenly the stuff covered in the Wall Street
[Warning: The following contains spoilers from the Season 2 finale of A Million Little Things. Read at your own risk!] Oh, woe is us! The A Million Little Things Season 2 finale started out as a happy affair but ended us with us feeling completely heartbroken. The episode kicked off with Katherine (Grace Park) and
Nike reported quarterly sales that topped analysts’ expectations, thanks to a boost from its digital business and growth in North America, which helped to offset weakness in China due to COVID-19. Its shares shot up more than 8% in after-hours trading Tuesday following the release. Chief Executive Officer John Donahoe said the business is starting to
There was a time not so very long ago when attending a special event in a pair of sneakers was a surefire way to flag yourself to your shiny-shoed peers as a sartorial pariah. However, attitudes have shifted in unforeseen ways and what was once the scruffy outlier is now the footwear gold standard. The
Sony has unveiled a new poster for Morbius that teases star Jared Leto’s transformation into the infamous Spider-Man villain. Morbius is Sony’s follow up to box office hits Venom and Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse, the former consuming an impressive $855 million at the worldwide box office and the latter swinging its way to $375 million. Sony Pictures (via ComicBook)
By David Friend The Canadian Press Posted March 26, 2020 6:54 pm Smaller font Descrease article font size –A Larger font Increase article font size A+ Netflix is lowering video quality for its subscribers in Canada as it attempts to reduce soaring demands on internet bandwidth. The streaming giant says it will introduce changes today
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The emergency appeal to raise funds for charities affected by the coronavirus pandemic has raised more than £11m in its first week. The National Emergencies Trust, which launched the appeal last Wednesday evening, said it had begun distributing the first tranche of funds to local charities through community foundations across the UK. The funds include
(CNN) — Elephants forced to perform tricks and carry tourists in a Thailand park are to be liberated from their controversial work as a consequence of the coronavirus, the park’s owner says. Anchalee Kalampichit, the owner of Maesa Elephant Camp in Chiang Mai, northern Thailand, closed the park on Monday after tourist numbers plummeted from
These are challenging times in the property market, with a continually changing situation creating a great deal of uncertainty. The world is facing a crisis, and now the UK is in a temporary lockdown, but the outlook for the property market is not as bleak as some might imagine. The challenges of Covid-19 may present
Brendan McDermid | Reuters It might be premature to declare the bear market dead, but Thursday’s action sure checked off some important boxes. Conventional Wall Street wisdom is that bear markets, or 20% declines from 52-week highs, die on bad news, and Thursday featured some of the worst the U.S. economy has ever seen. Nearly
Amid the coronavirus crisis, NPR has temporarily revamped its beloved series Tiny Desk Concerts as Tiny Desk (Home) Concerts. For the latest installment, Margo Price performs from her home in Nashville with the help of husband and fellow songwriter Jeremy Ivey. Notably, her mini-set features the debut of a previously unreleased song called “Someone Else’s Problem”. Price’s
Fraser Hong Kong has sold the 44m Odyssey, a 2007 build by Danish shipyard Royal Denship. The transaction was an in-house sale by Adam Blackmore, who represented both seller and buyer. The 44m Odyssey was sold by Fraser Hong Kong within six months of listing Blackmore is a Sales Broker for Fraser and also Commercial
Actor Mark Blum, best known for playing Madonna’s love interest in the 1985 movie Desperately Seeking Susan, has died. The actor passed away due to complications of coronavirus. He was 69. Blum was a New Jersey Native, who also appeared in the 1986 movie Crocodile Dundee, as well as NYPD Blue, The Sopranos, and The
An unlikely bit-player in one of summer’s cinematic dramas has been the humble moustache. Or, to be more precise, the face-furniture attached to actor Henry Cavill. This became an issue because extensive reshoots for Justice League overlapped with the filming of Mission: Impossible – Fallout, for which Cavill had been required to grow a moustache (which
EXCLUSIVE: I hear the dailies of Jennifer Hudson in MGM’s Aretha Franklin biopic Respect are mind blowing, and to tee off the feature just right, the studio is moving it off its Oct. 9 release date for a limited Christmas Day debut. From there, Respect will expand on January 8 in theaters with a full-on wide release on January
On Wednesday attorneys for Lori Loughlin and Mossimo Giannulli and a dozen other parents implicated in the college-admissions scandal asked for their cases to be dismissed. Their argument remains the same as it has been throughout filings and appearances in court over the last year: Prosecutors withheld exculpatory evidence, evidence that would prove these parents
Oxfam GB is to furlough about two-thirds of its 2,100-strong UK workforce because of the coronavirus pandemic. The charity said today that the affected staff, most of whom work in its trading arm, would be sent home until at least 1 June. Last weekend, Oxfam closed all of its UK stores, which bring in about
People waiting in line at an unemployment office. Yellow Dog Productions A coronavirus relief bill unveiled Tuesday would significantly expand unemployment benefits for Americans who lose their jobs due to the country’s recent economic contagion. The measure would beef up the nation’s unemployment insurance program, a state-administered program that provides temporary income support for out-of-work
Founded almost 40 years ago and still privately owned, Spiral Cellars is the UK’s leading provider of luxury wine storage, having created beautiful wine cellars for almost 4,000 wine-loving customers. In this interview, Simon Wittenberg speaks to Lucy Hargreaves, MD Of Spiral Cellars, to find out more about the business. LM: Please can you give
Away from the slopes, snow-themed computer games might be the next best thing when it comes to getting your fix of winter sports action before you get chance to head to the mountains. Here’s our roundup of some of the best ski and snowboard video games, past and present. From the first Eighties retro fun
Another DJ/producer has revealed they have COVID-19, this time Paavo Siljamäki of Above & Beyond. The artist went on Instagram Live earlier today to talk to fans when he announced his diagnosis, stating he’s on day 11. He appears to have contracted it during a stay in Bali when he was getting a massage from a
Of the four Major golf tournaments held across the calendar year, the US Masters is the only event to remain at a fixed venue. The Augusta National in Georgia is the permanent home to the first Major of the season and that allows players to get acquainted with the course over time. One man who
Play video content Jussie Smollett wants to move on from his alleged “attack” — despite a pending trial — and he’s singing about it while on coronavirus lockdown. Jussie just broke his social media silence Wednesday by singing and playing the piano. It’s the ex-“Empire” star’s first time posting anything in over 9 months, so
A customer views cars on display in a showroom of the Avilon dealership owned by the Ford Motor Company in Moscow. Anton Novoderezhkin/TASS (Photo by Anton NovoderezhkinTASS via Getty Images) Anton Novoderezhkin | TASS | Getty Images Check out the companies making headlines after the bell. Micron Technology — The semiconductor company’s stock jump 5% in
With hand sanitizer and surgical masks becoming increasingly scarce due to the rapid spread of the coronavirus, some of fashion’s most recognizable names are stepping up to do their part to help combat the shortage. Last night, Gap Inc.—which includes the Gap, Old Navy, Athleta, Banana Republic, Intermix, Hill City, and Janie and Jack—announced on
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