The National Emergencies Trust has introduced measures, including amending its allocation criteria, to ensure money raised from its coronavirus appeal will reach BAME communities. The trust, which has raised more than £60m through its emergency appeal to raise funds for charities affected by the Covid-19 outbreak, said it wanted to ensure that the funds raised
Month: May 2020
Travelling is a great opportunity to rediscover you and explore places to its best. Travelling pumps in some great energy in you and offer you a great escape from the monotonous routine. Vacations for singles over 60 are surely a delight, after spending a fruitful work-life it gives you a chance to pursue your passion and visit your dream
Independent filmmaker Lynn Shelton has died, as Variety reports. The influential film and television director, who helmed films like Humpday and Sword of Trust in addition to episodes of Little Fires Everywhere, GLOW, Mad Men, and more, passed away from a blood disorder. She was 54 years old. After getting her start in the industry
An employee tends to marijuana plants at the Aurora Cannabis Inc. facility in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, on Tuesday, March 6, 2018. Jason Franson | Bloomberg | Getty Images Aurora Cannabis posted a smaller loss compared with the prior quarter as customers in the United States and Canada stockpiled cannabis ahead of lockdowns, sending its U.S.-listed
The attraction to sail the Oceans is growing, so plenty of companies are catering to this demand. Dutch Yachtbuilder KM is a leading supplier in luxury sailing craft, and this shows in their latest design the Pelagic 77 I love the sea and have lived near it all my life, also had the good fortune
Known for his portrayal of bright colors, geometric shapes and gritty textures in his all of his work, Tom Hegen’s photography often appear in the form of abstract paintings, despite being objective documentation of our planet. With a newfound perspective in light of a global lockdown, Hegen considers the role of aviation in our immensely
Hanoi, Vietnam (CNN) — As the faint smell of smoke rose up from the sidewalk and into my bedroom, I jumped up and stepped out onto the balcony to survey the Hanoi streets. The owner of my building was burning joss paper (fake money) as an offering of good fortune to their ancestors. After a
The Blacklist rarely gets credit for its weirdness, but maybe this episode, the Season 7 finale, will be the one to turn the tide. Much has been made (rightfully) about the quarantine-induced decision to complete the half-finished episode with “graphic novel”-style animation and accelerate some of the plot lines to function as a thrilling season
Return of the Jedi may be one of the more mixed entries in the Star Wars saga, but most fans appear to be relatively satisfied with the capper to the Original Trilogy. Of course, one of the film’s major focal points is Luke Skywalker’s attempt to reject the Dark Side of the Force. While many
Ryan Gosling & Eva Mendes are ‘such a team’ while raising their two daughter during their time in quarantine. Being stuck inside for months can have its challenges but married couple Ryan Gosling, 39, and Eva Mendes, 46, appear to be tackling them head on while growing closer and closer with one another. “Ryan and
The immigration and asylum support charity Consonant has warned that it might have to close its doors in the next week if its emergency appeal to raise £40,000 is unsuccessful. The charity, which was formed from the 2016 merger of Asylum Aid and the Migrants Resource Centre and continued to use both names until a
Consumer spending plunged by a record 16.4% in April, but one category saw a bounce: nonstore retailers. Included in this category, which saw an 8.4% month-over-month increase, is online shopping. With much of the country under shelter-in-place orders during April, consumers increasingly turned towards e-commerce giants like Amazon for their shopping needs. As the pandemic
Skincare expert, founder and CEO of Absolute Collagen, Maxine Laceby has collated some top tips for banishing lockdown skin, and getting the natural healthy glow, our makeup-free skin deserves. Hydrate!Let’s start with the basics. Your skin is the largest organ in your body, and it’s mostly made up of water. Without water, your skin can’t
After two months of empty blackjack tables and silent slot machines, the bright casino lights of Las Vegas are starting to flicker back on. But with a string of new safety rules and regulations set up in response to the Covid-19 crisis, could Sin City be about to lose its devil-may-care image? A glimpse of
Today, we celebrate the 50th anniversary of arguably the greatest live rock and roll album of all time. June 1969. Back from the brink, The Who are bigger than they ever imagined possible. With Tommy selling 200,000 copies in the first two weeks in the US alone, it was a remarkable turnaround for a band
For 2020, the new A. Lange & Söhne sports watch Odysseus collection has been enriched an edition that incorporates integrated rubber strap or leather band. When it was first launched, A Lange & Söhne’s new sports watch attracted divisive opinions, with commentators on blogs calling it “Lange’s code 11:59” referring to a competing luxury sports
In a press conference May 6, Gov. Andrew Cuomo said that 66% of new hospitalizations in New York for Covid-19 were people who had been staying home. “This is a surprise: Overwhelmingly, the people were at home,” Cuomo said. “We thought maybe they were taking public transportation, and we’ve taken special precautions on public transportation,
Liz isn’t dark. She’s just drawn that way. That appeared to be the point of The Blacklist Season 7 Episode 19. This finale was an innovative way to make the best of a difficult situation. The coronavirus pandemic forced a production shutdown of The Blacklist, with only about half of this episode shot. It was great
Even after COVID-19 earned declaration as a pandemic and public health emergency, libraries made preparations for what that would mean. Many closed, shifting to digital work. One notable exception was Chicago Public Library, which kept their libraries open far past a point where staff felt safe, implementing no new safety measures to protect them. Now,
(Juba, May 14, 2020) – As South Sudan has seen a spike in the number of coronavirus cases over the past two weeks, with numbers rising to 174 as of May 11, the population of the world’s youngest country is also facing potential risks with the upcoming lean season. This, combined with intercommunal fighting and locust invasions
Apple TV+ Original series Mythic Quest: Raven’s Banquet is set to release a new half-hour special called “Quarantine” while in lockdown. Rob McElhenney, series co-creator, and executive producer finds that people can relate to the episode’s plot as people around the world tackle working from home and also game virtually. In the show, team members
Corey Feldman has a top 20 hit song. Feldman’s song, U R Free, appeared in his new documentary (My) Truth: The Rape of 2 Coreys and it recently reached the top 20 on Billboard’s Adult Contemporary Chart. The Goonies actor wrote the song in tribute to his late friend Corey Haim, who died at the age of
The coronavirus outbreak has seen the rise of a new phenomenon: mutual aid groups. These groups of people offering help and support to their neighbours have sprung up seemingly overnight, often operating on a hyper-local, street-by-street basis. There are currently more than 4,250 mutual aid groups in the UK, with the smallest consisting of just
Hotels are cautiously reopening for the summer travel season, but it’s anything but business as usual in the hospitality industry. Last week, the American Hotel & Lodging Association (AHLA) introduced its Safe Stay guidelines developed under the guidance of an advisory council that includes Accor, InterContinental Hotels Group, Marriot International, Omni Hotels & Resorts and Walt
Makyu’s FormBox makes home manufacturing far simpler by allowing at-home creators and entrepreneurs to experience industrial-grade vacuum-forming on their desktops. Thousands of people across the country have started to embrace home manufacturing with many wanting to make items for use by frontline workers, and these same people have found it more straightforward than they expected.
ZHU just released his first track of 2020, and it’s well worth the wait. “ONLY” with Tinashe is peak ZHU, with deep bass, some accentuating piano notes, filtered vocals, and that idiosyncratic “ZHU” vibe. The first two thirds or so of the track are just ZHU on vocals, but when Tinashe comes in, her own
A person walks at the Wall Street subway stop in New York City. Angela Weiss | AFP | Getty Images U.S. stock futures were flat on Thursday night following a sharp rally during the regular session as investors awaited several key data sets. Dow Jones Industrial Average futures were just below the flatline while S&P 500
The second of three gigayachts launched by Benetti over the course of four months, the 107.6m Luminosity was delivered last year and is now for sale with Fraser and Burgess. New photos and a video (below) show the scale of the six-deck megayacht, which at 5,844GT is the biggest private yacht ever built in Italy.
Exclusive Mary-Kate Olsen wants to get divorced, but she’s hit a major roadblock — coronavirus, so now she wants an emergency court order to speed things along. Mary-Kate says her attorneys got an email from her husband, Pierre Olivier Sarkozy‘s attorneys this week giving her a May 18 deadline to get her stuff out of
Being confined inside has us all thinking of how to make the most of this inconvenient situation. Whether you are finding ways to redecorate your space, learning new recipes, or just trying to keep peace of mind (especially during Mental Health Awareness Month), the one thing that we all want is to be comfortable and
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