26.12.2024 11:00 Caring for Gods Acre mapped out 20,000 cemeteries and recorded 10,000 speciesChurchyards are vital havens for rare wildlife including dormice, bats and beetles, according to an extensive audit of burial grounds around the UK.The conservation charity Caring for Gods Acre mapped out 20,325 cemeteries, with 800,000 wildlife records submitted and more than 10,800 species recorded. Continue reading... ... 26.12.2024 11:00 Chains expand and high street cafes thrive but businesses face new pressures after budgetIt will go all the way up there, with four floors, and a net maze, says Jonathan Laznik, the owner of Gambado, pointing to the 10-metre-high ceiling in Forest Hills Capitol theatre, which is the venue for the companys newest soft play venture.Built as a silent cinema in 1929, the Grade II-listed art deco building, which once sat 1,600 cinemagoers, has also served as a bingo hall and, until last year, a Wetherspoons pub. Continue reading... ... 26.12.2024 11:00 From Bridgerton to Sherwood and Almas Not Normal, the actor has lit up our screens all year and her victory lap is only just starting Lorraine Ashbourne has had a massive year. I know! People keep saying: oh God, Lorraine, get off the telly, we want somebody else, she says. But it has been extraordinary. She kicked things off in January with ITVs entertaining disaster thriller After the Flood, playing Sophie Rundles tough, grieving mother, Molly. As the year went on, she returned to two of her biggest and most significant roles yet, as the former secret spy cop Daphne Sparrow in Sherwood, and Grandma Joan in the wrenching, hilarious second series of Almas Not Normal. Has she ended up in such outstanding shows because shes picky? Absolutely not. Ill do anything! Im a cheap date. Its just timing that these things have fallen into place.Right now, Ashbourne is at home in north London. She grew up in Manchester, where she went to drama school. She met her husband, Andy Serkis, there, when they were both starring in a play at the Royal Exchange, in 1989. But she has lived in London for 40-odd years, so Im a Londoner. The couples three adult children still live at home with them, and Ashbournes parents are staying; her father has just had his 90th birthday. Were run ragged. Its a busy household. Continue reading... ... 26.12.2024 11:18 Around 65 percent of companies in Japan employ foreign workers to resolve labor shortages, a government survey showed Thursday.
In the multiple response survey, 56.8 percent of companies said foreign workers are employed with the expectation that they will perform as well or better than Japanese staff, while 18.5 percent cited efforts to promote diversity, the labor ministry survey said.
Read full story here26.12.2024 11:21 Over the course of Christmas Day, 12 rescue operations were staged along the coast of northern France, including of a boat experiencing engine trouble.26.12.2024 11:21 The BJP has accused the billionaire of funding initiatives critical of Modi, aimed at destabilising India.26.12.2024 11:29 On December 26, 2004, a magnitude 9.1 earthquake struck the coast of Sumatra in Indonesia and triggered a huge tsunami across the Indian Ocean that killed more than 220,000 people in a dozen countries.26.12.2024 12:00 Drugs such as Wegovy amd Mounjaro are an attractive prospect for online businesses and traditional pharmacies as well as the firms that make themIt is a trend rooted in profit-making. Adverts featuring prescription-only weight-loss medications are splashed across the internet and it is causing concern among experts.But the question remains: who is driving the boom? Continue reading... ... 26.12.2024 12:00 The singers journey to the top is retold through archive clips and audio, efficiently albeit perhaps too straightforwardlyThe story of Madonnas leap to stratospheric celebrity is breathlessly and efficiently retold in this documentary that uses only archive clips and existing audio interview material in the now accepted way. It tracks the period from her tough beginnings as a dancer in late 70s New York to the early 90s days of the Blonde Ambition tour and her once-controversial Mapplethorpe-type book of photos entitled Sex. Its watchable enough, with some interesting things to say about Madonnas instinctive knack for appropriating a gay aesthetic and repurposing it for her own heterosexual spectacle, and then repaying the debt by becoming an outspoken advocate for HIV/Aids research.Yet the film can also feel breezy and glib. There is no mention of Madonnas appearances in movies such as Desperately Seeking Susan and Dick Tracy or indeed her appearance in David Mamets Speed-the-Plow on Broadway perhaps because these dont fit the legendary format (although Desperately Seeking Susan has its admirers). And there is something exasperating in the way the film wont reveal the exact dates and provenance of its audio; Madonna will sometimes speak about her past and her family in a British accent, showing that the interview comes from the later era of her marriage to Guy Ritchie, and sometimes her voice will switch back to her native Michigan. Continue reading... ... 26.12.2024 12:00 Guardian review finds many online pharmacies flouting strict advertising rules that govern prescription-only drugsWeight-loss injections are being aggressively marketed to British consumers through often illegal promotions, in a practice experts have described as a wild west industry of drug selling.The booming market for jabs such as Wegovy and Mounjaro has triggered a price battle among online pharmacies, with even high-street chains cashing in on the soaring demand.Supermarkets are using loopholes in the rules by advertising discount deals for weight-loss services that include and prominently feature the injections.The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) is preparing to launch an investigation into the marketing of weight-loss injections.The regulatory body responsible for drug advertising has upheld complaints against online ads for weight-loss drugs every month since April 2023. Continue reading... ... 26.12.2024 12:00 The worlds most sustainable travel destination is giving its harbour a facelift with an eco-friendly hotel that whispers cool Scandi minimalism while reconnecting guests with natureOn a windswept late November evening at the edge of the waterfront in Helsinkis Katajanokka harbour, a huge, new white building shines brightly in the wintery night sky, its curving, illuminated walls undulating like a giant concertina of corrugated card.To one side, monolithic cruise ships destined for Stockholm or Tallinn, just across the Gulf of Finland, lie temporarily dormant, while to the other the grand, pastel-coloured, neoclassical palaces and municipal buildings of the Christmas market-filled Senate Square are a reminder of the citys 19th-century past as part of the Russian empire. Continue reading... ... 26.12.2024 12:00 Barrage of gambling adverts likely to exacerbate addiction, as NHS in England doubles number of clinics to meet demandThe barrage of betting advertisements around Boxing Day sporting fixtures will exacerbate Britains growing gambling problem, NHS bosses are warning.Promotional techniques by unscrupulous betting firms, including free Christmas bets, will increase gambling-related harm by encouraging punters to wager sums they cannot afford, they say.In the UK, support for problem gambling can be found through GamCare on 0808 8020 133. In the US, the National Council on Problem Gambling is on 800-522-4700. In Australia, Gambling Help Online is available on 1800 858 858 and the National Debt helpline is at 1800 007 007In the UK and Ireland, Samaritans can be contacted on freephone 116 123, or email jo@samaritans.org or jo@samaritans.ie. In the US, the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline is at 988 or chat for support. You can also text HOME to 741741 to connect with a crisis text line counsellor. In Australia, the crisis support service Lifeline is 13 11 14. Other international helplines can be found at befrienders.org Continue reading... ... 26.12.2024 12:26 Ce jeudi, lensemble des conditions anticycloniques sont install?es. Toutefois, le soleil est discret notamment en r?gion de plaine alors quen montagne et pr?s de la M?diterran?e, il rayonne.26.12.2024 12:29 The Dec. 26, 2004, tsunami began with a 9.3-magnitude earthquake. A series of waves devastated coastal communities in Indonesia, Sri Lanka, India, Thailand.26.12.2024 12:29 President-elect Donald Trump has surrounded himself with a tight-knit group of wealthy tech barons who will help define his second term in the White House.
26.12.2024 12:33 BREAKING NEWS: Nippon Steel says to delay deadline to buy U.S. Steel to March 2025
==KyodoRead full story here26.12.2024 12:38 La chambre r?gionale des comptes des Pays de la Loire a regrett? la r?gularisation tardive, en f?vrier dernier, du statut dune prime vers?e depuis 2010 par l?cole et d?j? ?pingl?e lors dun pr?c?dent rapport, il y a cinq ans.26.12.2024 12:48 Attack comes after police impose curfews following protests prompted by online video of an attack on an Alawite shrine.26.12.2024 12:50 The prosecutors asserted that Ko Wen-je, a former mayor, took bribes. He and his supporters have maintained that the charges are a political vendetta.26.12.2024 13:00 An inferior second season confirms that the 'Squid Game'-industrial complex has undermined 'Squid Game' the work of political art26.12.2024 13:00 The second season of the Netflix smash delivers more stylized carnage, but the story stalls.26.12.2024 13:00 The first few episodes of this adaptation of Beth OLearys novel feature zero chemistry between the leads. Its one for fans of the genre onlyThe easiest way to describe The Road Trip would be to call it the TV equivalent of an airport novel. Perhaps that is because it is. Beth OLeary has long kept the WH Smith industrial complex alive, with bestselling novels including The Flatshare, which sold more than 1m copies. That book was adapted into a six-part TV series in 2022, and followed two roommates thrust together by the fact that they rented the same bed cleverly twisting the hellscape that is the London rental market into the stuff of a fluffy romcom. This one follows Dylan and Addie, a pair of exes thrust together by the fact that they have to use the same method of transport to get to a wedding 1,000 miles away. Like a rat, a potential love affair is never more than 6ft away in OLearys world.This time, our star-crossed, claustrophobic pairing are Dylan and Addie, who are on their separate ways to the wedding of their friends Cherry and Krish. In the book, the nuptials were in Scotland. But this is TV, so it has been relocated to lush, mountainous Spain. Addie and her sister Deb plus an uninvited guest named Rodney are driving in a camper van from Bristol to catch a cross-channel ferry. Up the road, Dylan and his best mate, Marcus, are on their way to the airport, in a Porsche. Marcus (David Jonsson), in a role with shades of his much-missed Industry character Gus) crashes the Porsche his dads into Addies camper van. Although the RV sounded like a dying animal long before that, it becomes Dylan and Marcuss only hope for getting across the border, leaving our fivesome lumped together. Continue reading... ... 26.12.2024 13:00 More than 250 works from amateur and celebrated Welsh artists are on display at the National Library of Wales until September 2025An infamous declaration that there is no Welsh art has been firmly rebutted by a groundbreaking exhibition at the countrys national library amid growing calls for a permanent national art gallery for Wales to be created.More than 250 works from beloved Welsh painters such as Gwen John and Kyffin Williams have been hung alongside pieces by unknown and amateur artists at the National Library of Wales in Aberystwyth with the aim of telling the narrative of the nation through visual art and debunking the no art myth. Continue reading... ... 26.12.2024 13:00 28 December 1934 27 September 2024The playwright recalls the actor as a fiercely loyal friend with a natural gift for comedy, but also as her own hardest criticRead the Observers obituaries of 2024 in fullMelancholy men, of all others, are the most witty, said Aristotle, in an observation that will resonate with anyone who spent time with Maggie Smith.At the turn of the century, I wrote a play, The Breath of Life, in which Maggie appeared opposite Judi Dench. One night at the Theatre Royal Haymarket, Hillary Clinton came with Madeleine Albright. They were both seated on time, but Bill Clinton and Chelsea, delayed by traffic, joined them in the middle of first act. Next day, I was eager to find out what the Clintons had been like. Judi had received them in her dressing room and been swept away by their charm. When I went to ask Maggie what she thought of them, she said she had refused to meet them. Do you think Im going to shake hands with anyone whos late for your play? Continue reading... ... 26.12.2024 13:14 YouGov survey finds negotiated end to war with Russia is preferred option in four out of seven countriesReadiness to support Ukraine until it wins has fallen sharply across western Europe at a critical time for the country, a survey suggests, as Donald Trumps forthcoming return to the White House raises questions over the future of US military assistance to Kyiv.December polling by YouGov in France, Germany, Italy, Spain, Sweden, Denmark and the UK found public desire to stand by Ukraine until victory even if that meant prolonging the war had slumped in all seven countries over the past 12 months. Continue reading... ... 26.12.2024 13:19 Les faits se sont produits en gare de Pantin, ce jeudi 26 d?cembre. La circulation est alt?r?e jusqu? 12h00, a indiqu? la ligne du RER E sur le r?seau social X.26.12.2024 13:24 Dozens killed in Kazakhstan plane crash, but some survive; Atlanta academy teaches students the art of playing Santa26.12.2024 13:28 De Luis Enrique ? Kylian Mbapp? en passant par Didier Deschamps ou John Textor, retrouvez les d?clarations marquantes entendues ou lues en 2024 dans le monde du football.26.12.2024 13:29 Lancien coureur, ?ph?m?re leader du tour dItalie et lieutenant de Richard Virenque, est d?c?d? le jour de No?l.26.12.2024 13:30 Le Slov?ne et son ?quipe ont trop souvent ?t? seuls cette ann?e. N?faste pour le suspense et dommageable pour la cr?dibilit?.26.12.2024 13:31 Nippon Steel Corp. said Thursday it will delay the deadline for its planned acquisition of United States Steel Corp. to March 2025 instead of the end of this year, citing an ongoing review of the deal in the United States.
The move came after a U.S. panel of federal agencies could not reach a consensus on whether to approve the $14.1 billion sale of U.S. Steel to the Japanese company, leaving the final decision to President Joe Biden.
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