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dailyrecord.co.uk

17.02.2021 / 15:21

No-frills funerals increase by 540% in four years as more people choose cheaper alternative

funeral instead.More Britons are looking for cheaper alternatives to traditional funerals, with the average cost exceeding £4,000 last year, according to SunLife's most recent cost of dying report.A direct cremation is a simple option where the deceased is cremated without a funeral service or ceremony.

dailyrecord.co.uk

17.02.2021 / 15:21

Barshaw Park nature project helps folk bring birds to their gardens

Get the stories that matter to you sent straight to your inbox with our daily newsletter.Gardens across Renfrewshire will be welcoming some new feathered friends thanks to a community project.Friends of Barshaw Park have given away 200 birdhouses and nesting boxes to families across the district.The group had hoped to welcome people to the Walled Garden in the Paisley park for family workshops to learn about wildlife and construct bird boxes for their gardens.But with the pandemic scuppering those plans, the volunteers adapted the project to give away birdhouses and nesting boxes as well as craft kits for children to construct their own birdhouses.Irene McDonald, secretary of Friends of Barshaw Park, said the project had been a great

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deadline.com

17.02.2021 / 15:13

BBC Studios Poaches Co-Founders Of Banijay’s Sharp Jack After They Helped Devise Hits Like ‘The Chase’

EXCLUSIVE: BBC Studios has hired Amanda Wilson and Elliot Johnson, the co-founders of Banijay-owned production company Sharp Jack, who have been responsible for co-creating international hits including The Chase and Strictly Come Dancing.

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msn.com

17.02.2021 / 15:11

Casey Affleck wears a casts on his left ankle and wrist

ET correspondent Rachel Smith: 'No, that's not me. A bunch of people sent that picture to me and I was gonna tweet some, like, joke, response or something.

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msn.com

17.02.2021 / 15:09

Rochelle Humes celebrates exciting milestone - and Marvin reacts

© @Copyright HELLO! Hello! Magazine It's an exciting week for Rochelle Humes who marked the first anniversary of her baby brand on Wednesday!MORE: Rochelle Humes' children look adorable in rare sibling photoThe This Morning star launched her brand My Little Coco in February 2020, shortly before the coronavirus pandemic. To celebrate the one-year milestone, Rochelle posted a series of photos on Instagram, including one of herself cuddling baby Blake and another that shows her holding a mini cupcake.

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manchestereveningnews.co.uk

17.02.2021 / 15:07

Children's tsar backs longer school days amid fears some pupils will never catch up

reported last week how lengthening the school day and altering school holidays were said to be among the ideas being looked at by the government to counter the impact of the pandemic. But the suggestions sparked anger among parents and teachers, many of whom believe we already have 'burnt out kids and burnt out teachers' and making such changes would do more harm than good.

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manchestereveningnews.co.uk

17.02.2021 / 15:04

Sky News viewers spot 'oddest thing' during interview with Dominic Raab

direct to your inboxWhen it comes to working from home, there are all kinds of complications.Phone's ringing, kids asking questions or someone knocking at the door with another parcel.And it's not just us that have to deal with it, it's government ministers too.So, Sky News viewers were quick to spot the 'oddest thing' during an interview with Dominic Raab on Wednesday morning.The Foreign Secretary appeared on the news channel from his home in Surrey when viewers spotted a brush resting in his door.We can only assume it was strategically placed there to stop anyone from walking in and crashing his interview as we all know those viral videos.Pointing it out on Twitter, one viewer wrote: "This is just the oddest thing.

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completemusicupdate.com

17.02.2021 / 15:01

Pharrell Williams did not perjure himself during Blurred Lines song-theft battle, judge rules

Robin Thicke has said that he’ll never make another music video like the one that accompanied his somewhat controversial hit ‘Blurred Lines’. But would his old best bud and ‘Blurred Lines’ collaborator Pharrell Williams ever perjure himself again when talking about that particular song? No, of course he wouldn’t.

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dailyrecord.co.uk

17.02.2021 / 14:52

Pandemic planning delays exposed by public spending watchdog

planning exercises were not all addressed.The missed opportunities were highlighted while the NHS faces a massive backlog for treatment and a huge bill.Measures to ensure adequate supplies of personal protective equipment (PPE) were also not fully implemented.Health Secretary Jeane Freeman said she will study the findings.Opposition parties at Holyrood said the report was a damning indictment.Auditors praised the government’s quick response once the outbreak was in full swing, but said officials “could have been better prepared to respond to the Covid-19 pandemic”.The Record has previously exposed how three simulations were carried out across the UK.Operation Isis reported “unease” over PPE, operation Silver Swan flagged up gaps in social

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dailyrecord.co.uk

17.02.2021 / 14:51

Tributes planned for murdered Kilmarnock mum's 40th birthday two weeks on from death

Kilmarnock mum on what would've been her 40th birthday.Thursday also marks two weeks to the day when Emma Robertson Coupland was killed outside her work at Crosshouse Hospital.The 39-year-old NHS cleaner was attacked by estranged ex partner Steven Robertson who then went on to kill Emma's daughter, Nicole Anderson, on Portland Street minutes later.Robertson, 40, was later found dead after a car he was driving crashed into a tree on the C50, between the B7036 and A76 near Ochiltree.Tragically, it was revealed by NHS Ayrshire & Arran that Emma had joined the health board during the pandemic and had only been working at Crosshouse Hospital for around four months before she was killed.The Ayrshire Live app is available to download now.Get all

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dailyrecord.co.uk

17.02.2021 / 14:17

Airdrie MP welcomes Scottish Government funding to support people in creative industries hit by Covid-19

link!And the targeted support and creative freelancers hardship fund will support individuals by processing applications for the remaining £9 million.Mr Gray said: “The Scottish Government has recognised the extreme hardship the creative sector has had to endure, and this funding will go some way to help artists and events companies in my constituency keep going.“I will wait to see if the Chancellor will follow this lead when he announces his upcoming Budget as creative people in the rest of the UK have suffered unbelievably with the bare minimum of government support.”

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dailyrecord.co.uk

17.02.2021 / 14:10

Which? urges UK Government to set out road map to protect future of cash

protecting future access to cash urgently needs to be set out, according to a leading consumer group.Which? warned that irreversible damage could be done to the UK's cash infrastructure if a road map is not set out as soon as possible.The group recently wrote to banks, asking them to guarantee continued membership of schemes managed by ATM operator Link and the Post Office, which are critical to helping people to access cash.Which? said there was general agreement that both Link and the Post Office have a crucial role to play, however it said the UK Government has yet to set out its vision for the future of cash, including the scope and timing of legislation to protect access.The UK Government announced last year that it would legislate to

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manchestereveningnews.co.uk

17.02.2021 / 13:53

'Super courtroom' coming to Manchester Crown Court for cases including gang murder trials

hereIt is the latest scheme to be announced as the criminal justice system responds to the coronavirus.Last week the M.E.N.

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manchestereveningnews.co.uk

17.02.2021 / 13:33

Andy Burnham's plan to freeze mayoral tax on Greater Manchester residents approved by regional leaders

direct to your inboxGreater Manchester residents will see the amount they pay in council tax towards mayoral functions carried out by Andy Burnham frozen from April.The combined authority agreed that increasing the precept would place a burden on people already struggling through the Covid-19 pandemic.With council tax set by local authorities already expected to rise in the coming years, leaders renewed calls on the government to provide them with more funding.A meeting of the Greater Manchester Combined Authority (GMCA) on Friday, February 12, also saw plans to develop a successor to the scrapped regional spatial framework approved.The ‘Right to Food’ campaign for people in the UK to be given a legal right to food was also backed, making

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msn.com

17.02.2021 / 13:27

Jeff Brazier worries about son Bobby stepping into limelight

Jeff Brazier has admitted he's concerned about his son Bobby pursuing a career in the spotlight. The TV presenter, who shares sons Bobby, 17, and Freddie, 16, with late reality star Jade Goody, told The Mirror in a new interview that while he is thrilled Bobby is forging a modelling career, he has concerns about his son being famous.

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foxnews.com

17.02.2021 / 13:08

Brooke Burke reveals fitness advice she wishes she gave her younger self: 'Sweat smart'

Brooke Burke has been in the lifestyle and wellness industry for years and is still discovering new and innovative ways to stay fit, even through a pandemic. The 49-year-old spoke to Fox News about how the past year has made her completely reevaluate her daily routine, why spending time with her kids is more important than ever, and how she feels about turning 50 in 2021. "I've been working out most of my life and I think I spend more time and worked out much harder as a younger woman," she admitted while promoting her partnership with Sketchers Arch Fit.

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variety.com

17.02.2021 / 12:46

Radu Jude’s Berlin Competition Title ‘Bad Luck Banging’ Snapped Up by Heretic Outreach (EXCLUSIVE)

Christopher Vourlias Heretic Outreach has acquired world sales rights to “Bad Luck Banging or Loony Porn” from acclaimed Romanian writer-director Radu Jude, which world premieres in competition at this year’s Berlin Film Festival, Variety can reveal.Jude’s latest film is the story of a schoolteacher, Emi (Katia Pascariu), whose life is turned upside down after a sex video shot with her husband is leaked on the internet.

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manchestereveningnews.co.uk

17.02.2021 / 11:01

'I was sacked during lockdown, which was devastating': Cancer centre boss awarded nearly £23,000 in unfair dismissal tribunal

direct to your inboxThe former manager of Maggie's Cancer Centre has been awarded nearly £23,000 after an employment tribunal ruled she was dismissed unfairly by her employer.Sinead Collins, 55, of Audenshaw, was the centre head of Maggie's Manchester from November 2015, in the months before it opened, to April 2020, when she was dismissed for 'gross misconduct'.But the nurse has now been awarded £22,982.40 following a two day hearing after which judge Joanne Dunlop ruled Miss Collin's claim of unfair dismissal was 'well founded' and that the procedure around it had been 'fundamentally flawed'.The award was reduced by 20 per cent on account of the claimant’s 'culpable conduct', which was found by the judge to be 'limited'.Before joining the

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losangelesblade.com

17.02.2021 / 10:11

COVID pandemic-disproportionate impact on LGBTQ+ people of color

LOS ANGELES – A study released this week by The Williams Institute at the University of California, Los Angeles School of Law using data collected by an Axios-Ipsos poll in Fall 2020, shows that LGBTQ+ people are more adversely impacted in all areas of life by the coronavirus pandemic than their white LGBTQ+ and white non-LGBTQ+ people.

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ok.co.uk

17.02.2021 / 10:09

Jacqueline Jossa helps to raise over £50,000 in one day in memory of Caroline Flack with In The Style collection

Jacqueline Jossa has helped to raise over £50,000 in just one day in memory of the late Caroline Flack. Monday marked one year since former Love Island host Caroline tragically passed away at the age of 40.

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manchestereveningnews.co.uk

17.02.2021 / 09:37

'They deserve a medal' - the teachers and schools praised by parents for support in pandemic

praising families and staff at Corpus Christi RC Primary in Chadderton, Oldham, for pulling together amid the pandemic, we asked parents to tell us who they wanted to thank.Since then we've been overwhelmed with responses from families, eager to praise schools and staff for going above and beyond with their support.On Monday we revealed a list of more than 100 schools that mums, dads and grandparents had highlighted, followed by almost 200 more yesterday.But the praise has kept on coming, so today we're featuring our final list of the ones families feel are worthy of praise for everything they have managed to achieve in such difficult circumstances.Among the many schools mentioned today is Cringle Brook Primary School, in Burnage, which

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dailyrecord.co.uk

17.02.2021 / 08:17

Scots 'missing out on millions' in unclaimed benefit payments, say Labour

Scottish Child Payment launched on Monday but only 77,000 applications had been received as of last Sunday from an estimated total of 138,000 eligible households. Parents and carers who receive other welfare support - such as Universal Credit - are able to apply for the payment for each child under the age of six, with the benefit being rolled out for all qualifying under-16s by 2022.

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dailyrecord.co.uk

17.02.2021 / 08:17

Scots beauty queen beats cancer and husband's near-death crash to win crown

pandemic.Stephanie Gillan has become a campaigner after overcoming her mental health battles including facing her own mortality when she was diagnosed with an aggressive form of cancer.Just days after her diagnosis, her husband Robert was hit by a six-ton truck at work, suffering severe injuries.Now, she has been given the all-clear and has won a beauty pageant.Mum-of-four Stephanie, 29, director of charity Unmasked Mental Health Scotland, said: “During the pandemic, we have seen an increase in the need for services, help, support and guidance.“Mental health is something close to my heart as I suffer from severe panic attacks and have since a young age.“This was heightened after my husband had a severe accident and I was diagnosed with a

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deadline.com

17.02.2021 / 08:05

Jimmy Kimmel Says Mitch McConnell “Blew It” With Trump Acquittal Vote During Impeachment Trial

On Tuesday night Jimmy Kimmel fired shots at Mitch McConnell after the Senate Minority Leader voted to acquit former president Donald Trump on Saturday.

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etcanada.com

17.02.2021 / 08:01

‘This Is Us’: Episode’s Director Opens Up About Emotional Triple Birth

Viewers of “This Is Us” experienced triple the emotion as usual in the Feb. 16 episode when the Pearson family welcomed not one new member of the family but three.

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etcanada.com

17.02.2021 / 07:05

Martin Scorsese Weighs In On The ‘Lost Magic Of Cinema’ In Powerful New Essay About Streaming

Martin Scorsese is weighing in on the current state of cinema in relation to streaming services, and his complicated feelings about motion pictures at the moment.

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etonline.com

17.02.2021 / 05:01

Gwyneth Paltrow Had COVID-19 'Early On' In Pandemic

Gwyneth Paltrow is opening up about the lingering symptoms she's experienced after COVID-19. The actress revealed in a new post on Goop that she had the coronavirus «early on» in the pandemic. «I had COVID-19 early on, and it left me with some long-tail fatigue and brain fog,» Paltrow wrote.

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