YOU don’t have to look too carefully to still see the signs. Around County Durham you can still see the hand painted posters, the makeshift cards stuck on houses and street signs which read: “Thank you NHS”. Many of these signs now look slightly worse for wear, having endured some of the extreme weather of the past months, but they remain a reminder of the outpouring of thanks recognising the sacrifice of those who daily put themselves on the front line, whose leave was cancelled, who worked long dangerous shifts, often ill equipped with the most basic protection, fulfilling their duty to care.
While so many other towns suffered terrible fires followed by civic vandalism, Diss has been more fortunate and as a result has some fine and beautiful buildings.
Putting the world to rights outside Diss Corn Hall on Market Day when the farmers took over the town. They then may have found the time for a pint at the Greyhound next door.
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The 16
th century Dolphin, once such a popular pub and across the road from the St Mary’s Church which itself was founded in 1290. There s the Saracen’s Head and so many more wonderful buildings.
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BBC Radio 2 DJ Jo Whiley with her younger sister, Frances, who has the rare Cri du Chat genetic syndrome CREDIT where it’s due. Last week the Government changed its policy on vaccinations to ensure that those with learning difficulties were prioritised in the roll-out. The decision followed a campaign from the DJ and broadcaster Jo Whiley who was offered the coronavirus vaccine before her sister Frances who has the rare Cri du Chat genetic syndrome. The Government should be congratulated for doing the right thing in making this change but there is a question as to whether it would have done so without Whiley’s high profile intervention? This week in a BBC documentary called Why Is Covid Killing People of Colour?, the black actor David Harewood said it is “scandalous” that people from black, Asian and minority ethnic backgrounds are three times more likely to die from Covid 19
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Sixty-eight Ulster-Scots signs are to be installed at one of Mid and East Antrim’s main tourist attractions.
The signage panels funded by the Ulster-Scots Agency to the tune of £30,000 are to be installed at the upper path at The Gobbins in Islandmagee with 30 for the wooden fencing along the path and 38 on the path s handrails.
The project is expected to be completed by the end of March and will signpost sightseers to heritage sites in the borough.
The display will incorporate the history, heritage, flora and fauna and views at the clifftop location and highlight other places of interest “by educating the visitor on the history and geography of the area”.