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CBNNewsDailyRundownEp834FinalMix.mp3 Despite Israels massive bombardment of the Gaza Strip, Hamas terror groups continue to launch rockets into Central and Southern Israel. The millions of Israelis within range have five to fifteen seconds to seek shelter when the red alert sirens go off signaling an incoming missile. Our very own CBN News team had to run for shelter several times today while covering the story at the Gaza border. Mideast Bureau Chief Chris Mitchell shares it all on todays C...

By Jake Bickerton2021-05-13T10:32:00+01:00 The second of the UK’s Centres of Screen Excellence will offer new craft and tech traineeships for 18 and 19-year-olds The UK’s second Centre of Screen Excellence is to open in Elstree and Borehamwood, offering opportunities and training to those looking to establish careers in film and high-end TV. The Centre of Screen Excellence: Elstree has come about through a partnership between ScreenSkills, Elstree Screen Arts Academy, Elstree Film Studios...

Joe Biden wants to be FDR, but he may have to settle for Jimmy Carter. The eerie echoes of those days are starting to replay in a lot of Americans’ minds as they watch the world unravel — almost overnight. By nightfall Tuesday, the lines for gas up and down the east coast were so long that the traffic jams spilled onto the main streets. People everywhere raced to fill up tanks and whatever else they could hold, as panic spread. Along the southern border, the state of emergency hit ...

Evaluating Washington’s 2021 draft class on character metrics Photo by Mark LoMoglio/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images Earlier in the week, I looked at the athleticism of Washington’s 2021 draft class compared to some of the most athletic draft classes in the past 30+ years. That was a relatively easy exercise compared to what I’m proposing to do today, which is to try to plumb the depths of these players’ characters. There are no easy single metrics, there are no in-person interviews. I...

UK backs sharing COVID-19 vaccines now to prevent new strains from emerging Three quarters agree pandemic will not be over until it has ended everywhere, and that people in the UK are still at risk if virus thriving elsewhere in the world Two thirds say it is important for the UK to start sharing doses internationally now, amid concern new vaccine resistant strains could potentially threaten domestic rollout London, 10 May 2021 - New polling (1) shows public support for sharing doses of COVID-1...

Living Rent Govanhill protest RESIDENTS queued around the block on Saturday to post complaints to Glasgows council leader about the state of South Side cleansing issues. Around 40 people lined up on Calder Street to add their voice to a litany of calls for increased cleaning services in Govanhill. At a demonstration organised by Living Rent’s Govanhill branch and GMB Scotlands City Council branch, locals asked for overflowing bins, rats and flytipping to be dealt with. Living Rent mem...

As litter balloons, local governments and residents try new approaches The pandemic appeared to exacerbate litter and related issues in cities. “When its sort of everybodys responsibility, its nobodys priority,” one anti-litter specialist said. Published May 3, 2021 Jamie McCarthy via Getty Images As communities across the United States marked Earth Day 2021 with community trash cleanups, many noted increases in litter ...

One third of Three Rivers District Councils seats are up for election on May 6.

Chris Kenny might not have landed an interview with either Malcolm Turnbull or Kevin Rudd for his Sky News Australia documentary but he is very clear on how he feels about the two former PMs so a chat may have been redundant. “Instead of any self-examination and accepting failure on their own part, they are both out there trying to blame others and it’s not just News Corp,” Kenny told Mediaweek ahead of Men in the Mirror: Rudd & Turnbull on...