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May 18, 2020
L.a. fitness is reopening in georgia this week with new hygiene protocol. while in new jersey, one gym owner defied local ordinances to reopen his business. >> we are sick and tired of having our rights trampled on. >> anger and defiance can be seen in some of the hardest hit areas with crowds gathering out in front of new york city restaurants that are open for takeout, a lack of social distancing on the beaches of new jersey, california as fear and discipline began to wither after three months...
May 17, 2020
The government seeks to assure parents and teachers about plans to get some pupils back into schools in england in a fortnight. while the risk of infection cannot be eliminated, ministers say they are confident about a phased reopening. it is the case that it is extremely unlikely that any school is likely to be the source of a covid outbreak, and if, for any reason, there are risks, then we can take steps to mitigate them. amid the warmer weather, how some parts of the uk are coping with more v...
May 17, 2020
Who was happy to sell to the stokes family. but when people in the local area found out, they tried to stop the sale. we were not aware of how bad the neighbours were carrying on. it was the auctioneer who went through complete and utter hell, stopped on the street, "is it true? "are there travellers moving in? "you didnt sell them the house, did you, michael?" he said he did. a family needed it. in parts of ireland, planning rules have a requirement for local connection to the area, which they ...
May 17, 2020
And having a big large family. that is what my dream was and i never thought id have it, to be honest. two of their eight children have disabilities and the house has been life changing for the eldest son paddy. it feels more comfortable because, obviously, i have a wheelchair because i only have one leg. but the doors of the house of the last house, they were too small and not wide enough. this is perfect because everything is downstairs for me. the kitchen, even my bedroom is downstairs and th...
May 17, 2020
This case is going nowhere in court, and we need to put it to an end for the familys sake. will you do that? probably sounds a bit too farโfetched, but im afraid in me life that the best part of our years โ the next ten years, 20 years โ the important years for the children to set them up as people for the future, itsjust going to be consumed with all the racism, the house thing, all these things that shouldnt be happening to us. kilkenny county councils planning department has told the bb...
May 17, 2020
For the future, itsjust going to be consumed with all the racism, the house thing, all these things that shouldnt be happening to us. kilkenny county councils planning department has told the bbc that it deals with all complaints impartially and entirely rejects any suggestion that it has acted in a discriminatory manner. they say it considered all necessary information in the categories set out in the local area plan that doesnt allow for consideration of exceptional health circumstances or dis...
May 17, 2020
The government seeks to assure parents and teachers that schools in england can be safely reopened. while ministers say the risk of the virus cant be totally eliminated, plans continue to have some year groups back in a fortnight. running through the figures, the r number, the rate of infection in the community overall, were confident that children and teachers will be safe. well be assessing what the science says on coronavirus and children. also tonight: the councils asking for emergency suppo...
May 17, 2020
Special, i think. >> these were the moments before they were born, when a shot-putter named dave laut became his familys superman and his little brother watched him win a bronze medal at the 1984 olympics. >> i mean, after i just cried. how do you not? how do you not cry when you see your brother up there getting the medal? he was my big brother but he was like my superman. he was my superman. >> don laut is daves younger brother by 9 1/2 years. dave and don inherited a passion for athletics and...
May 17, 2020
Pretty rare now, now we have robbins, crows. bird species that can live in any disturbed environment, which is what we left for them. it turns out while woodpeckers and rails are really good at repelling west nile virus, robbins and crows are carriers. so the fewer wood peckers and rails you have around, the more robbins and crows you have around, the more west nile virus you have. so a mosquito will bite a domestic bird and then bite a human being. and thats whats happened in 1999, and that was...
May 16, 2020
Neighbours, people who didnt know each other now do. and it is all good fun. the thing is, you can do it offโtheโcuff. now, the neighbours have been absolutely brilliant. they are really good sports. but i know that they are very nervous at the moment, particularly on thursday, when we put the bins out. the two neighbours over the road are tardy. bins have been emptied but they are still out! not brought brought the bins back in! outside to nicholas judge and it is pigeon dressage that has o...