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4 Feb 2021 Amid record-high deaths from alcohol, an increase in reports of children committing self-harm, and more people experiencing suicidal thoughts during the lockdown, Prime Minister Boris Johnson has appointed an ‘Ambassador for Mental Health’. The Prime Minister has tapped TV personality and A&E doctor Alex George for the position, following Dr Alex’s persistent calls for the government to highlight the growing strain that lockdowns have had on the mental health of children and yo...

Mayor Jim Ardis and Darin LaHood endorse Ruckriegel for mayor Ruckriegel addresses a potential conflict of interest involving the county PEORIA – For mayoral candidate Sid Ruckriegel, it all begins with a good paying job. Concerned about income disparity in the community? Economic opportunity and growth will help cure that, Ruckriegel said. Unhappy about the lack of young people settling in Peoria? Give them a good job and they will stay, Ruckriegel said. Upset about the loss of shopping in ...

Article content After four nights of deliberations, and a few final motions and discussions, Chatham-Kent councillors passed this year’s budget with a 2.4 per cent tax increase. However, those at the virtual table admitted it was a difficult balance to strike between necessary spending and keeping taxes as low as possible during a pandemic. We apologize, but this video has failed to load. Try refreshing your browser. ‘People are stressed to the max this year’: Narrow 10-8 vote a...

Covid-19: Test blitz for South African variant, and unis want loan interest suspended Published 1. Test blitz under way to find South African variant in England On Monday evening, Health Secretary Matt Hancock said 105 cases of the South African Covid-19 variant had been found in the UK. Of those, 11 had no links to international travel. In response, the government is beginning mass, door-to-door testing in eight parts of England where the variant was found - they are in Surrey, London, Kent, H...

Coronavirus doctors diary: Were getting self-harming 10-year-olds in A&E Published image captionA childs bandaged hand (stock image) The pandemic has had a deep impact on children, who are arriving in A&E in greater numbers and at younger ages after self-harming or taking overdoses, writes Dr John Wright of Bradford Royal Infirmary. Children are a lost tribe in the pandemic. While they remain (for the most part) perplexingly immune to the health consequences of Covid-19, their lives and daily r...

The Hirak, a massive popular protest movement for democracy in Algeria which began in February 2019 and continues to challenge military authoritarian rule in the country today, is most potent when it can sustain mass mobilization against the regime across cultural, ethnic, linguistic, ideological, class, and racial lines. 1Elsewhere, I discuss the importance of sustained, cross-cutting mobilization in efforts to end military authoritarian rule. See Stephen J. King, The Arab Winter: Democratic ...

A TOP Bradford doctor has spoken of his pride in leading a trial to find an effective Covid-19 vaccine, describing it as the "pinnacle of his research career". Professor Dinesh Saralaya, a Respiratory Consultant at Bradford Royal Infirmary (BRI) is Director of the newly-established National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Patient Recruitment Centre, which is based at BRI and under the auspices of which, the late phase Novavax vaccine trial in Bradford was organised. On the news tha...

The Grimsby man who fought off a shark to save another mans life Heroic Noel Kinch was awarded a bravery award in the 1930s after jumping into open waters to save another man’s life 06:00, 24 JAN 2021 Heroic Noel Kinch was awarded a bravery award in the 1930s after jumping into open waters to save another man’s life Sign up to the Grimsby Live newsletter for daily updates and breaking newsInvalid EmailSomething went wrong, please try again later. Sign up here! When you subscribe we will use...

Christian Unity without Catholicism: Francis spews Ecumenical Bilge at General Audience At his Wednesday audience of Jan. 20, 2021, the false pope in Rome, Jorge Bergoglio (“Pope Francis”), interrupted his current series of lectures on the subject of prayer and spoke about Christian unity. This he did because every year from Jan. 18 through Jan. 25, the Novus Ordo Sect observes what it calls the “Week of Prayer for Christian Unity”. It is an ecumenicized version of the traditional Catho...

Bibhas Biswas checks out the plants in his urban farm as part of his business called Crunchy. The Southern Institute of Technology - and in particular a scholarship named after former New Zealand cricketer and former Indian coach John Wright - provided the lure for Biswas to move from Kolkata, a city of about 14 million, to Invercargill, which boosts about 55,000 people. The Government has moved this week to allow 1000 international tertiary students into New Zealand who were caught offshore ...