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EuroMillions winners inspired to spend £1m prize on selfless act during Covid pandemic Bill and Cath Mullarkey hit the huge jackpot in 2017 and have used their winnings throughout the pandemic to help the homeless and those vulnerable. The duo wanted to do their bit The video will auto-play soon8Cancel Play now The Daily Stars FREE newsletter is spectacular! Sign up today for the best stories straight to your inboxInvalid EmailSomething went wrong, please try again later. Sign up today! When...

A couple who won a £1million Euromillions jackpot have helped feed hundreds of homeless people struggling in the Covid-19 lockdown. Bill Mullarkey, 60, and Cath, 59, from Coventry, West Midlands, created a dish inspired by a Caribbean curry from St Lucia for a charitys outreach team. The pair helped chef Jim Eaves, who volunteers for Langar Aid, make the meal after purchasing and delivering the ingredients, alongside other snacks and drinks. The professional chefs, who scooped a jackpot prize ...

SIXTH TONE SIXTH TONE Why a Silk Road Travelogue Is Taking China by Storm Despite China’s massive investment in Central Asia, the region remains an enigma to most ordinary Chinese. But a hit new book aims to change that. Like many in China, Liu Zichao used to consider Central Asia a strange and mysterious land.  The former journalist recalls being on an assignment in the western Chinese city of Khorgos in 2010 and a local truck driver telling him that on the other side of the snow-capped mou...

A SELFLESS team of volunteers braved the snow to provide more than 300 hot meals to Bewdley residents affected by flooding. Volunteers from Langar Aid loaded up there van with chickpea curry, rice and 200 samosas, and travelled to Beales Corner to feed residents and personnel from the emergency services today (Sunday, January 24).  Between 30 and 40 properties in the town have been affected by the flooding after temporary defences at Beales Corner were breached. The River Severn levels i...

BBC News Published image captionSnow caused treacherous driving conditions on the A46 near Stratford-upon-Avon Six coronavirus testing centres have been forced to close due to heavy snow in the West Midlands. The weather is also causing travel disruption, with treacherous conditions reported on some of the regions roads. A yellow weather warning for snow remains in place, with a more severe amber warning issued for parts of Staffordshire. Meanwhile, aid charity staff have been despatched to su...

Thousands throng gurdwaras on Guru Gobinds Prakash Purb ​ By IANS | Published on ​ Wed, Jan 20 2021 10:36 IST | ​ 0 Views   Chandigarh, Jan 20 : Thousands of devotees paid obeisance at gurdwaras across Punjab, Haryana, Himachal and Chandigarh on Wednesday to commemorate the 354th birth anniversary of the 10th Sikh master, Guru Gobind Singh. Guru Gobind Singh (1666-1708) founded the Khalsa Panth or the community of the pure at Anandpur Sahib in 1699. Religious fervour was quite evide...

Thousands of devotees paid obeisance at gurdwaras across Punjab Haryana Himachal and Chandigarh on Wednesday to commemorate the 354th birth anniversary of the 10th Sikh master Guru Gobind Singh

How Coventry schools are plugging the free school meals gap Secondary schools in Coventry shared their experiences with CoventryLive (Image: Brian Lawless/PA Wire) Never miss another story from Coventry and Warwickshire by subscribing to our free email updatesInvalid EmailSomething went wrong, please try again later. Subscribe When you subscribe we will use the information you provide to send you these newsletters. Sometimes they’ll include recommendations for other related newsletters or se...

Weak classes were deliberately neglected in past: CM Buzdar   Published On Punjab Minister for Social Welfare Syed Yawar Abbas Bukhari called on CM Usman Buzdar. LAHORE (Dunya News) – Punjab Chief Minister Sardar Usman Buzdar Friday said weak classes of our society were deliberately neglected in the past as no former government did anything for their welfare. Provincial Minister for Social Welfare Syed Yawar Abbas Bukhari called on the chief minister. Usman Buzdar said Pakistan Tehreek-e-In...

One thought that hadn’t flitted across the minds of any farmer at the bustling protest site at the Ghazipur border was that the Supreme Court was going to pass an important order on the farm laws on Tuesday. The leaders might have kept a watch but the ordinary farmers were oblivious to the legal proceedings. The irrelevance of judicial intervention is a striking feature of the battle between the Narendra Modi government and the farming community, a sense of dismay deepened by the court’s su...