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December 21, 2020 at 1:00pm British taxpayers donated artworks worth a record-breaking total of $87 million to UK arts institutions this year as part of the government’s Acceptance in Lieu (AIL) tax program, which allows individuals gifting works of national importance to UK institutions to write off inheritance tax debt, The Art Newspaper reports. According to Arts Council England, the scheme gained significantly in popularity this year, as did the Cultural Gifts Sch...

Whisky is big business, and no more so than in 2020 it seems. With distilleries temporarily closing due to Covid restrictions and production slowing, casks produced in 2020 are predicted to become some of the rarest and most valuable in the future, believes cask whisky investment company Whiskey and Wealth Club. While it will be some years before that prediction is proven true, 2020 has certainly been tumultuous, which could well see it remembered as a “significant time for the history of the...

A bar and restaurant will be bringing festive cheer by delivering free roast dinners to elderly and vulnerable people on Christmas Day. Owner Peter Blake and chef Dave Thompson at Jack’s Surf Bar, on Maryport Road, Allonby, decided to deliver 48 meals with all the trimmings to people in Aspatria, Maryport, Silloth and Allonby. They decided on the kind gesture after announcing the pub was to close on Christmas Day for the first time in decades, because it was announced by the Government earl...

N ine months ago, when we launched Food For London Now from a standing start 72 hours after lockdown, we did it because we feared food poverty would soar as vulnerable families came under pressure. We partnered with The Felix Project, London’s biggest surplus food distributor, and were the first British newspaper out of the blocks with a campaign. Initially we thought raising £3 million to support Felix would be enough, but as the hunger crisis deepened, we set the bold goal of raising £10 ...

Help the Hungry: London landmarks lit up with ‘symbols of hope’ to thank public for supporting our campaign Vincent Wood,Abbianca Makoni and Maya Yagoda © Provided by The Independent Some of the capital’s most iconic landmarks have been lit up with symbols of gratitude and solidarity to thank the public for supporting our campaign to tackle the surging food poverty brought on by the pandemic. St Paul’s Cathedral, the National Gallery in Trafalgar Square and the lights ...

Turning the tide Named after a zoological noun describing aquatic animals that can swim against a current, Nekton is valiantly trying to turn the tide via scientific exploration and protection of the ocean. You see, the not-for-profit research foundation believes in using data to achieve protected status for at least 30% of the world’s oceans by 2030. Currently, only 8% of the ocean is part of a designated marine protected area (MPA). Of this, only 2.5% of the world’s oceans are in fully or...

Cambourne to Cambridge busway plans to be independently reviewed Development of the controversial £160m plan has been on pause for most of the year Updated A CGI showing how the GCPs proposed busway between Cambridge and Cambourne could look. (Image: Greater Cambridge Partnership) Sign up to our newsletter for daily updates and breaking newsInvalid EmailSomething went wrong, please try again later. Sign up here! When you subscribe we will use the information you provide to send you these newsl...

Latest coronavirus numbers in Oneida County Oneida County reported 179 new coronavirus cases Tuesday, bringing the county’s total to 8,150 after two positive cases were removed from the previous total, officials said. Two of the new cases involve nursing home residents. Another death also was reported, bringing the county’s total to 178. The county has 3,946 active cases, with 4,026 having been resolved. There are 121 patients hospitalized in Oneida County, with 100 in the Mohawk Valley Hea...

Print The Priority Center of Santa Ana will distribute gifts to some of the neediest Orange County families with a drive-through holiday experience on Saturday in Huntington Beach. The event will take place at the Freddie Georges Production Group HQ, located at 15362 Graham St. It runs from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. More than 270 families are participating. The Priority Center will distribute nearly $130,000 worth of gifts for children and gift cards for food and other basic necessities during the drive...

Central NY school district furloughs 100+ workers because of remote learning; will others? Updated Dec 11, 2020; Posted Dec 11, 2020 An empty hall at Long Branch Elementary School in Liverpool in late March 2020 after the school and others across the region closed due to the coronaviurs pandemic. Scott Schild | sschild@syracuse. Facebook Share When the Whitesboro school district in Oneida County decided to switch to distance learning from Thanksgiving until after Christmas, officials didn’t...