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Alan Turing £50 banknote enters circulation The new £50 note featuring Alan Turing has entered circulation (Joe Giddens/PA) The Alan Turing £50 banknote has started to enter circulation, coinciding with the Bletchley Park codebreaker’s birthday. The new polymer Bank of England note will become available in bank branches and at ATMs in the coming days and weeks. Celebrating Mr Turing’s life, the Bank of England was also flying the Progress Pride flag above its building in London’s Threa...

New Alan Turing £50 note enters circulation © BBC Partially complete Alan Turing £50 banknotes in production The Bank of Englands newly-designed £50 note featuring the portrait of Alan Turing has entered circulation. The release date coincides with what would have been the computer pioneer and wartime codebreakers birthday. It means the Banks entire collection of currently-printed banknotes is made of plastic for the first time. Paper £50 and £20 notes will no longer be accepted in shop...

Church forced to take down Pride flag by Catholic leaders prompts heartwarming shows of support The Pride flag was removed from the church in Ballyfermot after the diocese intervened. (Facebook) People in Dublin are preparing to hold a solidarity vigil after a church in Ballyfermot was ordered to take down a Pride flag by Catholic leaders. Ballyfermot Assumption Parish Church put up the Pride flag and an Irish flag last Tuesday (15 June) in an effort to show that everyone in the community is we...

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Author of the article: Denis Langlois Publishing date: Jun 16, 2021  •  8 hours ago  •  3 minute read  •  Owen Sounds new rainbow crosswalk, which is to be officially unveiled Thursday morning, includes the colours of the LGBTQ+ Pride flag, along with the white, light blue and light pink of the transgender Pride flag and black and brown to represent marginalized communities. DENIS LANGLOIS Article content A Progress Pride flag will be flying this month at Owen Sound city hall...

Essex County Fire and Rescue Service (ECFRS) says kindness has real power this Pride Month.

Gay paediatrician Dr Mike Farquhar shares how the rainbow NHS badge began as a tiny grassroots project and spread rapidly across the country

A popular form of the iconic rainbow flag, the Progress Pride version, has been updated and now features colours or symbols to represent nine different groups. In trying to include everyone, it's actually benefiting no one. Everything has a...

Photo: Marco Ovando Aquaria performs at Drive ‘N Drag Saves 2021 – see Tue., June 15-Wed., June 16 Pride returns to the Pittsburgh area with parties, tributes, first-ever celebrations, and more, both online and in person. Fri., June 11 Make a new memory with a special photoshoot at the Simply Social PGH Picture Perfect PRIDE event at the ...

The new bags have been offered to 2,500 riders across the UK (Deliveroo) Deliveroo is giving its riders new delivery bags featuring LGBT+ flags and pronouns, created by the graphic designer behind the Progress Pride flag. A fleet of 2,500 delivery riders – known as “P’riders” – can add one of five designs to the distinctive blue bags, which bear the words “Pronouns matter” and “LGBTTQQIAAP rights”. They’re the work of Daniel Quasar, the graphic designer who reinvented the si...