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Published: 8:44 AM March 16, 2021    Jennifer Phillips, winner of the Frank Calcraft Trophy at Nailsea Horticultural Societys Spring Show in 2019. - Credit: Archant Nailsea Horticultural Society is holding a virtual spring flower show on April 3.  The schedule is slightly smaller this year, but includes classes for spring flowers, daffodils, vegetables, decorated cup cakes, photography, a painting or drawing and childrens categories. Society chairman Martyn Davis said: "We realised that eve...

Last modified on Tue 23 Feb 2021 07.54 EST Is the royal family always impartial when it comes to the formation of UK law, or could they be influencing legislation in matters that affect their interests? For months Guardian journalists David Pegg and Rob Evans submerged themselves in the National Archives, sourcing information on the archaic convention known as Queen’s consent. Previously seen as a formality, Queen’s consent occurs when parliament asks for permission to debate bills th...

Those who shun vaccine responsible for viral path We’re sorry, this service is currently unavailable. Please try again later. Dismiss February 21, 2021 — 10.00pm Normal text size The Age, email letters@theage.com.au. Please include your home address and telephone number. IMMUNISATION Those who shun vaccine responsible for viral path I have observed anti-vaccination protesters holding up signs stating “Not anti-vax, pro-choice”. And this is of course true; as sovereign citizens in a vibr...

East Coast Colleges Lowestoft campus. Photo: East Coast College - Credit: East Coast College A coastal college has welcomed three new governors. David Blake, Paul Nisbett and Christina Sadler have joined East Coast College - with the college keen to hear from others who would be interested in being involved. Mr Blake will be joining the board and finance and general purposes committee, while associate governor Mr Nisbett will sit on the finance and general purposes and the curriculum deve...

To feature, click on the link at the bottom of this story.  LIVE Aid organiser and Boomtown Rats frontman Sir Bob Geldolf posed for a picture with Lisa Taylor backstage at at Lets Rock London. WENDY Davies from Holbury met legendary golfer Jack Nicklaus when her and husband Bob volunteered at the Ryder Cup in Minnesota in 2016. EX Saint Charlie George is pictured with Dave Cooper from Southampton with the FA Cup he helped Arsenal win in 1971. Saints shot stopper Alex McCarthy stopped...

Historical art, maps withdrawn from auction after ACT Government nearly sells possible territory records ThuThursday 4 updated ThuThursday 4 FebFebruary 2021 at 5:09am Several art pieces were withdrawn from auction after the ACT Government realised they were territory records and could not be sold. ( Print text only Cancel For lovers of early Canberra history it seemed like a dream auction — dozens of architectural drawings, paintings and maps put up for sale by an ACT Government agency. Key ...

Last modified on Mon 8 Feb 2021 18.05 EST This is the last in a series of three blogposts about the first year of the new Investigations & Reporting team, a small group of software developers embedded in the Guardian newsroom. You can read about our work on environmental reporting here and election coverage here. In May 2020 the Guardian turned its attention to a new strand of reporting: the scrutiny of high value public sector contracts awarded without the usual competitive tender, justified...

Arkansas organization helps take care of disabled American veterans This organization focuses on veterans in Johnson, Pope and Yell counties, but their success has brought in people from other states. Author: Rob Evans Updated: 10:20 AM CST January 27, 2021 RUSSELLVILLE, Ark. — According to government estimates, there are more than 200,000 veterans living in Arkansas. There are a lot of organizations who are trying to help those veterans, and we want to honor t...

| 26 January 2021 In a move that will provide further impetus to the UK’s growing gigabit network, Barratt Developments, Britain’s biggest house builder, has announced a partnership with the UKs leading netwrok providers to ensure full-fibre broadband is installed as standard across all of its new build developments. The move means that around 15,000 new homes that Barratt builds every year will now gain access to potentially gigabit online access from the leading UK broadband ...

Saf Malik January 26, 2021 Virgin’s entire network of 15 million homes will gain access to gigabit speeds by the end of the year Virgin Media has announced it has partnered with the UK’s largest housebuilder, Barratt Developments, to bring broadband to all new Barratt homes. Barratt Developments will build 15,000 homes in the UK this year and all of these will be connected to Virgin Media’s ultrafast broadband network. Virgin’s ultrafast broadband provides speeds of up to 1,140Mbps and ...