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The second day of Africa Tech Week was bursting with tech trends and practical insights from speakers and acclaimed sponsors Vaxowave, Liquid Intelligent Solutions, Visa, PPC and Gijima, the overarching emotion is one of gratitude and the outlook optimistic. The main focus was strategies for living in a digital world – a reality that has abruptly arrived on the globe’s doorstep. 54 Million Jobs to be Created As Zahra Baitie from the Jack Ma Foundation reiterated, Africa is a recently connec...

  People eat at a restaurant in Chinatown, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in London on December 5, 2020. [Photo/Agencies] A United Kingdom charity that creates opportunities for people to learn about China and Chinese culture is calling for donations to fund the first public permanent display celebrating East and South East Asian history in Londons Chinatown. China Exchange says that there are 11 heritage plaques in Chinatown that detail fascinating snippets of history, ...

23 April 2021 | 07:56am StockMarketWire.com - Drug development firm Sareum has reported a half-annual loss on ordinary activities for the six months ended 31 December 2020 of £0.55m. It comes after the firm experienced a 2019 loss of £0.61m, however, the firm has welcomed positive product developments. Cash at the period end was £1.30 million versus £1.80 million as of 30 June 2020 and £1.00 million as of 31 December 2019. R&D Tax Credit of £0.13 million was received in January 2021, with...

BBC News Published image copyrightGetty Images Around 4.7 million people were waiting for routine operations and procedures in England in February - the most since 2007, NHS England figures show. Nearly 388,000 people were waiting more than a year for non-urgent surgery compared with just 1,600 before the pandemic began. During January and February, the pressure on hospitals caused by Covid-19 was particularly acute. NHS England said two million operations took place despite the winter peak. Ho...

Boris Johnson today said the NHS would get all the funding it needs to get through the Covid backlog as the number of people on the waiting list hit a record 4.7million. The Prime Minister pledged to help the health service back to its feet as data for England today showed that 400,000 people have waited over a year for surgery. And the proportion of cancer patients who hadnt been treated within the two month target after being diagnosed has also jumped to a record 30.3 per cent. Medics said NH...

BBC News Published image copyrightGetty Images Around 4.7 million people were waiting for routine operations and procedures in England in February - the most since 2007, NHS England figures show. Nearly 388,000 people were waiting more than a year for non-urgent surgery compared with just 1,600 before the pandemic began. During January and February, the pressure on hospitals caused by Covid-19 was particularly acute. NHS England said two million operations took place despite the winter peak. Ho...

Charities and health organisations warned of the Covid-19 pandemic’s “catastrophic” impact on NHS services as new figures revealed that the number of people in England waiting to begin hospital treatment has risen to a new record high. According to data from NHS England, a total of 4.7 million people were waiting to start treatment at the end of February 2021 – the highest figure since records began in August 2007. The number of people waiting more than 52 weeks to start their hospital ...

Shannon Brennan Special to The News & Advance As sunlight sifted through the treetops onto the forest floor, a dozen hikers stopped to look up at the yellow-bellied sapsuckers courting above. This stretch of land in the George Washington National Forest in Amherst County is slated to be slashed to the ground, taking countless life forms above and below the soil for a relatively small amount of timber on this particular mountaintop. The U.S. Forest Service says the logging will provi...

She Loves You: new musical based on Lennon & McCartney song catalogue April 8, 2021 Last updated: April 8, 2021 An international creative team develop a brand new original musical based on the Lennon & McCartney song catalogue. Nordic Musical Partners presents the world premiere in Denmark in March 2022 before a Scandinavian tour. Led by an acclaimed international creative team, She Loves You is a brand new musical in development based on the beloved Lennon & McCartney song catalogue. Present...

 Pete Boyle, CEO of Lets Go Hydro Shaun Keenan 08 April, 2021 10:30 An application for a drive-in cinema in Carryduff has been granted amid objections from local residents. Councillors unanimously approved the decision at Lisburn Castlereagh City Council’s Environmental Services Committee on April 7. Last month a representative in objection to the license outlined their reasoning for the complaint. Objectors said traffic congestion on the Saintfiel...