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(image via Wikimedia Commons) She Loves You, a new musical featuring the Beatles hits of John Lennon and Paul McCartney, will have its world premiere production in March 2022 at Tivoli Gardens in Copenhagen, Denmark, with a tour of Sweden, Norway, and Iceland to follow. Featuring a book by Thom Southerland and Shaun McKenna, She Loves You will feature Beatles hits including the title song, "Let It Be," "Blackbird," "A Hard Days Night," "With a Little Help From My Friends," "Across the Universe...

Ryan Denham / WGLT Consolidated local elections typically produce a lower voter turnout than even-year elections like presidential cycles. Normally, only about 20% of registered voters cast ballots. For Tuesday’s election, the Bloomington Election Commission and the McLean County Clerk’s office project turnout could run a little higher, possibly between 25-30%. Polls will be open from 6 a.m. to 7 p.m. on Tuesday. Bloomington Election Commission What are the reasons? BEC Executive Dire...

Jacob DeGeal McLean County and City of Bloomington election officials said Monday they have received more than 42,457 ballots through early voting and vote by mail. That is about 37.7% of the roughly 112,600 registered voters in the county, even before polls open Tuesday morning. Just 10 days ago, the votes cast figure was closer to 20%. Both election jurisdictions have data showing strong vote-by-mail returns. The McLean County Clerk’s office website showed 10,912 vote-by-mail ballots have...

Ryan Denham / WGLT Consolidated local elections typically produce a lower voter turnout than even-year elections like presidential cycles. Normally, only about 20% of registered voters cast ballots. For Tuesday’s election, the Bloomington Election Commission and the McLean County Clerk’s office project turnout could run a little higher, possibly between 25-30%. Polls will be open from 6 a.m. to 7 p.m. on Tuesday. Bloomington Election Commission What are the reasons? BEC Executive Dire...

Workers Revolutionary Party THE SURGE in coronavirus cases in January hit key services including cancer and even routine surgery, NHS England figures released on Thursday exposed. Over the last decade the Tories have declared war on the NHS, closing A&Es, maternity services, children’s departments; even entire hospitals have shut down. Tory cuts have created the situation where the NHS has been stretched to breaking point, and with the lack of preparation for subsequent wav...

Treatment for non-Covid conditions halved in January as the NHS was engulfed by coronavirus patients, figures revealed yesterday. Cancer surgery plummeted to its lowest level in ten years.

"This disruption meant tens of thousands of planned operations and other non-Covid treatments were put on ice, adding to the enormous backlog of elective surgeries that we now see." The number of people admitted for routine treatment in January was down 54 percent compared with January 2020. Tracey Loftis, from the charity Versus Arthritis, said cancelled operations and long waits meant some patients were losing their quality of life. She said: "We have heard from people who have lost jobs, are...

Scale of cancelled treatments is revealed with hospitals facing 'dire' backlog after Covid surge.

Denmark and Austria have halted use of the vaccine as a precaution - but regulators say it is safe.

The number of people waiting for hospital treatment in England has hit a record high amid the coronavirus crisis.