Two new British schools opening in Muscat in 2021
By: Times News Service
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Muscat: Two British schools with a long-standing reputation in achieving top academic standards and an emphasis on all-round student development are set to open this year.
Campuses for Cheltenham Muscat, a 180-year-old institution for children between the ages of three and 18, and the 113-year-old Downe House Muscat, will set up their facilities in the capital in 2021.
Their opening is subject to final approvals from the Ministry of Education, but applications for September 2021 have begun.
The schools will be run in collaboration with the Ministry of Defence Pension Fund, and the arrival of the two educational facilities has been welcomed by His Highness Sayyid Shihab bin Tariq bin Taimour Al Said, the Deputy Prime Minister for Defence Affairs.
Eye of the beholder: Are beauty pageants making a comeback?
9 Jan, 2021 03:08 AM
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Lorraine Downes is crowned Miss Universe in 1983.
By: Aroha Awarau
COMMENT:
Beauty pageants have long been an anachronism, yet as they become more inclusive, it seems they are finding a new audience. By Aroha Awarau. I was 7 in 1983 when Lorraine Downes became the first New Zealand woman to be crowned Miss Universe. It was a huge deal. The TV news led with the victory and reported the moment as if the 18-year-old had won an Olympic gold medal.
Then-prime minister Robert Muldoon added to Downes status by comparing her win to the Kiwi league team beating the Kangaroos two days earlier. Congratulations, all New Zealanders are very proud of you, he wrote in a telegram after Downes was crowned. Beating the Australians at rugby league and now the world at beauty, poise and charm. Well done!
9th January 2021
The Cambridges are spending lockdown at Anmer Hall and a low-key family celebration is sure to be happening this weekend as Kate starts the last year of her thirties. Born on 9 January 1982 at Royal Berkshire Hospital in Reading, the Duchess marks her 39th year today. Read on for 39 facts about the Duchess (in no particular order).
Catherine Elizabeth Middleton was christened at St Andrew’s Bradfield on 20 June 1982.
In 2018, the Duchess became the first royal patron of the Victoria and Albert Museum in London.
Kate met William at the University of St Andrews where they lived in the same dormitory, St Salvatore’s Hall.
Blues Linked With Szmodics
Saturday, 21st Dec 2019 22:21
Town have been linked with a January loan move for Bristol City attacking midfielder Sammie Szmodics.
The former Colchester man has been mentioned in connection with the Blues on the TWTD Forum and social media for a number of days but with Town sources having played down the likelihood of interest in the 24-year-old.
Szmodics joined the Robins from the U’s last summer but has made only two starts and two sub appearances.
Huddersfield Town and Hull City have both previously been linked with moves for the Colchester-born schemer and a switch to a Championship club appears more likely if Szmodics were to leave Ashton Gate on a temporary basis.
Ambulances were forced to queue outside Antrim Area Hospital this week. Picture by Mal McCann Sharon Gallagher
Sharon Gallagher, chief executive of the Health and Social Care Board
OUR health and social care service is under huge strain. And yes, I know this seems to happen nearly every year, but believe me when I tell you that Covid-19 has put immeasurable pressures on services and on our dedicated staff.
The evidence is already clear for everyone to see with many hospitals working beyond full capacity. The ambulances parked outside some of our hospitals in recent days painted the starkest of pictures.