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Hate it or love it, Valentine’s Day is hard to ignore. As some of us are faced with greeting card choices, scores of hearts, red flowers and chocolates begin to fill supermarket shelves and marketing for romantic dinners start springing up everywhere. But before February 14 became a billion-dollar celebration, how did Valentine s Day begin and was it always about love?
Here are a few facts about Valentine s Day that you might not know.
The exact origins are uncertain
It is difficult to pinpoint exactly how Valentine’s Day came to be, though it is often attributed to the Romans. The Feast of Saint Valentine was established by the Pope in 496 AD as a way to honour a Roman saint. It was only in the 1500s and 1600s that various traditions in different countries transformed the occasion into one that focused on courtly love and romance. The tradition of offering gifts and flowers dates from 18th century England.
A leading figure in a campaign to topple Britain s statues is a hard-left fanatic who previously expressed scepticism around the Pfizer vaccine, his social media posts have revealed.
Toyin Agbetu, 53, joined Sadiq Khan s new diversity commission this week to help investigate whether to remove statues and road names of prominent historical figures connected to the slave trade.
Mr Agbetu was previously known for his 2007 outburst in front of the Queen in 2007, when he shouted you should be ashamed during a service at Westminster Abbey.
In November he posted online expressing scepticism about the Pfizer jab s ability to deal with the spread of coronavirus. He wrote: We are being encouraged to relax our compliance with these relaxed restrictions because apparently a magical vaccine is around the corner from the Viagra specialists.
Our Performance Updates are aimed at ensuring our investors and other stakeholders receive regular, timely information regarding the performance of the Group. We will publish these reports on a quarterly basis and will produce them within six weeks of the relevant quarter end. The information included is based on unaudited management accounts and other internal performance measures.
FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE: QUARTER THREE RESULTS
The management accounts of Great Places Housing Group (the Group) show year to date surplus of £15.3m, £2.1m better than budget. Turnover in the period (all income including property sales) was £103.0m and operating surplus £35.2m.
The main savings were interest £1.0m, due to interest rates lower than budget and effective management of liquid cash and revolving credit facilities, and property sales surpluses overall being £0.7m higher than budget. Other variances included overhead savings like bad debt expense lo
Fate of controversial 55-storey tombstone tower in the heart of Manchester to be decided
The £130m scheme is heavily opposed by councillors and residents living nearby
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