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Trending In the last seven days, cases have risen in Leeds, Bradford and Sheffield but have significantly declined in Wiltshire, South Staffordshire and Shropshire. Mr Hancock, speaking at Friday's press conference, announced the “goal” is to ease restrictions nationally but could not "rule out taking local action". He said: "We proposed to come out of the national lockdown all together. "These regional disparities are smaller than we saw in the autumn. Matt Hancock gives update on lightning lockdowns (Image: Getty Images) Coronavirus update press conference (Image: Getty Images) "We don'...

Striving for Civil Rights: Byrd Center produces series of lectures on Black American history By Tabitha Johnston - Chronicle Staff | Jan 22, 2021 The Robert C. Byrd Center has produced a series of six lectures exploring Black Americans' struggle to overcome systemic racism and achieve racial equality. Tabitha Johnston SHEPHERDSTOWN — Ninety-two years ago this Monday, Martin Luther King, Jr. was born. His assassination at the age of 39, in Memphis, Tenn., may have ended his work as a civil rights leader, but it did not prevent his legacy from continuing to change the face of the United State...

Ariel Zetina has launched Local Action and Finn’s Mixtape Club series. The Chicago-based Smartbar resident, who released her last EP ‘MUAs At The End Of The World’ via femme culture in February last year, has kicked off London label Local Action and Manchester's Finn's Mixtape Club series with a new tape titled 'Sestina'. 'Sestina' is a selection of new and unheard music from Zetina and her Peers, drawing on Ballroom pressure, Chicago hard house and Florida breaks. Speaking about the tape, Zetina said: “I’m obsessed with repetitions, motifs that come and return, repeating patterns...

Lessons in lockdown: Living each day like it is your last day Date: January 13, 2021 By Ntolo Lekau Maseru, 22 January:  I was looking forward to 2020 and people named it twenty plenty, year of good things and year of new possibilities not knowing those good things would turn to masking up our faces and physical distancing. “Many are the plans in the man’s heart, but it is the Lord purpose that prevails” Proverbs 19:21.The quoted bible verse means we can plan as much as we want but the Lord is only our approver. It was a year new and there was so much to be happy about and looking for...

OzFish receives Great Barrier Reef Foundation funding to improve coastal outcomes for fish 20 January 2021 FISHING conservation charity OzFish Unlimited has received Great Barrier Reef Foundation funding to improve fish habitat in the lower Herbert region of North Queensland. The funding is for a three-part project that includes a community forum on coastal adaptation and environmental restoration, baseline fish surveys of Tyto Wetlands and Herbert River, and the design of a rock-ramp fishway for Tyto Wetlands. OzFish project manager, Dr Geoffrey Collins said the project aims to highlight an...