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Glasgow High Court trial set for man accused of murdering Charmaine O'Donnell

A MAN is to stand trial charged with murdering a Glasgow woman allegedly thrown from a pier into water.

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Pupils amazed as UFO lands in Gaskell Community Primary School, Bolton

CHILDREN and teachers were amazed to encounter a UFO on their way into school as part of a creative festive activity.

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Youngsters take-on Captain Tom 100 challenge with laps of school field

CARING primary school students are doing their bit for Cancer Research by running around a circuit 100 times.
Penruddock Primary School pupils were motivated to raise funds for Cancer Research UK after hearing about the Captain Tom 100 Challenge.
After considering ideas for a ‘100’ challenge, 13 pupils from Class 2 decided to create a circuit of their school field and run or walk it 100 times.
Pupils estimate it will take them six attempts to complete the ambitious challenge of 100 laps.
Isabelle, aged 8 and a student at the village school said: “I am really enjoying running around the school field with my friends.
She said: “I hope it will help the caring people who work for Cancer Research to do their job and help the patients who have the disease to get better.”

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Pure Gold by John Patrick McHugh - read an exclusive extract

Updated / Friday, 5 Mar 2021
15:17
We're delighted to present an extract from
Pure Gold, the debut collection of short stories by John Patrick McHugh, published by New Island.
Set on an imagined island off the west coast of Ireland, John Patrick McHugh's debut collection of stories conjures a complete and varied cast of characters – some lost, some lonely, many dreaming and others self-deceiving - casting a bold eye on masculinity, family and class, friendships and betrayal, and embedding us in the moments on which a life can twist and turn.
Bonfire
That summer we lit fires. Terry and I.
We'd meet in the mornings, when oats still gummed my molars and the sky was beginning to shake itself blue. Two of us dressed in thready-sleeved jerseys; two of us decorated with scabs and cuts and small, sloughing burnholes. When we had money, we chucked it together and bought matches from Brett’s Newsagent. And when we had no spare coppers – the more likely – we snatched clickety lighters from the dashboard of Terry’s dad’s van or bummed fizzing matches from the backyard smokers of The Clinic. Then, bodies gunned over the handlebars of our bikes, we’d thunder on in pursuit of fires, the Island quaking from our shouts. Time had no use to us. Days never had acts, never dulled to a yawn, never became sticky; rather they were endless, borderless, buzzing alive until we were confronted by the full stop of night.

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Press Conference: Senate Republicans discuss proposal to allow more spectators at HS games

Press Conference: Senate Republicans discuss proposal to allow more spectators at HS games
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Republican state senators are holding a press conference in Raleigh this morning to discuss a bill that would allow high schools to have up to 40% capacity at outdoor sporting events.
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please the athletes, the parents and the community members of North Carolina. I also want to thank if you look behind me. What you see your members of both the house, the Senate and parents of athletes, uh, that that are being affected by some of the shutdowns that we're experiencing. So as of this morning, there's been a petition to increase the past the limits of high school sporting events that is just shy of 45,000. I have not checked that in the last few minutes, but my guess is it's probably over 45,000. Springtime is nearly here again. After a year of stress, uncertainty and illness, social ties have been strained. Parents have reached their wits in, and then some. It may seem like small potatoes, but going toe watch a son or daughter, a niece or nephew compete outdoors offers an escape from the past years, trauma and some semblance of normalcy. That's what this bill and those many 1000 signatures are all about. Many high school sports venues air large enough to hold several 1000 people. Yet right now they're restricted to an unreasonable 100 person limit. Family and friends can safely watch loved ones compete, but right now they're simply not allowed to. That needs to change. Let me be clear. Frankly, I don't care how it changes. This bill has my name on it and others that you see here. But I'd be Justus satisfied if Governor Cooper changed the rules on his own. As a matter of fact, I would prefer that he can take full credit for it. It's not about taking credit. My colleagues and the parents with us today just want to get this seemingly small but consequential change done. The investments go beyond students. Communities throughout North Carolina, in communities throughout North Carolina, embrace high school athletics amid common differences in those communities. Athletics brings people together. It spans political, religious, socioeconomic boundaries. It's a shared, cohesive bond, like no other founding neighborhoods, towns, cities, big and small all throughout North Carolina. It's personal. In my youth, I looked in the stands for that affirmation, that affirmation to see my parents there that took the time away from work to come support me. That affirmation had much more value than the outcome of the game. I'm the father of two young boys, 1/10 grader in 1/7 grader. Both of them played in traditional public schools in Union County High School. They just completed their seasons. I was only able to attend maybe one or two games for each of them due to the restrictions of inside sports. So this bill is not gonna be able to address that. We've already lost that time. Also, I'm are reminded of a gentleman in Anson County where I grew up and went to high school. Went to dancing Senior High School. There was a gentleman by the name of lightning Gatti. Enlightened. Gatti was an older gentleman. He's now since passed away, But for 50 years he sat in his wheelchair on the track around the football field, and he never missed not one single game in 50 years. He didn't have family on the field. He didn't have anyone in the stands that was there, that he was watching. He simply loved his community and simply wanted to support him. And that's how he looked forward to Friday night lights and come to support his community. I'm no different. Every family with high school students have their own story. In short, to paraphrase James Earl Jones in Field of Dreams. If you pass this bill, the people will come. I appreciate the support of Senator, Brit and Senator Salyer and many others that you see here today. So at this time, I would like to ask Senator Danny Brite Robeson County for a few words. First, I want to thank everyone for coming today. I wanna thank many folks that support this bill both from the Senate in the House and for Miss O Donnell for putting together the many signatures that she has on a petition to support this effort as well. Just reiterate some of what Senator Johnson said. You know, we both agreed that this would be great if Governor Cooper would come on out. Lesson these restrictions on his own. Obviously, the process will move a lot quicker than having run this bill through the General Assembly. What we want Some return enormously. We wanna open these stadiums up safely. We wanna be able to have parents to watch their Children play. We want Children to be able to have their parents at the games have their families at the game. We wanna have the community spirit back in our communities, and that's what this bill is gonna do. I look forward to being able to support it on the floor. I would like to see Governor could make these changes before we have that opportunity, though. So thank you for coming. And thank Senator Johnson for this idea. Thank you, Senator. Britain next up, my close counterpart from Union County that I've worked with heavily on this and he's been instrumental piece and helping us to get this done represented David Willis from Union County. Thank you to my counterparts in the Senate on the house for pushing this legislation. Thank you to the parent advocates who are here with us today. And thank you to the parents that are around the state that have been pushing so hard to reopen these stadiums and the venues for our high school kids. Uh, for almost a year now, our Children have been struggling with the fall out of this lock down, they've been struggling academically. They've been struggling socially and emotionally, and it's time now to reopen the stadiums, reopen these venues for these kids to get back on the field, get back into their teams back with their friends and their teammates be able to perform on something that will help them recover from the fallout of this thing locked down and to be able to do show in front of their friends and family and loved ones who they've been isolated from over the last year. It's time to reopen these stadiums. We can do it safely. We can do it in a capacity that allows enough fans to be there to be present, to support these kids, to show their support for their community, for their schools. And we call on Governor Cooper today, as Senator Johnson mentioned, We call on Governor Governor Cooper T to make the change, to do what's right to reopen the capacity limits, allow the flexibility for the local school districts, do what's right, what they could do safely within their own district. And to make that determination. We asked him to do that today. The time is now, thank you. You know, many times we forge some of the greatest friendships in times of trouble and trial. So the next two speakers air to people that I've actually just recently met. But through the trials that we've been going through, have been able to forge a strong relationship. And so I'm bringing. I'd like to ask Miss Megan McDonald to come next to speak. She's the she and the next speaker. They have kind of authored the petition that has over 45,000 signatures, and they've made the trek up to Raleigh today. And so I'm so thankful. Toe. Have them Miss Megan McDonald. Thank you. I just wanted to say thank you to Senator Johnson. Everybody here that's supporting us. Um, I really wanna make this about the families across North Carolina. Um, it's been really amazing to be a part of something that I consider to be the biggest team effort I've ever been a part of in my whole life. I'm proud of all the families across North Carolina that have not given up that have supported us. I'm really proud to have wonderful representatives up here that gave us a voice louder than our own. I'm asking Governor Cooper to please acknowledge the 45,000 signatures and the people behind those signatures that all we want to do is watch our kids the end of the day. It's been a really simple message. We just want to be there for those moments that we won't get back. So thank you for being here today. Thank you, Megan. And next up from the South Charlotte sports report. Uh, trip Roques, if you can. There. Okay? Yes. My name is Tripp Roques. I'm from Charlotte, North Carolina. They own and operate the South Charlotte Sports Report, youth sports newspaper and marketing company. I go back to before I had a child. I worked in NASCAR for 17 years. My son Tyler was born, and at that point, by the time he got to his first T ball game and I was in Dover, Delaware, at a NASCAR race and he wouldn't go into the field without me. That's the day that I told my wife I was done, that I would never miss another one of his games. Never from that time at age four, to when I transitioned back to being all in youth sports, sports advocate everything that I do with youth sports. I have not missed a game that my son plays. And there's so many other parents across the state of North Carolina that could say the same thing that I have when you participate in youth sports. Generally, it is a family team effort. There is nothing worse than being a child, scoring a touchdown, hitting a home run, looking up into the crowd and seeing that your mom or dad is not there to share that moment with you. That's what's happening in the state of North Carolina right now, with 25 people inside, fans inside basketball games, their kids chasing state championships right now that cannot share that moment with their parents. I am so thankful to Senator Johnson and all these folks here and everyone that supports this for giving us a voice. Megan and I have worked incredibly hard the last two months last two weeks to create awareness across North Carolina with our campaigns. I think we've done that. I am asking Governor Cooper's same thing that Senator Johnson is take care of this today in a form of executive order with the safe capacity limit. But more than anything, we have to get to the point in our state where every parent can attend every game that their child plays from now forward. Thank you for being here today. Thank every single person up here with us supporting us. Thanks. Okay. Eso that brings us to the end of the program. The next step for this bill. In just a few minutes at 11 o'clock, this bill will go before the Senate Education Committee. And I'm looking forward to a favorite report out of that committee and hopefully on the rules at that point in time. So at this point in time, I will open it up to any questions that anyone in the audience may have. Yes, sir. Only going to take some time. Let's say he your calls, you're still gonna move forward. I think, Well, I'm open to reasonable compromises. And the goal, obviously, as I stated earlier, is for the governor to make these decisions on his own. I think that's a step in the right direction. I don't think it's at all where we need to be. Especially considering that as of right now, everyone in this room, we could go to a restaurant and sit down in a closed space with much more of a percentage of capacity. Eso I would still look forward to pushing this bill until we can get a least 40% approved capacity. Leads in North sports. So you're even ultimately this, uh, today with this particular bill, I'm only referencing outdoor sports. I think the indoor portion of it would be handled in a in a different bill. And that's really not what we're after today. Any other questions? Thank you very much. I appreciate your time today and also again Thank you to the folks that took two timeto come up and support us today. Thank you. Yeah, a match E Okay. E o a.

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