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Apr62021 by adminNo Comments

Friday Night Dinner star Paul Ritter dies of brain tumour aged 54

Entertainment

Friday Night Dinner star Paul Ritter has died of a brain tumour at the age of 54.The actor, who also starred in Harry Potter And The Half-Blood Prince and James Bond film Quantum Of Solace, died at home with his family by his side. His agent said: "It is with great sadness we can confirm that Paul Ritter passed away last night. He died peacefully at home with his wife Polly and sons Frank and Noah by his side. He was 54 and had been suffering from a brain tumour. Image: Paul Ritter, pictured with Friday Night Dinner co-stars Tom Rosenthal, Simon Bird and Tamsin Greig "Paul was an exceptionally talented actor playing an enormous variety of roles on stage and screen with extraordinary skill."He was fiercely intelligent, kind and very fu...

Apr22021 by adminNo Comments

The Latest: Filipinos mark Good Friday with deserted streets

Health

MANILA, Philippines — Filipinos marked Good Friday, one of the most solemn holidays in Asia’s largest Catholic nation, with deserted streets and churches following a strict lockdown to slow the spread of the coronavirus.Major highways and roads were eerily quiet after religious gatherings were prohibited in metropolitan Manila and four outlying provinces. The government placed the bustling region of more than 25 million people back under lockdown this week as it scrambled to contain an alarming surge in COVID-19 cases.Police-enforced curfews in the capital region and the provinces of Bulacan, Cavite, Laguna, and Rizal were expanded to 11 hours starting at 6 p.m. to keep people off the streets.The Philippines has imposed one of the world’s longest police- and military-enforced coronavirus q...

Feb262021 by adminNo Comments

House expected to pass $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief package Friday

Business

Feb. 26 (UPI) -- The House is expected to pass President Joe Biden's $ 1.9 trillion coronavirus stimulus package on Friday, hours after the Senate parliamentarian ruled that a $ 15-per-hour national minimum wage can't be included. While House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said the minimum wage provision will remain in the House bill, the Senate ruling Thursday essentially ends the possibility that it will be included in the final version. Advertisement Biden has called the package the American Rescue Plan and several Democratic lawmakers have said the minimum wage hike is a key part of the bill. Because Democrats have used a process called budget reconciliation to pass the legislation, there are limits for what can be included. On Thursday, Senate parliamentarian Elizabeth MacDonough ruled that th...

Nov282020 by adminNo Comments

Black Friday sees record online as US shoppers stay home

Technology

Black Friday online sales hit a new record this year as pandemic-wary Americans filled virtual carts instead of real onesBy DEE-ANN DURBIN AP Business WriterNovember 28, 2020, 9:27 PM• 3 min readShare to FacebookShare to TwitterEmail this articleBlack Friday online sales hit a new record this year as pandemic-wary Americans filled virtual carts instead of real ones.Consumers spent an estimated $ 9 billion on U.S. retail websites on Black Friday, according to Adobe Analytics, which tracks online shopping. That was a 22% increase over the previous record of $ 7.4 billion set in 2019.Meanwhile, traffic to physical stores plummeted as retailers tried to prevent crowds by cutting their hours and limiting doorbuster deals. U.S. store visits dropped by 52% on Black Friday, according to Sensormati...

Mar282020 by adminNo Comments

Friday night under lockdown: The streets may be silent but the fun isn’t over

Technology

The weekend has arrived and the country is in lockdown.It's midnight in London. The bright lights at Piccadilly Circus still shine, but there is not a single person in sight. Just a few empty, red double-decker buses pass through. Roads are silent. Streets usually filled with tourists, party goers and giggling couples on first dates, are now desolate.There is no smell of delicious Asian food as you walk through China Town, no laughter as people gather for post-work drinks in Soho and no runners, frantically weaving their way through pedestrians and gridlocked traffic. ...