Council facing £19m shortfall wants residents to sign letter calling for more government funding

Shaw in Oldham, had to undergo intensive chemotherapy and radiotherapy treatment as well as surgery to remove the right side of her pelvis where the cancer started.

All 24 of the council’s libraries have been shut during lockdown but the customer service team continued to operate at half of them, including Dalbeattie and Gatehouse.Ten of the 12 sites will see a reduced library service restart, with Kirkcudbright also partially resuming.

coronavirus pandemic.Earlier this month, the UK government announced an unprecedented £1.57 billion in grants to support the arts sector, though the funding doesn’t yet appear to include nightclubs, dance music events and festivals.The #LetUsDance campaign has been signed by Thom Yorke, Fatboy Slim, Caribou, Massive Attack, Four Tet, Daniel Avery and many more, who are urging the government to recognise the UK’s dance music industry in the same way as the live music and performing arts sectors,

A road was taped off and four fire engines were scrambled to the scene following a house fire in Oldham.The blaze broke out in the bedroom of a property on Burnley Lane in Chadderton.Police and paramedics were also called to the scene.One person - who escaped from the home - was assessed for 'slight burns', a fire service spokesman said.The spokesman confirmed the blaze broke out at about 4.25pm today (Wednesday).Crews were on the scene for one hour and 40 minutes.He said: "Four fire engines

according to the Journal, which reported on the letter itself. They objected to a lack of clearer separation between Paul Gigot’s opinion section and the news section, overseen by Editor in Chief Matt Murray, who was also copied on the letter.

Aisha Dee is speaking out and calling for change when it comes to what she sees as a lack of diversity on her show “The Bold Type”. The actress took to Instagram Wednesday night where she shared a lengthy message detailing her concerns with everything from representation in the writer’s room to her own character’s development and story lines.

More than a hundred care home residents have died in Oldham with coronavirus listed on their death certificate.Between March 22 and June 15, health and social care chiefs say that 106 deaths of care home residents connected to Covid-19 have occurred in the borough, with 25 residents dying in hospital with the virus.A report to cabinet states that the largest number of deaths ‘believed to be Covid-19 related in a single home is 21’.However chief clinical officer Dr John Patterson previously

Dua Lipa, Charli XCX and Elton John are among the stars who have signed an open letter to the government calling for a ban on “conversion therapy”.The practice is used with the aim of “changing an individual’s sexual orientation or gender identity, per The Trevor Project’s definition.“Conversion therapists use a variety of shaming, emotionally traumatic or physically painful stimuli to make their victims associate those stimuli with their LGBTQ identities,” the organisation says.

coronavirus. The study, which is run by the University of Oxford, is looking to recruit more than 10,000 volunteers to take part in the 12-month long trial.

Harpers calling for the end of cancel culture.The letter warns against the development of “censoriousness” and “an intolerance of opposing views”.Rowling, who has recently spoken of her views on transgender rights and has sparked a controversial discussion, said on Twitter that she was “proud to sign this letter in defence of a foundational principle of a liberal society: open debate and freedom of thought and speech.”The letter acknowledges “powerful protests for racial and social justice”, but

Jennifer Lopez has been supporting equal opportunity for decades.

Halle Berry has apologized and admitted she “made a mistake” after facing backlash following her admission that she was considering taking on the role of a transgender man for her next project.The Monster’s Ball actress originally revealed she was excited about the potential new job in an Instagram Live with fans over the weekend (July 4-5, 2020), as she said: “(The role is) a character where the woman is a trans character, so she’s a woman that transitioned into a man.

Naman Ramachandran “Harry Potter” writer J.K Rowling, “Handmaid’s Tale” author Margaret Atwood and “Midnight’s Children” writer Salman Rushdie are amongst 150 public figures to have signed a letter condemning the practice of ‘public shaming,’ or cancel culture as it is known popularly.Cancel culture is a term used to describe individuals who have shared an unpopular opinion or have past behavior that’s deemed offensive, who are ‘canceled’ on social media.

The SNP has called on Rishi Sunak to grant Holyrood greater borrowing powers to help boost Scotland's economic recovery following four long months of lockdown. Ian Blackford, the party's leader at Westminster, wants the UK Government to offer a a "cast-iron commitment" to the devolution of key financial powers at today's mini-Budget.

Rangers and Celtic later this month.