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A brave Ayrshire tot could be facing up to seven trips to New York to receive specialist £250k cancer treatment.

Baek Yerin has has cancelled her upcoming concert in New York after catching COVID-19.On July 17, the Korean Culture Centre New York which organised the concert informed fans that Baek’s concert, set for Friday night (July 20), had been cancelled “due to a confirmed case of COVID-19 among the performers”.A post shared by Korean Cultural Center NY (@kccny)The singer was originally part of a two-night K-Indie music event organised by the Korean Culture Centre New York in collaboration with the Lincoln Centre in Damrosch Park, the first night of which was meant to be a free concert by Baek.She has since taken to Instagram to apologise to fans for the cancellation, confirming that she had indeed been diagnosed with COVID-19. “To the fans who planned to come see me, I’m truly sorry! It was already evening when my COVID test results came back positive,” she wrote, per Soompi.“I wanted to show you good things, but because I’m unable to sing right now, I’m no longer able to go.

The Duke and Duchess of Sussex, Prince Harry and Meghan Markle paid a visit to the One World Trade Centre in New York today, Thursday. Harry, 37, and Meghan, 40, were joined by New York City’s mayor Bill de Blasio and Governor of New York State, Kathy Hochul, in the observatory located on floors 100-102 of the One World Trade Centre.The couple are also to meet with Mr de Blasio’s wife, the first lady of New York, writer and activist Chirlane McCray, and their son Dante de Blasio.

Yams Day, the annual celebration of the departed A$AP Mob co-founder A$AP Yams, arrived yesterday. Unlike in previous years, which have featured concerts at the Barclay's Centre in New York City, 2021's edition is an hour-long video tribute to Yams' influence with rare footage and interviews from figures like A$AP Rocky, A$AP Ferg, Metro Boomin, Key!, and more.