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☆ While I was my grandmother's caretaker, I learned how to put someone else first. It prepared me to be a good parent.
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-11 | by ( Jennifer Sizeland | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

In my late 20s, when her health started to decline, I helped take care of her. Our relationship meant everything to me, and has made me a better parent to my son. NEW LOOK Sign up to get the inside scoop on today’s biggest stories in markets, tech, and business — delivered daily. download the app Email address Sign up By clicking “Sign Up”, you accept our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy . AdvertisementI started helping care for her in my late 20sDespite her fighting spirit, she started to decline when I was in my late 20s.

Persons: —, she's Organizations: Service Locations: Derbyshire

☆ Rolling Stones: Previously unseen photos to go on display in London
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-21 | by ( Jack Guy | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

London CNN —Previously unseen photographs showing the Rolling Stones “at their decadent peak” are going on display at a London art gallery. Spanish Tony Media/Bayliss Rare Books“These recently rediscovered prints stand as one of the most important photographic records of The Rolling Stones to come to the market in years,” the statement reads. The show, titled “Elegantly Wasted,” will feature photos of the Stones “taken at their decadent peak,” according to the statement from Bayliss Rare Books and Spanish Tony Media. A contact sheet shows photographs taken at the Stones' legendary free concert in Hyde Park, London, in the summer of 1969. Spanish Tony Media/Bayliss Rare Books“Spanish Tony was a hard man.

Persons: “, Tony ” Sanchez, Mick Jagger, Brian Jones, Tony, Bayliss, “ Tony, ” Sanchez, ”, Oliver Bayliss, Keith Richards, Biff, ” Richards, Charlie Watts, Sydney Sweeney Organizations: London CNN, Tony Media, Swarkestone, Bayliss Locations: London, Derbyshire, England, British, Hyde Park , London, Canada, Houston, Santa Clara , California

☆ Abandoned golf courses are being reclaimed by nature
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-27 | by ( Nell Lewis | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +9 min

CNN —Golf courses, despite occupying large green spaces, are not necessarily good for the environment. Santa Barbara's Ocean Meadows golf course has been returned to its wetland state, which doubles as a flood defense for the city. Rivers and streams are often diverted or altered to make way for a golf course, but conservationists want them to flow freely. In other areas of the country, local councils are repurposing unprofitable municipal golf courses to create more natural spaces. A golf course turned nature reserve, Yalukit Willam can now be enjoyed by the Melbourne residents.

Persons: ”, Guillermo Rodriguez, “, ” California's, Larsen, Rodriguez, TPL, Public Land Rodriguez, Mike Johnson, Frodsham, Michael Owen, “ It’s, Neil Oxley, Boon Organizations: CNN, The Trust, Public, Trust, Public Land, San, Rancho Cañada, Summit Metro Parks, Wildlife, Liverpool, Woodland Trust, Hull, Derbyshire Wildlife Trust, Hove City Council, Bayside City Council Locations: California, ” California's San Geronimo, San Geronimo , California, San Geronimo, California’s Marin County, Meadows , California, Santa Barbara, Meadows, Santa, Cañada , California, Monterey, Carmel, Ventana, Fort Ord, Rivers, Valley , Ohio, Akron , Ohio, Ohio’s, Cheshire, Liverpool, Erewash Borough, Brighton, Willam, Australia, Melbourne, Elwood, Bayside

☆ Woman rescued from mountain after trying to find scared pet parrot
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-26 | by ( Jack Guy | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

CNN —Mountain rescuers came to the aid of a woman and her pet parrot in the United Kingdom this week after she became stranded trying to find one of her feathered friends, who was scared off by a peregrine falcon. The woman was part of a group of parrot owners from Derbyshire walking in Eryri, or Snowdonia, in Wales, on Monday, according to Facebook post from the Ogwen Valley Mountain Rescue Team. Ogwen Valley Mountain Rescue OrganizationRescuers climbed to the base of the cliffs and sent a team member up to make the woman safe, it adds. Both parrot and owner were then lowered down the cliffs and guided down the mountain, it adds. The casualty remained cool, calm and positively regal throughout,” reads the statement from the Keswick Mountain Rescue team.

Persons: ”, ’ rucksack, Bernard, Daisy Organizations: CNN, Derbyshire, Facebook, Rescue Locations: United Kingdom, Eryri, Snowdonia, Wales, Glyder, Scafell Pike, England, Keswick

☆ A Top U.K. Newspaper Explores Its Ties to Slavery, and Britain’s
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-08 | by ( David Segal | More About David Segal | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

It is the kind of historical artifact that would be easy to miss: an old and fragile little book unearthed in the archives of the Derbyshire Record Office, in the East Midlands of England. The book, a commercial ledger from 1822, holds the names of enslavers who ran cotton plantations on islands along the coast of Florida, Georgia and South Carolina. The Taylor in question was none other than John Edward Taylor, founder of The Manchester Guardian, now known simply as The Guardian, the most prominent progressive newspaper in Britain for more than two centuries. “In that moment, what I realized is that we can now connect the founder of The Guardian to the enslaved people of the Sea Islands,” Ms. Gooptar said in a recent call from Trinidad, where she grew up. “It proved that he was importing cotton, picked by slaves, for profits.”

Persons: Shuttleworth, Cassandra Gooptar, Taylor, John Edward Taylor, Ms, Gooptar, ” Organizations: Taylor, University of Hull, The Manchester Guardian, Guardian Locations: Derbyshire, East Midlands, England, Florida , Georgia, South Carolina, Britain, Trinidad

☆ A British youth working from a bedroom at his grandfather's house made 'slick videos' that could have inspired 2 US mass shooters, a court heard
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-28 | by ( Alia Shoaib | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Far-right videos made by a British teen were viewed by two men who went on to commit mass shootings. The court previously heard that his videos had been viewed by two men who went on to commit mass murders in the US last year. Payton Gendron, the then-18-year-old mass shooter who killed 10 Black people in Buffalo, New York, last May, was known to have watched Harris' videos. The Buffalo shooter commented on a video made by Harris about the perpetrator behind the 2019 mass shooting in Christchurch, New Zealand, The Guardian reported. The Buffalo shooter responded: "You are not alone my friend."

☆ Britain's charity stores are going upmarket
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-26 | by ( Grace Dean | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +13 min

Britain's charity shops are transforming as they try to appeal to Gen Z customers. The managers told Insider their retro and vintage stores were largely in urban areas with large student populations. Grace Dean/InsiderE-commerce for charity shops is completely different than e-commerce for retailers that sell large batches of new products. Nonessential retail stores had to shut their doors for months during the pandemic, which the Charity Retail Association estimated cost UK charity shops about £28 million, or $32 million, a month. But, as the aisles of charity shops across the UK show, a lot of people do choose to donate them.

☆ A supercar broker for celebrities like Elton John and Nicolas Cage shares what his job is like: 'I've bought cars in saunas, in swimming pools, and on airplanes'
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-05 | by ( Mark Ellwood | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Tom Hartley buys and sells classic cars at his private estate and showroom in northern England. "I've bought cars in saunas, in swimming pools, on airplanes — you can't name where I haven't bought a car," he said. Courtesy of Tom HartleyHartley said he gets about five customers a day and takes visitors by appointment only. Courtesy of Tom HartleyDespite being around expensive cars 24/7, he's never owned one himself. "I always say when you walk on the Hartley estate, everything has a price, except my wife."

☆ Charity clothing stores turn to Depop and Instagram as they head upmarket with vintage and designer items
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-30 | by ( Grace Dean | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +13 min

Britain's charity shops are changing how they look and trying to appeal to Gen Z customers. They're selling more designer and vintage items, creating listings on Depop, and carefully curating their social-media profiles — all targeted mainly at appealing to the growing number of Gen Z shoppers. The managers told Insider their retro and vintage stores were largely in urban areas with large student populations. Non-essential retail stores had to shut their doors for months during the pandemic, which the Charity Retail Association estimates cost UK charity shops about £28 million ($32 million) a month. But, as the aisles of charity shops across the UK show, a lot of people do choose to donate them.

☆ Cum a devenit un britanic vedetă pe Youtube la 84 de ani și a strâns milioane de vizualizări în pandemie
▼ + stars: | 2021-06-22 | by ( ) www.jurnal.md time to read: +1 min

Sursa foto: captură videoCum a devenit un britanic vedetă pe Youtube la 84 de ani și a strâns milioane de vizualizări în pandemieUn bărbat în vârstă de 84 de ani din Marea Britanie, fost fermier, a devenit vedetă pe Youtube după ce videoclipurile sale filosofice despre viață și meditație au avut milioane de vizualizări și i-au ajutat pe mulți să facă față anxietăților legate de pandemia de coronavirus, informează BBC. John Butler are peste 150.000 de abonați și milioane de vizualizări la videoclipurile postate pe canalul său de Youtube. În urmă cu patru ani, John s-a lăsat însă convins să apară pe un canal de Youtube dedicat reflecției și meditației. A trăit în Peru, Africa, SUA și RusiaÎnainte de a fi fermier și a practica meditația, John a avut o viață interesantă. A trăit perioade lungi în Peru, Africa, SUA, dar a fost câțiva ani și în Rusia.

Persons: John Butler, John, El Organizations: BBC, Facebook Locations: Britanie, Bakewell, Derbyshire, Peru, Africa, SUA, Rusia

☆ O elevă de 15 ani, judecată în Marea Britanie pentru terorism
▼ + stars: | 2021-06-17 | by ( ) www.jurnal.md time to read: +1 min

Sursa foto: Guliver/ Getty ImagesO elevă de 15 ani, judecată în Marea Britanie pentru terorismO elevă în vârstă de 15 ani este judecată în Marea Britanie pentru terorism după ce ar fi fost găsite în posesia sa un videoclip despre fabricarea unei bombe şi instrucţiuni despre cum se construieşte o armă folosind o imprimantă 3D. Tânăra, care nu poate fi identificată din cauza vârstei sale, a apărut joi în faţa Tribunalului din Westminster prin legătură video pentru o audiere în acest caz. În plus, ea este acuzată că ar fi deţinut un fişier folosit pentru pregătirea sau instigarea unui act de terorism pe 22 august anul trecut. Fişierul conţinea instrucţiuni despre cum se construieşte o armă de foc acasă folosind o imprimantă 3D. Eleva, care este din Derbyshire, neagă toate acuzaţiile şi urmează să facă obiectul unui proces de patru zile la Tribunalul din Nottingham, pe 24 august.

Organizations: Agerpres Locations: Westminster, Fişierul, Derbyshire, Nottingham

☆ O mamă a doi copii s-a prefăcut bolnavă de cancer în stadiu terminal pentru a strânge 22.000 de lire sterline din donaţii
▼ + stars: | 2021-06-03 | by ( Publika.Md - Aici Sunt Știrile | ) www.publika.md time to read: +2 min

O tânără de 27 de ani, mamă a doi copii, s-a prefăcut bolnavă de cancer în stadiu terminal pentru a obţine suma de 22.000 de lire sterline de la binevoitori, prin intermediul donaţiilor. Tatăl tinerei a creat o pagină de strângeri de fonduri cu o ţintă iniţială de 500 de lire, dar în câteva zile a strâns 12.000 de lire sterline. Un alt binevoitor a reuşit să strângă pentru ea 2.500 de lire sterline printr-o campanie umanitară în care a alergat 1000 de kilometri cu bicicleta. Astfel, suma totală a ajuns la 22.000 de lire sterline. Poliţia a intrat însă pe fir şi a început să investigheze întreaga situaţie după ce o rudă a vorbit cu personalul medical de la spital, unde femeia susţinea că este tratată, aflând că totul fusese doar o minciună.

Persons: Megan, Ripley, Cole, Archie, Poliţia Organizations: Facebook, Nottingham Locations: Derbyshire, Nottingham Crown Court

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