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☆ London’s Almeida theater pauses play as abortion scene leaves audience feeling queasy
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-01 | by ( Lianne Kolirin | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

London CNN —A play that opened in London this week had to be temporarily paused after audience members felt unwell during a graphic scene depicting an abortion. Staff at the renowned Almeida Theatre in Islington, north London, were forced to suspend its production of “The Years” for a short time on Monday after multiple audience members required assistance. Ali WrightThe theater’s website carries a content warning for the play, which was first staged in the Netherlands in 2022. During the stoppage, care was also provided for three other audience members. Her novel “Happening” details her experience of getting a dangerous backstreet abortion in 1963, when the procedure was illegal in France.

Persons: London CNN —, Almeida, Eline Arbo, Les, Nobel, Annie Ernaux, Romola Garai, Gina McKee –, ” “, Gina McKee, Deborah Findlay, Harmony Rose, Bremner, Anjli, Garai, Ali Wright, ”, wouldn’t Organizations: London CNN, Staff, Almeida Theatre, CNN, of House, ” CNN, Guardian Locations: London, Islington, Europe, Netherlands, Ernaux, France

☆ Gaza: The Labour party’s position on the conflict appears to have cost it votes in the UK election
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-05 | by ( Christian Edwards | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

Corbyn won 49.2% of the vote, while the Labour candidate came in second with 34.4%. Many of these seats where Labour appears to have lost votes over its position on Gaza have sizable Muslim populations. She said, after Streeting abstained from a vote on a Gaza ceasefire, she decided to enter politics and abdicate from Labour. “As a Palestinian, that place is no longer for me… The Labour party does not represent us,” she told CNN. Meanwhile Jess Phillips, also a prominent Labour figure, won her Birmingham Yardley seat by just 693 votes.

Persons: Keir Starmer, Jonathan Ashworth, Shockat Adam, ” Adam, Jeremy Corbyn, Ashworth, Corbyn, ”, Kate Hollern –, –, Adnan Hussain, Iqbal Mohamed, Heather Iqbal, Birmingham Perry Barr, Ayoub Khan, Khalid Mahmood, Faiza Shaheen –, Iain Duncan Smith, “, ” Shaheen, Starmer, Israel’s, Starmer –, Israel “, Wes Streeting, Leanne Mohamad, Mohamad, Streeting, Jess Phillips, Jody McIntyre Organizations: London CNN, Gaza, Labour, Leicester South, Islington, Blackburn, Dewsbury, Batley, Conservative, Hamas, LBC, Scottish National Party, CNN, Birmingham, Workers Party of Britain Locations: Gaza, English Midlands, Birmingham, Chingford, Woodford, London, Israel, Leicester, Ilford, Blackburn, Starmer’s, Ilford North, Palestine, Birmingham Yardley

☆ What are the best galleries in London? Artists choose their favorites
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-03 | by ( Lucy Handley | In | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +6 min

Royal Academy of Arts, London / David ParryLondon has long been home to some of the world's leading art galleries — Tate Modern, Somerset House and the National Gallery are among the U.K.'s most visited attractions. CNBC asked a mix of artists to name their favorite public and commercial galleries to visit in London — large or small. Contemporary galleries — and an upscale hotelMultidisciplinary artist Lauren Baker, who is exhibiting at the Venice Biennale until November, named contemporary galleries — and a hotel — as her favorite places to see art in London. Her top London galleries include the Royal Academy of Arts, for its "wonderful" exhibitions, she told CNBC by email. Rob Stothard | Getty ImagesEdwards also likes major London galleries Tate Modern and Tate Britain.

Persons: David Parry London, Lauren Baker, Alice, It's, Rachael Louise Bailey, Matthew Harris, Baker, Woolff, Apolline Bokkerink, Joanne Tinker, Jeff Greenberg, Matthew Flower, Amanda Wilkinson —, Maureen Paley, Gillian Wearing, Wolfgang Tillmans, Ratnam, Katharine Edwards, Mark Rothko's, Rothko, Rob Stothard, Edwards, Mark Rothko, Komal Madar, Kandinsky, Munter, Komal, Madar, Judy Chicago's, Modigliani, Gilbert Proesch, George Passmore, Gilbert, Joe Maher, Tom Oldham, Dave Grohl, Usain Bolt, Gilbert Prousch, Oldham, Queen Elizabeth II, Andy Warhol, Phillips, Dan Kitwood Organizations: Royal Academy of Arts, Royal Academy of Arts ,, Somerset House, CNBC, Venice Biennale, Alice Black Gallery, Universal, Getty, Turner, Tate Galleries, Cricket Fine, London's Tate, Tate, Tate Britain, Seagram, Gilbert & George Centre, Oldham, George Centre, . Locations: London, Royal Academy of Arts , London, Venice, London's Soho, Fitzrovia, Mayfair, Andalusia, Spain, London's Chelsea, New York, Serpentine, Hyde, London's Bermondsey, Islington, Soho, England

☆ New Banksy mural depicting tree foliage appears in north London
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-18 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

People view a new mural attributed to the British artist Banksy on a wall in north London, Britain, March 18, 2024. A new artwork by British street artist Banksy has appeared in London, using green paint sprayed across the side of a building to mimic the foliage of a real, heavily pruned tree that stands a few metres in front of it. When viewed from certain angles, the green paint lines up with the tree's bare branches to represent its leaves. The work includes a stencil, typical of Banksy, of a person holding a spraying device, dripping in green paint. In December, artwork by Banksy showing three grey drones across a "STOP" traffic sign in south London was removed by an unidentified man in broad daylight as passersby looked on.

Persons: Banksy, Jeremy Corbyn, Corbyn Organizations: Labour Party, Police Locations: British, London, Britain, Islington

☆ London Overground gets a rebrand, with six new line names revealed
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-15 | by ( Jack Guy | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

“The London Overground network has grown considerably over recent years. “Giving each of the six routes their own line name and colour will make travel on London Overground easier and simpler for our customers.”A London Overground train in orange livery. Dinendra Haria/SOPA Images/hutterstockThe routes will be known as Lioness line, the Mildmay line, the Windrush line, the Weaver line, the Suffragette line and the Liberty line from autumn. The Mildmay line, which will appear as blue parallel lines, runs from Stratford to Richmond/Clapham Junction. The Suffragette line, which will be marked in green parallel lines, runs from Gospel Oak to Barking Riverside.

Persons: “, Haria, Mildmay, ”, London Sadiq Khan Organizations: CNN, London Overground, Transport, London, ”, TfL, England women’s, UEFA, Wembley, Liverpool Street, TFL Locations: London, Euston, Watford, Stratford, Richmond, Clapham, Shoreditch, Highbury, Islington, West Croydon, Caribbean, Cheshunt, Enfield Town, Chingford, Barking Riverside, East London, Romford, Upminster, Havering, ”

☆ 'If you want hotel services, stay in a hotel': 6 of the most annoying traits of Airbnb guests, according to experienced hosts
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-30 | by ( Lauren Crosmedlicott | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Insider spoke to Airbnb hosts about what guest behavior they struggle with the most. AdvertisementAdvertisementAs summer vacations come to an end, over 4 million Airbnb hosts around the world are winding down after their busiest season of the year. Insider spoke to hosts from England, Wales, Dubai, and the US about the most annoying things guests do while staying in their Airbnb properties. Arrowsmith said she reminds Airbnb guests that they're "staying in a serviced apartment, not a hotel." AdvertisementAdvertisementHamed received a complaint from guests staying at his Airbnb property because it wasn't wheelchair accessible.

Persons: Frankie Fonseca, Fonseca, Adams, Polly Arrowsmith, She's, Arrowsmith, Hamdan Abdullah Hamed, Airbnb, Hamed, Amanda Morgan, Morgan Organizations: Denver Locations: England, Wales, Dubai, Merthyr Tydfil, Islington , London, Airbnb, Anglesey

☆ Our bodies, buildings, and computers give off a lot of waste heat. Cities and scientists are learning to harness it for energy.
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-14 | by ( Morgan Mcfall-Johnsen | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +10 min

Green pipes in the Neighbourhood Energy Utility energy center divert sewage to heat pumps. Data centers can heat homes tooAcross the ocean, Stockholm is tapping into a major heat source: data centers. They found that in about 25% of those places there was enough heat underground to recycle for energy. Benz says it's worth considering adding those underground pipes as part of new construction, especially building new streets, which absorb extra heat. Of course, underground heat builds up the most in summer, when people don't need to heat their homes.

Persons: Derek Pope, Pope, Johanna Nerell, Nerell, Yui Mok, Susanne Benz, Benz Organizations: Green Tech, Service, US Environmental Protection Agency, EPA, City of, Winter, City Council, Stockholm, Nature Communications, Reuters Locations: Europe, Canada, Glasgow, London, Vancouver, City, City of Vancouver, Vancouver , British Columbia, Stockholm, Mongolia, Islington

☆ De sărbători, țările Europene înăspresc restricțiile
▼ + stars: | 2020-12-15 | by ( Publika.Md - Aici Sunt Știrile | ) www.publika.md time to read: +7 min

Nu au în vedere adoptarea de noi restricții, dar au totuși recomandări și sfaturi pentru populație. Germania intră în carantină în perioada sărbătorilor de iarnă, ceea ce înseamnă că magazinele neesenţiale se închid, la fel și școlile, începând chiar de miercuri. Sunt măsuri fără precedent în Olanda, țară care în primul val al epidemiei a preferat să adopte „izolarea inteligentă”. „Rămânem acasă în timpul vacanţelor de iarnă şi le petrecem în siguranţă, astfel încât să evităm un al treilea val”, a spus ministrul polonez al sănătății. Dar specialiștii sunt îngrijorați: străzile s-au umplut imediat de lume, așa că și Italia ar putea urma exemplul Germaniei cu o carantină totală de sărbători.

Persons: Nicolae Ciucă, Raed Arafat, Mark Rutte, Andrej Babic, Matt Hancock, Erdogan Organizations: România Locations: României, Germania, Olanda, An, Lituania, Cehia, Polonia, cafenelele, Londra, Greenwich, Islington, Kent, Essex, Hertfordshire, Turcia, Turcă, Italia, Germaniei

☆ Creșterea cazurilor de Covid în sudul Marii Britanii ar putea avea legătură cu un nou tip de coronavirus
▼ + stars: | 2020-12-15 | by ( ) www.jurnal.md time to read: +1 min

„Am identificat o nouă variantă de coronavirus, care ar putea fi asociată cu răspândirea rapidă în sud-estul Angliei”, a spus ministrul Hancock într-o intervenţie în faţa parlamentului. „Analizele iniţiale sugerează că această variantă creşte mai repede decât variantele existente”, a adăugat el, transmite Agerpres. „Am observat în ultima săptămână o creştere foarte puternică, exponenţială, a virusului la Londra, Kent, în părţi din Essex şi Hertfordshire. Nu ştim cât de mult aceasta este din cauza noii variante (de SARS-CoV-2), dar, indiferent care ar fi cauza, trebuie să acţionăm rapid şi decisiv”, a indicat ministrul Matt Hancock. Guvernul britanic a elaborat un sistem de restricţii antiepidemice pe trei nivele, capitala Londra fiind în prezent la al doilea nivel.

Persons: Hancock, Matt Hancock Organizations: Agerpres Locations: Angliei, Londra, Greenwich, Islington, Kent, Essex, Hertfordshire

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