Why Burberry and Gucci are betting on mini-games
The rampant growth of WeChat mini-game retail is attracting the attention of luxury brandsContinue Reading
2021-07-24
National ballet company predicts largest audiences in years for its return after Covid halt
The American Ballet Theatre — the country’s national ballet company — has announced it will be returning to the stage in New York City this October, a year after halting indoor performances due to Covid. “We cannot wait to see ABT in the Lincoln Center theaters that are our home,”Continue Reading
2021-07-23
Israel says Pfizer Covid vaccine is just 39% effective as delta spreads, but still prevents severe illness
People receive a dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine inside a Covid-19 mass vaccination center at Rabin Square in Tel Aviv, Israel, on Monday, Jan. 4, 2020. Kobi Wolf | Bloomberg | Getty Images Pfizer and BioNTech‘s Covid-19 vaccine is just 39% effective in Israel where the delta variant isContinue Reading
2021-07-23
Tuition insurance may help cover costs if a student withdraws from college
Even before the pandemic, Eden Schiano, 19, had concerns about her first year of college. Schiano suffered from anorexia in high school and was uncertain how the fall of 2020 would go as a freshman at Virginia Commonwealth University. Being mostly isolated in her dorm quickly took a toll. “IContinue Reading
2021-07-23
Local Home Care Provider Increases Staff Wages And Welcomes New Recruits
Bluebird Care Exeter, Exmouth, North, East and West Devon have increased the wages of their Care Assistants by up to 11% as they recruit additional team members following their expansion into new areas of the region. Over the course of the COVID-19 pandemic, the homecare provider, Bluebird Care ‘NEW’ Devon,Continue Reading
2021-07-23
Global Fashion and Hospitality Gurus Launch Devon Festival In Aid Charity
A leading South Devon venue, renowned for its superb setting and unique events space has announced it’s hosting the first Asian Street Food and Music Festival in support of Cancer Research and Children’s Hospice Southwest. In 2013 global fashion and hospitality guru couple Edwin Ho and Mike Jowett who metContinue Reading
2021-07-23
Keeping cool, wearing masks, and Tudor Re-enactment Days
So here is the summer we have all been so desperately waiting for – and I am probably not alone in saying that it’s almost too much summer. It’s rather hot, isn’t it? But there are a few lovely spots to go for a dip, even here in Exeter. WeContinue Reading
2021-07-23
‘Buoyant’ and ready for a KO with Tyson!
Buoyant is being touted yet another Martyn Meade-trained two-year-old ‘special’ in the prestigious eleven-runner Crocker Bulteel Maiden Stakes over six furlongs of Ascot this afternoon and this once-raced Awtaad colt will be faced by much-chronicled Ehraz from the immensely-powerful Richard Hannon yard; both were placed and shaped really well firstContinue Reading
2021-07-23
Electric Vehicle and Green Energy Day in Chacewater
Have you ever thought you would like to change to an electric vehicle or considered installing solar panels but would like to get answers to questions you have? Chacewater Energy Group are again trying to help everyone lead a greener way of life by staging another Electric Vehicle and GreenContinue Reading
2021-07-23
Spyware: why the booming surveillance tech industry is vulnerable to corruption and abuse
The world’s most sophisticated commercially available spyware may be being abused, according to an investigation by 17 media organisations in ten countries. Intelligence leaks and forensic phone analysis suggests the surveillance software, called Pegasus, has been used to target and spy on the phones of human rights activists, investigative journalists,Continue Reading
2021-07-22