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Woman sentenced to 9 years after filing $500k in fraudulent pandemic unemployment claims for prisoners, friends & family
A WOMAN has been jailed for nine years after she filed $500,000 in fraudulent pandemic unemployment claims for prisoners, friends and family. Leelynn Danielle Chytka, 31 from Lebanon, Virginia, helped file false applications and sometimes put the money into accounts of inmates but was also accused of keeping a partContinue Reading
World Oceans Day: Cornish couple recognised by pm Boris Johnson for cleaning up coastline
A Cornish couple have been awarded a Points of Light award by Prime Minister Boris Johnson in recognition of their dedication to keeping Cornwall’s coastline pristine. Through their organisation ‘Clean Ocean Sailing’, Steve Green and Monika Hertlová host eco-sailing expeditions around Cornwall and beyond, raising awareness of pollution in our oceans andContinue Reading
A mass whirly tube orchestra to serenade the G7 leaders as they convene in Cornwall
Tête à Tête presents a vast, beach-based symphonic spectacle to bring those in power out into the Cornish landscape and take a moment to consider how to cherish our environment • Tête à Tête presents ‘Song of the Sea / Kan an Mor’, a welcome to the world’s leaders ofContinue Reading
‘Snow’ is a confident Salisbury forecast!
Before you read my article I’d like to state how much I appreciated a ‘letter of thanks’ from a readers who signed himself FINLAY! I’m able to guarantee the last thing on my mind is retirement and these rambling missives will be submitted until I drop, hopefully a good fewContinue Reading
Euro 2020: Denmark suffer Finland defeat after Christian Eriksen collapse
Finland beat Denmark 1-0 in their Euro 2020 game after the meeting was earlier paused following the collapse of player Christian Eriksen. The game restarted at 7.30pm Irish time after it was confirmed Eriksen was awake and stabilised in hospital. The Denmark midfielder collapsed on the pitch of the ParkenContinue Reading
Biogen Alzheimer’s drug and the battle over dementia treatment of the future
The FDA’s approval of Biogen‘s Alzheimer’s drug Aduhelm was a landmark moment in the life of Dr. Paul Aisen. The director of the Alzheimer’s Therapeutic Research Institute at USC has spent the past three decades focused on treating the neurodegenerative disease, and in recent years helped shepherd this particular drugContinue Reading
Schoolchildren’s ‘Eyes of the World’ art installation sends powerful message to G7 leaders
Thousands of schoolchildren from Cornwall, Devon and Dorset have created a massive ‘Eyes of the World’ art installation, to send a message to Boris Johnson and the G7 world leaders that they want to see action on the climate crisis and for everyone to be safe from Covid by beingContinue Reading
A morning at stover country park
A morning at stover Country Park today, A great place to photograph wild birds. Today a stunning Mandarin duck and a beautiful family of 8 signets. Stover Country Park contains over 114 acres of woodland, heathland, grassland, lake and marsh and a substantial variety of wildlife. It is a site ofContinue Reading
Letter to Editor
Great to see the Cornish weather doing its best to impress G7 world leaders. Visiting Helston yesterday the weather was on the deck and nothing flew from RNAS Culdrose. It’s just as I always remember it from holidays to Cornwall in August as a kid – dull, damp and depressing! Continue Reading
The Helen foundation’s campaign smashes through initial target
In March 2021, The Helen Foundation embarked on its most ambitious fundraiser ever. Its THF40for40 campaign planned to raise £40,000 by late December of this year but supported by over 250 generous donors, the campaign has already broken through the initial target within two months of its launch. Helen’s 40thContinue Reading