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‘The asylum process broke my dream … now I have a new one.’ The refugee entrepreneurs
Members of Anqa – a marketplace led by refugee business founders. Frederic Aranda/https://fredericaranda.com, Author provided “This was never my plan. I love my country”. I was sat with Thomas (not his real name) in a bustling community centre where he volunteers with fellow refugees and asylum seekers. Thomas, in hisContinue Reading
BCCI AGM On December 24; Decision On Two New IPL Teams, ICC Representative On Cards, Says Report | Cricket News
The next Annual General Meeting of the BCCI is likely to be held on December 24.© AFP The BCCI will hold its Annual General Meeting on December 24 to discuss the induction of two new IPL franchises besides the appointment of India’s ICC representative and three new national selectors. AlsoContinue Reading
ISL: Hyderabad FC Held By Jamshedpur FC In 1-1 Draw | Football News
Aridane Santana scores past the Jamshedpur FC goalkeeper in their ISL fixture.© Twitter Stephen Eze salvaged a point for Jamshedpur FC with an 85th-minute strike to help his side hold Hyderabad FC to a 1-1 draw in an Indian Super League match on Wednesday. Aridane Santana scored his second goalContinue Reading
3rd ODI: Glenn Maxwell Sees Nothing Wrong In Playing Switch-Hit Shot, Says It’s “Within The Laws” | Cricket News
India vs Australia: Glenn Maxwell talks with Ashton Agar during the third ODI match.© AFP Former Australia captain Ian Chappell may call it “blatantly unfair” but Glenn Maxwell sees nothing wrong in employing the switch-hit, describing it as a “different part” of cricket’s evolution over the years. A switch hitContinue Reading
Pfizer vaccine has just been approved: here’s what the next few months will look like
The UK has become the first country to approve the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine for widespread use. The government has ordered 40 million doses and the first batch of 800,000 doses is expected to be shipped from Belgium – where the vaccine is being made – in the next couple of days.Continue Reading
Finally there might be some good news about UK journalism
Can news survive the digital revolution? Syda Productions via Shutterstock It has been a long time coming, but the UK’s ailing news industry may finally be on the verge of structural change that could help slow, or maybe even reverse, the more than decade-long economic decline of public interest journalism.Continue Reading
A philosophical idea that can help us understand why time is moving slowly during the pandemic
During the pandemic moments have folded into each other and time has moved in an odd way. The Alarm Clock by Diego Rivera. Wikimedia Many people feel that their experience of time has been a bit off this year. Even though the clocks are ticking as they should be, daysContinue Reading
How “cradle-to-career” schools provide all-round support and tackle inequality
wavebreakmedia/Shutterstock During the COVID-19 lockdowns, stories have been shared of schools delivering food parcels, phoning struggling families and providing on-site care for the children of key workers. We have seen many schools go much further than their statutory role of educating and safeguarding their pupils, sometimes acting as the mostContinue Reading
Vaccines are here, but how will we get them to billions of people?
The Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine has just been approved for widespread use in the UK and the government has ordered 40 million doses – enough to vaccinate 20 million people. The first 800,000 doses are expected to be delivered to the UK in the next few days. The Moderna and Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccinesContinue Reading
Video: unique footage of secret WW2 ‘Scallywag Bunkers’ that were Britain’s lethal last line of defence
Secret units of saboteurs and assassins would have targeted German troops in the event of a Nazi invasion. Shutterstock Eighty years ago, as Nazi Germany’s military might amassed along the French coast, small groups of highly trained British killers bade farewell to their families and made their way underground forContinue Reading