US & Canada 21 September 2018 Share this with Facebook Share this with Messenger Share this with Twitter Share this with Email Share this with Facebook Share this with WhatsApp Share this with Messenger Share this with Twitter Share Share this with These are external links and will open in a new window Email Share this with Email Facebook Share this with Facebook Messenger Share this with Messenger Messenger Share this with Messenger Twitter Share this with Twitter Pinterest Share this with Pinterest WhatsApp Share this with WhatsApp LinkedIn Share this with LinkedIn Copy this link https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-45596485 Read more about sharing. These are external links and will open in a new window Close share panel The US has imposed sanctions on the Chinese military over its purchasing of Russian military jets and surface-to-air … [Read more...] about US sanctions Chinese military over Russia
Imprisoned suffragette letter discovered
Family & Education By Sean Coughlan BBC News 21 September 2018 Share this with Facebook Share this with Messenger Share this with Twitter Share this with Email Share this with Facebook Share this with WhatsApp Share this with Messenger Share this with Twitter Share Share this with These are external links and will open in a new window Email Share this with Email Facebook Share this with Facebook Messenger Share this with Messenger Messenger Share this with Messenger Twitter Share this with Twitter Pinterest Share this with Pinterest WhatsApp Share this with WhatsApp LinkedIn Share this with LinkedIn Copy this link https://www.bbc.com/news/education-45576262 Read more about sharing. These are external links and will open in a new window Close share panel A previously unknown letter from the first suffragette to be jailed in the campaign for the … [Read more...] about Imprisoned suffragette letter discovered
Display ban lowers cigarette sales to kids
Removing displays of tobacco products from shops may have reduced the proportion of children buying cigarettes by 17 per cent, according to new research.Imperial College London, which carried out the study, said the findings suggest tobacco display bans may have an important role in reducing the number of child smokers.But it also revealed more worrying findings, suggesting that more than two-in-three child smokers had not been refused cigarettes when they last attempted to buy them.The research, the first analysis of the impact of the 2015 tobacco display ban in England, assessed survey responses from 18,000 11-15 year olds from across England between 2010 and 2016.In 2015, the display of cigarettes was banned in all shops in the UK. Before this, 57 per cent of children who smoked regularly bought their cigarettes in shops.The latest study, published in the journal Tobacco Control, revealed this fell to 40 per cent by 2016.There are currently nine million adult smokers in the UK and … [Read more...] about Display ban lowers cigarette sales to kids
Storm Bronagh to bring gusts of up to 70mph in wake of killer Ali
Storm Bronagh is barrelling across the west to batter Britain in the wake of killer Storm Ali. The intense low pressure system was forecast to bring 70mph winds and up to 4in of rain to some areas overnight. Bronagh, an Irish girl’s name meaning sorrow, developed across Wales and the South West and spread over England, with the most violent gusts predicted to hit the North East coast in the early hours. The storm is expected to bring gale force winds today, with wind gusts of 45mph-50mph predicted around exposed coasts and at some spots inland, as well as the possibility of some gusts of up to 70mph. Yellow warnings for wind are in place until 9am on Friday for the east midlands, west midlands, east England, London and south east England, north east England, north west England, south west England, Wales and Yorkshire and Humber. Met Office forecaster Simon Partridge said there could be gusts of up to 70mph on Friday, adding that it will be the first time this season that south … [Read more...] about Storm Bronagh to bring gusts of up to 70mph in wake of killer Ali
Ahead of crunch club clash, Davy Harte hits out at negative portrayal of Tyrone football
LCC Tyrone SFC round one: Errigal Ciaran v Carrickmore (tonight, 8.30pm, Healy Park) DAVY Harte has backed the comments of his Errigal Ciaran clubmate Peter Canavan about the way in which Tyrone football is negatively portrayed on the national stage. The Red Hand county has found itself in the headlines this week after a couple of incidents in last weekend’s club championship games that caught fire on social media. A fight that broke out in the intermediate clash between Strabane and Stewartstown went viral on Friday night, before a picture of Sean Cavanagh’s wounds from Moy’s defeat by Edendork did similarly on Sunday. The latter event was deemed by the referee at the time to be unworthy of any sanction for the Edendork player involved. That didn’t put the brakes on the bandwagon, and Tyrone legend Canavan was forced to defend the county earlier this week, saying: “I do believe that Tyrone are on the receiving end whenever there is negativity attached to … [Read more...] about Ahead of crunch club clash, Davy Harte hits out at negative portrayal of Tyrone football