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鈾?ARIESMarch 21 to April 20Look out for ways to communicate without words 鈥?from music and pictures to gifts. You have a flair for helping people link up right now but Mercury asks you to save some of this skill for yourself. Hidden feelings or ambitions can emerge as Neptune squares up 鈥?but this is a positive and you can deal with it.1鈾?TAURUSApril 21 to May 21The Mars influence in your chart starts small but grows fast and you could find yourself speaking up, or even acting up. It all helps to get your voice heard. Love connections happen in different directions, as partners discover new sides of each other and a cyclist rings your passion bell.鈾?GEMINIMay 22 to June 21You are in control emotionally, eve stanley cup becher n if it doesnt always feel that way. So stay true to what your heart is telling you. A work step that has been delayed can happen faster than expected, so be ready! A family friend who loves to talk has a surprise love-link lining up connected to home improvements.鈾?CANCERJune 22 to July 22The Mars mix in your chart takes you forward and you say no to secrets, especially those linked t stanley cup uk o stanley mugs family or friends. Instead, you can be honest but still kind and turn back time in so many different ways. A picture from your past brings back a long-lost love face that could soon be reality. Number six is a lucky door.鈾?LEOJuly 23 to August 23A smart friends ideas might seem unlikely but look closer and they make perfect sense. There is a special place set aside for you. Push through with Rhsg VIDEO: Oak Bay Beach Hotel celebrates double anniversary

New COVID-19 case numbers on Vancouver Island decreased again last week, with the south Island in particular bending the curve.The B.C. Centre for Disease Control released data on new cases by local health area on Wednesday, May 5, and the Island as a whole saw 40 fewer new cases last week than the week before.Sooke and Western Commun stanley cup usa ities showed the greatest change, with 20 new cases for the week of April 25-May 1, down from 41 new cases the week before.Greater Victoria is still the Islands hot spot stanley polska for new cases with 67 new cases last week, but that was down from 74 the week prior. None of the local health areas on the Island reported more than five cases per 100,000 population last week.After Greater Victoria, the local stanley cup usa health areas on the Island with the most new cases last week were Nanaimo with 38, Sooke with 20, Oceanside with 12 and Campbell River with 11.Island Health reported Wednesday that there had been 20 new cases on the Island since the day before; the BCCDCs breakdown was 15 new cases on the south Island, three new cases on the central Island and two on the north Island.Island Health says there are 195 active COVID-19 cases on the Island, with 98 on the south Island, 74 on the central Island and 23 on the north Island.For more news from Vancouver Island and beyond delivered daily into your inbox, please click here.READ ALSO: Dip in COVID-19 cases with 572 newly announced in B.C.READ ALSO: Stay informed about COVID-19editor@nanaimobulletinLike us on Facebook an

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WHEN people first heard that thered been a party in Downing Street last Christmas, there was much wailing and gnashing of teeth. But not from me.I was quiet on the matter because back then, I may have occasionally met a few people in my neck of the woods for a quiet beer.6Why did police do nothing as Downing stanley thermos Street prosecco flowed This was probably a technical Tier Two no-no, but everyone who dropped by had just had Covid, and we all knew enou Stanley cup website gh about the virus by that stage to know antibodies were swimming around in our veins like Pac-Man.This meant we couldnt be infected, and we couldnt infect anyone else, so in the big scheme of things we werent really doing anything wrong.However, it now transpires that Downing Street was also hosting parties NINE MONTHS earlier, in May 2020. And that strikes me as just plain mad.Back then, none of us had the first clue what Covid could do.People said millions could die and that you could catch it from someone in 颅Bristol, even if you were on a hill in the Lake District. We were all scared stiff.Every night on the news, we saw people in hospital breathing their last, and there were interviews with doctors who said they simply didnt know how to treat them.My 60th birthday, in April 202 stanley cup 0, was celebrated with the arrival of absolutely no one at all. And yet, in Downing Street, they were taking advantage of the lovely weather by gathering in great numbers to relax after a hard day at work.How come Plod sat back and did nothing Apparently, a Ousb Grade 12 students will not lose their graduation year: SD63 superintendent

Lagos stanley cup State Commissioner of Police, Idowu Owohunwa, has ordered the removal of the Divisional Police Officer of the Meiran Police Station in Lagos State over alleged extortion.Earlier, an engineer, Ibrahim Saliu, who spoke with PUNCH Metro, claimed some Policemen attached to the Meiran Police Station in Lagos State extorted N200,000 from him on Saturday.According to Saliu, the officers, alongside the Stations DPO, threatened him and his brother with jail time should they fail to provide receipts for the phones seen with Salius brother.He said, The DPO took the iPhones, removed the warranty stickers, and declar stanley germany ed that my brother and I are thieves and armed robbers. The next thing I heard was the DPO giving them an order to detain us and that we would be locked up for stealing and armed robbery. We were surprised that we started begging. Saliu disclosed that he was asked to make a N500,000 payment to secure their freedom. They agre stanley cup ed to N200,000, paid in cash per the officers order.In a tweet confirming the incident Wednesday, the state Police Public Relations Officer, Benjamin Hundeyin, disclosed that the CP Lagos has ordered the immediate removal of the Meiran Police Station DPO.Hundeyin wrote, CP Idowu Owohunwa has ordered the immediate removal of DPO Meiran for leadership dereliction and supervisory ineptitude. Meanwhile, all the officers involved have been identified and are currently at the Command headquarters where their orderly room trial has commenced.

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BRITS will be hit by a crippling 拢170 green levy again as Energy Secretary Grant Shapps refuses to extend the relief.Billions of pounds worth of Treasury help for pricey electricity and gas will fall away at the end of July as bills tumb stanley usa le by about 拢500 a year.1Households will be hit by a crippling 拢170 green levy once again as Grant Shapps refuses to extend the reliefCredit: PAThe g stanley cup becher overnment has paid for the levies for the past nine months but now the cost is being shifted back onto consumers 鈥?adding about 拢170 to the average 拢2,000 yearly bill.The cash goes towards renewable green programmes, and helping lower paid Brits get energy help. But last night Tories called on ministers to continue to waive the fees.Buckingham MP Greg Smith told The Sun: It is preposterous that consumers are being asked to take a whopping great additional hit. Levies are fundamentally unfair. Utility stanley thermobecher bills should be about what you use, end of. And Tory MP Craig Mackinlay said it was the wrong time to increase costs given the huge rise in interest rates. Downing Street said last night: As the price cap has fallen below the energy price guarantee, customers will pay the energy rates as normal. That cap includes the green levies. The levies help bring down bills over time, but they help those hardest hit, with the warm homes discount, those on pension credit and on low incomes. TopicsBillsConservative PartyCost of livingEnergy billsMoney savingThe Sun NewspaperYOU MIGHT LIKERECOMMENDED FOR YOUMOR Fshy Stranded Victoria passengers stuck in endless line forced to watch planes take off

I think Nigeria lacks national pride as it begs for assistance to provide what it already has the resources for. The government seems to place the well-being of the citizens on a secondary statusUS president Donald Trumps decision to withdraw the US from the World Health Organization is threatening funding for critical health programmes like HIV/Aids and tubercul stanley uk osis in different parts of the world, including Nigeria.The Conversation Africas Adejuwon Soyinka asked professor of virology and former WHO Africa regional virologist stanley germany Oyewale Tomori why Nigeria is heavily dependent on US funding for some of its health programmes, whats at risk and how to mitigate the impact.How dependent is Nigeria on US funding for health Sadly, Nigeria and many African countries are too dependent on US funding and other donor funding for basic health activities and interventions. These activities are the normal fu stanley thermobecher nction of a good and responsive government which is committed to the welfare of citizens.According to a US embassy publication, since 2021, the US has committed to providing nearly US$20 billion in health programmes in Africa. The report says in 2023 alone, the US invested over US$600 million in health assistance in Nigeria. That is about 21% of Nigerias 2023 annual health budget.Nigeria has, over the years, allocated on the average about 5% of the national budget to health. Three quarters of that covers recurrent expenditure like salaries.Nigerias proposed 2025 budget is 鈧?9

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THOUSANDS of Brits could die from cancer after three million people missed out on lifesaving cance stanley cup becher r screening during the pandemic, experts warned last night.Cancer Research UK chief Michelle Mitchell said people took the message literally and failed to see their GP with symp stanley mugs toms.1Millions missed out on lifesaving cancer screening during the pandemic, experts warned last nightCredit: AlamyAnalysis by the charity revealed the shocking impact following official advice to stay at home and protect the NHS had on referrals.There were 350,000 fewer urgent referrals and 31,000 fewer patients started treatment between April and July.This represents a 26 per cent fall in new treatment compared with the same period last year.The fall in referrals could be due to fewer people coming forward or the pausing of some screening programmes and tests.Ms Mitchell said the country should be really worrie Stanley cup website d about the devastating impact Covid has had on cancer patients and services.She said: Without a doubt, Covid-19 has had a really devastating impact on cancer services and patients. Cancer survival here in the UK lags behind comparable countries 鈥?Ireland, Norway, Canada, Australia 鈥?but the pandemic has made this worse, leaving millions of patients in a backlog waiting for cancer screening, urgent referrals and treatment. We at Cancer Research UK really fear that this will mean poor survival for cancer patients. NOT DIAGNOSING ENOUGH She added: Its absolutely essential that Esdt Carlo Ancelotti left shaken after masked raiders stole a safe from his 拢2million home

Hell was let loose in Isa LGA of Sokoto State within the weekend as aggrieved villagers of Bargaja allegedly stormed a local market, killing 8 Fulani in retalia stanley uk tion of the killing of their kinsmen.Isa is one of the 8 LGA of Sokoto East Senatorial Districts alongside, Sabon Birni, Rabah amd Goronyo that has continued to live in fears because stanley uk of the activities of bandits coming from Zamfara State.A source from the village, who preferred anonymity said, the suspected bandits had attacked and killed their cleric Imam and his son in the farm before withdrawing to the market.The source added that the villagers mobilzed and went to the market and allegedly opened fire on anybody suspected to be Fulani.According to him, the incident led to the killing of almost 8 persons and the eventual termination of the market for the day as traders ran for safety.Another source confirmed that the aggrieved Fulanis remobilized amd went back to Bargaja village the next day op stanley uk ening fire at anyone on sight. Our people however repelled the attackers. And they have to retreat, seeing that we were adequately prepared for them. Now, it has gotten to that point that we have to take our destinies in our hands. We can no longer continue to wait for the state and federal government to protect us when reality has shown that they dont even care about our lives. They only care for us during elections . He decried.When contacted, the Sokoto State Police Commands spokesperson, ASP Sanusi Abubakar, said he was a

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ON Sunday night, BBC1s Bafta Awards boldly declared Benjamin Zephaniahs poetry show Life聽 Rhymes to be聽better 颅entertainment than Strictly Come Dancing, The Masked Singer and Ant Decs Takeaway.They didn stanley usa t mean it, 颅obviously. They were just patronising this obscure Sky Arts series.12Most of the subsequent attention, however, has fallen on Diversitys victory in The Must-See Moment category - and the feeble shortlist it was up againstCredit: ITVLeast, I hope they were, because Ive watched Life聽 Rhymes, start to finish,聽 and its cat-shat-on-the-mat doggerel for the most part, performed to 23 finger-clicking hipsters plus Rick from The Young Ones in what looks very like the old Trumpton ban stanley thermobecher dstand.If the television industry genuinely thinks its the future of light entertainment then television is finished.MISTAKES AND LIESThis is why I have to keep tel stanley website ling myself that what we witnessed, at the weekend, was Baftas desperate attempt to scramble back up to the moral high ground following the Noel Clarke debacle in April, when its film ceremony聽gave the actor/director an outstanding contribution award, despite organisers being made aware of sexual harassment allegations against him.And scramble they most certainly did.12Bill Bailey and Oti Mabuse winning Strictly were nowhere to be seen on the Must-See TV Moment shortlistCredit: PAThe result was an event that felt very much like being slapped round the face with聽a rolled-up copy of the Guardian for two hours.聽The gran Vqte Fundraiser for arrested Vancouver Island logging protesters tops $18K

Members of the family of fallen Abbotsford Police officer Const. John Davidson are among those participating in a memorial event this weekend in Victoria. Davidsons daught stanley cup uk er, Dina, is biking the entire route of the three-day BC Law Enforcement Memorial Ride to Remember, while his wife Denise and son Drew are joining the running team to complete the final 10 kilometre stretch on Saturday in B.C.s stanley thermosflasche capital.Two teams departed Thursday morning from Thunderbird Memorial Square in Abbotsford. They are composed of 13 law enforcement and peace officers who are cycling 400 kilometre to the B.C. legislature in Victoria.The first leg of the journey saw them ride from Abbotsford to Harrison Hot Springs and back to Abbotsford.On Friday, they are set to travel from Abbotsford to the Tsawwassen ferry terminal.The Run to Remember on Saturday consists of 10 officers who will run more than 150 kilometres. Joining Denise and Drew on the final 10 km will be another 30 officers.The weekend also includes a golf tournament today and a memorial service on Sunday at 1 p.m. on the lawn of the B.C. Legislature.The stanley trinkflaschen purpose of the events is to raise awareness of the annual Canadian Police and Peace Officers National Memorial Service, where tribute is paid to more than 860 fallen officers.Davidson, 53, was fatally shot Nov. 6, 2017, when he was the first officer to arrive on scene after police received reports of shots being fired at civilians at a strip mall on Mt. Lehman Road in Abbotsford.The trial for

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