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Ceat signs Rohit Sharma for bat endorsement deal
The cricketer will now be seen playing with a bat prominently displaying Ceat in all formats of the game, Ceat said in a statement.
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Letters: Lift the lockdown - the coming recession will be worse
PERHAPS we should wait until we have achieved the same level of containment of the virus as Germany before we think about restarting football (How German football intends to restart next week – and what the Scottish game can learn from their masterplan, Monday).
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Letters: People abusing lockdown will only make it go on longer
I TOTALLY agree as a frontline worker who is working 12-hour shifts that restrictions should have been tougher to start with.
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We've had our freedoms stripped: give us something to hope for
THE brainless idiot scumbags who did this must be caught as soon as and thrown in jail for a very long time (Popular West End restaurant trashed by vandals in overnight raid, Glasgow Times online).
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Cyclists already think pavements are fair game - we don't need lanes
INTERESTING to hear that the level of traffic is steadily increasing despite the restrictions.
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Coronavirus FAQs: Do Temperature Screenings Help? Can Mosquitoes Spread It?
This is part of a series looking at pressing coronavirus questions of the week. We'd like to hear what you're curious about. Email us at goatsandsoda@npr.org with the subject line: "Weekly Coronavirus Questions." More than 76,000 people in the U.S. have died because of COVID-19, and there have been 1.27 million confirmed cases across the country — and nearly 4 million worldwide. Though the virus continues to spread and sicken people, some states and countries are starting to reopen businesses and lift stay-at-home requirements. This week, we look at some of your questions as summer nears and restrictions are eased. Is it safe to swim in pools or lakes? Does the virus spread through the water? People are asking whether they should be concerned about being exposed to the coronavirus while swimming. Experts say water needn't be a cause for concern. The CDC says there is no evidence the virus that causes COVID-19 can be spread to people through the water in pools, hot tubs, spas or water
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Public Health Experts Say Many States Are Opening Too Soon To Do So Safely
As of Friday in Texas, you can go to a tanning salon. In Indiana, houses of worship are being allowed to open with no cap on attendance. Places like Pennsylvania are taking a more cautious approach, only starting to ease restrictions in some counties based on the number of COVID-19 cases. By Monday, at least 31 states will have partially reopened after seven weeks of restrictions. The moves come as President Trump pushes for the country to get back to work despite public health experts warning that it's too soon. "The early lesson that was learned, really, we learned from the island of Hokkaido in Japan, where they did a really good job of controlling the initial phase of the outbreak," said Bob Bednarczyk, assistant professor of global health and epidemiology at the Rollins School of Public Health at Emory University in Atlanta. Because of that success, many of the restrictions on the island were lifted. But cases and deaths surged in a second wave of infections. Twenty-six days later
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Want To Adopt A Dog? First Ask Yourself: Can You Still Commit Post-Pandemic?
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Photographer Says To Document This Historic Time Now
Someday, the COVID-19 pandemic will be history. And that’s why one DeKalb County photographer is urging people to document it now. Bob Myers took his wife’s advice. She’s DeKalb County historian Sue Breese, and she encouraged him to photograph the empty store shelves, the empty parking lots, and the altered daily interactions that are now part of life under the State’s stay-at-home order. In turn, Myers turned to social media to ask other DeKalb County residents to join the effort. For him, it’s important to keep the project local because it “makes it hit home more.” Myers has received photos of closed businesses, school lunch distributions, the parking lot tents at Kishwaukee Hospital, and a mother and daughter touching hands through a closed glass door. Of course, there’s a touch of humor, too. One photo is of a downtown Sycamore icon, the statue of Pumpkinfest founder Wally Thurow standing next to his old-time bicycle. Someone had already thrown a scarf around his neck for winter.
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Sessions from Studio A - Micky Torpedo
We have a unique episode of Sessions from Studio A this week. Like so many others, the current pandemic has put our normal work on hiatus. Join us for a special "quarantined" edition of the show featuring ambient music from Rockford's Micky Torpedo. Micky is releasing four ambient albums this year, based on the changing moods of each season. We'll hear music from his Winter and Spring Cycle albums this hour. We also sat down to chat virtually with Micky about his approach to writing music, as well as his involvment in Rockford's Rock and Roll Institute. You can keep up with Micky on his Facebook page and download his music on Bandcamp .
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Basset Hounds To Help 'Big Wins' Bring Big Dollars To Rockford Region
The Rockford Area Convention and Visitors Bureau announced Thursday eight new events they call "Big Wins" for the region. Andrea Cook is the associate director of marketing and communication. She said, "'Big Wins' bring big business to the region in a short amount of time." She credited one bowling open and two bowling tournaments for bringing in the most money. "Out of the more than $12.5 million that will come from the eight events, over $10 million of that comes from the three different bowling events we are hosting in 2020 and 2021," said Cook. Other events include The Rock River Tattoo Art Expo , the North American Fastpitch Association, the Illinois Council of Convention & Visitors Bureaus Spring Conference, the Illinois Association Chamber of Commerce Executives Fall Conference, and the Basset Hound Club of America Nationals. Pamela Crawford was there with her husband David Crawford and their two basset hounds, Apple and Ivy. She said, "We are here to promote basset hounds
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Share Your Creativity During Life Under Lockdown
We are living through historic times: How are you documenting them? Art? Poetry? Photos? Music? We’d love to see what you’ve been creating during our stay-at-home order. Send us your original poems, essays, and photos! Take pictures of your painting, drawing, sculpture, or whatever visual medium you’re working in. Send us a link to your performance of an original song. We’ll share them on our website. Email your submissions to WNIJpix@niu.edu If you have a statement about your work you’d like to include, send it along. Give us your name and the city or town where you live. We’d like our virtual talent show to represent how our community is dealing with the COVID-19 crisis. It’s not a contest or a place for critiques: It’s a place to show off your talent and see what everyone else has been up to these past few challenging months. Work from kids is welcome, too! A few simple rules: The work must be your own. No cover songs, no memes ripped from Facebook, no plagiarizing! Shorter is good!
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Grassie to step down as SRU chairman
Colin Grassie is to stand down as chairman of the board of Scottish Rugby at August’s AGM.
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Former X Factor star Nicholas McDonald covers Hero with other singers in NHS charity single
FORMER X Factor star Nicholas McDonald has announced he is covering Mariah Carey's hit hero with other singers to raise money for the NHS Covid-19 appeal.
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Love Island star Paige Turley reveals Finn has discovered a love of haggis during lockdown
SMITTEN Paige Turley has been feeding her hunky Love Island boyfriend Finn Tapp with the finest of Scottish cuisine while in lockdown - and it seems he can’t get enough of haggis.
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KVNF News: The Purple State Update with the Colorado Sun
KVNF News spoke with The Colorado Sun reporter John Frank in this edition of The Purple State Update, our weekly interview on the Friday KVNF Regional Newscast focusing on statewide and Western Slope political issues throughout the election season. In this episode we talk about the growing homeless population in tourist towns on the Western Slope, and about the growing number of out-of-state political groups pouring money into the Governor's Race.
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Edinburgh coach Richard Cockerill benefits from doing his business early
WHETHER through shrewd planning, good fortune or a bit of both, Edinburgh managed to complete the bulk of their business for next season before rugby came grinding to a halt. When precisely play resumes is, of course, unknown and out of their control, but they are at least confident that they will be in good shape to hit the ground running.
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Kyle Coetzer frustrated by Scotland's cricket shutdown
THE irony that the recent weather would have been ideal for the start of the domestic cricket season is not lost on Kyle Coetzer.
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Golfers warned to respect lockdown restrictions as government confirms no date has been set to reopen courses
Scottish Golf today revealed that no date has been set for the sport in this country to restart and stressed that lockdown restrictions will remain in place for the foreseeable future.
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Juniors: Beith's Ryan Docherty out to make amends for Lochee shock
Beith defensive mainstay Ryan Docherty has called today’s Macron Scottish Junior Cup clash against Kello Rovers “a great opportunity” as he and his team-mates prepare to go toe-to-toe with the rank outsiders for a place in this season’s semi-finals.
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Pollok gaffer MacKinnon fears lockdown will leave Juniors in trouble
THE indefinite lockdown of Scottish football is set to plunge the Junior game into a crisis like never before, according to Pollok manager Murdie MacKinnon.
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Channel 4 are looking for people who have cancelled their wedding because of lockdown
Channel 4 have launched a search for a couple who have cancelled their wedding due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
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Glasgow comedians Ashley Storrie and friends on pre-lockdown adventures in new show, 'Up for It'
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Coronavirus lockdown: How to look after you and yours
OUR Home Times series has been giving parents and carers top tips and advice on how to keep children learning during these difficult times.
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Fancy learning to dance in coronavirus lockdown? Scottish Ballet has a class for you
AS Scotland’s National Dance Company, Scottish Ballet aims to bring the benefits and joy of dance to everyone.
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WWE Glasgow show latest to be postponed due to lockdown
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Glasgow soup kitchen Lights on G1 issues urgent appeal for donations
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Four fined for 800 mile round trip from London to Motherwell
A family of four was caught flouting lockdown restrictions after attempting to travel to Motherwell for a mini-break.
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Life on ice: How Glasgow Clan have rallied to prepare for post-shutdown
MAY is normally a busy month behind the scenes for Gareth Chalmers and the ongoing uncertainty around sport hasn’t changed that a huge amount.
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Easy win for John Docherty to move to 8-0
SUPER-MIDDLEWEIGHT John Docherty cruised to another comfortable victory last night in Sheffield to improve his record to 8-0.
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Docherty: I don’t know what I’d do if I lost
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Quiet man Ricky Burns still letting his boxing do the talking as he plans for the future
IF there were belts handed out for unassuming modesty then Ricky Burns would be boxing’s perennial undisputed world champion.
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Celtic legend Chris Sutton jokes Rangers SPFL dossier has 'shaken Scottish football to the core'
CELTIC hero Chris Sutton has joked that Rangers' SPFL dossier has "shaken Scottish football to the core".
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Rangers dossier claims clubs unaware of £10m liability before SPFL vote
RANGERS claim that the SPFL failed to inform its members of a potential £10million liability and “substantial problems” with league reconstruction before asking clubs to vote to conclude the 2019/20 campaign.
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Alison McConnell: Rangers went in too hard on SPFL... now dossier let-down may cost them vote
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Mike Dailly: Social justice is at the heart of our lockdown exit plan
THE Standard Life Foundation (SLF) has published the results of its UK financial impact tracker.
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Susan Aitken: We need a team response in Glasgow once we exit lockdown
THE message from our medical experts leading the fight against the Covid-19 pandemic has been crystal clear in recent days: we have come too far together to drop our guard now.
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Glasgowist: City restaurants eagerly await news of lockdown being lifted
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Letters: We're being too soft with lockdown - give an inch and people take a mile
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Letters: Fears over lockdown if rest of UK eases measures before Scotland
I’M very worried about what’s going to happen after the weekend when the rest of the UK begins to ease lockdown, while Scotland chooses not to.
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Kim Long: We can’t ignore the importance of mental health during lockdown
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Glasgow Film Festival goes virtual so people don't miss out
A film festival postponed due to the coronavirus is going virtual and moving part of its programme online to ensure that audiences do not miss out.
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Glasgow artists join together for lockdown phone film project
MISSING beloved grandparents is something we can all relate to during coronavirus lockdown – now a Glasgow poet has made a 60-second film about it.
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SPFL directors hit back at Rangers for 'baseless, damaging and self-serving attacks' following release of dossier
SPFL directors have today issued their detailed response to claims made in Rangers' dossier yesterday.
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SPFL claim Rangers chairman Douglas Park made 'threat' towards Neil Doncaster
THE SPFL have claimed that Rangers chairman Douglas Park made a "threat" to chief executive Neil Doncaster.
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Rangers "incredulous" over "unfounded" SPFL claim that chairman Douglas Park threatened Neil Doncaster
RANGERS vice-chairman John Bennett last night dismissed a claim that Ibrox chairman Douglas Park had threatened SPFL chief executive Neil Doncaster as “unfounded”.
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Bayer Leverkusen sporting director Simon Rolfes wants Rangers behind closed doors to ensure Europa League conclusion
Bayer Leverkusen sporting director Simon Rolfes has urged Uefa to allow his side to play Rangers behind closed doors - to ensure the tournament is completed this season.
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SPFL say Rangers "dossier" contains no evidence of bullying or coercion
THE SPFL have reacted to the "dossier of evidence" that Rangers today shared with the other 41 member clubs - and claimed it doesn't contain any proof of "corruption, bullying or coercion" by their staff.
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