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Amy Winehouse - Amy Winehouse at the BBC

Beautiful and bereft, and hard to listen to with easy joy.





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Hoda Kotb is leaving NBC’s ‘Today’ show early next year

Hoda Kotb, a fixture at NBC for more than two decades, says she will leave her morning perch on the “Today” early next year, telling staffers “it’s time.”




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The Denver Post editorial board opposes the ban on mountain lion, lynx and bobcat hunting

Coloradans are being asked to ban mountain lion hunting and the hunting and trapping of bobcats and the endangered lynx should the animal ever get delisted.





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Deion Sanders Offers To Help Jackson State's HBCU Rival Secure Trainers For Players

“This is about these kids,” he said.




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BBC: Bevan Faces Losing Pension After Theft

Authorities are reportedly “seeking funds” from Jeffrey Bevan‘s pension following his conviction for stealing from the Bermudian Government. The BBC reported, “An accountant who stole £1.7m from the Bermudian government is facing losing his pension as attempts to claw back money he took continue. Jeffrey Bevan made more than 50 fake payments to himself after moving with […]




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BBC: Bevan Facing Loss Of Pension In Court

Former accountant Jeffrey Bevan, “who stole nearly £2m from the Bermuda government” is facing a hearing to determine if he will lose his pension. A BBC story said, “A former Welsh government and BBC accountant who stole nearly £2m from the Bermuda government faces a hearing to decide if he will lose his pension. “Jeffrey […]




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BCAC On Pollution, Higher Costs & More

Members of the Bermuda Clean Air Coalition [BCAC] expressed concerns about pollution, the increased costs of electricity and more. A spokesperson said, “The announcement of increased costs for electricity has sparked outrage in the community, but for members of the Bermuda Clean Air Coalition [BCAC] and residents of the area, there is concern that exactly […]




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BCAC On “Rushed Consultation” On Bill

The Bermuda Clean Air Coalition [BCAC] said they “vehemently condemn the Department of Environment and Natural Resources [DENR] and Minister of Home Affairs Walter Roban for their grossly inadequate three-week consultation period on the Clean Air Amendment Bill and Water Resources Amendment Bill. “This hasty process not only undermines years of advocacy,” the organisation said. […]




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BCCL To Host Dyslexia Awareness Workshop

The Bermuda Centre for Creative Learning [BCCL] is hosting a free Dyslexia Awareness Workshop and launching a screening program for parents on November 12th. A spokesperson said, “Building on the success of September’s Unlocking Potential: Dyslexia Awareness and Education Forum for teachers, the Bermuda Centre for Creative Learning [BCCL], along with Mindset Bermuda and The […]




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BCCLF Appoints Tricia Lines Hill To Board

The Bermuda Centre for Creative Learning Foundation has appointed Tricia Lines Hill to its Board of Directors. A spokesperson said, “With deep Bermuda roots and a passion for supporting education and community growth, Mrs. Lines Hill brings a wealth of knowledge in global marketing, corporate communications, and business development. “Mrs. Lines Hill holds a BA in […]




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BCB Twenty20: St. George’s & Willow Cuts Win

St. George’s Cricket Club and Willow Cuts recorded victories in the Bermuda Cricket Board [BCB] Twenty20 action. St. George’s Cricket Club Win by 45 Runs: St George’s 163/7 Western Stars 118/4 The St. George’s Cricket Club defeated Western Stars by 45 Runs at Lord’s in St. David’s. Batting first, St. George’s Cricket Club scored 163/7, […]




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BCB Announces Team For ICC Americas Tour

The Bermuda Cricket Board announced the Senior Men’s National Select Team for the ICC Americas Select Tour. A spokesperson said, “The series kicks off on Wednesday, September 11, with the Bermuda Select Team facing the ICC Americas Select Team at 3:30 PM at the National Sports Centre. The Bermuda National Select Team will include top players […]




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BCB Announce Somerset Team For ICC Americas

The Bermuda Cricket Board [BCB] announced the Somerset Cricket Club Select Team for the ICC Americas Select Tour. A spokesperson said, “Somerset Cricket Club will face the ICC Americas Select Team at noon on Sunday, September 15th at Somerset Cricket Club. “The Somerset Cricket Club Select will include top players such as Dominic Sabir, Kamau […]




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BCB Announce St George’s Team For ICC Match

The Bermuda Cricket Board [BCB] announced the St. George’s Cricket Club Select Team for the ICC Americas Select Tour. A spokesperson said, “St. George’s Cricket Club will face the ICC Americas Select Team at 2:30 PM on Saturday, September 14th at Wellington Oval. “The St. George’s Cricket Club Select will include top players such as […]




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BCB Announces Weekly Award Winners

The Bermuda Cricket Board [BCB] has announced the Athene T20 Senior Men’s Premier and First Division Leagues weekly award winners. A spokesperson said, “The BCB is pleased to announce the full list of weekly Most Runs and Most Wickets winners during the recently concluded Athene T20 Senior Men’s Premier and First Division Leagues of 2024. […]




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BCB Announces Athene T20 KO Cup Semi-Finals

The Bermuda Cricket Board [BCB] announced the Athene T20 KO Cup Semi-Finalist of 2024. A spokesperson said, “The semi-final matches are based on the final standings of the Athene T20 leagues. The matches will see the League Champions in each division face the 4th ranked team and the runners-up will face the 3rd ranked team. […]




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BCB Announces ICC Americas Qualifier Team

The Bermuda Cricket Board [BCB] announced the Senior Men’s National Team for the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup Americas Sub-Regional Qualifier. A spokesperson said, “The tournament will run from December 6 – 16, 2024 with a total of 8 matches. “The Bermuda Senior Men’s National Team, led by Captain Mr. Terryn Fray of Bailey’s Bay […]




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HSBC Sponsors BZS Micro Forest Project

The Bermuda Zoological Society [BZS] announced that HSBC is the lead sponsor of the BZS Micro Forest Project. A spokesperson said, “With the impacts of climate change being felt more and more each year, the need for reforestation projects has arguably never been more important and urgent. The Bermuda Zoological Society [BZS] today announced that HSBC […]




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HSBC Bermuda To Switch To Sustainable Cards

HSBC Bermuda has announced that “single-use plastic cards will be a thing of the past as the bank replaces them with cards made from recycled materials.” A spokesperson said, “The move is part of HSBC’s global strategy to reduce carbon emissions and achieve the Bank’s net zero goal by 2050. “The cards comprise of 85% […]




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HSBC Bank To Close At 2pm On Thursday

HSBC Bermuda’s branches will close at 2:00pm on Thursday [Sept 14] due to Hurricane Lee. A spokesperson said, “Out of an abundance of caution due to the formation of Hurricane Lee, HSBC Bermuda’s branches will close at 2:00 pm tomorrow, September 14th. “Subject to the receipt of an all clear from the Bermuda Government and […]




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HSBC Debit Cardholders Get Free 1GB Data

HSBC said they are “pleased to be offering a new benefit to our HSBC Visa Platinum debit cardholders which enables them to redeem a 1GB eSIM for 15 days and enjoy global data connectivity.” A spokesperson said, “Download the GigSky app today. These customers will be able to travel the world without incuring data roaming charges […]




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HSBC Appoints Gregory Garnier As CEO

HSBC announced the appointment of Gregory Garnier as CEO of HSBC Bank Bermuda Limited, effective September 23, 2024. A spokesperson said, “Gregory Garnier, joined HSBC 22 years ago in Mergers and Acquisitions in Paris and has led teams in France and the US in a wide range of Investment Banking and Global Banking roles. His most […]




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BCHC To Launch ‘MOvember’ Fundraiser

Bermuda Cancer and Health Centre is launching its annual ‘MOvember’ Bermuda fundraising initiative this November to raise awareness and funds for men’s health. A spokesperson said, “This November, Bermuda Cancer and Health Centre is excited to launch our annual MOvember Bermuda fundraising initiative, celebrating Men’s Health Month with a bold and impactful call to action. […]




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Joanna Frith Obtains NABCEP Certification

BE Solar’s Director of Sales Joanna Frith has obtained the North American Board of Certified Energy Practitioners [NABCEP] PV Associate Certificate, with the company noting that she is the first woman in Bermuda to accomplish this. A spokesperson said, “BE Solar’s Director of Sales, Joanna Frith is the first woman in Bermuda to obtain the NABCEP […]




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BCHC’s AXA Man On The Run Set For Nov 10

The Bermuda Cancer and Health Centre announced the AXA XL Man on the Run 5K on Sunday, November 10, 2024, at Warwick Academy, aiming to raise awareness and funds for men’s cancer care. A spokesperson said, “Bermuda Cancer and Health Centre is proud to announce the return of the highly anticipated AXA XL Man on […]




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Masakr v My Lai, obchod s otroky a vražedné pesticidy aneb Reportáže, které změnily svět

Před 55 lety zveřejnila nezávislá tisková agentura Dispatch News Service reportáž o vyšetřování incidentu v jihovietnamském městě My Lai. Díky práci reportéra Seymoura Hershe se celý svět dozvěděl o zločinu jednotek US Army, které pod vedením poručíka Williama L. Calleyho zavraždily během průzkumné akce stovky civilních obyvatel. Reportáž znamenala obrat ve vedení vietnamské války, v jejím vnímání americkou i světovou veřejností. Hersh se tak zařadil mezi elitní novináře, jejichž práce změnila světové dějiny.




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Poetry and the Subconscious

RochesterInk Poetry Festival, October 2007 This talk might be subtitled, “Where Poetry Comes From,” because that’s what I’m most interested in. The best poems, the poems we want to reread and memorize and carry with us forever, are those that offer some kind of insight. They connect. They resonate. They touch on a deeper truth—a …

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Outback Queensland residents spend thousands on flights, grapple with Qantas service changes - ABC News

  1. Outback Queensland residents spend thousands on flights, grapple with Qantas service changes  ABC News
  2. Airlines that love competition: Do you see pigs fly?  Sydney Morning Herald
  3. Predictably, domestic airfares surged after the collapse of Rex. There aren’t many good solutions  The Conversation
  4. Report finds just how much airfares spiked since end of Rex. One route doubled  The Canberra Times
  5. Qantas’ single excuse for fare price hike  news.com.au




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Beijing and Washington stops provide clues for Indonesia's direction under Prabowo Subianto - ABC News

  1. Beijing and Washington stops provide clues for Indonesia's direction under Prabowo Subianto  ABC News
  2. Prabowo pledges co-operation with Trump  The Australian Financial Review
  3. Indonesian president meets Biden and speaks with Trump  The Canberra Times
  4. At White House, Indonesia's new leader straddles US-China rivalry  VOA Asia
  5. Will Prabowo Subianto cosy up to Donald Trump or to China?  The Economist




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Germany to hold snap election in February after government's coalition collapse - ABC News

  1. Germany to hold snap election in February after government's coalition collapse  ABC News
  2. The briefcase, the Porsche and the collapse of the German government – podcast  The Guardian
  3. Germany set for snap election following collapse of Olaf Scholz’s coalition  The Conversation
  4. President calls German early election plan 'realistic'  DW (English)





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Legitimacy of two Victorian local government elections in question after duplicate votes detected - ABC News

  1. Legitimacy of two Victorian local government elections in question after duplicate votes detected  ABC News
  2. Victorian council election results 2024 LIVE updates: Suspected postal vote tampering in council elections  Sydney Morning Herald
  3. VEC investigates potential vote tampering in two Melbourne councils  The Age




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Winter sports on the BBC

Ski Sunday will be back for the 2011/12 season




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CNBC Daily Open: Postelection euphoria takes a breather

This report is from today's CNBC Daily Open, our international markets newsletter. CNBC Daily Open brings investors up to speed on everything they need to know, no matter where they are. Like what you see? You can subscribe here. U.S. and Asia markets slip U.S. markets retreated on Wednesday after…




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OCBC Has Enough Capital For M&A, Business Growth, CEO Says

Singapore’s Oversea-Chinese Banking Corp. has enough capital for business growth even as Chief Executive Officer Helen Wong signals her appetite for deals while keeping the bank’s dividend policy. Most Read from Bloomberg “We are well-capitalized,” Wong said Wednesday in an interview with Haslinda…




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BBC Radio 2 In Concert complete show




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Album of the Week on BBC Radio 2

From The Cure:

SONGS OF A LOST WORLD IS ALBUM OF THE WEEK ON @BBCRADIO2. TUNE IN THIS WEEK TO VERNON KEY & OJ BORG TO HEAR TRACKS FROM THE ALBUM






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Inside the Cure’s Big Halloween Comeback: Concert, BBC Takeover and ‘Lost World’ Album

From Variety:


Brit Beat: Inside the Cure’s Big Halloween Comeback: Concert, BBC Takeover and ‘Lost World’ Album

By Mark Sutherland

It’s been 16 long years since legendary British alternative rockers the Cure last released a studio album, but the campaign for the band’s new outing, “Lost World,” has made it feel like they’ve never been away.

And the band has also returned “home” to the Fiction-via-Polydor label, which released the band’s recordings up until 2004’s self-titled album. The most recent two Cure albums came out via America on Geffen, but Polydor Label Group President Ben Mortimer says he made it his “mission” to bring the band back to the record company.

“I actually can’t believe it’s happened because it’s been a conversation that’s been going on for so long,” Mortimer tells Variety. “Robert Smith sits alongside Paul Weller, who we brought back to Polydor a few years ago, as one of those people who are really in the fabric of the label. [The return] has really energized the whole label and tapped into the soul of what we do.”

Mortimer says “huge credit” should also go to Fiction Records Managing Director Jim Chancellor, “who has had a brilliant relationship with Robert for a long time.” Smith manages the band himself and Mortimer says the release plan came together over numerous emails featuring Smith’s trademark “all caps firmly on” style.

Key to the strategy was a suitably gothic Cure takeover of the BBC on Halloween, the day before “Songs of a Lost World” dropped, with a live session on BBC Radio 6 Music and a career-spanning BBC Radio 2 “In Concert” recording, which was also televised as part of a BBC 2 Cure night on November 2. The “In Concert” recording reportedly received the most ticket applications of any show in the long-running series.

“One of the stipulations Robert had on doing the deal was that the album to come out straight after Halloween,” Mortimer says. “Our production team had to jump through hoops to deliver vinyl and everything in time. It was really touch and go but Robert was very clear, unless it’s coming November 1, we ain’t doing this!”

The band also made a spectacular full live return with an intimate show at London’s Troxy venue on November 1, which featured a full rendition of the new album as well as many other songs. It was livestreamed around the world on YouTube and attended by many other musicians, from Green Day’s Billie Joe Armstrong to Culture Club’s Boy George.

All that attention – and some of the best reviews of the band’s career – has also translated into record sales, with the album set to debut at No.1 in the Official U.K. Albums Chart on November 8. It had already passed 40,000 units by Monday, according to the Official Charts Company. That’s despite this being the band’s first album release of the streaming age – previous studio album “4:13 Dream” came out in 2008 – with Mortimer saying the band racked up huge numbers of Spotify pre-saves.

“The Universal catalog team, alongside Robert, have done a very good job of keeping things alive for years, but it’s more than that,” says Mortimer. “If you look at their streams, there are tracks at over 700 million on Spotify, so there is a young audience there that streams the Cure.

“We’ve brought in new ideas – Robert’s remarkably open to modern ways of thinking, he’s such an intelligent man, he grasps things so quickly – but I don’t think it changed his strategy,” Mortimer adds. “Some artists are able to speak to different generations, and the Cure are one of those.”

With the band likely to announce further touring plans, Mortimer is expecting a long campaign for the album, one of the first big releases through the new Polydor Label Group, after a major Universal U.K. restructure: Mortimer now also oversees the Capitol U.K. and 0207 Def Jam labels, run by Jo Charrington and Alec Boateng respectively.

“It’s been a crazy year across the whole business, but I’m really thankful about the new responsibilities that I have,” says Mortimer. “Working with Jo and Alec is just an absolute dream, they’re some of the best A&R executives of recent generations and they’ve brought so many brilliant artists into our system, so I’m feeling really lucky. Everyone complements each other really well.”

Meanwhile, the American release of “Songs of a Lost World” goes through Capitol, meaning Mortimer has reunited with his former Polydor co-president Tom March, now chairman/CEO of Capitol Music Group (“Tom’s wonderful – having a Brit over there who gets it has been really helpful”). The pair revived Polydor’s fortunes in the 2010s and Mortimer is hopeful the Cure’s renewed success could also bring back the buzz to music from this side of the pond.

“It feels like there’s real interest in what the U.K. and Ireland does really well again,” he says. “You look at Oasis, the Cure, plus we’re getting such an explosion of interest on Sam Fender at the moment and we’re seeing growth on a band like Inhaler… We’ve been talking about it for 15 years but it’s genuinely happening now.”




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Princeton-HBCU research collaborations continue with 10 new projects

This is the second round of Princeton Alliance for Collaborative Research (PACRI) projects partnering HBCU and Princeton researchers.




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Fewer Black men are enrolling in HBCUs. Here's why and what's being done

The absolute number of Black men enrolled at Historically Black Colleges and Universities is the lowest it's been since 1976.




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Figuring out the male enrollment drop at HBCUs

The number of Black men enrolled at Historically Black Colleges and Universities is the lowest it’s been since 1976.




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Watch on BBC as England face Jamaica in Horizon Series

England and Jamaica get the new Horizon Series under way with two matches in Manchester on 16 and 17 November, both live on the BBC.




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How Gary Lineker went from football sensation to BBC star

The BBC will lose one of its highest-profile presenters when he stops hosting Match of the Day.




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BBC Verify analyses footage of Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar's killing

The BBC's analysis editor Ros Atkins looks at footage said to show Yahya Sinwar's final moments.




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BBC tours hospital Israel says sits above millions in Hezbollah gold

The BBC’s Orla Guerin is taken on a tour of Al Sahel Hospital in Beirut.