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Building Up The Youth marks five years of mentoring local kids

Five years ago, Ernest Brown of Sicklerville was coaching a local team as part of a church basketball league.

City Council swears in newly elected Council members

City Council welcomed four new members to Council, as the newcomers, elected in special elections last month to fill vacancies, were sworn in before family and friends in Council Chambers at City Hall.

Make room for Jesus this Christmas

Thanksgiving is over, and most of us are preparing for Christmas, but in the wrong way because we have the wrong conception of what Christmas is all about.

DeLissio, Miller: Identogo fingerprinting for state clearances available online

Applicants for certain clearances who register under Identogo for fingerprints and are cleared to work with children in Pennsylvania can now receive their results electronically via email, according to state Reps. Pam DeLissio, D-Montgomery/Phila, and Brett Miller, R-Lancaster.

Delco River Rink opens

The Delco Rink, Delaware County's pop-up ice skating rink, opened for business on Thursday, December 1st, at Harrah's Philadelphia Casino & Racetrack, located at 777 Harrah's Blvd in Chester, Pa. The 60-foot by 100 foot Delco River Rink is located at Harrah's main valet entrance.

The Liberian Independence Day Flag Raising Ceremony

PHILADELPHIA, July 26, 2022— Members of the Greater Philadelphia Region’s Liberian community gathered at the Northwest corner of Philadelphia City Hall on Tuesday, July 26th, for the raising of the flag of the nation of Liberia and the 175th year of Liberian Independence.

Mural Arts Philadelphia and SEPTA celebrate two new Murals at Suburban Station

On July 12, 2022, Mural Arts Philadelphia in partnership with SEPTA, revealed their first series of murals in Suburban Station created by Mural Arts’ ‘Color Me Back’ program.

Chester Township to get a new Skate Park

The Delco Skatepark Coalition presented a $4000 donation to Chester Township at the July 7th Council meeting.

Severn Trent profits triple despite penalty over drinking water quality

Severn Trent has nearly tripled its profits even as the FTSE 100 water company says it has failed to meet a drinking water risk standard.

Santander sets aside £295m to cover cost of car loan mis-selling

Santander UK has put aside £295m to cover potential payouts to car loan customers as the bank issued its first estimate ofthe financial fallout from the car loan mis-selling scandal.

Pressure to delay rate cut grows as inflation increases to 2.3%

Inflation could rise above 3% next year after it increased to 2.3% in October, heaping pressure on the Bank of England to delay further interest rate cuts until next spring.

£500m of navy Vessels ancl drones axed to cut costs

The defence secretary, John Healey, has announced he will scrap Esoom worth of British navy Vessels and drones as part of cost-saving measures in what was described as a \"black day,\" for the new government.

Manchester reveals plan to tackle Violence against men and boys

Greater Manchester has become the first area in the UK to enact a strategy for tackling gender-based violence against men and boys.

Rural MPS urge Labour to protect family farms amid inheritance tax discontent

Rural Labour MPs have called on the government to reassure worried farmers, in an attempt to quell the escalating row over inheritance tax on agricultural property.c

UK cancer survival rates lower than comparable countries, research finds

People in the UK who are diagnosed with the two most lethal forms of cancer die sooner than those in many other comparable countries, a new study has found.

Majority back idea of display on UK slave trade at British Museum

The majority of people in the UK think the British Museum should have a permanent exhibition dedicated to the transatlantic slave trade, research has found.

Right to buy Rules to be tightened in push for more council homes

Ministers will make it harder for tenants in England to buy their own council homes under changes designed to increase Britain's stock of socially rented housing, Angela Rayner has announced.

Pregnancy loss terms used by health staff 'cause fresh grief'

'Hearing words that are clinical, cold or cruel can leave women devastated'

A slippery slope? What the lawyers say

One of the arguments that has come to the fore in the debate about assisted dying is the \"slippery slope\" theory - that the law will inevitably be expanded in time and the restrictions loosened.

Labour's new public bodies come with a high cost, warns report

Labour is creating or overhauling at least 17 public bodies, which is likely to come with high costs, an Institute for Government report has found.

Met officers investigated over road death of pregnant woman

Two Metropolitan police officers are under investigation for allegedly causing death by dangerous driving after a heavily pregnant woman and her unborn baby were killed in a crash with an unmarked police Vehicle.

Councils face huge increase in pothole compensation claims

The number of pothole compensation claims made to councils in Britain more than doubled in a year, according to analysis.

Energy firms offer £500m support to cushion blow of winter bills

Energy suppliers will spend £500m helping customers with their energy bills this winter, after the government helped broker a deal involving 12 of the biggest companies in the UK.

Counties told to spend cash on women's game or risk losing it

Counties hosting professional women's teams will be strictly monitored to ensure the England and Wales Cricket Board's multimillion-pound investment is being used to achieve gender equality, Beth Barrett-Wild, the ECB's director of the women's professional game has said.

Guardian ancl Observer journalists to strike over sale of Sunday paper

Journalists at the Guardian and the Observer have voted to strike for 48 hours over the planned sale of the Observer to Tortoise.

Jagged little trill: study suggests sounds have shape and texture

A rolled R is a sound that many may struggle to produce, but research suggests it evokes the same curious response in people the world over: an association with a jagged line. While onomatopoeia describes words that sound like the noise they describe - such as \"bang\" - sound symbolism is a broader concept, in which sounds map on to a wider range of meanings, such as shape, texture or size.

Ukraine attacks targets in Russia with UK missiles for the first time

Storm Shadow weapons fired on day Washington shut its embassy in Kyiv

Curry changing his technique to avoid more concussions

England are making changes to Tom Curry's all-action technique to ensure his safety after he returned to the fold for Sunday's clash with Japan following his latest concussion.

Mental health patients suffer when placed far from home, report finds

Mental health patients in England are being harmed by the increase in placements in psychiatric units far from their homes and families, a report indicates.

Starmer declines to condemn jailing of Hong Kong activists

Keir Starmer has twice declined to directly condemn the jailing of dozens of Hong Kong's pro-democracy figures after meeting China's president at the G20 summit in Brazil.