News / UK and world by Press Association November 16, 2018, 12:37 pm FacebookTwitterLinkedInWhatsAppEmail Sign up to our Daily newsletter A couple say they have their dog’s picky eating habits to thank for helping them win £1 million on a National Lottery scratchcard. Patrick Morling had made a special trip to the supermarket to buy their pet’s favourite meal when he decided on a whim to buy the winning Monopoly Classic card. Now the 60-year-old and his wife, Paula, 54, from Havant, Hampshire, are planning around-the-world holidays to celebrate. And Ollie, a nine-year-old springer-staffy cross, is set to get a new bed as a thank you. Mr Morling, a storeman for a paper cup company, said: “We’d already done our big shop earlier in the day but Ollie is very particular about his food so I had to go to a different store to stock up for him. “As I was leaving, I decided on a whim to buy a scratchcard. “I do like to play them from … [Read more...] about Couple credit picky pooch for £1 million National Lottery scratchcard win
Celebrating 30th wedding anniversary
Then and now: couple re-shoot wedding day photographs 40 years on
PUBLISHED: 14:49 05 October 2018 | UPDATED: 15:00 05 October 2018 Simon Parkin Then and now: Paula and Brian Burgess recreated their wedding day photographs on the same spot 40 yeras on. Picture: Kingsley Healthcare Archant The fashions have changed, the trees have certainly grown and they are a little older, but the love for one Norfolk couple remains just the same. Clare Burgess with her parents Brian and Paula Burgess who are celebrating their 40 wedding anniversary. Picture: Kingsley HealthcarePaula and Brian Burgess, of Cobbold Street in Diss, have recreated their wedding day photographs images that evoke special memories not just of their marriage but also family history.Ahead of the couple’s 40th wedding anniversary on Sunday their daughter Clare Burgess had the idea of taking her family back to The Depperhaugh, in Hoxne, to re-shoot all the photographs in the magnificent gardens where the wedding reception had been held in 1978.The former … [Read more...] about Then and now: couple re-shoot wedding day photographs 40 years on
Designer carves niche in world of gourd art
opinion Jocelynn Brown The Detroit News Published 4:37 PM EDT Sep 27, 2018 Chris Pawlik designs and embellishes gourds, turning them into amazing three-dimensional works of art. I met the award-winning gourd artist at this year's Belle Isle Art Fair, where I was immediately drawn to her work. A self-taught gourd artist, the Ira Township resident informed me, during a recent telephone interview, that she worked with gourds many years ago, often painting them for Christmas ornaments, prior to "really (getting) into making old-fashioned snowmen and Santa Clauses." But, later, the urge to create something that could be less seasonal led her to rekindle her love affair with gourds. They gave her the artistic "flexibility" she craved. Gourds have been used throughout history by different cultures (Africans, Native Americans, etc.) as objects for creating not only art, but functional pieces, as well, including bowls, … [Read more...] about Designer carves niche in world of gourd art
It was horrible
Does Damian Green look like a Tory? I only wonder because he’s midway through an anecdote about how he was once mistaken for a Leninist revolutionary. He was bundled into a party and “fed free beer” before everyone was shushed and an earnest man informed them not to “associate” with Labour because it was “old and bureaucratic” and they were hardened Leftist purists. A panicked young Green then outed himself with the words “I’m at the wrong party. I don’t think you want me here.” Apparently his swish of “shoulder-length fair hair” had caused the Labourites to identify him as one of their own. “But you look normal,” they stammered, incredulous. “You are normal, we’ve spoken to you. You can’t be a Tory.” Green’s take from this is: “If they could have seen ahead they would have understood that that was why there was going to be a period of Tory hegemony, … [Read more...] about It was horrible
At Carrier, the Factory Trump Saved, Morale Is Through the Floor
Sections SEARCH Skip to content Skip to site index Subscribe Log In Twenty months after the president-elect reached a deal to keep blue-collar jobs from leaving the country, absenteeism plagues the Indiana plant. A month after the 2016 election, Donald J. Trump and Mike Pence visited Carrier’s Indianapolis factory to claim credit for saving workers’ jobs. Today, employees report rising absenteeism and low morale. Credit A J Mast for The New York Times Supported by ByNelson D. Schwartz Aug. 10, 2018 By the time the sun comes up, Nicole Hargrove knows if it’ll be a struggle to meet her quota at the Carrier furnace factory in Indianapolis. Six days a week, she’s on the assembly line by 6 a.m., when a buzzer sounds and starts a shift that is supposed to conclude with 1,100 newly built units. But lately, the line sometimes grinds to a premature halt, as supervisors wait for employees to straggle in — or … [Read more...] about At Carrier, the Factory Trump Saved, Morale Is Through the Floor