8 July 2021 • 12:02am
Bangladeshi people sit waiting for free food provided by Dhaka Metropolitan Police during the hard lockdown
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SIR – Television reporters constantly interview members of the public who claim that they don’t want lockdown to end. Where do they find these people?
If their lives have not been blighted by the lockdowns of the last 16 months, I can only assume that they don’t work or run a business; they don’t go shopping; they never eat out; they don’t have school-age children or students in their family; they don’t know anyone in hospital or a care home; they don’t have health problems or ever need to see a GP; they never go on holiday; they never go to the theatre, a cinema or to a concert; they don’t support a charity; they neither attend nor support nor try to organise a local club or organisation; they don’t go to public talks or meetings; they don’t have or want any social contact; their family n
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The key Manchester council seats that could change hands in the local elections
Labour, the Liberal Democrats and the Green Party are all confident of causing upsets
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A view of Manchester town hall from Deansgate (Image: Mark Waugh)
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Covid-19 has meant that this year’s local elections in Manchester will be like no other - with masked vote counters, socially distanced queues at polling stations and sanitised voting booths.
Chris Beard announces five hires for his Texas coaching staff
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The Texas Longhorns announced five hires for new head coach Chris Beard’s coaching staff on Thursday assistant coaches Jerrance Howard, Ulric Maligi, and Rodney Terry, as well as Managing Director Chris Ogden and Special Assistant to the Head Coach Bob Donewald Jr.
Collectively, the group boasts 97 years of coaching experience, 37 NCAA Tournament appearances, and 42 NBA Draft picks, as well as two Final Four appearances. Ogden and Terry return to the Forty Acres with 21 combined years of experience working for the Longhorns.