It took him only seven years to win a stanley cup, and give the city its first championship parade. But snider became more than the owner of the flyers. He became, one of the most recognizable, and philanthropic citizens of philadelphia. Ed snider died this morning the at the age of 83. It is monday night, and the big story on action news tonight is death of the philadelphia icon. Ed snider lost his two year battle with Bladder Cancer earlier today at his home in california. It is hard to overestimate sniders influence, on the local sports scene. He came to philadelphia, in 1964 as a part owner of the eagles. But when the nhl announced they were going to expand from the original six teams, snider wanted in and thus was born the orange and black. He created spectrum, created spectacor, established prism which became Comcast Sports net, bought wip, built wells fargo center, ran the sixers but none of that may be sniders most important legacy. In 2005, he created the ed snider youth hocke
The civilian community. Many veterans do it. Many active duty do it, with not even a skip of a beat. But many struggle with these issues. And we know they struggle because we see we see evidence in all the legal problems, many of our veterans are having. We also know that there is a great deal of homelessness in our veterans population. I guess the employment issues that Everybody Knows about, and ultimately the saddest of the statistics is all of the suicide we are hearing about. Sampsa and other organizations tell us anywhere from 22 upwards to 30 a day, veterans commit suicide. And we know at least one active duty dov military member commits suicide. These are tragedies that we really have to muster up and fight. But the good news, even with all the difficulty many of our veterans are facing, is that in each community there are great supports that nami needs to connect up with. And theyre called vsos, our veteran Service Organizations. There are a great many veteran Service Organiza
Is life on the other side of those dark times that seem so hopeless and helpless. I want to show the world that there is life, surprising, wonderful and unexpected life. After diagnosis. Im proud to say that im living proof that someone can live, love and thrive with bipolar disorder if at tthey get connec with professional resources and accept support as soon as possible. That is why im participating in a Mental Health listening and engagement tour, by getting to meet people like you im learning more about the issues that face the Mental Health community. I hope to do my part to make things a little easier for others and to reduce the shame associated with Mental Illness. I want to do what i can to make things better for others by becoming the most strong, informed Mental Illness advocate that i can be. Today we have a chance to make history with nami. An organization that has been the forefront of advancing Mental Health in this country for decades. Weve seen increased attention to o
Just a short term fix or a long term trend . Its back to the dayjob, for marcus rashford. He returns to the pitch for Manchester United, in the premier league tonight, at the end of a week, in which his campaigning forced a government u turn. A cloudy and dont start but sunshine around this weekend. Your full fore ca st sunshine around this weekend. Your full forecast later on breakfast. Its friday the 19th ofjune. Our top story primary and secondary schools in england are to get a £1 billion boost to help children catch up on months of lessons that were missed during lockdown. The government pledged that a third of that cash will go towards a special tutoring programme for pupils from the poorest homes. Critics say the plans lack detail and that nursery pupils and some over 16s have been left out. Dan johnson reports. Extra maps delivered on line to help kids catch up. Mathematics. It is really happening at this Primary School but now many more pupils will get this one on one support
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