Whanganui news in brief: Arrest in city, rabbits under the gun, Pride walk rescheduled and more
11 Mar, 2021 06:01 PM
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Whanganui Chronicle
Arrest in city
A 48-year-old man was arrested in Niblett St in central Whanganui on Wednesday after reports of a historic charge. He appeared in Whanganui District Court that day charged with wounding with intent to cause grievous bodily harm.
Walk rescheduled
The 2021 Pride Walk, postponed because of Covid-19 alert level 2 restrictions, has been rescheduled. It will be held on Saturday, April 24. The family friendly event to support Whanganui s LGBTQIA+ community will start from the Bearing (silver ball) sculpture on the riverfront. Meet at 9.45am for a 10am start. A gold coin donation is requested, with all money going to Pride Whanganui.
In the effort to hold an in-person event celebrating accomplishments of FFA members across the state, the annual Missouri FFA Convention has been relocated and rescheduled.
Kentucky postpones statewide tornado drill due to flooding Several people were forced from their homes and aren t able to return due to flooding in Mt. Vernon, Ky., on Monday. (Source: WKYT) By Marsha Heller | March 3, 2021 at 8:21 AM CST - Updated March 3 at 8:21 AM
KENTUCKY (KFVS) - The statewide tornado drill scheduled for 9:07 a.m. on Wednesday, March 3 in Kentucky has been postponed.
According to the National Weather Service in Paducah, their offices in Kentucky and the Kentucky Emergency Management Agency (KYEM) decided it was best to postpone the drill due to serious flooding across central and eastern parts of the Commonwealth.
BYH 2021 Exhibition rescheduled to June
02 Mar 2021 - 9:13
A view of the first edition of BYH 2020 Exhibition.
The Peninsula
Doha: The second edition of the Build Your House Exhibition 2021 (BYH 2021) has been rescheduled to June 7-9 at the Qatar National Convention Center (QNCC), organiser of the event NeXTfairs for Exhibitions & Conferences has said. The announcement comes in line with the recent decisions released by the Council of Ministers to re-impose some restrictions and precautionary measures to preserve the health and safety of the residents.
Rawad Sleem (pictured), General Manager of NeXTFairs for Exhibitions & Conferences, said: “Changing the date of the exhibition is a precautionary measure to deal with the latest developments of the worldwide COVID-19 pandemic, in addition to supporting the efforts aimed at protecting the society. Despite the strict preventive measures taken by NeXTFairs in cooperation with Boecker, the global leader in health, to ensure the