AFTER overcoming so many obstacles to stage this year’s Great Yorkshire Show, the organisers could have been forgiven for having despaired as heavy rain poured down on Monday, soaking the Harrogate showground. As it turned out, they had nothing to worry about. Yesterday’s early damp gave way to hot sunshine by mid-morning, sizzling the 26,000 visitors lucky enough to have tickets for the first day of the reduced capacity event. And boy, was it good to be back. As with so many of 2020’s live events, last year’s show was called off due to Covid, with attractions moving online. This year it is being staged over four days for the first time, and many of those attending yesterday were full of praise for organisers the Yorkshire Agricultural Society for getting the show on.
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In a context where African countries are preparing to make the continental free trade area effective, to what extent could rapid implementation, supported by trade facilitation reforms, play a key role.
May 27, 2021
Kathy Gibson reports – Businesses in Africa face an unprecedented crisis as a result of Covid – as well as social and economic impacts that will be felt long after the world returns to some form of normal.
Isaah Mhlanga, chief economist at Alexander Forbes, points out that the pandemic has had a major effect on sub-Saharan Africa’s economy.
“We are still very much with Covid, particularly in Africa,” he says. “A lot of the global north has progressed well with vaccinations, but Africa does lag behind.”
Africa has seen the lowest rate of Covid-19 infections, which Mhlanga says probably indicates a lack of data and testing, but is also a result of mainly closed borders which result in less movement of people.
Bell Tower Climb Raises Funds for Charity
Reported by Tracy Weare | vision.org.au
Wednesday, May 12th, 2021
A UK minister has climbed the equivalent height of Mount Everest by walking up and down his church bell tower to raise money for charity.
Premier News reports Craig Bentley of St Mark’s Church in Cumbria climbed the bell tower 500 times in one-week to complete his mission.
He raised more than $5000 for the International Nepal Fellowship and the church’s community work.
Reverend Bentley spent 9 years as a police dog handler in the R-A-F before becoming a trainee vicar.
He says with COVID-19 affecting so many, the church decided that half the money raised should go overseas.