A NEW scheme has been launched to encourage people to plant trees to mark the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee in 2022. The Queen’s Green Canopy project will see thousands of new trees planted, as well supporting activities that will see ancient woodlands and forests protected for the future. On behalf of the Lord-Lieutenant Claire Hensman, Cumbria County Council will soon contact a range of organisations including schools, community groups and local/parish councils to help promote the new project and encourage the people of Cumbria to become involved. Mrs Hensman said: “This brilliant new project means that throughout the UK, people will be encouraged to ‘Plant a Tree for the Jubilee’ which will support the planting of a range of trees appropriate to the landscape, across our county.
Mother Julian of Norwich knew a thing or two about resilience and perseverance too.
She has been hailed by many as patron saint of our recent pandemic, and not without good cause.
It is hard to imagine the horrors of the Black death. At least half of Britain’s population died in wave after wave of disease, sometimes literally falling where they stood.
Living as an Anchoress in the City, at a time when the country was exhausted and impoverished by years of war, of turbulence in the church, and set against a backdrop of the plague (sounds familiar?) the message transmitted by Mother Julian across the centuries is as optimistic and relevant today as it was back then.
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Cheney regrets voting for Trump
The prominent Republican Liz Cheney has said she regrets voting for Donald Trump in November and repeated her vow to prevent him from returning to the Oval Office in 2024. Speaking to ABC, she spoke of the possibility of Trump running for the next White House election and vowed: “I will do everything that I can to make sure he’s not the nominee.”
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Vulnerable bet more during crisis
Online gambling increased six-fold among regular punters during the Covid pandemic, according to researchers at Bristol University, who also found that those with financial problems before the pandemic were more likely to gamble during lockdown. A spokesman said: “As with so many repercussions of the pandemic, inequalities have been exacerbated and particularly vulnerable groups were worse affected.”