Brighton Pride cancelled for the second year in a row
Brighton Pride in 2019. (Getty)
Brighton Pride has been cancelled for a second year due to “the many uncertainties” surrounding the coronavirus pandemic and the vaccine rollout.
The heartbreaking news was announced on Wednesday morning (5 May), with organisers revealing that its in-person events – scheduled for the weekend of 7 and 8 August – will no longer be going ahead.
Brighton Pride organisers said the need for community “has never been stronger”, but admitted that it is not yet possible to stage a large-scale event due to the ongoing pandemic.
“Delivering Pride requires an all year-round planning cycle working closely with our partners agencies and, while the vaccine rollout continues to be successful, the many uncertainties that need to be resolved to safely deliver mass gatherings and the complexities of organising multiple Pride events across our city are impossible to achieve in the time we have,” or
Brighton Pride has been cancelled for the second year in a row
Brighton Pride has been cancelled for the second consecutive year due to concerns around COVID.
In a statement, organisers noted the success of the vaccine rollout in the UK, but said “the many uncertainties that need to be resolved to safely deliver mass gatherings and the complexities of organising multiple Pride events across our city are impossible to achieve in the time we have.”
Paul Kemp, Director of Brighton Pride, called the cancellation ‘devastating’ because of the impact it will have on local businesses, charities and community groups who “rely” on fundraising from Pride weekend.
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A gun control bill cleared the Oregon House of Representatives on Thursday, and while they still require a concurrence vote in the state Senate, there’s little chance that the bills will be defeated there. Oregon Gov. Kate Brown is one of those politicians who’s never met a gun control law she didn’t like, so the odds are that before long the state is going to see new restrictions placed on legal gun owners.
The bill, Senate Bill 554, next goes to the Senate, which had passed a much narrower version of the bill before it was amended. Two separate gun bills had been watered down somewhat and then combined into one measure.
After emotional statements, Oregon House passes gun bill By ANDREW SELSKY, Associated Press
Published: April 29, 2021, 4:01pm
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SALEM, Ore. (AP) The Oregon House on Thursday passed a bill, after emotional debate on both sides, that would mandate safe storage of firearms and ban them from the state Capitol.
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