Covid: Side-by-side in a London mosque - funerals and a food bank
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A mosque in east London has closed for all communal prayer. Instead it is serving two purposes - providing funerals and feeding the local community. Michael Buchanan finds a team of volunteers there battling to deal with the pandemic.
The family shuffled quietly past a crate of milk cartons. They came through the small porch, towards the open coffin. Inside was a woman - a loved one - who died of Covid two days ago. The coffin sat feet away from tins and packets to be distributed by the local food bank. The milk was the latest delivery.
Jan 21, 2021
MARQUETTE, MI – Deacon John S. (Jack) Leadbetter, 80, a man of deep and abiding faith, died unexpectedly at home Monday, January 11, 2021. At the time of his death he tested positive for Covid-19.
Born in Benton Harbor, MI, to John W. and Virginia (Doster) Leadbetter, Jack’s early childhood was spent in South Bend, IN. His family moved to Marquette where Jack graduated from John D. Pierce High School. There he played basketball and tennis, sang in the chorus, had the lead in his senior class play, and served as a class officer. After graduation he began college at Notre Dame University where he graduated with a BS in Electrical Engineering in 1964.
Top Ten Union Corruption Stories of the Year
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If one form of union corruption dominated 2020, it was benefit fraud. And there were quite a few huge hauls. In California, the International Longshore and Warehouse Union-Pacific Maritime Association health plan was fleeced twice over. In one case, four persons made off with $3 million. In the other, a Los Angeles-area chiropractor, Mahyar David Yadidi aided by two associates, collected reimbursements worth $4.8 million for nonexistent or unnecessary services. That’s not even including a separate $3 million ILWU scam resulting in sentences for three persons back in 2019. In New York City, executives of the Navillus construction firm were indicted for their roles in a scheme allegedly depriving members of over $1 million in retirement benefits. And in a shocker, an external audit and a long internal memo accused longtime International Association of Fire Fighters President Harold Schaitberger and another IAFF official of mis
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Plans have been announced to overhaul the mental health system - with the aim of making it less discriminatory towards black people.
Ministers say changes to how people are sectioned in England and Wales will see them treated as individuals, with rights, preferences, and expertise .
Black people are over four times more likely to be detained under the Mental Health Act, relative to population.
The mental health charity Mind said the changes cannot come soon enough.
People are detained under the mental health act - or sectioned - for their own safety, or the safety of others.
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