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Amy Winter, of Surrey Street, Brighton, punched the paramedics repeatedly while being treated in an ambulance. Emergency services came to the 40-year-olds aid after a small flat fire, shortly after 3pm on Christmas Eve. She was safely removed from the property while firefighters extinguished the fire, and taken to an ambulance for treatment. But she attacked two paramedics who suffered minor injuries to their arms. Amy Winter was arrested on Christmas Eve After being arrested, she charged with two counts of assaulting an emergency worker and was remanded in custody to appear before Brighton Magistrates’ Court on Boxing Day where she pleaded guilty to both offences. ....
(Courtesy of Lifetime) Christmas romantic comedies are known for cozy sweaters, roaring fireplaces, meaningful glances over cups of hot chocolate and stars who, until recently, looked like a bunch of models from a Land s End catalog circa 1985. Rare were the Christmas rom-coms with Asian, queer, Latinx or disabled characters. When Black characters started to show up, they generally played sidekicks or they starred in family holiday movies, not the kind of Christmas rom-coms where Mom s always there to help with a thorny relationship dilemma, the cider is forever mulled and not a single problem can t be solved by declaring love under the mistletoe. ....
Originally published on December 18, 2020 9:01 am Christmas romantic comedies are known for cozy sweaters, roaring fireplaces, meaningful glances over cups of hot chocolate and stars who, until recently, looked like a bunch of models from a Land s End catalog circa 1985. Rare were the Christmas rom-coms with Asian, queer, Latinx or disabled characters. When Black characters started to show up, they generally played sidekicks or they starred in family holiday movies, not the kind of Christmas rom-coms where Mom s always there to help with a thorny relationship dilemma, the cider is forever mulled and not a single problem can t be solved by declaring love under the mistletoe. ....
A Place at the Table Like clans that ban politics at holiday dinner, cable’s Christmas movie makers are going for the greater good. Forget the usual one-upsmanship they’re focused on inclusion. Jacqueline Cutler The cable buzz this time of year has traditionally focused on the Christmas- movie contest between Lifetime and Hallmark. Who is the season s official host? Sure, the rivalry exists, but the story has shifted. Now the question is: who s invited to the party? Both networks have worked hard to expand the holiday table, and this year, the results are dramatic. Members of the Black, Latinx, Asian, gay and disability communities star in and helm much of the latest batch of feel-good films, which started airing October 23. Ultimately, this is more of a Christmas gift than a holiday tiff. ....
Dec. 14, 2020 9 a.m. Illustration by John Opet Princeton disease ecologist C. Jessica Metcalf and Harvard physician and epidemiologist Michael Mina say that predicting disease could become as commonplace as predicting the weather. The Global Immunological Observatory, like a weather center forecasting a tornado or hurricane, would alert the world, earlier than ever before, to dangerous emerging pathogens like SARS-CoV-2. In late October 1859, one of the century’s most devastating storms struck the British Isles. Winds, estimated at over 100 mph, howled across the Irish Sea. The storm destroyed 133 ships and caused at least 800 deaths, more than half on the Royal Charter, a steam clipper built to handle the increased gold rush traffic to Australia. ....