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2 weeks ago | 
bbc.co.uk | Alexandra Bassingham |Joe Sims
Image source, Phil Thomas & Simon JonesImage caption, Simon Jones (left) and Phil Thomas will be heading to a Bristol City v QPR gameBBC News, West of EnglandTwo football fans are planning to walk 130.7 miles (210.3km) to a match to raise £10,000 for a dementia charity. Bristol City supporters Phil Thomas and Simon Jones will start at Ashton Gate stadium in Bristol and spend six days making their way to QPR's Loftus Road stadium in London for a game on 12 April.
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1 month ago | 
bbc.com | Joe Sims |Leigh Boobyer
Diversity needed in House of Lords says new peerJoe Sims & Leigh BoobyerLord Rees of Easton speaks to Joe Sims on BBC Radio BristolA newly sworn-in Labour peer has said he wants to see a "wider range of people" in the "really posh" House of Lords. Marvin Rees, who was mayor of Bristol from 2016 to 2024 when the role was abolished after a referendum, became Lord Rees of Easton on Monday when he took his seat in the Lords.
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2 months ago | 
msn.com | Leigh Boobyer |Joe Sims
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2 months ago | 
aol.com | Leigh Boobyer |Joe Sims
A walk and talk group in Bristol set up to support people with their mental health is celebrating its sixth anniversary. Mental Health Mates Bristol, which is part of a national organisation, helps people talk through issues while also connecting with nature in and around the city. Since it was created by Rachel Rayner in 2019 it has grown to more than 1,000 members. An anniversary walk is taking place on Sunday.
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Nov 27, 2024 | 
peoplesworld.org | Joe Sims
The following is the text of the main report given by Communist Party USA Co-Chair Joe Sims to the CPUSA National Committee meeting in New York on Nov. 16. For more information on the event and the decisions made, see our earlier article in People’s World. Well comrades, the election results are in, and to put it mildly, it ain’t pretty. Trump won the battleground states, about 20 others, and the Electoral College. The GOP won the Senate and the House.
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Jul 17, 2024 | 
bbc.com | Harriet Robinson |Chris Lockyer |Joe Sims
'Poor' summer weather hitting tourist tradeBy Harriet Robinson, Chris Lockyer & Joe Sims, BBC News, SomersetBBCJohn Mills said he is hoping for a "nice and sunny" summer holiday seasonThe current wet summer is impacting sales and visitor numbers along the West's coasts, the tourism industry has said. Somerset relies heavily on tourism, which generates about £1.3bn to the local economy.
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May 31, 2024 | 
ca.news.yahoo.com | Sarah Turnnidge |Joe Sims |Mike Gilmore
A hiker and the doctor who came to her aid, after she fell on England's tallest mountain, have been reunited. Maths teacher Lyn Maddostri, 68, from Derbyshire, was out walking on 20 May when she slipped and fell on a craggy part of the 978-metre Scafell Pike. Fortunately she was passed by Dr William Crane, a GP from Bristol, who was able to help her until she was reached by an air ambulance.
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Feb 16, 2024 | 
bbc.com | Harriet Robinson |Joe Sims
Image source, Bristol City CouncilImage caption, Bristol Mayor Marvin Rees said he shared the fear and concern people were feelingBy Harriet Robinson & Joe SimsBBC News, West of EnglandThe Mayor of Bristol has said "we need to take our city back", after a third teenager died from stab wounds in the city within three weeks. Marvin Rees said the rise in knife crime in part of Bristol was "a disaster for the city".
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Jan 19, 2024 | 
peoplesworld.org | Joe Sims
Lenin walks around the world. . . The sun sets like a scar,Between the darkness and the dawn,There rises a red star. —Langston HughesThe world is a better place because of V. I. Lenin. An outstanding 20th-century working-class leader and revolutionary, he helped change history. The revolution in St. Petersburg, which Lenin helped lead in 1917, opened the door to a new era. The impulse first set in motion by the October Revolution lives on, even 100 years after his death.
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Sep 25, 2023 | 
truthonthemarket.com | Alden Abbott |Ben Sperry |Joe Sims |Eric Fruits
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and U.S. Labor Department (DOL) signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) this past week “to strengthen the Agencies’ partnership through greater cooperation and coordination in information sharing, investigations and enforcement activity, training, education, research, and outreach.” The accompanying Sept. 21 announcement is another example of FTC overreach, as it highlights matters that simply are not part of the agency’s mission.
