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Sean Daly says it is a bonus knowing he helped free up a bed at Daisy Hill Hospital for someone else.

The BBC plans to sell ads on some of its podcasts, for UK listeners on sites such as Apple and Spotify. Source link

Secretary of State Antony Blinken says it is the first time this has happened and calls for more aid. Source link

Ted Baker will continue to trade and customer orders will be fulfilled. Source link

The foundation bearing Benedict’s name said allergy management varies widely across English schools.It found one in three schools do not have an allergy policy in place, almost half rely on children having their own autoinjector pen and a quarter of schools provide no training on allergy symptoms, anaphylaxis or what to do in an emergency.Mrs Blythe said: “Current legislation makes only modest requests of schools and falls far below the recommended good practice outlined by clinicians, allergy charities and coroners.“Measures need to be put in place to keep children with allergies in England safe. What is in place now is…

In a statement sent to BBC News, the band’s former lead guitarist Boff Whalley said: “Chumbawamba wrote the song Tubthumping as a song of hope and positivity, so it seems entirely odd that the ‘I get knocked down…’ refrain is being used by New Zealand’s Deputy Prime Minister Winston Peters as he barks his divisive, small-minded, bigoted policies during his recent speeches. Source link

During her time in that post, Ms Mapisa-Nqakula allegedly made several demands for money, amounting to $120,000 (£96,000), from the owner of a company to secure a tender to transport army equipment back to South Africa from elsewhere on the continent, the Business Day newspaper reports. Source link

The supermarket giant has to change its yellow circle logo after a ruling it infringed Lidl’s trademark. Source link

The issue that critics have with TikTok is that it is owned by Beijing-based tech giant ByteDance, making it unique as a non-American mainstream app. Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat and YouTube, for example, all collect similar amounts of data but are all US-founded companies. Source link

The British Dental Association says increasing the treatment rate would provide a short-term fix in England.