Tuesday, 29 August 2023

Students in Maine banned from drinking from fountain due to PFAS

Students in Aroostook county, located on the border with Canada , will start the year drinking only bottled water until the filtration installation project for the tap water is completed.

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School students in Maine BANNED from drinking from water fountains due to dangerous levels of PFAS forever chemicals

Students in Aroostook county, located on the border with Canada , will start the year drinking only bottled water until the filtration installation project for the tap water is completed.

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People are BAFFLED after discovering what a '30 per cent chance of rain' really means

If a weather presenter says there's a '30 per cent chance of rain' you wouldn't think there's much room for misinterpretation - but it turns out there is, much to the despair of the internet.

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I'm a hairdresser and here are the 5 things you do that stylists hate

Telesa Brown from Canada took to TikTok to explain the five most infuriating mistakes a client can make, including showing up more than five minutes late for your appointment.

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Monday, 28 August 2023

Ceremony is held at National Museum of Scotland to prepare 37ft memorial totem pole for its return to indigenous people of British Columbia after nearly 100 years

The House of Ni'isjoohl Memorial Pole is being given back to the Nisga'a Nation in northern British Columbia. Researchers there say it was taken without consent in 1929.

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Sunday, 27 August 2023

Fresh hope to save Wilko and protect 12,000 jobs: Private equity firm tables 11th-hour £90m rescue deal after HMV owner announce his interest in chain

The equity firm, M2 Capital, confirmed today it has put in the 11th-hour bid to save Wilko, which is on the brink of collapse after falling into administration earlier this month.

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Wilko founder's granddaughter defends family owners for taking out up to £100m in dividends before collapse, saying 'it wouldn't have made any difference' - as they're accused of driving chain to the brink by ditching its winning low-price strategy

Former boss of 15 years Gordon Brown criticised the discounter's top brass under Lisa Wilkinson for veering away from 'their successful model of low price, low cost'.

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