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Instagram launches ‘live fundraisers’ that let nonprofits raise money in a real-time stream

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Instagram launches ‘live donations’ that allow nonprofits to raise money from followers who tune into their real-time streams The donations let nonprofits run fundraisers via Instagram Live Users can donate directly in the app during a livestream  Instagram also released ‘I Donated’ stickers that can be posted to Stories The feature looks to capitalize on a … Read more

DR MICHAEL MOSLEY: Do statins raise the risk of Covid-19? Well, I’ve not stopped taking mine

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If you spend a lot of time on Twitter (and I do at the moment), you can end up reading some very odd claims. Apparently smoking protects against Covid-19, the virus is using the 5G mobile-phone network to spread, and eating raw garlic will keep corona at bay. Needless to say, many of the claims … Read more

SMALL CAP MOVERS: AIM-listed companies raise £500m to cope with coronavirus crisis

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AIM-listed companies raise £500million in less than a month to cope with coronavirus crisis The coronavirus crisis has brought more money to AIM as companies turn to investors for support. From the market low on 18 March to the start of the Easter weekend on 9 April, junior market-listed firms announced over £500million of funding. … Read more

Zara and Mike Tindall take on £5 for 5K challenge to raise funds for NHS workers

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Zara and Mike Tindall revealed a snapshot into their lockdown lives as they chatted with friends online about how they’d adjusted to life amid the coronavirus pandemic. The Queen’s granddaughter, 38, and her husband, 41, who are isolating with their family in Gloucestershire, appeared on an Instagram live with friends James Haskell and Chloe Madeley … Read more

Anger at star-studded benefit to raise $150M for controversial WHO

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December 31 – China first reports a cluster of unusual pneumonia cases in Wuhan to the WHO January 4 – WHO tweets about ‘a cluster of pneumonia cases’ in Wuhan with no deaths, saying investigations into the cause are underway January 5 – The WHO issues its first guidance on ‘pneumonia of unknown cause’, saying … Read more

Morrisons staff dress as Village People and perform YMCA to raise customers’ spirits during crisis

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Young man, there’s no need to feel lock-down! Morrisons staff dress as the Village People to perform YMCA to raise customers’ spirits during crisis The rendition of the 1978 karaoke hit was met with applause from customers   Staff can be seen dressed in police officer, air hostess, and builder costumes  YMCA is the band’s most … Read more

Morrisons staff dress as Village People and perform YMCA to raise customers’ spirits during crisis

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Young man, there’s no need to feel lock-down! Morrisons staff dress as the Village People to perform YMCA to raise customers’ spirits during crisis The rendition of the 1978 karaoke hit was met with applause from customers   Staff can be seen dressed in police officer, air hostess, and builder costumes  YMCA is the band’s most … Read more

Revealed, the BEST countries in the world to raise a child: Britain ranks 11th

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Revealed, the BEST countries in the world to raise a child: Britain ranks 11th while the US comes 18th as Denmark, Sweden and Norway clinch the top spots UK scored poorly in income equality and political instability caused by Brexit Scandinavian nations praised for ‘generous’ healthcare and education systems US came 18th – authors cited gun … Read more

Princess Eugenie takes on the £5 for 5k challenge on Instagram as she helps raise funds for NHS

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Princess Eugenie has taken on the £5 for 5k Run For Heroes challenge to raise funds for NHS workers.  The Queen’s granddaughter, 30, who is believed to be isolating with her husband Jack Brooksbank in Windsor, took to her Instagram stories to share a selfie as she enjoyed an evening run last night. It is … Read more