Silver Linings: Pandemic lockdowns help Black woman embrace her natural hair

DANI Dyer, Jacqueline Jossa and Stacey Solomon helped fashion brand InTheStyle rake in £44million in just one year. The business's latest accounts show annual revenue more than doubled from £19m in the year ending March 31 2020 to £44m as of March 31 2021.

WASHINGTON - President Joe Biden has confirmed that he plans to have Vice President Kamala Harris be his running mate in 2024.Speaking at a press conference to mark the end of his first year in the White House Biden did not hesitate to express his support for Harris."She's going to be my running mate.

The number of people claiming Universal Credit has begun to fall in some Greater Manchester boroughs for the first time since the Covid-19 pandemic began.

PHILADELPHIA - Two men are in the hospital Thursday morning after police say both were shot at a Philadelphia gas station.The shooting occurred around 6:30 a.m.

President Joe Biden answers questions during a news conference in the East Room of the White House. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images) President Joe Biden ends his first year in the White House with a clear majority of Americans for the first time disapproving of his handling of the presidency in the face of an unrelenting pandemic and roaring inflation, according to a new poll from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research.More Americans disapprove than approve of how Biden is handling his job as president, 56% to 43%.

PHILADELPHIA - Philadelphia police have released new video they say shows a violent attack on a teenage boy over the weekend. The incident occurred around 10:30 a.m. Sunday morning on the 600 block of West Clearfield Street in North Philadelphia. Surveillance video released by police on Wednesday shows the suspect walking into the store and standing near the front door. When the victim, a 17-year-old boy, walks into the store, the suspect can be seen punching him. MORE HEADLINES: The suspect then follows him outside, where police say he shot him twice in the upper body.

Paige Turley and Finn Tapp have pledged to get "fit and healthy" in 2022 after gaining weight over the lockdownS amid the Covid-19 pandemic.The former Love Island winners, who recently joined Olivia and Alex Bowen at the Pet Awards, opened up on their fitness journey during an exclusive chat with OK! Online about starring in reality show Celebrity Coach Trip. Admitting that Paige, 24, and 22 year old Finn were both in better shape before appearing on hit ITV dating show Love Island, the couple explained they're sticking with a nutritionist's guide and going to the gym regularly now. Get exclusive celebrity stories and fabulous photoshoots straight to your inbox with OK!'s daily newsletter.

PHILADELPHIA - Joel Embiid doesn't need to emulate any other NBA star.He proved Wednesday night that he's in a class on his own.Embiid tied his career high with 50 points in just 27 minutes, leading a dominant third quarter that carried the Philadelphia 76ers to a 123-110 victory over the Orlando Magic.Embiid also had 12 rebounds and three blocks while making 17 of 23 field goals and 15 of 17 free throws. The four-time All-Star and MVP candidate played just 58 seconds of the fourth quarter.Before the game, teammate Tyrese Maxey asked Embiid: "Who you going to be tonight? Shaq (O'Neal)? Dirk (Nowitzki)?""(He said) ‘I’m going to be Joel,’" Maxey said.

Bill Gates has warned of future pandemics that could be much worse than coronavirus.The Microsoft founder and business magnate spoke of his worries as the Bill & Melania Gates Foundation donated $150 million (£110m) to the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovation (CEPI). CEPI are set to use the donations in the fight against coronavirus as well as in preparation for potential pandemics in the future, it was announced on Tuesday.Speaking about the work done by CEPI, Gates said in a statement: "As the world responds to the challenge of a rapidly evolving virus, the need to deliver new, lifesaving tools has never been more urgent."CEO of CEPI, Dr Richard Hatchet, said: "These generous pledges will dramatically advance CEPI's plan to reduce epidemic and pandemic risk in the future by developing vaccines against emerging infectious diseases while ensuring equitable access for all."CEPI are now looking into ensuring the time taken to produce vaccines is within a 100 day window.Gates added: "Our work over the past 20 years has taught us that early investment in research and development can save lives and prevent worst-case scenarios."For the latest breaking news and stories from across the globe from the Daily Star, sign up for our newsletter by clicking here.The Bill & Melania Gates Foundation has pledged the $150 million to "help CEPI accelerate the development of safe and effective vaccines against emerging variants of the coronavirus and to prepare for, and possibly even prevent, the next pandemic".

plummeted to 15%.By October, with infections from the delta variant waning, a slim 51% majority once again thought the situation was improving. However, as news of the omicron strain's emergence in Africa began to circulate in November, Americans became more concerned, and the percentage saying the situation was improving fell 20 percentage points. The latest reading is down an additional 11 points.Along with the 20% of U.S.

COLOMBO (News 1st); The Central Bank of Sri Lanka (CBSL) says that its Monetary Board decided to adopt several policy measures with the view to strengthening macroeconomic stability.Accordingly, the Monetary Board has decided to:a) Increase the Standing Deposit Facility Rate (SDFR) and the Standing Lending Facility Rate (SLFR) of the Central Bank by 50 basis points each, to 5.50 per cent and 6.50 per cent, respectively;b) Distribute the financing of essential import bills for fuel purchases among the licensed banks in proportion to their foreign exchange inflows;c) Mandate all registered tourist establishments to accept foreign exchange only in respect of services rendered to persons resident outside Sri Lanka;d) Extend the payment of an additional Rs. 8.00 per US dollar for workers’ remittances paid in addition to the incentive of Rs.

PHILADELPHIA - An hours-long standoff in Overbrook ended with an arrest after authorities said a man called police on himself and claimed to have possibly shot someone.The barricade started just after 7 p.m. on the 6100 block of West Columbia Avenue, according to investigators. Police said the suspect called police and said he was armed and possibly shot someone. MORE LOCAL HEADLINESWhen police arrived at the home, the man refused to come out and a nearly three hours long barricade started.A preliminary report from police said that it's possible that a woman and a teenage girl were also inside the property. The barricade ended just after 10:30, according to police.

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Phil Keoghan can definitively say that  returning to television is one of the best things to happen to his career. And, after a pandemic-induced global shutdown that impacted production for 19 months, it's easy to see why he and the rest of the crew grew emotional after the show made its highly anticipated return.The longtime host spoke with ET's Lauren Zima and they discussed why some of the teams didn't return, what adjustments were made due to the COVID-19 pandemic and why the show is more relevant now than ever before.«It's one of the best things in my career, you know, coming back and seeing everybody smiling,» Keoghan said.But things didn't always look so bright.It was in February 2020 when Keoghan delivered the somber news that production was shutting down due to the unknown surrounding the virus.

Alberta’s top physician, Dr. Deena Hinshaw, says she doesn’t have details on the expansion of hospital capacity due to the 5th wave of COVID-19, but doctors on the frontline want the info. Breanna Karstens-Smith reports.

op-ed in the Edmonton Journal.“…we’re adjusting our contingency plans to add hundreds more spaces in addition to ICU,” Yiu admitted in the piece.Global News requested multiple interviews with Yiu to get details but she was not made available.On Tuesday, Global News asked chief medical officer of health Dr. Deena Hinshaw how many spaces were being added, where and who would staff them.“I don’t have details about Alberta Health Services’ acute care planning,” Alberta’s top doctor responded.She gave the same answer when asked if surgeries would have to be cancelled.“It’s clear that the system is in trouble, and for whatever reason, the government and/or AHS doesn’t want to communicate that to the people, the public,” Calgary emergency room doctor Joe Vipond said.

It’s easy to blame the pandemic for a lot of the things that have gone wrong in the last two years. To add to that list, many are experiencing new or increased physical pain – specifically from the neck up and below the knee.

The province has there are glimmers of hope ahead with recent trends amid the fifth wave of the pandemic. As Erica Vella reports, the Ford government is hinting about an announcement around restrictions that is expected this week.

COVID pandemic restrictions and supply chain issues creating the perfect storm for many just struggling to get by.Since the start of the month, Ontario has been under tightened public health measures to try and halt the spread of the Omicron variant, with retail shops restricted to 50 per cent capacity and indoor dining closed at restaurants.Arepa Ink, London’s first Venezuelan restaurant, was started up a year ago by friends Maria Avilan and Carla Calderon.The two said their hope was to bring their love for their culture’s food – namely the Arepa, made from corn-based dough – to the people of London Ont.“Our vision when we started was to make the Arepa a stable like shawarma or taco, and in Venezuela, we eat it for almost every occasion,” Avilan said.But starting a new business during the pandemic presented its own challenges: from multiple lockdowns impacting customer flow to constant increases in the price of food due to supply chain issues.“When the government started saying they were going to do something we saw ourselves affected right away, and people reacted right away. It was a rollercoaster for us because every week we had to plan what to buy,” Avilan said.Calderon noted when they started out, a box of containers for packaging their food cost $50 but in a span of months, the price had jumped to $130.

PHILADELPHIA - A woman is in critical condition after police say she was beaten with a pipe Wednesday afternoon in Old City. The alleged assault happened just after 2 p.m.

PHILADELPHIA - A man is facing charges after police say he shot and killed a man who was attempting to steal either his car or his catalytic converter. Police now say the shooting was carried out with a gun the car owner was not licensed to carry.The incident occurred around 8:20 a.m.

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Police say the victim had just gotten into his car when he was approached by the armed suspect.  (FOX 29 Philadelphia)PHILADELPHIA - Authorities have identified an 18-year-old man they say was shot multiple times when he attempted to carjack another man in North Philadelphia Monday night. Police say the incident occurred as the 32-year-old victim parked in front of a home on the 1700 block of West Folsom Street just before midnight. That's when authorities say an Aden Koimene, 18, approached the driver side door of the vehicle and pulled out a gun.The driver was in possession of his own firearm, which he was licensed to carry, and fired multiple times through the window, striking Koimene, who then fled on foot.MORE HEADLINES: Koimene later showed up at Penn Presbyterian Hospital suffering from gunshot wounds to the cheek, neck, and thumb.

Inspectors have praised the care being given to vulnerable children by social workers in Oldham despite disruption and pressures caused by the pandemic.

Ipsos polling exclusively for Global News suggests Canadians are losing confidence in government leaders and their response to the Omicron variant-fuelled COVID-19 wave, with only 49 per cent of Canadians approving of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s response to the latest surge in cases and hospitalizations.

Anne Frank (L) is pictured in an archive image, alongside a detail of the diary of the wax figure of Anne Frank and their hideout reconstruction (R) at Madame Tussauds on March 9, 2012, in Berlin, Germany. (Photos by: Photo 12/Universal Images Group AMSTERDAM - A cold case team that combed through evidence for five years in a bid to unravel one of World War II's enduring mysteries has reached what it calls the "most likely scenario" of who betrayed Jewish teenage diarist Anne Frank and her family.Their answer, outlined in a new book called "The Betrayal of Anne Frank A Cold Case Investigation," by Canadian academic and author Rosemary Sullivan, is that it could have been a prominent Jewish notary called Arnold van den Bergh, who disclosed the secret annex hiding place of the Frank family to German occupiers to save his own family from deportation and murder in Nazi concentration camps."We have investigated over 30 suspects in 20 different scenarios, leaving one scenario we like to refer to as the most likely scenario," said film maker Thijs Bayens, who had the idea to put together the cold case team, that was led by retired FBI agent Vincent Pankoke, to forensically examine the evidence.Bayens was quick to add that, "we don’t have 100% certainty.""There is no smoking gun because betrayal is circumstantial," Bayens told The Associated Press on Monday.The Franks and four other Jews hid in the annex, reached by a secret staircase hidden behind a bookcase, from July 1942 until they were discovered in August 1944 and deported to concentration camps.Only Anne’s father, Otto Frank, survived the war.

Kerala, said the state health department in a statement on Wednesday. 

glass of chemicals instead of water.William Cronnon was having lunch at a Marion County Cracker Barrel in April of 2014 when his server accidentally refilled his water glass with cleaning solution, reports CNN.The chemical, Eco-San, was used by the restaurant to clean areas of the kitchen, and restaurant employees used water pitchers to mix the sanitizer with water. Video shows thousands of stolen packages, empty boxes littering L.A.

FILE - A bicyclist pauses in front of the Senate side of the Virginia State Capitol. RICHMOND, Va. - History-making Republican Winsome Earle-Sears began her tenure presiding over the Virginia Senate on Monday as the state's first woman to serve as lieutenant governor and the first Black woman to hold statewide office."This indeed is an historic moment," said Sen. Mark Obenshain, who gave a speech welcoming the presiding officer who will be referred to as madam president.

With supply chain disruptions and pandemic uncertainty, food prices are expected to continue to go up in 2022 along with availability issues. Dalhousie University’s Agri-Food Analytics Lab director Sylvain Charlesbois talks about what’s to come.

The World Health Organization has warned that the Covid-19 pandemic is far from over, as France, Germany and Brazil posted new records of infections in the past 24 hours.

Covid-19 pandemic is far from over, as France, Germany and Brazil posted new records of infections in the past 24 hours.

PHILADELPHIA - A boy is making a recovery after he was shot multiple time in West Philadelphia.Police were called to the 600 block of South 61 Street at approximately 9:41 a.m.

DELAWARE CITY, Del. - A new COVID testing site with flexible hours has opened in Delaware. The site is unique because of its evening hours, from 5:30 through 11:30 p.m.Cars were lined up and moving quickly Tuesday night, at the Delaware City DMV, the new test site location.Katie Kirkley’s child tested positive, so she’s getting her family tested.MORE HEADLINES:"We both worked, basically, through the whole pandemic," Kirkley stated."With us, we’ve had a couple people out at work and our kids go back and forth with school.

The B.C. government hopes a new public health order requiring teachers and school support staff to report their vaccination status will provide clearer data on the risk of COVID-19 in schools.

(Photo by Michael Loccisano/Getty Images) The Supreme Court Tuesday denied an emergency request asking for a pause to the federal COVID-19 airline mask mandate. The emergency application was seeking to stop the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) federal mask mandate for individuals in airports, onboard commercial aircraft, on over-the-road buses and on commuter bus and rail systems.The coronavirus mask mandate is in place until at least March 18, 2022.The case was filed by Florida father Michael Seklecki and his 4-year-old son who is autistic who cannot tolerate wearing masks but must fly to Boston Children’s Hospital in Massachusetts for regular medical care.RELATED: Free government COVID test kits now available: Everything you need to knowThe other plaintiff in the case is Lucas Wall, a Washington D.C.

SAN FRANCISCO - A FedEx driver threw a package onto a front porch in San Francisco without even getting out of the delivery truck.The driver’s toss was caught on the doorbell camera of the package’s recipient earlier this month."I was having dinner with my family when we heard a loud bang at our door. We thought someone was trying to break in through the glass window," said the source, who asked to remain anonymous. "I went downstairs to see the package on the doorstep and the FedEx truck around the corner.

CROSBY, Texas - Harris County authorities have released some new details after three teens were found dead inside a Crosby, Texas home on Tuesday afternoon. The discovery, which was made by a family member, was made on the 4500 block of Wolcek. Harris County Sheriff Ed Gonzalez said two female teens and one male teen was found inside the home.

A new report from the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) comments on the "ineffectual and fragmented" US COVID-19 pandemic responses thus far and recommends eight steps to manage the ongoing crisis amid variant fatigue, inflation, and supply chain disruptions.

WEST OAK LANE - A 30-year-old man has been gunned down inside a store in West Oak Lane.Officials said police were called to the 2100 block of 72nd Avenue Tuesday, just before 7 p.m., to a corner store, on the report of a shooting.Officers arrived to find the 30-year-old victim with a gunshot wound to the head, as well as at least five gunshots in his back.MORE HEADLINES:Medics declared the man dead at the scene.Police said no arrests have been made and no weapons have been found. An investigation into the shooting is underway.___Tips can be submitted by calling 215-686-TIPS (8477) or texting PPD TIP (773847).

coronavirus pandemic — deaths, hospitalisations and lockdowns — could be over this year if huge inequities in vaccinations and medicines are addressed quickly, the head of emergencies at the World Health Organisation said Tuesday.

WestJet has announced it’s cancelling more flights amid staffing shortages due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The airline says it’ll consolidate 20 per cent of its scheduled flights in February.

(Family Photo) SHARON HILL, Pa. - Authorities in Delaware County have announced criminal charges against three Sharon Hill police officers in connection with the shooting that killed an eight-year-old girl outside of a high school football game last August and injured three others. Officers Devon Smith, Sean Dolan, and Brian Devaney are each charged with a total of twelve criminal counts of manslaughter and reckless endangerment for their actions that night, Delaware County District Attorney Jack Stollsteimer announced Tuesday."From the moment the call came in on August 27th, my team of investigators and prosecutors has worked tirelessly to achieve justice for Fanta and the other victims of that tragic night. Today’s charges are a big step forward in that process," said Stollsteimer in a press release. According to court records all three men had their preliminary arraignments Tuesday morning and each was released on unsecured $500,000 bail.Investigators have determined that the tragic events of Aug.

COVID-19 pandemic drags on, the Quebec government needs more nurses, and fast. The pandemic has exacerbated a nursing shortage that continues to grow in urgency as patient numbers rise and tens of thousands of nurses are off the job due to positive COVID-19 tests, other illness and burnout.

If you or a loved one is feeling distressed, call the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline. The crisis center provides free and confidential emotional support 24 hours a day, 7 days a week to civilians and veterans. Call the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 1-800-273-8255. Or text HOME to 741-741 (Crisis Text Line).CLICK HERE for the warning signs and risk factors of suicide. Call 1-800-273-TALK for free and confidential emotional support.When everything began shutting down at the peak of the COVID-19 pandemic, 17-year-old Anthony Reyes Jr.

LOGAN - A 16-year-old boy is dead after he was shot multiple times in the face in Logan.Officials say the shooting happened Monday night, just after 6:30, on the 2600 block of North Hutchinson Street, in Philadelphia’s Logan neighborhood.The 16-year-old victim was found by responding officers with three gunshot wounds to his face. He was rushed by police to Temple University Hospital where he died.Police have since identified the victim as Dominic Figueroa. MORE HEADLINES:Police say an investigation is underway.