On this DAY
1768: Captain Cook set off on his first voyage, to explore the Antipodes.
1787: The Philadelphia Convention, headed by George Washington, began drawing up the USA constitution.
1840: The first drama school in Britain opened. Miss Kelly’s Theatre and Dramatic School in Dean Street, London, later became a theatre.
1871: The House of Commons passed the Bank Holiday Act, creating public holidays on Easter Monday, Whit Monday and Christmas Day. 1935: American athlete Jesse Owens, pictured, set six world records within 45 minutes at Ann Arbor in Michigan.
1967: Glasgow Celtic became the first British football club to win the European Cup when they beat Inter Milan 2-1 in Lisbon. 1986: Bob Geldof’s Race Against Time had 30 million people worldwide running for Sport Aid to raise money for the starving in Africa.
WITH the deadly virus we are all trying to avoid, a lot of people have taken to shopping online and having items delivered to the door.
Sadly some couriers are not used to dealing with massive deliveries, and I am sure that people including me have been disappointed at receiving damaged and broken items.
A company told me that in one day alone over £400 of damages had been claimed for.
That was just one day, so how much are they really paying out for incurring damages.
Customers are disappointed as some items are not able to be replaced.
S. Camwell,
Coventry.
AS progressive “Greens” nationally miss a massive opportunity to lead a debate on the future of work to include Job Guarantee the baby is thrown out with the bathwater over the NHS which is NOT a charity and doesn’t need taxes or NI contributions to pay for it.
The government can pay as much as it wants for the NHS though of course should it desire to do so can raise a specific tax for a specific purpose, not as general maintenance or upkeep.
It can establish a Job Guarantee providing work for real wages anytime it wants.
The progressive Left, if it exists, remains embedded in its tradition of affordability.
No debts are being stored up for future generations and as the Chancellor comes seeking more austerity to pay for lockdown probably fawning over inflation somewhere in his conflation.
Labour will no doubt agree with most of it, which is because what remains is a pure cosmetic.
Bill Haymes, Coventry
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