Western Morning News (Saturday)
So much beauty and nature to see Close to Home
An amazing photo of a ‘brave little blue tit trying to gain a place at the bird feeder’ is the winner of the ‘Close to Home’ theme of Westcountry Photographer of the Year competition.
The plucky blue tit in the photo, taken by Marion Towell from Beaworthy, represents perhaps how many of us have felt at times over the past year during the pandemic.
“I am very lucky, especially at this time, to live in the lovely hamlet of Beaworthy,” said Marion.
“It gives me ample opportunity to practice my hobby which of course is photography and I really enjoy contributing to the Western Morning News.
“I have been doing this now for the past three years and most of my photography is either taken in my garden, or the views from my garden. Both my husband, who also has an interest in photography, and I are looking forward to being able to go out again in the beautiful countryside we have around us.”
New theme
The next theme in our Photographer of the Year competition is ‘Hope Springs Eternal’.
Please send your photos to wmnpiccomp@westernmorningnews.co.uk and put ‘Hope springs eternal’ in the subject line and provide a brief caption.
The closing dates for entries is June 30th, 2021.
Across
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Throw out what you've a right to chuck away (5)
Bus or train (5) On which to stand and storm wildly about the Rugby Union (7) She's back again (5) Again, a manuscript takes a lot of paper (5) Child upset by rain on its bare head (5) Meanwhile, I'm joining that Milan club (7) To start back to the States, transport is needed (3)
Light, but not in weight (4)
Again dish up a suitable share to finish lunch (6)
In the bank, it's not in circulation (5) Maybe endlessly shorten the options (6) He soldiers on, but not overseas (4) Drink, little one (3) 25 26 27 28 29
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Reckoned to have played a part (7) Trembling panes can shatter! (5) Wear flamboyantly just for fun (5) Grains in their thousands (5) An excellent result, getting ahead of '28 Across' (7) Simply drivel (5) She's pigheaded yet noble (5)
Down
The piano lady (6) Hole made by a great boxer? (6) Pantomime cat (3) Go ahead and make new mates (5) Wept about half an hour and made something hot in the kitchen (7)
Sign me on, mistakenly (4) 8 12 13 14 15 16
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Stay awhile with us in the college grounds (6)
Do they mean costly trouble for British capital? (5) Otherwise get the info sorted by Tuesday (2,3) Getting drunk can be difficult (5)
The tradesman in Sherlock Street (5) What the horse did with a coconut in view? (5)
Flighty fellow? (5) Location of terrible riots in the outskirts of Blackpool (7) Champion headgear? (6) Charitable chap just a shade out (6)
You, again, are extraordinarily dear! (6) Supplies some consumer goods for a fee (5)
Jason's nautical associate (4)
Tasty bit of gossip (3)
■ “We’re very much not a racist family,”
- The Duke of Cambridge responds to questions from reporters following the Duke
and Duchess of Sussex’s Oprah Winfrey interview.
■ “Sarah was bright and beautiful - a wonderful daughter and sister. She was kind and thoughtful, caring and dependable. She always put others first and had the most amazing sense of humour,”
- Sarah Everard’s family
release a tribute.
■ “People experiencing homelessness are likely to have health conditions that put them at higher risk of death from Covid-19. This advice will help us to protect more people who are at greater risk, ensuring that fewer people become seriously ill or die from the virus,”
- Professor Wei Shen Lim, JCVI Covid-19 chairman on why homeless people are being prioritised for a
vaccine.
■ “Obviously the exact path of the labour market is one that I’m constantly kept up at night by - sadly three-quarters of a million people have already lost their jobs and more are forecast to do so,”
- Chancellor Rishi Sunak said
unemployment has caused him to lose sleep.
■ “I just changed my priorities so that I didn’t (become) another statistic of young musicians that ended up, like, not making it,”
- Justin Bieber on turning his life around through religion
and therapy.
■ “I had a good chat with ITV and we agreed to disagree... I believe in freedom of speech, I believe in the right to be allowed to have an opinion”
- Piers Morgan speaks after his abrupt departure from Good Morning Britain.
■ “Since the Black Lives Matter movement really took hold in the UK last year, every single institution in this country has had to finally look at its failings and its position in terms of how they treat ethnic minorities both inside and outside of its walls. But for some unknown reason, you feel as though the UK press is exempt in that discussion” - ITV News presenter Charlene White says she will not host this year’s Society Of Editors’ Press Awards after the body came under fire for comments about the Duke and Duchess of Sussex’s accusations of racism.