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Domestic violence risk ‘higher in rural areas’

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“In Northern Ireland within our rural communities very often we have patriarchal notions of society with regard to who would own the local shop, who would be the GP, who would be the head of the police. “All of those kinds of services would still be very male-led. “It’s very difficult if women want to disclose, but feel they won’t be believed. There is a huge amount of shame and guilt. Media playback is unsupported on your device Media caption‘Shame and guilt’ of rural domestic violence Ms McMullan said political…

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Colorado day care owner charged after allegedly hiding toddlers behind a false wall

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(CNN)The owner of a Colorado day care that allegedly used a “false wall” to hide 26 toddlers in a basement has been arrested and charged, court documents show. The day care had a licensed capacity of six children, according to May 2019 data on the Colorado Department of Human Services website. The department immediately suspended the day care’s license while it investigated, the agency said in a statement at the time. Police didn’t immediately find any children when they first arrived at the day care, Colorado Springs police said in…

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China’s yuan is getting a little stronger

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Hong Kong (CNN Business)Asian markets moved slightly higher on Thursday, while the Chinese central bank guided the yuan to its highest level in nearly five months. The Chinese currency is now trading at about 6.996 yuan per dollar in mainland China. In trading outside of China, where the yuan moves more freely, one dollar can buy about 6.994 yuan — slightly weaker than Wednesday. Even so, the yuan has rebounded about 1.5% against the dollar since mid-December, when the United States and China reached an interim trade deal. A Chinese…

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A giant red star is acting weird and scientists think it may be about to explode

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(CNN)A young, bright star has been acting a little erratic lately. Guinan and his colleagues have been closely observing the star for decades, with “continuous coverage since 1980,” he said. In the last half-century, the star has never dimmed so aggressively, and that could mean we’re on the verge of something extraordinary. “What causes the supernova is deep inside the star,” Guinan said. And because the star is so huge, it’s impossible to tell what’s going on so far down. It could be a prelude to a supernova Betelgeuse is…

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Boxing Day sales dip blamed on Black Friday deals

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Diane Wehrle, insights director at Springboard, said the final figures might improve but they are still likely to be substantially down on last year. She said many consumers were still celebrating Christmas with their family on Boxing Day, while the rainy weather, online shopping and increased Black Friday spending were also possible factors for the drop in footfall. “Boxing Day is indisputably a less important trading day than it once was,” Ms Wehrle said. Related Topics UK economy Retailing Read more: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/50919880

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Man and children drowned ‘in tragic accident’

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“Naturally, our primary concern remains the care and support of the remaining family members.” The Foreign Office has said it is supporting a British woman in Spain. The father and daughter were both British while the brother was American, it is understood. Three members of same family ‘drown’ at resort Local journalist Fernando Torres told the BBC it was a shocking scene. “The resort workers heard the screaming and they tried to do CPR (resuscitation) as well, but they couldn’t help them,” he said. “Then the emergency doctors came and…

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Welby reflects on London Bridge terror attack

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Archbishop worried over country’s direction Archbishop calls for ‘spirit of openness’ Church helped homeless man off streets “We see the shadows out of the corner of our eyes. They may be violence as in the Congo or on London Bridge; they may be political; they may be purely personal.” He continued: “Whether solid or illusion, they are the reality with which we live. By contrast we do not see light, but we do see truth in light.” Mr Welby described Canterbury as a “city of peace that celebrates Christmas gloriously”,…

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A woman who sought sanctuary inside Denver churches to avoid deportation has been pardoned by the governor

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(CNN)For years, Ingrid Latorre sought sanctuary inside churches in the Denver area. After a felony conviction in 2010, she lived in fear of being deported back to Peru and being separated from her two young children, who were born in the United States. Polis wrote that he did not have the authority to change Latorre’s immigration status, but said he hoped that her prior conviction would not stand in the way of her living in the US legally. “All I’ve wanted is to go home and be with my family,…

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Flights resume at Chicago airports after fog briefly grounds aircraft

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Midway Airport in Chicago. (Photo by Tim Boyle/Getty Images) PASSENGERS BEHAVING BADLY: 10 OF THE CRAZIEST THINGS THAT HAPPENED ON AIRPLANES IN 2019 The FAA halted arrivals at O’Hare again shortly before 10 a.m. but did not list a reason on its website. “These are just about the worst conditions you can have for flying,” weather service meteorologist Kevin Donofrio told The Associated Press. “When visibility gets down to a quarter-mile, that’s when it gets really dangerous for planes to land.” By midmorning, nearly 50 flights had been canceled at…

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Addicts’ deaths highlight Scotland’s drugs crisis

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It has now returned to Dumfries and Galloway to tell the story of one rural addict and his partner. ‘You’ve got to come off this stuff’ Image caption Craig was known as a long-term drug user in his local community of Langholm in Dumfries and Galloway Craig’s father David told The Nine: “He just said there were these blue tablets. “It was only in the last few months that I knew he was ordering tablets over the internet. “But he wouldn’t say exactly what they were. I later found out…

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