Property tycoon Scot Young today failed in his High Court bid to get his passport back.
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A freight train derailment caused major disruption to travellers on one of Britain's busiest rail lines today.
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Temperatures plunged to minus 11C today as Britain braced itself for more bitterly cold conditions ahead of a spell of snow this weekend.
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Temperatures plunged to minus 11C today as Britain braced itself for more bitterly cold conditions ahead of a spell of snow this weekend.
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Dalton, GA -- The return of the Woodsongs Coffeehouse Dalton Chapter last Saturday night drew a full house including a record number of season ticket holders to the historic Dalton Freight Depot. The regionally acclaimed benefit concert series features emerging and established performers of Americana, Country, and Bluegrass music.
The series continues on Saturday February 25th and will feature Nashville songwriter Jerry Salley. Jerry is the 2003 SESAC Country Music Songwriter of the year. Jerry is a past winner of the Dove Award and has received 6 Dove nominations. He has over 14 million records sold world-wide including (7) #1 Country songs in Australia, appearances on Late Night with David Letterman, Regis and Kathy Lee, NBC's Today and The Grand Ole Opry. The February concert will also feature the highly acclaimed international band Tiller's Folly from Vancouver BC Canada. Tiller's Folly performs high energy roots, Celtic and Bluegrass music.
The proceeds from the concert benefit Providence Ministries Rescue Mission. Concert organizer Paul Byrum said "our goal is to raise awareness of Providence Ministries efforts to expand their men's shelter. Providence is in desperately need as their current facility is at full capacity".
The concert series is sponsored in part by the Dalton Downtown Development Authority (DDDA) and the Dalton Convention and Visitors Bureau (CVB).
Performances will begin at 7:00 PM with doors opening at 6:00PM. Individual tickets are $15.00 for Adults and $8.00 for Students and will be available at the door. Reserved table seating is available at a discounted price for the remaining two shows and can be purchased on-line for $35 each or $100 for a family of four. Season tickets also include a logo coffee mug with unlimited hot beverage refills during each show. Opportunities remain for underwriting sponsors.
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PORTLAND -- Women all over the country are cashing in on what people are calling a mother's "natural liquid gold" - human breast milk. They're selling it online on websites that look a lot like Craigslist but it doesn't come without risk.
Breast milk has been screened and sold through breast milk banks for decades for about $5 an ounce. But more than 100 locals moms have also been trying to sell it through a website called Only the Breast for half that price.
Portland mom Yoon Richards had baby Yuri four months ago and quickly discovered an unexpected problem. Yuri would eat six to seven times a day and yet Yoon would still have an extra 12 ounces collected through pumping; enough milk for another child.
"I decided to Google breast milk donation," Yoon said.
She found that many of the companies required the mother to pay for the extra bags and shipping, so Yoon turned to Only the Breast.
"I decided it was a great way to cover the costs that go into donating milk," Yoon said. "The mother contacted me through email... She said when she first heard she couldn't produce breast milk, she said she was devastated and I could understand why."
At $2 an ounce, all through Pay Pal, Yoon has made $80 so far.
"I assumed that when I started selling milk, the company would have some kind of screening but there was no screening whatsoever," she said.
That's the problem. It's all based on the honor system. When a mother donates to a hospital-run milk bank, donors go through a rigorous blood and DNA-screening process before the milk is accepted.
"That is ethically a poor decision for both parties. Either to buy or sell. It's a body fluid, that's like me selling my blood," said R.N. Doris Onnis with Providence lactation services. The FDA considers breast milk a food, so it's not regulated and not illegal. But feeding a baby milk from an anonymous source can expose the child to HIV or herpes and milk that contains alcohol or drugs.
Many moms have found milk banks won't sell to them because top priority goes to preemies in the NICU. On the flip side, the milk bank that all Portland hospitals buy from is seeing a huge shortage of donations over the last three years as more moms turn to selling online.
Although Yoon, who both sells and donates, feels blessed she can help as many people as she does in any way.
"I do what I do because I've heard of moms who couldn't produce for their children and breast feeding does mean a lot to moms out there," she said.
But when asked if the roles were reversed, would she buy online? Yoon's answer was - no.
Providence St. Vincent runs a major milk donation collection and wants moms to know there's a handful of milk banks across the country that don't charge for donating.
A local group is also trying to raise the funds to build a milk bank in Portland that would give mothers yet another option. People interested in learning more about that effort can check the NW Mothers Milk Bank website for updates.
MPs criticise Network Rail directors for seeking large bonuses, and Labour leader says companies must show responsibility
Ed Miliband will broaden his attack on the coalition's divided Britain by calling a Commons vote next week to urge an end to the bonus culture.
MPs heaped abuse on senior directors of Network Rail for seeking large bonuses from a shareholders' meeting due next week, while on Friday profit figures for Barclays bank are due to be announced, potentially putting its chief executive, Bob Diamond,in the firing line.
The anti-business mood has been fuelled by reports that Network Rail's chief executive, Sir David Higgins, whose basic salary is £560,000, could be shortly awarded up to £336,000 on top in an annual bonus - plus a total of £2.8m over a five-year period. Similar bonuses are due be handed to board members in a reorganisation of the incentive structure.
Shadow ministers and Conservatives on Thursday called on transport secretary, Justine Greening, to exercise her right to attend next week's board meeting and block the bonuses being awarded at a time when it is breach of its licence obligations.
Speaking in a Westminster debate, Ann Main, MP for St Albans, said: "There cannot be bonuses that are rewards for failure. Now is not the time, and I hope the company will stand with the travelling public and decline their bonuses."
But transport minister Norman Baker told MPs that the powers the government had inherited from Labour over bonuses were "extremely limited". He said while Network Rail performance over the last year had been "iffy", it had been improving, even if the firm had not met its targets. "We expect bonuses to be dealt with in a responsible manner," Baker said.
In a speech on Friday Miliband will promise to use the Commons debate to say that "too many are getting bonuses which are too big too often. All companies must show responsibility, but banks have a particular responsibility, because they are either directly or indirectly supported by the taxpayer."
The Labour leader will also call for "one nation banking", claiming that "if banks do not change their ways ,the only result will be further isolation from society, greater public anger, and an economy which does not pay its way".He will warn that "exceptional rewards for exceptional performance means the kind of huge bonuses which have caused such controversy recently should not be handed out for just doing your job. They should not be a one-way bet."
Greening said in December that Network Rail executives should forget about bonuses this year. She spoke after the government's Office of Rail Regulation found Network Rail had failed to meet its contribution to punctuality targets and was in breach of its licence obligations.
The prime minister's spokesman stressed on Thursday: "We want to see responsibility and restraint." But he pointed out the government had only one vote (representing the Department of Transport) at meetings of Network Rail's 120-strong body of members. The other 119 votes represent the various passenger and freight train operators, rail manufacturing and infrastructure companies, and individual members of the public as stakeholder representatives; all are chosen by an independent panel.
Network Rail is technically in the private sector, but following a reorganisation by Labour has no shareholders and is funded by borrowing backed by government guarantee. It also receives very substantial direct and indirect subsidy. One reason to say it is not in fact in the public sector is because otherwise its £20bn debt counts as government expenditure. Ed Miliband Executive pay and bonuses Pay House of Commons Network Rail Patrick Wintour guardian.co.uk © 2012 Guardian News and Media Limited or its affiliated companies. All rights reserved. | Use of this content is subject to our Terms & Conditions | More Feeds