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Yahoo
21-05-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
"Fantastic news": council abandons community pantries funding cut
County Hall has made a U-turn on a decision cutting funding for Isle of Wight community pantries, described as 'fantastic news" for those dependent on them. Household Support Fund 7 (HSF) investment worth £295,000 has been allocated for the support hubs in a revised decision by cabinet member Cllr Debbie Andre, following a call-in of a prior decision denounced as 'cruel and heartless'. HSF 7 is a £742 million government funding package to support vulnerable households, distributed through unitary and county councils. Cllr Geoff Brodie, with the support of eight other councillors, called-in Cllr Andre's previous April 24 decision – a delivery plan allocating £1,994,369.25 in Isle of Wight HSF. Read more: Community pantries funding cut branded "cruel and heartless" They asked why community pantries were facing a 46 per cent funding cut despite overall Whitehall funding 'only being reduced by 12 per cent'. The council's revised Isle of Wight HSF delivery plan supports a range of initiatives including £530,000 in community grants, £400,000 in supermarket vouchers and a utility, food and white goods support scheme worth £350,000. Cllr Brodie described the updated decision as 'fantastic news for all those dependent on support from community pantries and larders'. Read more: Isle of Wight community pantries funding could be slashed Monique Gallop, a coordinator for Cowes Community Pantry, welcomed the change of plan, adding that the cut would have 'taken people's dignity away'. She said: 'It (the cut) would be huge. Between all the pantries, I'd say we have at least 300 people visit a week. Out of that 300, that's going to be at least a minimum of probably 900 people a week that survive off the food from the pantries. 'It would have had a dramatic effect.' The Isle of Wight Council have been approached for comment.
Daily Mail
07-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Daily Mail
The heartbreaking reason Mysterious Girl singer Peter Andre became known as 'The Six Pack' in the 1990s: 'I never really told people'
Peter Andre has gotten candid about his chart-topping six pack and how he used his much-talked about physique to hide his insecurities. The Mysterious Girl hitmaker, 52, who is currently in Australia for the world premiere of his first feature film Jafaican, declined to show off his abs during a photo shoot on Wednesday and revealed the reason why. 'I used to get picked on a lot at school because I was Greek and had the big nose, the curly hair – I used to hate my nose,' he told The Advertiser. He went on to confess that he felt so deeply about the way he looked that he grew his hair long to hide his face and turned away when photos were taken. However, after he became known as 'The Six Pack', he realised there was another way to conceal his insecurities. 'I never really told people I used to train my a**e off so people would be looking at my body and wouldn't concentrate on my face' he said. When he was living in Los Angeles in his 20s, the singer stumbled upon a picture of a well-known actor and realised that was the nose he wanted. 'I took a picture of Robert Downey Jr. - along with a picture of my sister Debbie because she always had a perfect nose - to a surgeon and said "Can you do this?"' Andrea revealed. Now, since getting the operation, he has nothing to feel self-conscious about, keeping his shirt on ever since. 'I had the operation and he got rid of all the bits I hated' he explained. It comes after Peter came under fire for wearing dreadlocks and putting on a Jamaican accent in the Jafaican trailer, which he posted to his social media in April. The singer stars as lead character Gary Buckle in the crime-comedy which is set for release later this year. Gary, also known as Gazza, must master Jamaican culture in 21 days in order to execute a fraud in London and Jamaica and earn the £35,000 he needs to pay for his grandmother's care. Peter deleted his Tweet shortly after sharing the trailer after receiving the backlash as some fans questioned: 'Did I wake up in 1998?' 'Peter Andre starring as the lead character of a film called JAFAICAN where he's pretending to be a Jamaican and wearing a dreadlock wig is not something I was expecting to see in the year of our Lord 2025 but here we are...' 'There's a movie coming out with Peter Andre in a dreadlock wig pretending to be Jamaican. Is this really what we're doing in 2025?' 'Why on earth has YouTube just recommended me a trailer for a film starring Peter Andre about a man posing as a fake Jamaican? Did I wake up in 1998?' One fan noticed Peter had deleted his tweet in light of the negative response and asked: 'So Peter Andre deleted his tweet, does that mean Jafaican is being scrapped?' However the trailer didn't receive all negative comments after other social media users shared their excitement ahead of the film's release. Peter first posted the trailer on his Instagram as he announced: 'The OFFICIAL trailer for JAFAICAN has just dropped! Coming to cinemas soon….' Revealing his upcoming promo work for the film he confirmed the world premiere will be at the Gold Coast Film Festival on May 9 and teased that news on a UK premiere would be coming soon. Excited fans penned: 'Peter that looks amazing can't wait to see this brilliant'; 'Oh yes!!!! looking forward to this @peterandre can't wait'; 'I wish I could have watched this being filmed.'
