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CBS News
2 days ago
- General
- CBS News
Protesters in Philadelphia call for release of asylum seeker detained during routine check-in
Carrying signs that said, "No hate, no fear," protestors gathered outside the federal detention center on Arch Street in Philadelphia Tuesday to demand the immediate release of a 23-year-old asylum seeker. Members of the immigration advocacy group Make the Road Pennsylvania said the man named Edwin was detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement during a routine immigration check-in on Monday. "He was taken into a courtroom, brought out in handcuffs," said spokesperson Abby English. "Edwin is someone who has done everything by the books. He has been diligent in making sure he is at every check-in, every hearing he needs to be at to ensure that his status is protected and he is safe here in this country because his home country is not safe for him." English said Edwin is being detained and that no one has been able to contact him since he was taken into custody. She's urging everyone to help in the fight against immigration injustices. "You say you're just getting rid of the illegal ones, right, but these are people who are doing everything you've told them to do, and they're still being subjected to these awful conditions and inhumane conditions," she said. "We really want to bring light to the fact that this erosion of due process is something that will eventually come for all of us, right, it's not just about immigrants." CBS News Philadelphia reached out to ICE for comment but did not hear back.
Yahoo
24-05-2025
- Automotive
- Yahoo
West Springfield rideout honors man who died in I-91 motorcycle accident
WEST SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (WWLP) – Family and friends came together in West Springfield for a motorcycle rideout remembering a young man who died in a motorcycle accident in 2023. Edwin Perez, Jr., passed away in 2023 in a motorcycle crash on I-91 northbound in West Springfield, an area that has seen many accidents over the years. Members of the community gathered at Riverdale Street Saturday afternoon to honor the life of Edwin at his memorial site and to raise awareness for safe highway driving. PHOTOS: Vehicle crashed into house on Tiffany Street in Springfield 'We lost our son at an early age, it's not supposed to happen like this,' said Edwin Perez, Edwin's father. 'We're trying to just make sure his legacy lives on and everybody knows his name, and awareness for everybody else that lost a life.' Motorcyclists then rode from the memorial to Rivers Park in Chicopee to host a lantern release and candle lighting. This year marks the third honorary rideout held in Edwin's honor. Edwin's family says they hope to see changes on the highway in the future due to the number of deadly crashes that have occurred. WWLP-22News, an NBC affiliate, began broadcasting in March 1953 to provide local news, network, syndicated, and local programming to western Massachusetts. Watch the 22News Digital Edition weekdays at 4 p.m. on Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Irish Independent
10-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Irish Independent
Wicklow furniture designer chosen for international showcase in Paris
Révélations is a prestigious biennial event dedicated to the celebration of contemporary craft and fine design, which started in 2013 and is organised by Ateliers d'Art de France. For the first time Design & Crafts Council Ireland (DCCI) will be participating and seven artisans from Ireland have been selected to participate. Among their ranks will be Edwyn James Hickey, who is originally from Limerick but currently lives in Ashford. Edwin is a founding member of visualisation and design practice Magnaparte Ltd, established in 2016. He graduated from the Dublin School of Architecture (TU Dublin) with a Bachelor of Honours in Architecture and spent a year at MIT as part of his studies. In 2013, he received the AAI Maurice Craig Award for his thesis. In 2020, Edwyn was selected to represent Ireland at Maison&Objet exhibition held in Paris. He is a 2024 Future Makers Award winner from the Design & Crafts Council Ireland, was shortlisted in 2024 by the Institute of Designers in Ireland and was a finalist for the 194th RHA Annual Exhibition. Earlier this year he exhibited at Collect London back in February. H.E. Céline Place, ambassador of France in Ireland, commented: 'This landmark collaboration reflects the enduring cultural ties between France and Ireland, and highlights our shared commitment to supporting excellence in contemporary craft and design. "As the biennial Révélations returns to the beautifully restored Grand Palais, it is a pleasure to see Ireland's creative talent featured in France alongside leading French makers, offering a unique perspective where tradition, innovation, and artistry converge. We also look forward to showcasing our rich and distinctive French savoir-faire at the next Irish design week, continuing this dynamic exchange.' Révélations runs from Wednesday, May 21, through to Sunday, May 25.
The Herald Scotland
04-05-2025
- Entertainment
- The Herald Scotland
Late Edwin Morgan urged MSPs to make Scotland great again. Oh well ...
How time flies. It first took wing for Edwin on 27 April 1920 when he was born in the West End of Glasgow, the only child of middle-class, respectable Madge and Stanley, the latter being first clerk then director in a small firm of iron and steel merchants. Stanley and Madge financed their son's membership of several city book clubs, through which he discovered The Faber Book of Modern Verse, a 'revelation' to him. After attending the city's high school, Edwin went to Glasgow Yoonie in 1937, formally studying French and Russian, while self-educating in Italian and German. Called up in 1940, he dismayed his parents by declaring himself a conscientious objector, as distinct from a lackadaisical one, but reached a moral compromise by becoming a non-combatant in the Royal Army Medical Corps. After returning from service in Egypt, Lebanon and Palestine, he graduated with a first in English Literature in 1947 and became a lecturer at the university, where he worked until retirement as a professor in 1980. A first slim version of verse, The Vision of Cathkin Braes and Other Poems, was published in Glasgow by William MacLellan in 1952. That year, his Beowulf: A Verse Translation into Modern English was also published. LORD OF LINGO TEACHING at yoonie, Morgan quickly established a reputation as a translator (into Scots and English) of verse, with a special interest in Russian. He could also manage Latin, Spanish, Portugese, German, French, Italian and, er, Hungarian. His Collected Translations, published in 1996, runs to nearly 500 pages. In 1962, he moved out of the parental home to his own flat in Anniesland. That year, he wrote 'The Death of Marilyn Monroe', which later appeared in The Second Life collection, which came out to acclaim in 1968 and won the Cholmondeley Award for Poetry. Second Life also included 'King Billy', about violent sectarian nutter Fullerton of that ilk, 'The Computer's First Christmas Card' – prescient or what? – 'In the Snack Bar', about a helpless pensioner standing 'in his stained beltless gaberdine like a monstrous animal caught in a tent', the sci-fi themed 'In Sobieski's Shield', and the romantic 'Strawberries' ('There were never strawberries/like the ones we had/that sultry afternoon'). The years 1972 and 1973 saw publication of his Glasgow Sonnets, with a famous line about a 'shilpit dog' exemplifying Morgan's belief in the impacts of a single Scots word; Wi the Haill Voice contained his translations of 25 poems by Vladimir Mayakovsky into Scots; From Glasgow to Saturn featured 'The First Men on Mercury', in which a space-explorer encounters feisty Mercurians (possibly of Glaswegian origin; this is their tongue – 'Bawr stretter! Bawr. Bawr. Stetterhawl?'). Angus Calder described the poem as 'a profound statement about language, class and colonialism'. Morgan's range was wide. He was subtle, funny, serious, sci-fi, traditional, experimental, scholarly, playful. He loved the sound and rhythm of words, and showed himself to be a Glasgow hard man by experimenting with concrete poetry. Among so many notable poems, 'Glasgow 5 March 1971' concerned a couple pushed through a shop window on Sauchiehall Street, while 'A Good Year for Death' featured five famous folk from popular culture who died in 1977. EMPIRE STRIKES BACK EARLY retirement from Glasgow University in 1980 allowed him more time for readings, at which he was clear and witty. In 1982, he was promoted to the rank of officer in the British Empire, at that time still a force for good. He was also involved in theatre, translating Edmond Rostand's Cyrano into Scots for the Communicado company at the 1992 Edinburgh Festival. His version of Racine's Phèdre played at Edinburgh's Royal Lyceum in 2000, and an original play, AD, on the life of yon Christ, followed in Glasgow the same year. Happily, it was denounced by various clergy. At the opening of the new Scottish Parliament building in 2004, Liz Lochhead – later Morgan's successor as Makar – read a poem written by him for the occasion, in which he advised: 'Don't let your work and hope be other than great.' MSPs: 'Oh dear, do we have to?' Edwin was private, sometimes a synonym for lonely, and was by some considered socially awkward, as all decent people are. Seamus Heaney described his 'unpretentiousness and shyness'. Reportedly, though friendly, he didn't mix much with his contemporaries. He didn't drink much either, which was a shame, and liked to be home in Anniesland in good time for bed. He reached a new audience after collaborating with Scottish band Idlewild and, in 2007, contributed two pieces to the compilation Ballads of the Book, where writers created poems to be made into songs. In later life, Morgan was cared for at a residential home. In April 2010, he published a collection called Dreams and Other Nightmares to mark his 90th birthday. On 19 August 2010, he died of pneumonia in Glasgow. The death was announced by The Scottish Poetry Library. Its director, Robyn Marsack, paid tribute to 'the brightest star in our sky'. READ MORE: Robert McNeil: I detest yon Romans but I dig excavating their wee fortlets RAB MCNEIL'S SCOTTISH ICONS: John Knox – the fiery preacher whose pal got burnt at the stake (Image: PA) ECK OF A GUY FIRST Minister Eck Salmond proclaimed Edwin Morgan a 'great man, an exceptional poet and an inspiration', while UK Poet Laureate Carol Ann Duffy called him a 'great, generous, gentle genius'. In his will he left almost £1 million to the Scottish National Party, another £1m for the creation of an annual award scheme for young poets, and £45,000 to friends, former colleagues and charity organisations. The bulk of his wealth had been held in stocks and shares with a Glasgow-based stockbroker. It was not money that bought him happiness, though. Glasgow did that. The city was his lover, friend and cultural inspiration. In his own words: 'I was born in Glasgow and have lived most of my life there, and whatever image the city has to the outside world, to me it underlies and pervades my feeling at a deep level of identification and sympathy.'
Yahoo
02-05-2025
- General
- Yahoo
Restoration of historic buildings marked in awards
Conservation work on historic buildings across Surrey has been celebrated at an awards ceremony. Hosted by the Surrey Historic Buildings Trust, the event took place at Wotton House near Dorking. Buildings from the 15th up to the 19th centuries were among the nominees at the Surrey Heritage Awards. They included three Tudor barns, a 15th century moated house and a country property originally designed by Sir Edwin Lutyens, the architect who created the Cenotaph in London. Conservation work on Sir Edwin's Chinthurst Hill house in Wonersh, which is Grade II listed, won best design in an historic context. Work to restore the three 16th Century barns at Elmley Farm in Bowlhead Green was highly commended for preserving the character of the buildings. Burstow Farmhouse in South Nutfield won best overall conservation project, which judges said had shown "the highest standards of conservation and repair". The Grade II* 15th Century house also has a Georgian facade, with repairs to the brick, stonework and roof timbers "sensitively undertaken", according to the society. Crowhurst Place, a moated house built in 1485, was judged to have shown best building craftsmanship, for extensive repairs to its timber frame and windows. Follow BBC Surrey on Facebook, on X. Send your story ideas to southeasttoday@ or WhatsApp us on 08081 002250. 'Buy a brick' scheme to help restore historic site Restoration of 17th Century building complete Historic former bank set to become block of flats Stately home to be part-restored after large fire Clandon Park restoration to show house 'laid bare' Council's historic properties auctioned for £1.1m Surrey Historic Buildings Trust
