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Boston Globe
2 days ago
- Business
- Boston Globe
GBH to lay off 13 employees from PBS history program American Experience due to federal funding cuts
'The media business is changing, and we are on a path to go from a linear television and terrestrial radio company, which is where we began, to become a digital news and information company,' Goldberg said. She said Congress's recent move to cut public media funding had hurt, but she is looking to the future. 'For all the terrible things I will say about it, one of the good things is that it will really spur us to have more even more urgency around this reinvention for our future.' The layoffs at GBH are among the first immediate cuts in public media after Congress last week approved President Trump's $9 billion rescissions package, $1.1 billion of which hit public broadcasting. GBH Advertisement The latest layoffs will begin in September and continue through the end of the calendar year, Goldberg added. Advertisement While the canceled funds will have an outsized impact on smaller and more rural public radio and television stations — some of which are One of the largest producers of PBS programming in the country, GBH also operates an NPR station and creates educational content. GBH receives about $18 million in federal funding in total, amounting to roughly 8 percent of its annual revenue. But because other stations across the country pay to license programs such as Frontline and NOVA and may no longer be able to afford them, GBH's funding losses are Like other public media organizations, GBH will now have to find additional revenue to offset the loss of federal funding. After Congress approved the rescissions package last week, Goldberg sent a email to GBH supporters asking for donations. 'As the producer of iconic PBS shows like NOVA, FRONTLINE, and Arthur, GBH likely helped shape your world if you grew up watching public media,' Goldberg wrote. 'Now we're asking you to help shape our future.' Even before the cuts to federal funding, the business model for public media organizations had come under immense pressure. Both GBH and 'GBH is not going anywhere. We are going to fight for our future,' Goldberg said Tuesday. 'We've been in business for 75 years, and that is a lifetime, and what we are going to do is figure out how we can serve the public for another lifetime to come and beyond. Advertisement But in her own letter to supporters last week, WBUR chief executive Margaret Low said that the station will have to rely more on its donors going forward. 'This won't be a one-time fix. You've already stepped up and we're very grateful,' Low said. 'Please know that we'll be counting on your ongoing support to help keep WBUR strong.' Aidan Ryan can be reached at
BBC News
4 days ago
- BBC News
Crawley stabbing: Boy, 17, charged with wounding with intent
A 17-year-old boy has been charged with wounding with intent to cause grievous bodily harm after another boy, also 17, was stabbed in services were called to Martyrs Avenue in Langley Green at around 21:50 BST on 17 July, to reports of a victim was taken to hospital where he remains in a stable condition, Sussex Police suspect has also been charged with possession of a bladed article and making threats with a bladed article in a public place, the force confirmed. He has been remanded into police custody to appear at Crawley Magistrates' Court on Monday.A 37-year-old woman from Crawley, who was arrested on suspicion of assisting an offender, has been released on bail, said Sussex Imran Asghar said: "We understand the impact this incident has had on the local community and their concerns. "We take any such offences of this nature very seriously and we have been working tirelessly to investigate and bring those responsible to account."Our officers remain in the area to offer reassurance and to help, so if you have any concerns please do not hesitate to approach them."Police appealed for witnesses and anyone with information or relevant footage to contact the force.
Yahoo
4 days ago
- Yahoo
Boy, 17, charged after teenager stabbed in Crawley
A 17-year-old boy has been charged with wounding with intent to cause grievous bodily harm after another boy, also 17, was stabbed in Crawley. Emergency services were called to Martyrs Avenue in Langley Green at around 21:50 BST on 17 July, to reports of a stabbing. The victim was taken to hospital where he remains in a stable condition, Sussex Police said. The suspect has also been charged with possession of a bladed article and making threats with a bladed article in a public place, the force confirmed. He has been remanded into police custody to appear at Crawley Magistrates' Court on Monday. A 37-year-old woman from Crawley, who was arrested on suspicion of assisting an offender, has been released on bail, said Sussex Police. Supt Imran Asghar said: "We understand the impact this incident has had on the local community and their concerns. "We take any such offences of this nature very seriously and we have been working tirelessly to investigate and bring those responsible to account. "Our officers remain in the area to offer reassurance and to help, so if you have any concerns please do not hesitate to approach them." Police appealed for witnesses and anyone with information or relevant footage to contact the force. Follow BBC Sussex on Facebook, on X, and on Instagram. Send your story ideas to southeasttoday@ or WhatsApp us on 08081 002250. Related internet links Sussex Police
Yahoo
4 days ago
- Yahoo
Police welcome prison sentence handed to dad who knocked out complete stranger
Police have welcomed the prison sentence handed to a thug who battered a man in a town centre attack. Daniel Gibson kicked, punched and stamped on his victim who ended up unconscious in Merrial Street, Newcastle-under-Lyme. The 36-year-old, of Dale Court, Middlewich, pleaded guilty to causing grievous bodily harm with intent. He was handed a four-year prison sentence - with a further two years on licence - when he was sentenced at Stoke-on-Trent Crown Court. Following the case, Detective Constable Rose Smith, from Staffordshire Police, said: 'I hope this conviction shows that violence has no place on our streets and that we will take action against those who commit violent offences. We are committed to keeping people safe across Staffordshire.' READ MORE: Neighbours at war as tarmac row sees shopkeeper install car park barrier READ MORE: Police update on residents living above Stoke-on-Trent kebab shop struck by car Get all the latest news from court here
The Irish Sun
7 days ago
- Politics
- The Irish Sun
Hundreds of asylum seekers living in tax-funded hotels have been charged with crimes such as rape, robbery & GBH
HUNDREDS of asylum seekers living in taxpayer-funded hotels have appeared in court charged with criminal offences including rape, robbery and GBH, a Sun investigation has found. Court records show at least one in every 100 migrants housed in them has been hauled before magistrates this year — totalling 339 cases. 6 French authorities were pictured handing life jackets to illegal migrants in a Channel dinghy - rather than returning them to France Credit: PA 6 A crowd gather to protest outside a migrant hotel in Epping, Essex Credit: SelwynPics 6 Sir Keir Starmer has secured a pledge from German Chancellor Friedrich Merz to crack down on smugglers' boat storage sites Credit: PA It is the first time the scale of criminal activity committed by We monitored courts across the country for the first six months of the year and noted defendants who gave their address as one of 105 known asylum hotels . The true number of crimes could be even higher as the Home Office has refused to publish a list of all 210 in the UK currently being used to house 32,000 asylum seekers. Of the court cases we monitored, 29 related to sexual crimes — including seven alleged rapes, one proven incident of exposure and one of attempting to engage in sexual communication with a child. READ MORE ON MIGRANT CRISIS A further 64 violence-related offences were recorded, including common assault, GBH, ABH, possessing a knife and possessing an imitation firearm. Yesterday at least five asylum seekers who had been staying at hotels appeared in court on An Ethiopian migrant accused of trying to kiss a 14-year-old schoolgirl eight days after arriving in the UK on a small boat was remanded in custody at Chelmsford magistrates' court. And a Libyan asylum-seeker living at a Home Office hotel yesterday admitted threatening a member of staff with a knife, at Bournemouth crown court. Most read in The Sun The cases amount to a small percentage of all those heard by magistrates — with figures showing that 1.37 million defendants appear before JPs every year in the UK. And The Sun's analysis shows that migrant hotel residents are around half as likely to appear at a magistrates' court compared to the general population. French coastguard hands life-jackets to boat packed with migrants as yet another dinghy is allowed to set sail for UK Figures show that about two per cent of the UK population appear as defendants every year, compared with one per cent for those at the 105 hotels analysed. But Shadow Home Secretary He said: 'This shocking Sun investigation lays bare the risk posed by these illegal immigrants. 'Women are being raped and sexually assaulted and even police officers attacked. We know that the nationalities crossing the Channel are 24 times more likely to wind up in prison than average. 'Yvette Cooper has let in the highest-ever number of illegal immigrants so far this year and has lost control of our borders. 'Women and girls are at risk as a result. I'm sick of the France . We just need to deport them all immediately upon arrival, whether to Rwanda or elsewhere.' The Thistle City Hotel Barbican, in central London — highlighted as a Mr Philp said: 'I've visited the Thistle Barbican to "The security guard was more interested in throwing me out than stopping the illegal working or rampant criminality.' More than 50 court cases we observed were related to thefts, including from high-end shops and convenience shops, and phone snatching. Bag thief Hocine Bouguroua, 34, who targeted punters in busy pubs in the city of London , was jailed for 24 weeks in May. He had been living at the Thistle, which has the highest number of defendants out of the hotels we monitored. A teenager whose address was given as the Thistle was jailed for four months after he stole £40,000 from a greengrocer in Tooting, South London. 6 Shadow Home Secretary Chris Philp accused the Government of putting women and girls at risk by losing control of our borders Credit: Alamy Another man at the hotel got a four-month suspended sentence in March after being found guilty of arson with intent to endanger life, possessing an offensive weapon, and assault by beating. There were 21 men up in court who listed their address as the ibis Stevenage, a large asylum hotel in the Hertfordshire town. Another 14 cases were listed from the Holiday Inn Luton South, including one alleged sexual assault The Home Office: 'While The Sun's analysis covers only one in 2,000 of the cases that go to court in our country, there is no excuse for people who abuse our country's hospitality and commit crimes after arriving here.' Yesterday Sir Keir Starmer met law so that the authorities there can investigate and act against storage facilities used by smugglers to conceal small boats. The PM said: 'Engines and component parts of the boats that are being used are travelling through and being stored in Germany. "But they can't be seized because the law didn't accommodate for a country that had left the EU and therefore needed to be amended.' Additional reporting by Tom Seaward, Rob Pattinson, Thomas Godfrey and Alex West FIVE CASES IN OUR COURTS ON THURSDAY EPPING, ESSEX AN asylum seeker tried to kiss a girl in a town centre eight days after arriving on a small boat, a court heard yesterday. He was arrested the next day after allegedly trying to kiss the same girl again. Chelmsford JPs heard the incidents allegedly happened last week in Epping, Essex . Kebatu was staying at a migrant hotel in the town. He denies sexual assault and harassment. He was remanded and faces trial on August 26. BOURNEMOUTH A LIBYAN asylum seeker living at a Home Office hotel yesterday admitted using a knife to threaten a member of staff. Ibrahim Zouari, 34, drew the weapon during a disturbance in Bournemouth in April last year, the town's crown court heard. He admitted unlawfully and intentionally threatening the victim with a bladed article. But Zouari, through an interpreter, pleaded not guilty to assault by beating against the victim. The court heard that the prosecution will offer no evidence for this charge. Zouari was remanded in custody to be sentenced at the same court on September 5. OXFORD 6 Migrant Mohamed Monim, 55, 'lashed out' at his partner in a taxpayer-funded hotel in Oxford, court hears Credit: Steve Shephard A HOTEL migrant lashed out at his partner after a Christmas Eve argument turned into a 'physical altercation', a court heard. Mohamed Monim, 55, allegedly attacked her in a taxpayer-funded hotel in Oxford last year. The city's magistrates' court heard he was nicked after a security worker intervened to break up the dispute. Monim denied assault and faces trial at the same court on November 21. EAST LONDON ANOTHER hotel migrant admitted theft and fraud offences in four different towns and cities. Hamza Esguioui, 28, snatched bags in Bishop's Stortford, Herts, and in London. Esguioui, living at a migrant hotel in East London, also used stolen bank cards in the capital and Canterbury, Kent , and stole goods worth £300 from a Tesco in Dover. Magistrates remanded him in custody ahead of sentencing. NORTH LONDON 6 Asylum seeker Meludi Mikautdzee, 33, stole from a Co-op in North London, claiming he was left starving on his taxpayer-funded allowance Credit: Gary Stone ONE asylum hotel resident claimed he stole food from a Co-op store because he was going hungry on his taxpayer-funded allowance. Meludi Mikautdzee, 33, piled products into his rucksack at the supermarket in Islington, North London, on June 26. The Georgian pleaded guilty yesterday at Highbury Corner magistrates court. He was released on a six-month conditional discharge. FRANCE GIVE OUT LIFE VESTS By Ed Southgate FRENCH authorities yesterday handed life jackets to migrants in a dinghy instead of trying to bring them back to shore. More than 20 migrants packed into a small boat before officials sailed up and handed out the vests. This month French cops slashed a boat as migrants tried to set off. A BBC crew was filming. French officers have been criticised for failing to get involved with boats already in the water, which they say is dangerous and legally complex.
