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Yahoo
23-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Pay tribute to fallen soldiers this Memorial Day in the Panhandle
BAY COUNTY, Fla. (WMBB) – Memorial Day is a holiday to honor and remember U.S. military personnel who have served and sacrificed for our country. The Panhandle will host a variety of free events open to the public on Monday, May 26. In partnership with the Bay County Board of County Commissioners and the Bay County Veterans Council, Bay County Veterans Services will hold its annual ceremony and wreath laying at the Kent-Forest Lawn Cemetery, 2403 Harrison Avenue, from 10 a.m. to 11 a.m. To honor U.S. service members who died while serving in the military, speakers from local military bases and veterans' organizations are scheduled to participate. For more information, click here. The Apalachicola Bay Chamber of Commerce will celebrate at the Veterans Memorial Plaza and Three Soldiers Statue on 230 Market Street from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. Former Senior Executive Service Member, Operation Urgent Fury (Grenada) Veteran, and Purple Heart recipient Dr. Gordon Sumner is the guest speaker. For more information, click here. The City of Freeport Hall Front Lawn will honor the men and women who gave their lives in service in a Memorial Day service from 2 p.m. – 3 p.m. The program will highlight a presentation of colors, national anthem, and Guest Speaker Mike Storey, and laying of the wreath. All are encouraged to bring lawn chairs or blankets as seating is limited. For more information, click here. Gulf Cemetery will host the annual Memorial Ceremony on Memorial Day at 10 a.m. in Santa Rosa Beach. The 150 veterans in the cemetery will be honored in the service. The speaker for the 2025 Memorial Day Ceremony will be Colonel Ed Hubbard. A limited number of folding chairs will be provided, visitors are encouraged to bring seating. For more information, click here. Come out to honor and celebrate at the HarborWalk Village on Memorial Day. There will be a concert on the main stage from 6 p.m to 9 p.m. featuring Flash Flood Duo. Silent Disco on the Captain's Deck from 7 p.m. to 10 p.m., followed by fireworks and a fire spinning finale at 9 p.m. For more information, click here. Bring your friends and family to enjoy a day out in a picturesque beach town full of shopping, entertainment, and dining. Rosemary Beach will kick off the holiday with a Memorial Day Concert with Music by Rubik's Groove. Rubik's Groove is the premier 'Outside of the Box' 80s, 90s, and 00s Tribute Band! The event is free and open to the public starting at 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. Visitors are encouraged to bring chairs and blankets. For more information, click here. The Veterans Memorial Plaza's annual Memorial Day ceremony will be held Monday at 10 a.m. at 5191 Willing Street in Milton. Veterans Memorial Foundation member Daniel Powers will open the ceremony featuring a wreath presentation by veterans organizations, The National Anthem by the Milton High School Choir and more. For more information, click here. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
BBC News
06-02-2025
- Business
- BBC News
Liverpool peer demands answers on AstraZeneca deal collapse
A Liberal Democrat peer has accused the government of favouring the south-east of England over Merseyside after AstraZeneca pulled out of a £450m investment. The pharmaceutical giant had signed a deal with the previous Conservative administration for a major expansion of its vaccine manufacturing plant in Speke, the firm said it was pulling out after the Treasury reduced the amount of government funding it was willing to provide to support the plans. Mike Storey CBE, who previously served as leader of Liverpool City Council, told BBC Radio Merseyside it was "absolutely shocking" that the deal had collapsed at the same time "billions" were being spent on the life sciences sector in the South East. Lord Storey said: "It is bizarre, is it not, that a former Conservative government gave us the money, signed the deal with AstraZeneca, and it's a Labour Government which is taking it away from us."I just can't believe it, so I very much hope that something else is going to be available for Merseyside, it's very important."The BBC has contacted the government for a response. It previously defended its negotiations with AstraZeneca, blaming a shortfall in government minister Sir Chris Bryant told Parliament that the government had made a "significant offer" of support to the firm, but doing more "simply didn't add up for the taxpayer". The plan to expand the site, which manufactures the flu vaccine, was announced by then-chancellor Jeremy Hunt in the 2024 spring budget. A government spokesperson said a change to the "make-up of the investment" that had originally been proposed led to the government grant being Soriot, chief executive of AstraZeneca, said there was no rift with the government but the deal was no longer "economically viable" without the same level of funding as agreed previously."It wasn't possible for the government to justify it, which we totally understand, and we said we couldn't justify it either," he said. "We were all very disappointed, but that's business life."Lord Storey said he feared the government was not "putting Liverpool and Merseyside high on its growth agenda"."Any money that's spent by government has to be carefully considered but my point is if they've got billions of pounds for growth, mainly in the South East, are they looking closely at the money there?" he said. "No they're not - they're just saying they're going to provide that money and infrastructure - Liverpool yet again seems to miss out." Listen to the best of BBC Radio Merseyside on BBC Sounds and follow BBC Merseyside on Facebook, X, and Instagram, and watch BBC North West Tonight on BBC iPlayer.
