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Yahoo
3 days ago
- General
- Yahoo
Writing workshop to take place at historic Settle Meeting House
A writing workshop is set to take place at the historic Settle Meeting House. Back in the 17th century, groups of dissenters grew dissatisfied with the established church (as explained by a spokesperson for the workshop). One such group, the 'Seekers after Truth,' became known as Quakers. Among them was William Dewsbury, encounters with whom led to the 'Settle Meeting,' and, later, the Quakers established the Settle Meeting House. A workshop in that very house, opposite Victoria Hall in Settle, will take place on Wednesday, June 4. The event's facilitator, Ann Algie, is an admirer of the Quakers. Though she has roots in Settle, she has spent the past twelve years in France, delivering writing workshops for aspiring and experienced writers. She said: "June 4 is International Day of Innocent Child Victims of Aggression, and I thought it would be a meaningful day to run a workshop. "Given everything going on in the world, what better place than the peaceful environment of the Quaker Meeting House? "I've been running these 'Wild Writing Workshops' in France for a while, and thought: why not try one in my own hometown?" Workshop attendees should bring a pen and paper with them. There will also be tea and cake "if you're well behaved." For more information, visit call 07898 880458, or email
Yahoo
6 days ago
- Business
- Yahoo
Jeremy Settle Named Director of Content for Tegna Florida
Jeremy Settle has been named director of content for Tegna's Florida properties. Settle will serve as news director for WTSP 10 Tampa Bay, and lead efforts to collaborate on multi-platform news and content with First Coast News, the Tegna-owned NBC and ABC affiliates in Jacksonville. Settle has been the news director at Tegna's Buffalo, New York station WGRZ since 2022. "Jeremy brings extensive local news experience and a passion for excellence," said Tim Thomas, president and general manager of Tegna Florida. "He'll lead our multiplatform efforts to deliver essential information during breaking news and severe weather, helping us deepen our community connection and remain Florida's trusted news source." Settle has also worked as news director at News 12 New Jersey, a regional cable news channel serving the suburbs of New York City, WBRE/WYOU in Wilkes-Barre/Scranton, Pennsylvania, WCAV in Charlottesville, Virginia and has held several positions at WUSA9, Tegna's CBS affiliate in Washington, D.C. "In today's rapidly evolving media landscape, our mission to provide local news and content that keeps our viewers safe and informed, has never been more critical," Settle said. "I am looking forward to working with the team in Florida to deliver timely, accurate, best-in-class news, sports and weather across our streaming, digital and broadcast platforms."
BBC News
10-05-2025
- Business
- BBC News
Closure of Arla factory in Settle could 'kill' town
The loss of a factory employing 130 people has hit hard in a community where "everyone" knows someone who has worked co-operative Arla intends to shut its creamery in Settle, North Yorkshire, by 2026 and transfer production to Lockerbie in Smith, Conservative MP for Skipton and Ripon, said Arla bosses "didn't even look at" alternative proposals to keep the site open, which the company BBC visited Settle to find out how Arla's departure will impact the town. Peter Thornton, director of Settle Coal, which has premises next door to Arla, said the plant had "been here as long as some of the hills".The 56-year-old said a dairy first opened on the site in 1965, and had always traded with his company."There'll be a lot of small local businesses that will miss Arla, ours particularly." Anne Carr, who was serving lunch to workers from her mobile catering van on the industrial estate, remembered when "all the employees were local people, local families worked there, it was owned by local people".She said the closure would make a "big difference" to the area and likely impact her business, Anne's Butty Van, which is opposite the creamery."It's just the uncertainty of it: what is going to happen?" Ms Carr said some people "have known it be the dairy for such a long time"."Everybody knows somebody that's worked at the dairy at some point or another. It's been one of those go-to places," she said. 'Dying town' Opinion was split among three men buying sandwiches, none of whom wanted to be named."It's outgrown its situation," one said, citing issues with the local water supply and an unpleasant odour which had led to added: "It's a shame because it's been a focal point of Settle since the industrial estate started, but it's a changing world."He said not many people who lived in the town were in work, with many properties now holiday homes or occupied by retirees."It's a dying town in that way."The third man raised concerns about who would take over the site."We're not sat on the side of a dual carriageway or a motorway, whichever way you go you've an hour to go to the motorway."How do we get jobs into Settle?" One retired man, who has lived locally for 20 years, didn't want to give his name because "it's an emotive subject around here"."I think it's quite devastating," he said, pushing his wheelbarrow towards an allotment near the site."There's all this newbuild housing going on, but I don't know how they're going to expect to fill them if the people here have got no work. There's something sadly wrong somewhere." In the town centre, one shopkeeper added: "Nobody likes the idea of it closing down, but will we actually notice it?" Local MP Smith, however, said the closure would have a "major impact" on jobs in the supply chain, transport and other businesses supporting the plant."The town of Settle had provided Arla with a lot of broader support, despite some of the odour-related issues of recent months and years," he said community stakeholders and the GMB union had met to offer alternative proposals to Arla, including new, larger sites and funding, but that the company "just had those meetings and very rapidly continued with the pathway I believe they were always on".In a letter to the chief executive of Arla, Smith also said a "lack of engagement" from the company "demonstrates a disregard for the community". Smith told the BBC: "I was pretty appalled that there was a dedicated group of people really trying to work through options. Arla didn't even look at them."If I was the chair of the Arla board, I would be looking at the disrespect that the Arla executive showed to that group of people, and the lack of openness, as a real failure," he said. The Labour Mayor of York and North Yorkshire, David Skaith, said: "We did go in there with incredibly good faith and we're not entirely sure they've always had that same good faith as well."He pledged to support those who would lose their jobs as a result of the closure, including the delivery of a "skills package". In a statement on 28 April, a spokesperson for Arla said the company had "engaged with employee representatives and the GMB union in detailed and meaningful consultation", and "carefully considered all alternative proposals".Confirming the closure, they added: "We remain open to exploring alternative uses for the Settle site during the transition phase."Understandably, this remains a period of uncertainty for our colleagues, and our foremost priority is to continue providing support as we navigate the subsequent stages of the consultation process." Listen to highlights from North Yorkshire on BBC Sounds, catch up with the latest episode of Look North.
Yahoo
09-05-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
Supreme Court allows transgender military ban to take effect, for now
The Supreme Court on Tuesday allowed President Donald Trump's administration to enforce a ban on transgender people in the military, while legal challenges proceed. The court acted in the dispute over a policy that presumptively disqualifies transgender people from military service. The court's three liberal justices said they would have kept the policy on hold. Just after beginning his second term in January, Trump moved aggressively to roll back the rights of transgender people. Among the Republican president's actions was an executive order that claims the sexual identity of transgender service members 'conflicts with a soldier's commitment to an honorable, truthful, and disciplined lifestyle, even in one's personal life' and is harmful to military readiness. In response, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth issued a policy that gives the military services 30 days to figure out how they will seek out and identify transgender service members to remove them from the force. Three federal judges had ruled against the ban. In the case the justices acted in Tuesday, U.S. District Court Judge Benjamin Settle in Tacoma, Washington, had ruled for several long-serving transgender military members who say that the ban is insulting and discriminatory and that their firing would cause lasting damage to their careers and reputations. 'Utter chaos': Amid confusing ban rollout, trans troops fight to serve The Trump administration offered no explanation as to why transgender troops, who have been able to serve openly over the past four years with no evidence of problems, should suddenly be banned, Settle wrote. The judge is an appointee of Republican President George W. Bush and is a former captain in the U.S. Army Judge Advocate General Corps. Settle imposed a nationwide hold on the policy and a federal appeals court rejected the administration's emergency plea. The Justice Department then turned to the Supreme Court. The policy also has been blocked by a federal judge in the nation's capital, but that ruling has been temporarily halted by a federal appeals court, which heard arguments last month. The three-judge panel, which includes two judges appointed by Trump during his first term, appeared to be in favor of the administration's position. In a more limited ruling, a judge in New Jersey also has barred the Air Force from removing two transgender men, saying they showed their separation would cause lasting damage to their careers and reputations that no monetary settlement could repair.
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Business Standard
07-05-2025
- Politics
- Business Standard
Supreme Court lets Trump's transgender military ban take effect, for now
The Supreme Court on Tuesday allowed President Donald Trump's administration to enforce a ban on transgender people in the military, while legal challenges proceed. The court acted in the dispute over a policy that presumptively disqualifies transgender people from military service and could lead to the expulsion of experienced, decorated officers. The court's three liberal justices said they would have kept the policy on hold. Just after beginning his second term in January, Trump moved aggressively to roll back the rights of transgender people. Among the Republican president's actions was an executive order that claims the sexual identity of transgender service members conflicts with a soldier's commitment to an honourable, truthful, and disciplined lifestyle, even in one's personal life and is harmful to military readiness. In response, Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth issued a policy that gave the military services 30 days to figure out how they would seek out and identify transgender service members to remove them from the force. No More Trans @ DoD, Hegseth wrote in a post on X following Tuesday's Supreme Court order. Three federal judges had ruled against the ban. In the case the justices acted on Tuesday, US District Court Judge Benjamin Settle in Tacoma, Washington, had ruled for seven long-serving transgender military members who say that the ban is insulting and discriminatory and that their firing would cause lasting damage to their careers and reputations. A prospective service member also sued. The individual service members who challenged the ban together have amassed more than 70 medals in 115 years of service, their lawyers wrote. The lead plaintiff is Emily Shilling, a Navy commander with nearly 20 years of service, including as a combat pilot who flew 60 missions in the Iraq and Afghanistan wars. The Trump administration offered no explanation as to why transgender troops, who have been able to serve openly over the past four years with no evidence of problems, should suddenly be banned, Settle wrote. The judge is an appointee of Republican President George W. Bush and is a former captain in the US Army Judge Advocate General Corps. Settle imposed a nationwide hold on the policy and a federal appeals court rejected the administration's emergency plea. The Justice Department then turned to the Supreme Court. The policy also has been blocked by a federal judge in the nation's capital, but that ruling has been temporarily halted by a federal appeals court, which heard arguments last month. The three-judge panel, which includes two judges appointed by Trump during his first term, appeared to be in favor of the administration's position. In a more limited ruling, a judge in New Jersey also has barred the Air Force from removing two transgender men, saying they showed their separation would cause lasting damage to their careers and reputations that no monetary settlement could repair. The LGBTQ rights group Lambda Legal called the high court order a devastating blow to dedicated and highly qualified service members. "By allowing this discriminatory ban to take effect while our challenge continues, the court has temporarily sanctioned a policy that has nothing to do with military readiness and everything to do with prejudice. Transgender individuals meet the same standards and demonstrate the same values as all who serve. We remain steadfast in our belief that this ban violates constitutional guarantees of equal protection and will ultimately be struck down, the group said in a statement. The federal appeals court in San Francisco will hear the administration's appeal in a process that will play out over several months at least. All the while, though, the transgender ban will remain in place under the Supreme Court order. In 2016, during Barack Obama's presidency, a Defense Department policy permitted transgender people to serve openly in the military. During Trump's first term in the White House, the Republican issued a directive to ban transgender service members, with an exception for some of those who had already started transitioning under more lenient rules that were in effect during Obama's Democratic administration. The Supreme Court allowed that ban to take effect. President Joe Biden, a Democrat, scrapped it when he took office. The rules the Defense Department wants to enforce contain no exceptions. The policy during Trump's first term and the new one are materially indistinguishable, Solicitor General D. John Sauer told the justices, though lawyers for the service members who sued disagreed. Thousands of transgender people serve in the military, but they represent less than 1 per cent of the total number of active-duty service members.
