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Edinburgh Live
4 days ago
- Entertainment
- Edinburgh Live
East Lothian toddler 'mauled by dog' in front of horrified families at festival
Our community members are treated to special offers, promotions and adverts from us and our partners. You can check out at any time. More info A toddler was bitten by a dog at an East Lothian festival venue with organisers now issuing advice. The child was with their parents at Fringe By The Sea in North Berwick on Wednesday, before being treated by medics after the incident. Organisers have been in contact with the parents since, and have asked dog owners to keep animals on leads at all time and 'keep them under control'. They've also requested that if a dog is uncomfortable with crowds, young children or other dogs, they are kept away from the venue. The festival runs from August 1 to 10, and provides an alternative to Edinburgh's Fringe. From Rory Steel, Director of Fringe By The Sea, told Edinburgh Live: "Our first aid tended to the little girl who was bitten by a dog on Wednesday, and have been in contact with the parents since. "While we welcome well-behaved dogs to Fringe By The Sea, they must be on leads and under the owner's control at all times. If dogs are uncomfortable with crowds, young children or other dogs, we request that owners do not bring them onto site." Fringe by the Sea dates back to 2008, and 'celebrates the people, businesses and organisations that make East Lothian unique. Sign up for Edinburgh Live newsletters for more headlines straight to your inbox Their website states: "In 2024, over 86,000 visitors flocked to Fringe by the Sea over 10 incredible days, making it one of Scotland's most vibrant and diverse festivals. Recognised as the National Winner of the Outstanding Cultural Festival at the 2023 Scottish Thistle Awards, it continues to grow as a must-visit celebration of arts and culture. "Unlike many events that focus solely on headline acts, we embrace all forms of art—from music and comedy to literature, theatre, film, and beyond. Our festival is a celebration of creativity in all its forms." Police Scotland have been approached for comment.
Euronews
6 days ago
- Entertainment
- Euronews
Denmark to axe Copenhagen's 'ugly and pornographic' mermaid statue
Plans to remove a statue of a mermaid in Denmark from a historical landmark have sparked debate, with the busty sculpture criticised as "ugly and pornographic". The granite 14-tonne Den Store Havfrue (the Big Mermaid) is to be removed from Dragør Fort, part of Copenhagen's old sea fortifications, according to local media. The Danish Palaces and Culture Agency reportedly made the decision because the statue does not "fit into the cultural-historical environment" of the 1910 landmark. Mathias Kryger, art critic for the Danish paper Politiken, told local media that the statue was "ugly and pornographic". Writing in the newspaper Berlingske, another journalist, Sørine Gotfredsen, said many people found the statue "vulgar, unpoetic and undesirable". However, the man who commissioned the statue, Peter Bech, said it was a boon for the Dragør area and attracted visitors. He described the criticism as "pure nonsense". "The mermaid has completely normal proportions in relation to her size. Of course the breasts are big on a big woman," Bech told Danish broadcaster TV 2 Kosmopol. Municipal politician Paw Karslund echoed that view. "I simply think the argument that the statue should be ugly and pornographic is too primitive," he told the outlet last week. "We shouldn't be so afraid of a pair of breasts." Bech has said he wants to find a way to keep the statue in the area, while Karslund has called for it to be moved to a permanent fixture in the nearby Tårnby Strandpark. The Big Mermaid was first installed at Langelinie Pier in Copenhagen, near the Little Mermaid, in 2006. But it was removed in 2018 and relocated to Dragør — some 15 kilometres south of the Danish capital — reportedly after criticism from local residents. The famed statue of Hans Christian Andersen's Little Mermaid, one of Copenhagen's biggest tourist attractions, has repeatedly been vandalised in recent years. The mermaid has been blown off her perch, covered in paint and political slogans, and even beheaded. In 2023, the installation of a mermaid sculpture called Il Mare (The Sea) in the small fishing town of Monopoli in Italy's Puglia region drew criticism for being "too provocative".
The Sun
02-08-2025
- Business
- The Sun
Penang launches RM296m GBS By The Sea in Technoplex Bayan Lepas
GEORGE TOWN: Penang continued to cement its status as a global business and technology hub with the official launch of 'GBS By The Sea', a landmark RM296 million development located in Technoplex Bayan Lepas. Penang Chief Minister Chow Kon Yeow hailed the project as a bold statement and a clear example of Penang's transition into a knowledge-based, innovation-driven economy. He said GBS By The Sea is the fourth project under the global business services (GBS) initiative, spanning 290,000 square feet (sq ft) of space. 'The GBS By The Sea facility is already fully occupied, with three global industry leaders, namely Advanced Micro Devices Global Services (AMD), Celestica Platform and Cloud Solutions Malaysia and the Microsoft Knowledge Capital Centre. 'These global companies are not only investing in Penang, but they are also creating over 1,000 quality jobs for our local talent in areas like research and development (R&D), engineering, digital services and more. These are the kind of high-value, future-ready jobs that we want for Penangites,' he said during the GBS By The Sea launching ceremony in Bayan Lepas today. Also present at the ceremony were State Infrastructure, Transport and Digital Committee chairman Zairil Khir Johari, Majlis Bandaraya Pulau Pinang (MBPP) Mayor Datuk A Rajendran and Penang Development Corporation (PDC) chief executive officer Datuk Aziz Bakar. Chow elaborated that the facility is not just a workplace but also equipped with a gym, cafeteria and a six-storey car park with 800 bays. He emphasised that GBS would play a vital role in Penang's next chapter, moving from being a manufacturing hub to becoming a knowledge-based and tech-forward economy. 'Projects like GBS By The Sea help us make that transition not just in words, but in real ways that matter to businesses and workers. 'With the announcement of 13th Malaysia Plan (13MP), which puts a strong focus on the transition to 'Made by Malaysia' and aims for higher growth and higher value creation, GBS By The Sea fits perfectly into this big picture - it's local, it's future-focused, and it brings value,' he said. Chow also announced that PDC is already working on its fifth GBS project, namely 'GBS at Technoplex', a RM500 million development offering over 400,000 sqft of space. He said that even though construction has not been completed, 16 per cent of the building has already been pre-booked by tenants, reflecting strong demand and high confidence in Penang's potential. - Bernama
India Today
25-07-2025
- Politics
- India Today
Not just Trump, Bill Clinton also among 50 who wrote letters to Epstein: Report
A resurfaced leather-bound birthday book belonging to Jeffrey Epstein has once again dragged high-profile individuals into the spotlight, with The Wall Street Journal now reporting that former US President Bill Clinton's name appeared among dozens of celebrity 50th birthday album — meticulously organised with a table of contents and divided into sections such as 'Friends', 'Business', and 'Family' — also listed President Donald Trump, Wall Street billionaire Leon Black, designer Vera Wang, media mogul Mort Zuckerman and former Victoria's Secret boss Leslie to the Journal, Epstein's former girlfriend and convicted co-conspirator Ghislaine Maxwell allegedly curated the album to include powerful friends as a lavish present. Clinton's handwritten message, described as a single paragraph in his "distinctive scrawl", read: "It's reassuring isn't it, to have lasted as long, across all the years of learning and knowing, adventures and [illegible word], and also to have your childlike curiosity, the drive to make a difference and the solace of friends". A spokesperson for Clinton reiterated to The Wall Street Journal that the former president severed ties with Epstein over a decade before Epstein's 2019 arrest and was unaware of his criminal activities. Clinton, who served two terms from 1993 to 2001, had been photographed with Epstein and Maxwell at the White House in 1993 and reportedly socialised with Epstein in the early 2000s. Clinton's team had earlier confirmed that he took four trips on Epstein's private jet and visited his Manhattan townhouse once — each time accompanied by Secret Service agents and in connection with the Clinton Foundation's Wall Street Journal had previously reported that President Trump's name appeared in the same album, alongside a bizarre fictional dialogue: "A pal is a wonderful thing. Happy Birthday — and may every day be another wonderful secret", ending with a hand-drawn outline of a naked woman. Trump swiftly sued The Wall Street Journal, its reporters, and its publisher Dow Jones, calling the note 'fake' and 'nonexistent'. Dow Jones has defended its reporting, stating it stands by the rigor and accuracy of its messages in the resurfaced birthday book ranged from the suggestive to the absurd. Leon Black penned a risqu poem, two lines of which read "Blonde, Red or Brunette, spread out geographically / With this net of fish, Jeff's now The Old Man and The Sea". Vera Wang jokingly suggested Epstein should appear on The Bachelor and invited him on a shopping spree. Leslie Wexner's note contained a crude drawing of a woman's breasts. Both declined to General Pam Bondi reportedly informed President Trump in May that his name surfaced in the files linked to Epstein, according to the Journal's recent report. While digital copies of the book have been reviewed by Justice Department officials in earlier Epstein-Maxwell probes, it remains unclear whether these pages feature in the Trump administration's recent review of Epstein case this month, the Justice Department stated there was no incriminating "client list" nor any evidence that Epstein blackmailed influential figures. Epstein, once a financier and convicted sex offender, died in jail in 2019 while awaiting trial on federal sex-trafficking charges. Ghislaine Maxwell was convicted in 2021 of assisting Epstein's trafficking network and is serving a 20-year prison term.- Ends
Straits Times
19-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Straits Times
Concert review: SSO scales majestic An Alpine Symphony, soars with Korngold Violin Concerto
An Alpine Symphony In Images + Korngold Violin Concerto Singapore Symphony Orchestra Esplanade Concert Hall July 18, 7.30pm The Singapore Symphony Orchestra (SSO) performing music with the accompaniment of projected visuals is not something novel. Back in 2010, the orchestra under Shui Lan's direction played Claude Debussy's La Mer (The Sea) against stunning imagery of marine life provided by SSO first violinist William Tan, who is well-known as a diving photographer. Romantic German composer Richard Strauss' tone poem Eine Alpensinfonie or An Alpine Symphony (1915), at almost 50 minutes, is double the length of Debussy. Sometimes criticised for bombast and self-indulgence, the work has weathered well in concerts and on record. Now add some 400 photographic stills on-screen by German photographer and film-maker Tobias Melle, himself a professional cellist, and the overall experienced is enhanced. A resident of Munich, his views of the Bavarian Alps near Berchtesgaden, heard alongside music director Hans Graf's taut direction of the orchestra, made for a visual and aural spectacle. The hall was cloaked in darkness for the opening of this dawn-to-dusk experience in the mountains. The moon, sunlight creeping over the crags and panoramic vistas defined the transition from Night to Sunrise. This early climax matched Strauss' ambition, if not quite as memorable as the corresponding sequence in his earlier Also Sprach Zarathustra. The music follows a group of mountaineers from their ascent, through the terrain of woods, waterfalls, meadows (with cows aplenty) and glaciers, encountering risks and doubts before reaching the summit for the work's biggest climax. If there were a composer who could vividly illustrate all this musically, Strauss was the man. The subsequent thunderstorm, safe descent and sunset with a return to darkness was no less enthralling. The orchestra responded magnificently, with special mention going to the brass, for its overtime efforts both onstage and offstage. Top stories Swipe. Select. Stay informed. Singapore A deadly cocktail: Easy access, lax attitudes driving Kpod scourge in S'pore Singapore 'I thought it was an April Fool's joke': Teen addicted to Kpods on news that friend died Asia Cool photo spots, viral food videos: Malaysia plans to woo Chinese tourists via social media Asia From propaganda to passion: N. Korean TV show mimics K-drama to fend off banned media from the South Singapore New auto pet wash service in Buona Vista draws flak, but firm stands by its safety Singapore 314 suicides reported in Singapore in 2024, remains leading cause of youth deaths Asia 'Guardian angels': Taiwan's dementia-friendly village promotes ageing in place Life US tech firm launches probe into Coldplay 'kiss cam' couple after clip goes viral The concert's cinematic arc began much earlier with Austrian composer Erich Wolfgang Korngold's Violin Concerto (1947) which began SSO's season opener. One of the most popular 20th-century violin concertos, it was famously premiered by great Lithuania-born virtuoso Jascha Heifetz with music drawn from four of Korngold's Hollywood movie scores. Violinist Daniel Lozakovich (left) performing the Korngold Violin Concerto with the Singapore Symphony Orchestra. PHOTO: CHRIS P. LIM It did not matter whether these films - Another Dawn (1937), Juarez (1939), Anthony Adverse (1936) and The Prince And The Pauper (1937) – have more or less been forgotten, as the music lives on in this masterpiece. The sumptuous melodies and lush scoring through its three movements was well realised by the orchestra and young Swedish violinist Daniel Lozakovich. His is not a fire-breathing virtuosity which gets in your face, but one more intimate and subtle. As such, there were moments in the first and third movements where he risked being overwhelmed, despite the restrained accompaniment kept on a tight leash. There were no worries, however, in the slow movement's Romance, where his refined and sweet tone clearly shone through. As if to make up for an earlier reticence, his generous and no-holds-barred encore of Johann Sebastian Bach's Fugue from the unaccompanied Violin Sonata No.1 in G minor (BWV.1001) showed where his sympathies truly lay.
