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Irish Examiner
19-05-2025
- Sport
- Irish Examiner
Limerick v Clare: What time, what channel and all you need to know about the Munster SHC clash
Limerick sit top of the table following their win over Cork at the weekend and will look to continue their winning run when they welcome Clare to the Gaelic Grounds on Sunday. Clare currently sit bottom of the table having lost two games and draw one while Limerick remain unbeaten with two wins and a draw to date. With a spot in the final up for grabs for Limerick Clare are looking to claim their first win of the championship. Here's everything you need to know. Where and when is it on? The match takes place at TUS Gaelic Grounds in Limerick with a 4pm throw-in on Sunday May 25. Who's the referee? Thomas Wales will be the man in the middle for the game. What can I read about and listen to on Our reporters will be building up to the final throughout the weekend and previewing the game ahead of Sunday's throw-in. Listen to Anthony Daly, TJ Ryan, Mark Landers and Liam Sheedy on this week's episode of Dalo's Hurling Show.
Yahoo
11-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Bishop Auckland Pride Festival will return for a second year
A pride festival is set to return for a second year in County Durham this summer. Bishop Auckland Pride will return on Saturday, June 14 promising a full day of free entertainment and community celebration at Bishop Auckland College. Now in its second year, the festival is organised in partnership with Baccanalia and Bishop Auckland College and aims to build on the success of its debut. Bishop Auckland Pride Festival will return for a second year (Image: PROVIDED) It will host an expanded line-up of live music, family-friendly performances, food and craft stalls, creative workshops, inspiring talks and an art and photography exhibition showcasing students' work. Thomas Wales of Baccanalia: 'As a company that supports local growth and community, we're thrilled to be collaborating with Bishop Auckland College again. This year's Pride Festival takes LGBTQ+ celebration and pushes it further into fostering pride in our community, our working-class heritage, and each other." A key feature of the festival is its focus on education and professional development. Bishop Auckland Pride Festival will return for a second year (Image: PROVIDED) Students will take an active role in organising the event, gaining practical experience in areas such as event management, logistics, site coordination and design. Shaun Hope, Principal of Bishop Auckland College said: 'We're proud to host Bishop Auckland Pride once again. It's more than just a celebration- it's a powerful symbol of inclusivity, progress, and togetherness. Our students benefit greatly from being part of something so meaningful." READ MORE: Pictures as Bishop Auckland hosts first Pride event Bishop Auckland creative couple win 'People's Choice Award' Bishop Auckland Pride is part of a broader programme of fringe events and themed activities taking place throughout the town in the lead-up to the main event. For a second consecutive year, Bishop Auckland Town Council has supported the programme, contributing to local regeneration, economic growth, and social cohesion. The festival remains free and open to all.
BBC News
20-03-2025
- Business
- BBC News
Data-sharing app helps Wakefield shops crack down on theft
Businesses in Wakefield are hopeful a new phone app will help tackle retail crime in the app, launched by Safer Wakefield and backed by West Yorkshire Police, Wakefield Council and Wakefield BID, will allow businesses to report crimes in real BID said the app would allow stores to identify patterns and regular Medley, who runs second-hand store My Eco Baby, said she hoped the app would see incidents dealt with "a lot quicker" and help staff feel "a lot safer". Ms Medley said her charity store was a regular target for told the BBC: "We have a lot of crime that comes to our shop."We've been targeted quite a few times, people taking things off hangers and just walking out."A few weeks ago we had someone coming in and just pushing a push chair out that they hadn't paid for." Ms Medley said other incidents - such as people caught putting items up their jumpers - could be more said: "As soon as they are caught and we ask them to put it down, that's when they get aggressive with us."We're quite a female environment here so to have someone aggressive is quite frightening."Ms Medley praised the "brilliant" app, saying: "I think by us all being able to talk together and share information as soon as we see a person coming in who we know is banned, it's going to get stopped straight away."So there is less chance of someone taking the stock away." Thomas Wales from Wakefield BID said the app would allow businesses to "paint a picture" of the types of crimes said: "So if it happens over and over again in different businesses we can say this offender has caused hundreds of pounds' worth of theft and give that evidence to the police."For example over a period of time they might have stolen £1,000 worth of things -£10 here, £10 there - police might not deal with that but it all adds up."We can gather evidence and intelligence and remove people from the city, ban people from the city and proceed with criminal proceedings."Alison Lowe, West Yorkshire Deputy Mayor for Policing and Crime, said: "I'm speaking to local businesses, the council, police and wider community on how we can tackle crime and anti-social behaviour head on through real-time communication and intelligence-sharing."By working together on retail crime and utilising latest technologies like the new app, we can improve reporting and ensure swift action is taken." Listen to highlights from West Yorkshire on BBC Sounds, catch up with the latest episode of Look North.
