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Glasgow Times
13 hours ago
- Entertainment
- Glasgow Times
James TW to lead candlelit concert at Òran Mór in Glasgow
The British singer-songwriter will perform at Òran Mór on October 7, as part of the Candlelight® Original Session Tour by Fever. Known for his emotional ballads and acoustic pop songs, James will treat fans to an exclusive live performance of his top hits. The concert, which is part of a series of live shows across Europe, Australia, the UK, and Ireland, promises to transform iconic venues with thousands of candles for an intimate and memorable experience. Read more: 'Information is known locally' claim police investigating murder bid Princess Royal honours crime victim support volunteers in Glasgow Footage released of man in football top after train incident James, who has more than 2.5 billion streams of songs such as When You Love Someone, You & Me, and Speechless, and a sold-out Candlelight show in London, is set to light up the stage at 9.30pm. Tickets are now available on the Fever app and website at The Candlelight Original Sessions offer a unique musical experience with both emerging and renowned artists performing in intimate settings. International names such as Bastille, Conor Maynard, and Celeste have already graced the Candlelight stage. The event marks James TW's first performance in Glasgow as part of the Candlelight series.
BBC News
2 days ago
- Entertainment
- BBC News
In pictures: Princess Royal among 140th Lincolnshire Show guests
Thousands of people have attended the 140th Lincolnshire annual event at the Lincolnshire Showground, just outside Lincoln, showcases the county's farming since 1869, it features livestock and equine year, the Princess Royal attended. Listen to highlights from Lincolnshire on BBC Sounds, watch the latest episode of Look North or tell us about a story you think we should be covering here.
Scotsman
5 days ago
- General
- Scotsman
Charity doesn't begin at home but where it is needed most
The Princess Royal held a Charities Forum at Buckingham Palace I am not particularly fond of the saying 'charity begins at home'. There is so much hurt and need in this world that there shouldn't be any boundaries to our generosity. Sign up to our daily newsletter Sign up Thank you for signing up! Did you know with a Digital Subscription to Edinburgh News, you can get unlimited access to the website including our premium content, as well as benefiting from fewer ads, loyalty rewards and much more. Learn More Sorry, there seem to be some issues. Please try again later. Submitting... Our natural human instinct may be to take care of our own, but if the world is to flourish, we surely must accept our responsibility to people we may never meet, but whose lives matter just as much as those of our friends and neighbours. I have been privileged in the last ten days to spend time with people who do just that, who dedicate their spare time – sometimes their whole life – to caring for strangers. Advertisement Hide Ad Advertisement Hide Ad First I attended a seminar in Buckingham Palace, hosted by HRH The Princess Royal, on the challenges facing charities today. I was there representing the Scotland Malawi Partnership – Princess Anne is the network's honorary co-patron – and once I had recovered from the shock of being in the palace, rather than seeing it on TV, I learned a lot from the four impressive speakers, including Her Royal Highness. Perhaps the biggest lesson I took away was the importance of the charity and voluntary sector in society, whether it is supporting survivors of spinal injuries or helping girls in Africa complete their education. And as the government's spending cuts start to bite, charities will have an even more crucial role to play. Advertisement Hide Ad Advertisement Hide Ad Then last Thursday, I was the guest speaker at Grangemouth Rotary, where I spoke about the work I do for the McConnell International Foundation and its scholar-ship programme for girls in Malawi. Until recently I knew very little about Rotary. I had heard of it of course, but had not fully understood the scale of its work. It is one of the largest and most successful humanitarian service organisations in the world, with 1.4m members in 34,000 clubs around the globe. And while it was founded in Chicago in 1905 by Paul Harris, a lawyer, his wife Jean was from Edinburgh. In fact, their house in Chicago was named Comely Bank and Jean returned to live in the Capital after Paul died, and she is buried in Newington Cemetery. Rotary supports many good causes across the world, including education, protecting the environment and saving mothers and children. Remarkably, since 1985 it has also led global efforts to eradicate polio around the world, raising over $2 billion to immunise three billion children. Advertisement Hide Ad Advertisement Hide Ad And the thing about Rotary is that it is made up of people just like you and me. Some may be experts in their field, but the one thing that unites every member is their commitment to service, fellowship and diversity. On Thursday night, I heard of the Grangemouth club's generous work with CHAS, Scotland's children's hospice, and recently the Edinburgh club made a donation to the McConnell International Foundation which will keep ten Malawi girls in school for a year. Rotary members are an example to us all. Their philanthropy has no borders. Their efforts are directed at charities here in Scotland, as well as countries most members will never visit. As the world becomes more unsettled, we should all be very grateful that organisations like Rotary continue their life-changing work.
The Independent
6 days ago
- Politics
- The Independent
Why King Charles and senior Royals are wearing black armbands for Trooping the Colour
The King will lead the nation in remembering those killed in the Air India plane crash when a minute's silence is observed during Trooping the Colour. Charles has requested the moment of reflection in tribute to the 241 passengers and crew killed, and others affected, when a Boeing 787 Dreamliner bound for Gatwick Airport came down on Thursday in the Indian city of Ahmedabad. Black armbands will also be worn by the head of state and senior royals riding in the ceremony on Saturday, also known as the King's Birthday Parade, a spectacle of military pomp and pageantry on Horse Guards Parade. On horseback and wearing the armbands will be the Prince of Wales, Colonel of the Welsh Guards, the Princess Royal, Colonel Blues and Royals, and the Duke of Edinburgh, Colonel Scots Guards. The Queen, the Princess of Wales and the Duchess of Edinburgh are expected to be among the royal party watching the event and royal fans will hope Prince George, Princess Charlotte and Prince Louis will join them as they did last year. Members of the royal family not taking part in the parade and who normally watch events from the Duke of Wellington's former office will not wear black armbands. A Buckingham Palace spokesperson said the King requested amendments to the Trooping the Colour programme 'as a mark of respect for the lives lost, the families in mourning and all the communities affected by this awful tragedy'. In 2017 Trooping was held a few days days after the Grenfell Tower blaze and the loss of life was marked by a minute's silence, a decision taken by Queen Elizabeth II. The King issued a written message soon after the India plane crash saying he was 'desperately shocked by the terrible events' and expressing his 'deepest possible sympathy'. He was kept updated about the developing situation on Thursday and it later emerged there was a sole survivor, UK national Vishwash Kumar Ramesh. The minute's silence will be observed after the King has inspected the guardsmen on the parade ground. It will be signalled by a bugler sounding the Last Post and will end with the Reveille. Black armbands will also be worn by senior officers taking part in Trooping, as well as coachmen and women from the Royal Mews, driving carriages carrying members of the royal family or riding a coach's lead horse as a postilion.
Yahoo
6 days ago
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
See the best pictures from Trooping the Colour - as King pays tribute to plane crash victims
The King has marked his official birthday at the Trooping the Colour parade, wearing a black armband in tribute to those killed in the Air India plane crash. More than 1,300 soldiers took part in the ceremony at Horse Guards Parade in Whitehall. The event has marked the official birthday of the UK monarch on the second Saturday of June for more than 260 years. The King previously said he was "desperately shocked" at the aviation disaster that , including more than 50 British nationals. The 76-year-old King will lead the nation in a minute's silence, with black armbands worn by senior royals, including the Prince of Wales, the Princess Royal and the Duke of Edinburgh. The Queen, the Princess of Wales and the Duchess of Edinburgh were among the royal party watching the event with Prince George, Princess Charlotte and Prince Louis. Singer-songwriter Matt Goss, who rose to fame in the mid-1980s, also attended the event. A Buckingham Palace spokesperson said the King requested amendments to the Trooping the Colour programme "as a mark of respect for the lives lost, the families in mourning and all the communities affected by this awful tragedy". In 2017, Trooping was held a few days after the Grenfell Tower blaze and the loss of life was marked by a minute's silence, a decision taken by Queen Elizabeth II. Away from performing ceremonial duties, the soldiers taking part in the military display are fighting soldiers. The colour, or regimental flag, being trooped this year is the King's Colour of Number 7 Company, Coldstream Guards, a prestigious regiment known as the sovereign's bodyguard. It is celebrating its 375th anniversary this year. The day will end with the royal family gathering on Buckingham Palace's balcony for the gun salutes in Green Park and the traditional RAF flypast. The King's real birthday is on 14 November.
