Grant Peck, Associated Press Updated 1:11 am CST, Wednesday, February 13, 2019 FILE - In this Feb. 8, 2019, file photo, the leader of Thai Raksa Chart party Preecha Pholphongpanich, center, holds a picture of Princess Ubolratana at election commission of Thailand in Bangkok, Thailand. Summary: The Thai political party that took the unprecedented and ultimately unsuccessful step of nominating a princess as its candidate for prime minister is fighting against moves to dissolve it. less FILE - In this Feb. 8, 2019, file photo, the leader of Thai Raksa Chart party Preecha Pholphongpanich, center, holds a picture of Princess Ubolratana at election commission of Thailand in Bangkok, Thailand. ... more Photo: AP Photo: AP Image 1 of / 3 Caption Close Image 1 of 3 FILE - In this Feb. … [Read more...] about Thai party fighting for survival after gaffe with princess
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School loses fight for survival after failing to find emergency funding
St Nicholas House Prep School, North Walsham. The company behind the school has gone into liquidation after the school closed in December. Picture: ARCHANT Archant Norfolk 2014 A north Norfolk school has lost its battle for survival after running into financial difficulties. Parents of pupils at St Nicholas House Prep School in North Walsham said they were “deeply saddened” to hear the news that it could close without a “significant investment” to help keep it running.But its push for funding was unsuccessful and the school closed its doors at the end of the autumn term in December.On Tuesday a notice appeared on public record site The Gazette to say the company behind the school, St Nicholas House Prep School Limited, had gone into liquidation.Insolvency practitioners from Price Bailey were appointed on January 28 to manage the voluntary liquidation.The school’s directors are Andrew Dewing, of agricultural firm Dewing Grain, and his wife Tessa, director … [Read more...] about School loses fight for survival after failing to find emergency funding
ISIS ‘butchers 700 prisoners’ in desperate revenge killings as Brit fanatics are locked in bloody battle for survival in Syria
HUNDREDS have been wiped out as British fanatics fight for survival in Syria. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said on Wednesday that Islamic State militants had executed nearly 700 prisoners in nearly two months in eastern Syria. Despite these new findings, US President Donald Trump wants to remove troops from Syria, claiming "we've defeated ISIS". Earlier today Trump tweeted: "We have defeated ISIS in Syria, my only reason for being there during the Trump Presidency." He is considering a total withdrawal of US troops as it nears the end of its campaign to regain territory previously held by ISIS. This decision would reverse views that US presence in Syria would help to prevent the reemergence of Islamic state. The UK-based war monitoring group said the prisoners were among 1,350 civilians and fighters that Islamic State had been holding in territory near the Iraqi border. The jihadists control a shrinking strip of land east of the Syria's Euphrates River around the town … [Read more...] about ISIS ‘butchers 700 prisoners’ in desperate revenge killings as Brit fanatics are locked in bloody battle for survival in Syria
Lawrence businesses fight for survival as gas remains shut off
Visit The Boston Globe Share on Twitter Share on Facebook Comment on this Scroll to top of page Jenna Russell Globe Staff October 06, 2018 LAWRENCE — On the summery morning in May when she first unveiled her South Broadway bakery and cafe, Elizabeth Bautista unlocked the door and waited nervously, gazing out the front window at the busy street. She had dreamed for years of opening this little shop. Since immigrating to America from the Dominican Republic, in 2010, she had picked up extra waitress shifts whenever she could, tucking away every spare dollar she earned. When at last she was ready, and had found a space she could afford to rent, Bautista and her friend and business partner, Deya Garcia, worked night after night to make it beautiful.They retiled the floor, replastered the walls and painted them a pale celestial blue, hung blue wallpaper scrolled with delicate gold. They painted the ceiling, balancing on ladders, and painstakingly assembled new … [Read more...] about Lawrence businesses fight for survival as gas remains shut off
New Eltham hammer attack mum, 64, and daughter, 30, fighting for their lives after ‘random assault’ as have-a-go hero helps snare suspect
A MUM and daughter are fighting for their lives following a brutal "hammer attack" by a stranger in a London street yesterday. Joe Xuereb, 27, was arrested on suspicion of two counts of attempted murder after the two women, 64 and 30, were targeted in New Eltham, South East London, on Sunday afternoon. One of the victims was so badly injured that "her face was hanging off," according to another woman who went to their aid. The women were taken to south London hospitals where their condition has been described as critical. Eye-witnesses told how the suspect left the scene "calmly on a pushbike" leaving the women horrifically injured in Adderley Gardens at around 12.10pm. They described the victims "covered in blood" while the suspect walked "calmly" around, swinging his hammer. The woman, who did not want to be named, said: "It was horrific. Her face was hanging off, I was trying to put her face back together. They were definitely life-changing injuries." Video shows police at the scene … [Read more...] about New Eltham hammer attack mum, 64, and daughter, 30, fighting for their lives after ‘random assault’ as have-a-go hero helps snare suspect