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Glasgow Times
6 hours ago
- Business
- Glasgow Times
Newton Mearns postmistress honoured for 40 years of service
Nancy Chant has spent four decades at the helm of Crookfur Post Office in Newton Mearns, but her career in the industry spans more than 50 years. She began her journey at branches in Pollock and Giffnock before working at Crookfur for four years when it was based at Fourboys newsagents on Harvie Avenue. Read more: More: Over 4000 people sign petition to protect under-threat Glasgow post office When Fourboys was set to close, her area manager encouraged her to apply to take over the Crookfur branch. She secured a rent-free first year in a nearby vacant unit and quickly exceeded expectations, tripling the projected income for the site. Nancy said: "The best thing about being a postmistress is the people that you meet. "I love to chat. "I know three generations of the same family, as I have been serving this community for so long. "People recognise me whenever I'm out and about and we have a little chat." She now works part-time, supported by a small team that includes Sandra Pirie, Gurpreet Jassal, and her daughter Jennifer Hill. This allows Nancy more time to spend with her grandchildren and great-granddaughter, who all live nearby. Nancy and Christine Boyle, Post Office area manager (Image: Supplied) In May, Crookfur was upgraded to a mains branch, expanding its services to include a full range of currencies on demand, car tax renewal, passport checking, identity verification, and in-store travel insurance. With the closure of the area's last bank, Santander, at the end of June, the branch now handles even more personal and business banking, including cash and cheque deposits and free withdrawals. It has also been equipped with note and coin counting machines to improve efficiency. Nancy has also expanded the branch's services to include courier options like Evri and DPD. She has made space to store the growing number of parcels, drop-offs, and collections driven by the rise in online shopping and returns. To celebrate her successful 40 years in the role, Nancy was presented with a Post Office 40 Years' Long Service Award. Read more: More: Major plans revealed for Glasgow's Buchanan Galleries after demolition axed Christine Boyle, Post Office area manager, said: "I want to sincerely thank Nancy for her long and loyal service to the Crookfur community. "Nancy's made a real difference to people's lives. "She really is at the heart of her community. "Nancy runs a first-class Post Office and we are delighted to have recently been able to add extra services to her branch to meet the needs of her community."
ABC News
17 hours ago
- Health
- ABC News
PNG declares national HIV crisis
Andy Park: Papua New Guinea has declared a national HIV crisis with the number of new cases increasing by almost 50% in the last decade. PNG correspondent Marion Faa has the story. Marian Faa: Living as a transgender woman in Papua New Guinea, discrimination is part of Nancy's everyday life. Nancy: Papua New Guinea, like PNG, they still have this thing that, I mean if you're a man, you're a man and they don't really, like it's a male or a female, it's just one gender. Marian Faa: But when she was diagnosed with HIV 10 years ago, the stigma doubled. Nancy: I felt hopeless. I just felt like that was the end of my life, yeah, and it really affected me mentally. Marian Faa: Nancy is now healthier than ever thanks to the antiretroviral medication she takes regularly. That's not the case for many. Of the 120,000 people estimated to have HIV in PNG, less than half are accessing medication. And there's concern about a dramatic increase in new infections. Ken Wai is the National Health Secretary in PNG. Ken Wai: The biggest worry is we don't want to run the risk of increasing these numbers. Marian Faa: In the past decade, the number of new cases has nearly doubled from around 6,000 per year in 2015 to 11,000 last year. If the trend continues, Mr Wai says the whole country will suffer. Ken Wai: Then we are going to buy HIV medicine only and then we will run out of money to buy TB drugs and malaria drugs and typhoid drugs and diarrhoea drugs and every others. Marian Faa: He says the PNG government is doing its bit. Ken Wai: Government does not fail in providing money to buy HIV medicines. For the last five years, seven years, we've never run out of HIV medicines and we've never run out of HIV testing reagents. Marian Faa: But UNAIDS, the United Nations HIV prevention arm, says the health department could be doing more. Manoela Manova is the UNAIDS country director in PNG. Manoela Manova: The need for controlling the epidemic is huge, it's enormous and it is estimated to cost 280 million per year. It requires resources and our call is for the government at least to match and to allocate double the amount that is currently allocated. Marian Faa: In PNG, authorities say it'll take a concerted effort from individuals, donors and the government to get things under control. They're urging individuals to practice safe sex, use condoms and get regular health checks. Andy Park: Marion Faa there.
Yahoo
a day ago
- Sport
- Yahoo
Sundhage faces her 'biggest challenge' as she prepares host nation Switzerland for Euro 2025
Switzerland's head coach Pia Sundhage watches her players during a training session, May 28, 2025, ahead of a UEFA Women's Nations League soccer match against France in Saillon, Switzerland. (Jean-Christophe Bott/Keystone via AP) Switzerland head coach Pia Sundhage, right, talks to her players during a UEFA Women's Nations League match against France, Friday, May 30, 2025, in Nancy, France. (Peter Klaunzer/Keystone via AP) Switzerland's head coach Pia Sundhage talks to the media during a press conference Monday, June 2, 2025, ahead of a the UEFA Women's Nations League soccer match against Norway in Sion, Switzerland. (Salvatore Di Nolfi/Keystone via AP) Switzerland's head coach Pia Sundhage talks to the media during a press conference Monday, June 2, 2025, ahead of a the UEFA Women's Nations League soccer match against Norway in Sion, Switzerland. (Salvatore Di Nolfi/Keystone via AP) Switzerland's head coach Pia Sundhage watches her players during a training session, May 28, 2025, ahead of a UEFA Women's Nations League soccer match against France in Saillon, Switzerland. (Jean-Christophe Bott/Keystone via AP) Switzerland head coach Pia Sundhage, right, talks to her players during a UEFA Women's Nations League match against France, Friday, May 30, 2025, in Nancy, France. (Peter Klaunzer/Keystone via AP) Switzerland's head coach Pia Sundhage talks to the media during a press conference Monday, June 2, 2025, ahead of a the UEFA Women's Nations League soccer match against Norway in Sion, Switzerland. (Salvatore Di Nolfi/Keystone via AP) GENEVA (AP) — Soccer great Pia Sundhage's long international career stretches back a decade beyond the first Women's European Championship she won decisively for Sweden in 1984. Now aged 65, the two-time Olympic title-winning coach — both times for the United States — is preparing host nation Switzerland's team to kick off Euro 2025 next Wednesday. Advertisement 'I would say it's the biggest challenge I have ever had,' said Sundhage, who has coached in a World Cup final, three Olympic gold-medal games and a Copa América final. 'It is really, really interesting.' Her first tournament coaching the Swiss is 41 years after the inaugural Euros was won in conditions that seem more than a lifetime ago for women's soccer. In 1984, the four-team UEFA competition was home-and-away semifinals and final, with second legs played weeks after the first in games of 70 minutes, not 90. The title was won in England with fewer than 3,000 fans in the stadium and no national television coverage. Sweden beat England in a penalty shootout after each won the home leg 1-0. At the muddy, rain-soaked home field of Luton Town, Sundhage added to her first-leg goal to score the winning spot-kick, captured in fuzzy footage of the game. Advertisement The Swedish champions got home to find their victory celebrated in a rare two-page newspaper spread. 'That was just unique,' Sundhage recalled to reporters at a recent briefing. 'Two pages, are you kidding me? Oh look, there's a picture as well.' In 2025, Switzerland will play to packed stadiums in a 16-nation event that will set a tournament record of about 600,000 spectators. The venues are Switzerland's best and four of the eight also were used at the men's Euro 2008 co-hosted with Austria. Sundhage has been there for most stops on the women's soccer journey: helping Sweden win that first European title, then taking third place at the first Women's World Cup in 1991. She coached host Sweden to the Euro 2013 semifinals and now has a second chance with a home team. Advertisement The challenge to get Switzerland tournament-ready has Sundhage drawing on what she learned coaching in China, the U.S, Sweden and Brazil — leaving her, she said, 'really rich' in experiences. 'All these different teams, countries have made me really open minded,' said the coach who believes passionately in teamwork though is very much her own person. After each Olympic title, in 2008 and 2012, she declined the traditional invitation for U.S. team gold medalists to visit the White House. From presidents on each side of the aisle. 'I felt like I'm not connected to the White House,' Sundhage explained recently. 'If I have a choice I can go in the other direction, I'm going to do that. Regardless, Bush or Obama, I'd rather go back to Sweden.' Advertisement For five years she coached a stellar U.S. squad that was denied a World Cup title in 2011 by Japan only by a penalty shootout. She was immersed in a sporting culture where 'they know how to bring out the best,' Sundhage recalled. Switzerland is different, with players that have experience and promise yet a tendency their coach sees of taking too few risks, being too 'correct.' 'You have to get crazy. That means you are going to make a mistake. And that is scary for a Swiss player,' she suggested. 'The biggest mistake you can actually do is not trying,' said Sundhage, who defied social expectations in her Swedish childhood to forge a career in soccer. 'Otherwise you will never ever find out how good you are.' ___ AP soccer:
Daily Mirror
2 days ago
- Entertainment
- Daily Mirror
EastEnders star speaks out on grandmother assumptions as she shows weight loss
Lorraine Stanley, known for playing Karen Taylor on EastEnders, was met with reaction after sharing a video of the BBC soap star dancing with her daughter Nancy Former EastEnders cast member Lorraine Stanley has addressed the suggestion that she's a grandparent. It comes after she was met with reaction from fans on TikTok after posting a video of herself dancing alongside her daughter. Lorraine, 48, who played Karen Taylor on the BBC soap, and her fiancé Mark Perez are parents to Nancy, nine, together. She occassionally features in videos shared by the actor on the platform, with the mother and daughter often taking on dance trends at home together. The latest, uploaded last week, saw Lorraine and Nancy perform a choreographed routine to Maroon 5 and SZA 's song What Lovers Do. Lorraine wrote in the caption: "It's been a while!" She included hashtags like #motherdaughter. It's attracted more than 40,000 likes and fans reacted to the video in the comments section. The reaction included the suggestion that Nancy was Lorraine's granddaughter, which led the former soap star to assert that wasn't the case. One asked: "Is that your granddaughter?" Alongside an emoji depicting a face with rolling eyes, Lorraine replied to them: "Daughter." In another reply, beside a laughing emoj, she wrote: "Daughter #motherdaughter is a bit of a clue." Someone else wrote in the comments section just days ago: "Nothing better than seeing a grandparent have that kind of fun with their grandchild." Seemingly amused by it, Lorraine replied by sharing a trio of laughing emojis. Lorraine - whose five stone weight loss in recent years has continued to attract attention - was also met with praise over her apppearance. It included her receiving compliments from a former colleague from EastEnders. Shona McGarty, 33, who played Whitney Dean on the soap opera, wrote in the comments section: "Lou! Love this." She added: "You look great!" Lorraine shared her appreciation by replying to Shona: "Thank you mate!!!! Lots of love." One fan wrote: "You look incredible!! Look how happy your daughter is to be doing the dances with you too. So lovely." Another said: "You look fantastic you were always my favourite on eastenders you were so funny." Another said: "Oh how cute is this! & the smiles from both of you say it all. looking wonderful you have an amazing summer." Someone wrote: "You look great! Glad you're happy and enjoying dancing with your family." Several fans asked Lorraine about her weight loss. It comes after she revealed in a post on TikTok back in April that she had gastric sleeve surgery. Lorraine suggested at the time that it took place towards the start of 2023. Alongside photos of her from different stages of the experience, she told her followers: "It's been over two years since I started my journey. Lots of you are asking how I did it.I hope you enjoy my little weight loss journey video." Lorraine gave further details in the comments section at the time. She told one fan: "I was slightly embarrassed to tell the world I'd had surgery." She also said: "I wish I could say it was [through diet], but I did have to change my diet & still have to work hard to eat the right stuff to maintain it."
Borneo Post
2 days ago
- Borneo Post
Nancy Shukri calls for thorough, transparent investigation into Kuching student's death in Cyberjaya
Nancy (right) hugs a family member of the late Maniishapriet during her visit this morning. – Photo via Facebook/Hajah Nancy Haji Shukri KUCHING (June 26): Women, Family and Community Development Minister, Datuk Seri Nancy Shukri, has called for a thorough, fair and transparent investigation into the alleged murder of a 20-year-old university student from Kuching. During a visit to the victim's family this morning, she offered her condolences and expressed hope that justice will be served. 'I pray the family will be given strength and resilience during this difficult time,' she said on Facebook, adding that the body was still en route from Serdang Hospital at the time of her visit. Maniishapriet Kaur Akhara was found dead in her dormitory room at the Mutiara Ville condominium in Cyberjaya on Tuesday morning (June 24). She had stayed behind for an exam while her five housemates left for the holidays on June 21. Several of her belongings, including a laptop, were missing. Videos circulating online showed police transporting the body to Serdang Hospital. A post-mortem revealed the cause of death was blunt force trauma to the head. Sepang police chief ACP Norhizam Bahaman said there were no signs of forced entry or sexual assault. 'Based on the preliminary autopsy report, police deny allegations circulating on social media that the victim was raped and murdered,' he said. The case is being investigated under Section 302 of the Penal Code. Police have urged the public not to spread unverified information and advised anyone with information to contact ASP Mohd Husny Hussien at 012-9307860 or the nearest police station. Cyberjaya investigation Kuching student lead murder nancy shukri
