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_news-headlines-the-grand-hotel-scarborough-yorkshire-building-society-ceo39s-39golden-hello39-and-how-to-talk-yorkshire.jpg "Today's news headlines with Sophie Mei Lan Malin:<br/><br/>- Yorkshire Building Society defends £2.5m golden hello to new CEO Susan Allen as 'common practice'<br/>Yorkshire Building Society has defended a £2.5m 'golden hello' payment to incoming chief executive Susan Allen as \")
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_storm-kathleen-flooding-chaos-in-sussex-after-river-arun-bursts-its-banks-and-holiday-park-evacuated.jpg "The emergency services have been dealing with major flooding incidents in Sussex overnight. <br/>Storm Kathleen has sparked flooding chaos, with the River Arun bursting its banks in Littlehampton and a holiday park near Chichester having to be evacuated and people told to get to high places in their homes. <br/>Video courtesy of Eddie Mitchell")
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_jelly-roll-takes-home-3-cmt-awards-morgan-wallen-arrested-for-reckless-endangerment-and-disorderly-conduct-billie-eilish.jpg "Jelly Roll leaves the 2024 CMT Awards the most decorated artist of the night with 3 wins. The singer took home awards for video of the year, male video of the year, and CMT performance of the year, all for his hit song 'Need a Favor.' This is the second consecutive year he has taken home 3 awards, having won male video of the year, male breakthrough video of the year and CMT digital-first performance of the year at the 2023 ceremony. Country artist Morgan Wallen arrested after throwing chair off rooftop bar in Nashville. It is reported that Wallen threw the chair from 6 stories high before it landed next to nearby police positioned outside the bar. The singer was arrested on three counts of reckless endangerment and disorderly conduct following the incident. Billie Eilish to release third album Hit Me Hard and Soft on May 17. The Oscar and Grammy winning singer took to Instagram to make the announcement, writing 'Finneas and I truly could not be more proud of this album and we absolutely can't wait for you to hear it.' No singles will be released prior to the album's May 17 debut. In today's birthday news: actor Dean Norris turns 61, musician Julian Lennon 61, actress Robin Wright 58, actress Patricia Arquette 56, actress Emma Caulfield 51, actress Katee Sackhoff 44, actor Taylor Kitsch 43, and The 1975 frontman Matty Healy 35.")
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_92.jpg "A mum-to-be was diagnosed with cancer at five months pregnant - when her extreme morning sickness turned out to be a symptom of the disease. <br/><br/>Caitlin McAlinden, 24, put her cancer symptoms - including a golf ball-sized lump on her neck, nausea and fatigue - down to morning sickness.<br/><br/>But after losing two stone in four months she was referred to a haematology team at Arrowe Park, the Wirral. <br/><br/>They gave her a neck biopsy and diagnosed her with stage one Hodgkin lymphoma in March 2024. <br/><br/>Caitlin is expected to make a full recovery but has to take a steroid injection and a blood-thinning pill every morning. <br/><br/>After her baby boy is born, on May 8, she’ll start a four-week course of chemotherapy. <br/><br/>Caitlin, a primary school teacher, from Wirral, Merseyside, said: “This isn’t the pregnancy I was hoping for - I haven’t felt well this entire time. <br/><br/>“Everything I want to do after my baby is born has to be put on pause due to the chemo. <br/><br/>“My odds are really good - but having my baby will be a good distraction for everything I’m going through.”<br/><br/>Caitlin found out she was pregnant on September 16, 2023 - after feeling nauseous at her birthday dinner the week before. <br/><br/>Her first trimester was “rocky” and she originally believed she had a severe form of morning sickness.<br/><br/>She was vomiting at least once a day and would fall asleep intermittently throughout the day. <br/><br/>But it wasn’t until Christmas Day that she first noticed the pain in her neck and after weighing herself, noticed she’d lost two stone. <br/><br/>She said: “I went back to County Armagh to visit my family for Christmas. <br/><br/>“I remember Christmas Day, falling asleep on the sofa and waking up with a really sore neck. <br/><br/>“I thought I’d just slept funny, but I started massaging my neck.<br/><br/>“That’s when I found a lump, about the size of a pea.”<br/><br/>Caitlin didn’t want to see a GP at first - believing the lump was just another “weird” sign of pregnancy. <br/><br/>But in just a week, her tiredness became worse and the pea-size lump tripled in size.<br/><br/>“I was so, so tired,” she said. <br/><br/>“Walking up the stairs alone would make me need to go for a lie down.<br/><br/>“I felt my neck again one day and the lump had become golf ball-sized.”<br/><br/>Her partner, Connor, 27, a procurement manager, told Caitlin she needed to see a doctor as soon as possible. <br/><br/>She visited her GP on January 2 and was referred for an initial ultrasound on her neck. <br/><br/>They gave her a biopsy on January 16 and the clinician asked Caitlin if she had any family history of Hodgkin lymphoma. <br/><br/>She told them one of her second cousins had gone through it years before and they urgently sent her for more blood tests. <br/><br/>“My doctor’s whole demeanour changed when I said I had a family history of it,” Caitlin said. <br/><br/>“I went for a blood test on the same day.”<br/><br/>Caitlin was diagnosed with stage one Hodgkin lymphoma on March 12, 2024, and instantly started steroid treatment to shrink the mass on her neck.")
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_rnli-heroes-rescue-stranded-humpback-whale.jpg "Incredible footage shows RNLI heroes rescuing a humpback whale - entangled in a lobster rope line. <br/><br/>The large mammal with a distinctive white tail, which had been seen locally in Cornwall months before and named Ivy, had sadly become trapped in lobster pot lines in Mount's Bay, West Cornwall.<br/><br/>Four rescuers from the RNLI managed to free the humpback whale after a rescue mission that took around 30 minutes on choppy seas.<br/><br/>The incident happened in Mount’s Bay, near the port of Newlyn, at 10am on Sunday, 31 March 31.")
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_this-billionaire-bought-over-a-thousand-small-businesses-and-never-lost-a-dime.jpg "Staying small is working out big time for Shore Capital. Their average internal rate of return on its 14 exits, all in health care, is 53%, net of fees. That’s nearly triple the average net IRR of U.S. buyout funds raised since 2009, according to data from Cambridge Associates. After Shore took its 20% to 30% cut of profits, its exits multiplied investors’ money by 5.5 times on average, also nearly triple the average total value to paid-in capital multiple of U.S. buyout funds raised during that period. Shore has never unloaded a company for less than three times cost before fees, nor, it says, has it ever suffered a loss. “Those are top 1% returns in private equity,” marvels one investor who asked not to be identified, citing his organization’s press policy. “That’s rarefied air, right? That’s more like venture capital than a traditional buyout firm.”<br/><br/>Ishbia and his team have acquired more than 1,000 mom-and-pop shops across the country (average cost: $15 million) since Shore’s 2009 founding and rolled them up into 61 larger chains of things including autism treatment clinics, bakeries and exterminators. “We’re buying businesses in Akron, Ohio, and Pittsburgh, and Birmingham, Alabama,” Ishbia says. “There’s more low-hanging fruit for me. It’s Joe Schmo on Main Street.”<br/><br/>Shore then invests in computer systems and equipment, stacks the businesses’ boards with industry veterans and hunts for complementary companies in adjacent markets. “We’re just buying and buying and buying,” says Ishbia, who insists Shore doesn’t take on as much debt as other private equity firms and doesn’t cut services or head count. “The private equity world gets a bad rap for ‘buy this, slash that.’ We are growth—we have almost 35,000 employees and hire thousands per year.”<br/><br/>Read the full story on Forbes: https://www.forbes.com/sites/mattdurot/2024/04/08/this-main-street-billionaire-bought-over-a-thousand-small-businesses-and-never-lost-a-dime-justin-ishbia/?sh=3140aa9e39ee<br/><br/>Subscribe to FORBES: https://www.youtube.com/user/Forbes?sub_confirmation=1<br/><br/>Fuel your success with Forbes. Gain unlimited access to premium journalism, including breaking news, groundbreaking in-depth reported stories, daily digests and more. Plus, members get a front-row seat at members-only events with leading thinkers and doers, access to premium video that can help you get ahead, an ad-light experience, early access to select products including NFT drops and more:<br/><br/>https://account.forbes.com/membership/?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=display&utm_campaign=growth_non-sub_paid_subscribe_ytdescript<br/><br/>Stay Connected<br/>Forbes newsletters: https://newsletters.editorial.forbes.com<br/>Forbes on Facebook: http://fb.com/forbes<br/>Forbes Video on Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/forbes<br/>Forbes Video on Instagram: http://instagram.com/forbes<br/>More From Forbes:http://forbes.com<br/><br/>Forbes covers the intersection of entrepreneurship, wealth, technology, business and lifestyle with a focus on people and success.")
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_launch-of-glen-rosa-at-ferguson-marine.jpg "Launch of Glen Rosa at Ferguson Marine<br/><br/>Glen Rosa launch: What future for Ferguson Marine as hugely-delayed ferry leaves slipway?<br/><br/>It had taken shape at Ferguson Marine over more than eight years, but then, in a matter of seconds on Tuesday, was gone – leaving behind questions about the shipyard’s future (and recent turbulent past) as big as the huge slipway it had just vacated.<br/><br/>Glen Rosa’s belated launch could turn out to be the turning point for the embattled Port Glasgow yard. But we don’t know yet whether it’s towards the brighter future wellbeing economy Mairi McAllan talked up as the ship was sent on its way, or whether the yard’s hopes have effectively sailed away with the vessel.<br/><br/>Ms McAllan, surrounded by female apprentices as she spoke, pointed to them being the future of Scottish shipbuilding, which she said meant it was “in safe hands”.<br/><br/>The Cabinet secretary said later that her officials had just taken receipt of a bid for new investment from the yard to make it more competitive – which could be vital if Ferguson Marine is to secure a crucial contract to build seven smaller CalMac ferries similar to those it successfully completed in the not-so-distant past.<br/><br/>I also understand it will have to bid for the work rather than receive a direct award, to comply with international competition rules. However, Ms McAllan made no reference to Glen Rosa – and sister vessel Glen Sannox before it – being hugely behind schedule and multiple times over budget.<br/><br/>There was also nothing about the shock sacking of Ferguson Marine chief executive David Tydeman two weeks ago over “performance” issues, which senior industry officials told me was “unbelievable”. One said: “That guy is the best you have seen by a country mile.”<br/><br/>Glen Sannox left the yard for the last time last week for further sea trials, with the remaining work, including pipework for its liquefied natural gas fuel system, being completed at a dock in Greenock prior to its scheduled completion in May or June, with an update on this due next week.<br/><br/>If there are no further delays, the ferry is expected to start carrying passengers on the main Arran route to Brodick around August following CalMac’s own trials.<br/><br/>Glen Rosa is due to be finished in September next year. But as the crowd of hundreds – families of workers, locals and curious others – watched it slide away into the Clyde, more than just a landmark for drivers on the adjacent A8 has disappeared. The gap now spells “what next?”<br/><br/>Ferguson Marine’s interim chief executive John Petticrew, albeit a born and bred Inverclyde shipbuilder, and yard board member, is very much a caretaker manager, who has effectively been parachuted in for six months from Canada, where he now lives, to “put my best efforts into getting the vessels out of here as quickly as possible”.<br/><br/>Will he do things differently from his predecessor? “It’s a matter")
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_curtis-stigers39s-delight-when-gifted-a-titanic-guitar.jpg "Multi-platinum singer Curtis Stigers was thrilled last Saturday when he was gifted a Titanic Guitar.<br/><br/>Iain Wilson of IBC-Music presented the award-winning American singer/songwriter with the Belfast made instrument just before his sell-out Ulster Hall concert.<br/><br/>The Dundonald-based musical instrument manufacturer recently launched its first acoustic guitar brand shortly after the success of winning the prestigious King’s Award at Buckingham Palace.<br/><br/>Titanic Guitars is a unique line that pays homage to the tradition of Irish music and guitar building.<br/><br/>Iain Wilson, founder and managing director of IBC-Music said: “It was an honour to be able to present a Titanic Guitar, which is made in Belfast, to Curtis<br/><br/>Stigers and I hope that he enjoys playing it and hopefully performing on stage with it for many years to come.”<br/><br/>Made from rose wood back and sides and European spruce top, this guitar is also aesthetically beautiful with ornate Celtic inlay.<br/><br/>Stigers, whose hits include ‘You’re All That Matters to Me’, ‘I Wonder Why’ and (What’s So Funny ‘Bout) Peace Love and Understanding, which Stigers recorded for the soundtrack album to the Whitney Houston movie ‘The Bodyguard’, was extremely impressed with his new Titanic Guitar.<br/><br/>He explained: “It’s gorgeous, look at that thing!”")
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_british-airways-stewardess-ordered-home-after-drunken-row-at-2000-a-night-maldives-hotel.jpg "British Airways is investigating after a stewardess was ordered home following a drunken altercation at a £2,000-a-night hotel in the Maldives.The airline worker was flown back to the UK following complaints about the behaviour of her group.The stewardess, her daughter and a friend had been staying at the Oblu Xperience Ailafushi with the rest of the BA flight team, who had flown from Heathrow to capital Malé last week.")
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_jelly-roll-takes-home-3-cmt-awards-morgan-wallen-arrested-for-reckless-endangerment-and-disorderly-conduct-billie-eilish.webp "Jelly Roll leaves the 2024 CMT Awards the most decorated artist of the night with 3 wins. The singer took home awards for video of the year, male video of the year, and CMT performance of the year, all for his hit song 'Need a Favor.' This is the second consecutive year he has taken home 3 awards, having won male video of the year, male breakthrough video of the year and CMT digital-first performance of the year at the 2023 ceremony. Country artist Morgan Wallen arrested after throwing chair off rooftop bar in Nashville. It is reported that Wallen threw the chair from 6 stories high before it landed next to nearby police positioned outside the bar. The singer was arrested on three counts of reckless endangerment and disorderly conduct following the incident. Billie Eilish to release third album Hit Me Hard and Soft on May 17. The Oscar and Grammy winning singer took to Instagram to make the announcement, writing 'Finneas and I truly could not be more proud of this album and we absolutely can't wait for you to hear it.' No singles will be released prior to the album's May 17 debut. In today's birthday news: actor Dean Norris turns 61, musician Julian Lennon 61, actress Robin Wright 58, actress Patricia Arquette 56, actress Emma Caulfield 51, actress Katee Sackhoff 44, actor Taylor Kitsch 43, and The 1975 frontman Matty Healy 35.")
_92.webp "A mum-to-be was diagnosed with cancer at five months pregnant - when her extreme morning sickness turned out to be a symptom of the disease. <br/><br/>Caitlin McAlinden, 24, put her cancer symptoms - including a golf ball-sized lump on her neck, nausea and fatigue - down to morning sickness.<br/><br/>But after losing two stone in four months she was referred to a haematology team at Arrowe Park, the Wirral. <br/><br/>They gave her a neck biopsy and diagnosed her with stage one Hodgkin lymphoma in March 2024. <br/><br/>Caitlin is expected to make a full recovery but has to take a steroid injection and a blood-thinning pill every morning. <br/><br/>After her baby boy is born, on May 8, she’ll start a four-week course of chemotherapy. <br/><br/>Caitlin, a primary school teacher, from Wirral, Merseyside, said: “This isn’t the pregnancy I was hoping for - I haven’t felt well this entire time. <br/><br/>“Everything I want to do after my baby is born has to be put on pause due to the chemo. <br/><br/>“My odds are really good - but having my baby will be a good distraction for everything I’m going through.”<br/><br/>Caitlin found out she was pregnant on September 16, 2023 - after feeling nauseous at her birthday dinner the week before. <br/><br/>Her first trimester was “rocky” and she originally believed she had a severe form of morning sickness.<br/><br/>She was vomiting at least once a day and would fall asleep intermittently throughout the day. <br/><br/>But it wasn’t until Christmas Day that she first noticed the pain in her neck and after weighing herself, noticed she’d lost two stone. <br/><br/>She said: “I went back to County Armagh to visit my family for Christmas. <br/><br/>“I remember Christmas Day, falling asleep on the sofa and waking up with a really sore neck. <br/><br/>“I thought I’d just slept funny, but I started massaging my neck.<br/><br/>“That’s when I found a lump, about the size of a pea.”<br/><br/>Caitlin didn’t want to see a GP at first - believing the lump was just another “weird” sign of pregnancy. <br/><br/>But in just a week, her tiredness became worse and the pea-size lump tripled in size.<br/><br/>“I was so, so tired,” she said. <br/><br/>“Walking up the stairs alone would make me need to go for a lie down.<br/><br/>“I felt my neck again one day and the lump had become golf ball-sized.”<br/><br/>Her partner, Connor, 27, a procurement manager, told Caitlin she needed to see a doctor as soon as possible. <br/><br/>She visited her GP on January 2 and was referred for an initial ultrasound on her neck. <br/><br/>They gave her a biopsy on January 16 and the clinician asked Caitlin if she had any family history of Hodgkin lymphoma. <br/><br/>She told them one of her second cousins had gone through it years before and they urgently sent her for more blood tests. <br/><br/>“My doctor’s whole demeanour changed when I said I had a family history of it,” Caitlin said. <br/><br/>“I went for a blood test on the same day.”<br/><br/>Caitlin was diagnosed with stage one Hodgkin lymphoma on March 12, 2024, and instantly started steroid treatment to shrink the mass on her neck.")
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_rnli-heroes-rescue-stranded-humpback-whale.webp "Incredible footage shows RNLI heroes rescuing a humpback whale - entangled in a lobster rope line. <br/><br/>The large mammal with a distinctive white tail, which had been seen locally in Cornwall months before and named Ivy, had sadly become trapped in lobster pot lines in Mount's Bay, West Cornwall.<br/><br/>Four rescuers from the RNLI managed to free the humpback whale after a rescue mission that took around 30 minutes on choppy seas.<br/><br/>The incident happened in Mount’s Bay, near the port of Newlyn, at 10am on Sunday, 31 March 31.")
_this-billionaire-bought-over-a-thousand-small-businesses-and-never-lost-a-dime.webp "Staying small is working out big time for Shore Capital. Their average internal rate of return on its 14 exits, all in health care, is 53%, net of fees. That’s nearly triple the average net IRR of U.S. buyout funds raised since 2009, according to data from Cambridge Associates. After Shore took its 20% to 30% cut of profits, its exits multiplied investors’ money by 5.5 times on average, also nearly triple the average total value to paid-in capital multiple of U.S. buyout funds raised during that period. Shore has never unloaded a company for less than three times cost before fees, nor, it says, has it ever suffered a loss. “Those are top 1% returns in private equity,” marvels one investor who asked not to be identified, citing his organization’s press policy. “That’s rarefied air, right? That’s more like venture capital than a traditional buyout firm.”<br/><br/>Ishbia and his team have acquired more than 1,000 mom-and-pop shops across the country (average cost: $15 million) since Shore’s 2009 founding and rolled them up into 61 larger chains of things including autism treatment clinics, bakeries and exterminators. “We’re buying businesses in Akron, Ohio, and Pittsburgh, and Birmingham, Alabama,” Ishbia says. “There’s more low-hanging fruit for me. It’s Joe Schmo on Main Street.”<br/><br/>Shore then invests in computer systems and equipment, stacks the businesses’ boards with industry veterans and hunts for complementary companies in adjacent markets. “We’re just buying and buying and buying,” says Ishbia, who insists Shore doesn’t take on as much debt as other private equity firms and doesn’t cut services or head count. “The private equity world gets a bad rap for ‘buy this, slash that.’ We are growth—we have almost 35,000 employees and hire thousands per year.”<br/><br/>Read the full story on Forbes: https://www.forbes.com/sites/mattdurot/2024/04/08/this-main-street-billionaire-bought-over-a-thousand-small-businesses-and-never-lost-a-dime-justin-ishbia/?sh=3140aa9e39ee<br/><br/>Subscribe to FORBES: https://www.youtube.com/user/Forbes?sub_confirmation=1<br/><br/>Fuel your success with Forbes. Gain unlimited access to premium journalism, including breaking news, groundbreaking in-depth reported stories, daily digests and more. Plus, members get a front-row seat at members-only events with leading thinkers and doers, access to premium video that can help you get ahead, an ad-light experience, early access to select products including NFT drops and more:<br/><br/>https://account.forbes.com/membership/?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=display&utm_campaign=growth_non-sub_paid_subscribe_ytdescript<br/><br/>Stay Connected<br/>Forbes newsletters: https://newsletters.editorial.forbes.com<br/>Forbes on Facebook: http://fb.com/forbes<br/>Forbes Video on Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/forbes<br/>Forbes Video on Instagram: http://instagram.com/forbes<br/>More From Forbes:http://forbes.com<br/><br/>Forbes covers the intersection of entrepreneurship, wealth, technology, business and lifestyle with a focus on people and success.")
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_launch-of-glen-rosa-at-ferguson-marine.webp "Launch of Glen Rosa at Ferguson Marine<br/><br/>Glen Rosa launch: What future for Ferguson Marine as hugely-delayed ferry leaves slipway?<br/><br/>It had taken shape at Ferguson Marine over more than eight years, but then, in a matter of seconds on Tuesday, was gone – leaving behind questions about the shipyard’s future (and recent turbulent past) as big as the huge slipway it had just vacated.<br/><br/>Glen Rosa’s belated launch could turn out to be the turning point for the embattled Port Glasgow yard. But we don’t know yet whether it’s towards the brighter future wellbeing economy Mairi McAllan talked up as the ship was sent on its way, or whether the yard’s hopes have effectively sailed away with the vessel.<br/><br/>Ms McAllan, surrounded by female apprentices as she spoke, pointed to them being the future of Scottish shipbuilding, which she said meant it was “in safe hands”.<br/><br/>The Cabinet secretary said later that her officials had just taken receipt of a bid for new investment from the yard to make it more competitive – which could be vital if Ferguson Marine is to secure a crucial contract to build seven smaller CalMac ferries similar to those it successfully completed in the not-so-distant past.<br/><br/>I also understand it will have to bid for the work rather than receive a direct award, to comply with international competition rules. However, Ms McAllan made no reference to Glen Rosa – and sister vessel Glen Sannox before it – being hugely behind schedule and multiple times over budget.<br/><br/>There was also nothing about the shock sacking of Ferguson Marine chief executive David Tydeman two weeks ago over “performance” issues, which senior industry officials told me was “unbelievable”. One said: “That guy is the best you have seen by a country mile.”<br/><br/>Glen Sannox left the yard for the last time last week for further sea trials, with the remaining work, including pipework for its liquefied natural gas fuel system, being completed at a dock in Greenock prior to its scheduled completion in May or June, with an update on this due next week.<br/><br/>If there are no further delays, the ferry is expected to start carrying passengers on the main Arran route to Brodick around August following CalMac’s own trials.<br/><br/>Glen Rosa is due to be finished in September next year. But as the crowd of hundreds – families of workers, locals and curious others – watched it slide away into the Clyde, more than just a landmark for drivers on the adjacent A8 has disappeared. The gap now spells “what next?”<br/><br/>Ferguson Marine’s interim chief executive John Petticrew, albeit a born and bred Inverclyde shipbuilder, and yard board member, is very much a caretaker manager, who has effectively been parachuted in for six months from Canada, where he now lives, to “put my best efforts into getting the vessels out of here as quickly as possible”.<br/><br/>Will he do things differently from his predecessor? “It’s a matter")
_curtis-stigers39s-delight-when-gifted-a-titanic-guitar.webp "Multi-platinum singer Curtis Stigers was thrilled last Saturday when he was gifted a Titanic Guitar.<br/><br/>Iain Wilson of IBC-Music presented the award-winning American singer/songwriter with the Belfast made instrument just before his sell-out Ulster Hall concert.<br/><br/>The Dundonald-based musical instrument manufacturer recently launched its first acoustic guitar brand shortly after the success of winning the prestigious King’s Award at Buckingham Palace.<br/><br/>Titanic Guitars is a unique line that pays homage to the tradition of Irish music and guitar building.<br/><br/>Iain Wilson, founder and managing director of IBC-Music said: “It was an honour to be able to present a Titanic Guitar, which is made in Belfast, to Curtis<br/><br/>Stigers and I hope that he enjoys playing it and hopefully performing on stage with it for many years to come.”<br/><br/>Made from rose wood back and sides and European spruce top, this guitar is also aesthetically beautiful with ornate Celtic inlay.<br/><br/>Stigers, whose hits include ‘You’re All That Matters to Me’, ‘I Wonder Why’ and (What’s So Funny ‘Bout) Peace Love and Understanding, which Stigers recorded for the soundtrack album to the Whitney Houston movie ‘The Bodyguard’, was extremely impressed with his new Titanic Guitar.<br/><br/>He explained: “It’s gorgeous, look at that thing!”")
_british-airways-stewardess-ordered-home-after-drunken-row-at-2000-a-night-maldives-hotel.webp "British Airways is investigating after a stewardess was ordered home following a drunken altercation at a £2,000-a-night hotel in the Maldives.The airline worker was flown back to the UK following complaints about the behaviour of her group.The stewardess, her daughter and a friend had been staying at the Oblu Xperience Ailafushi with the rest of the BA flight team, who had flown from Heathrow to capital Malé last week.")
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