To the untrained eye, it could be a photocopier with a few plastic trays on top. Except that you need to wear a gown, mask and gloves and enter a secure zone via two pressurised doors to access this particular piece of dull grey machinery. It is also one that plays a vital role in … Read more
Patients at Britain’s best-known children’s hospital can expect faster treatment thanks to a major donation by Mail Force – one which comes with a royal seal of approval. Great Ormond Street will receive £300,000 of a pioneering new Covid-19 testing equipment. This will provide rapid diagnosis for children, families and medical staff, thus ensuring quicker access … Read more
Taylor Swift has donated over £23,000 to a Tottenham teenager who started a GoFundMe appeal to become a mathematician. The singer, 30, made the generous donation to Vitoria Mario who described herself as a ‘black 18-year-old with a dream’. The teen explained that despite being offered an unconditional place at the University of Warwick to study … Read more
Taylor Swift has donated over £23,000 to a Tottenham teenager who started a GoFundMe appeal to become a mathematician. The singer, 30, made the generous donation to Vitoria Mario who described herself as a ‘black 18-year-old with a dream’. The teen explained that despite being offered an unconditional place at the University of Warwick to study … Read more
Ken Dodd’s widow Lady Anne donates £700,000 to build an amphitheatre to perform Shakespeare outdoors near Knowsley Safari Park A mini-ampitheatre is set to be built in Prescot and will open in two years’ time The Merseyside theatre will celebrate the town’s links to William Shakespeare It has been funded by a £700,000 grant from … Read more
Last week’s two explosions, in Beirut, Lebanon, left an estimated 220 people dead and 6,000 people injured. And The Weeknd is opening up his wallet as he donated $300k to Global Aid for Lebanon’s relief fund. The singer’s manager Wassim Slaiby made the announcement in a Wednesday Instagram, writing ‘I want to thank my brother @theweeknd … Read more
Greta Thunberg donates €1million rights award prize to organisations working to halt climate change Greta Thunberg was awarded the Portuguese Gulbenkian Prize for Humanity She said the first €100,000 (£90,200) will go to the SOS Amazonia campaign to tackle the coronavirus outbreak in Brazil The second €100,000 will go to the Stop Ecocide Foundation ‘to … Read more
A Florida widow has donated a kidney to the man who received her late husband’s organs 16 years ago. In 2004, roofer Bryan Herrington, 35, lost his life after he tragically fell from a house he was working on. His organs went to four people, including Jeffery ‘Jeff’ Granger who received Bryan’s kidney and his … Read more
Netflix CEO Reed Hastings and his wife, Patty Quillin, announced Wednesday that they will donate $120 million to support scholarships at historically black colleges and universities. The donation, the largest of its kind, will be split between Spelman College, Morehouse College and the United Negro College Fund, which will each receive $40 million. Calling it … Read more
Simon Cowell has reportedly donated his £1million fee from his recent Britain’s Got Talent Marks & Spencer advert to a children’s charity. The talent show mogul, 60, is said to have asked the retailer to support Together For Short Lives over the next year with his commercial cheque. The children’s charity helps families and kids with a life-limiting … Read more