The daughter of Prince William and the Princess of Wales turns 10 today Princess Charlotte is celebrating her 10th birthday today, and her mother, Kate Middleton,the Princess of Wales has marked the occasion by sharing a new photograph of the young royal the heartwarming snapshot shows Princess Charlotte on an adventurous-looking walk in Cumbria dressed up in camouflage gear and a rucksack as she beams into the camera surrounded by rolling hills ‘Happy 10th Birthday Princess Charlotte!’ read the caption to the photograph, shared to the Prince and Princess of Wales’ official Instagram account The image was reportedly taken by Catherine on her iPhone camera during a family walk in Cumbria earlier this year Royal fans were quick to react to the new picture of Princess Charlotte, with many pointing out the family resemblance between the young Princess and her father, Prince William This content can also be viewed on the site it originates from In her love of nature, though, it's clear that Princess Charlotte has taken after her mother. The Princess of Wales has recently been showcasing her own outdoorsy style on her trip to the Isle of Mull with Prince William, donning blazers and skinny jeans as she celebrated her 14th wedding anniversary with the Prince of Wales. Like mother, like daughter: Catherine recently showcased her own outdoorsy style on a trip to the Isle of Mull The Princess of Wales will reign with a clear vision and unprecedented approach to her role, say royal experts royal insiders have recently been reflecting on the role that Charlotte will play on the world stage as she comes of age with one describing her as the ‘secret weapon’ of the royal family and Princess Charlotte of Wales during Trooping the Colour on 15 June And from one international sensation to another, Princess Charlotte is known for her love of Taylor Swift – whose music will no doubt be playing as the family celebrates her birthday today. Princess Charlotte is a ‘huge Taylor Swift fan’ and had wanted to go to the Eras tour for months before the royal family attended the concert at Wembley Taylor Swift and her boyfriend Travis Kelce are pictured with the Prince of Wales, Prince George and Princess Charlotte Before the time of ‘three of us in this marriage’ infamy, Camilla Parker Bowles and the late Diana, Princess of Wales were on good terms 'Princess Charlotte is the huge Taylor Swift fan in the family She has wanted to go to the concert for months this was a really special day to be able to celebrate her Papa's birthday like this.' It was Princess Charlotte who brought the Swiftie craze of friendship bracelets making to the royal family, and after her trip to the Eras tour, Prince George and Sophie, the Duchess of Edinburgh It’s not the only style guidance that Princess Charlotte has offered her loved ones Prince William revealed that she convinced him to shave off his new beard bursting into ‘floods of tears’ when she saw her father’s hirsute new look Perhaps she has grown to love the Prince's facial hair as it seems he will be sporting it once more as the Wales family gathers to celebrate Charlotte's birthday today MUSIC CITY MINUTE MIAMI-DADE COUNTY – Police are investigating reports of a peeping Tom in southwest Miami-Dade’s Country Walk area They said they’re looking into at least eight cases Neighbors said he’s been seen touching himself while spying on little girls One neighbor put out a warning on social media and is asking fellow residents to be vigilant “It’s sickening that you have to be worrying about someone invading your privacy someone that is obviously mentally ill,” Gabriel Caballero said Anyone with information is asked to call Miami-Dade police or Miami-Dade Crime Stoppers at 305-471-8477 Leer en español Copyright 2024 by WPLG Local10.com - All rights reserved Christina returned to Local 10 in 2019 as a reporter after covering Hurricane Dorian for the station Murrow Award-winning journalist and previously earned an Emmy Award while at WPLG for her investigative consumer protection segment "Call Christina." 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(WXYZ) — Jack Huffman from Center Line is on the move Hear more from Jack Huffman in the video player below: He started his solo 13-state journey early Tuesday morning Huffman has done this three other times while pushing a heavy cart of equipment Watch: Jack Huffman shows us some of is gear on his cross-country journey It's everything he needs for this impressive hike which he’s doing to give back to the organizations The Rainbow Connection and The Fallen and Wounded Soldiers Fund I was able to do the same route in 76 days his goal is to raise half a million dollars The Rainbow Connection told 7 News Detroit they're excited to partner with Huffman 7 News Detroit also reached out to The Fallen and Wounded Soldiers Fund which said they're honored to be part of Huffman's cross-country walk Friends and family can follow Huffman's progress on social media “I'm like a silent cheerleader," Huffman's cousin Bonnie Bane said She's also his on-call nurse during his trek She says she thinks of Huffman every day and stops to look at a picture he drew when he was little; a picture of himself riding a bike Bane says the photo captures his care-free spirit and the journey he’s on today Huffman says his walk also teaches him what's possible if we just take it one step at a time things will continue to get harder and you’ll have a thousand obstacles coming your way that will tell you to stop," Huffman said He says he's expecting to complete his walk by late June If you're interested in following him on his journey, you can check him out on Facebook at "Jaxwalk" or visit his website Grammy-winning country superstar Luke Combs has been honored by the city of Nashville with the 109th star on the Music City Walk of Fame The festivities occurred on a chilly Thursday afternoon at the Music City Walk of Fame's over 100 sidewalk-embedded plaques across the street from the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum 2024-inductee and Grand Ole Opry and WSM 650 radio host Bill Cody presided over the event Handling the induction of Combs was another Oct Ryman Hospitality Partners' Executive Chairman of the Board of Directors Colin Reed Three times as many Combs' diehard "Bootleggers" fan club members stood outside the festivities' gated-off tent a sign of the still-burgeoning popularity of the "Beer Never Broke My Heart" vocalist 'Still as happy as I wanted to be'In brief remarks "inspired him and others to want to pursue country music careers." and manager Chris Kappy for remaining steadfast in his corner for more than a decade due to his sudden rise to Nashville country industry success "All I ever wanted to be able to do was to be happy while making a (modest) living to pay my bills and live in a one-bedroom apartment by myself doing something I loved — playing music I had no expectations of ever getting a publishing deal and becoming a superstar playing stadiums," Combs said I'm thankful to be still as happy as I wanted to be." 'A great artist and family man'Reed highlighted Combs' "wit intellect and love of family" while saying his humanity elevated the purpose of how the Music City Walk of Fame honors "those from all genres of music who have contributed to the world through song or other industry collaboration and made a significant contribution to the music industry with connection to Music City "(Though it happened) unprecedentedly quickly Luke's rise to fame and growth of a fan following amongst country music fans and the country lifestyle community is still in its infancy," Reed said "His unique skill of blending being a great artist and family man with being a great songwriter and storyteller will allow his global appeal to create a massive downstream demand generator for not just his brand “Luke Combs has made an undeniable impact on country music capturing the hearts of fans around the world with his powerful voice His journey from playing small venues to selling out stadiums is a testament to his talent dedication and deep connection to music lovers making him a perfect addition to the Music City Walk of Fame," offered Doug Kreulen the foundation of the Nashville Convention & Visitors Corp. The multi-platinum selling artist, Grand Ole Opry member and 11-time CMA, four-time ACM and six-time Billboard Music Award-winner's image and likeness graces Lower Broadway's Category 10 bar and honky-tonk which is a venture with Combs alongside the Reed-affiliated Ryman Hospitality Properties 67,000-square-foot venue transformed the former Wildhorse Saloon into an elevated experience that caters to live music fans via talent lineups emphasizing up-and-coming artists curated by the Ryman-affiliated Opry Entertainment team "I know what I love and what my band and crew love and that's a state-of-the-art venue and place that takes care of you from a hospitality standpoint That's how you get an act to come somewhere and come back That's important in a business model for a place like this I know Opry Entertainment can get that done," Combs offered to The Tennessean gospel icons the Fairfield Four and Rock and Roll Hall of Famer Jimmy Buffett's posthumous induction onto the Music City Walk of Fame in Oct 108th and 109th stars on the 2006-created Music City Walk of Fame However, a scheduling conflict coinciding with his involvement in his and Eric Church's "Concert for Carolina," Hurricane Helene benefit on Oct 26 at Charlotte's Bank of America Stadium delayed his induction last fall Former Tennessee Governor Bill Haslam inducted Reed Country music singer-songwriter and Grammy winner Larry Gatlin known for his harmonies with the Gatlin Brothers Singer-songwriter and Music City Walk of Fame member Mac McAnally a longtime Buffett's Coral Reefer band member Creative at BMI Nashville and an award-winning songwriter and producer The Music City Walk of Fame is an official project of Music City Inc. the charitable foundation of the Nashville Convention & Visitors Corp It is produced with the support of founding sponsor Gibson Additional sponsors include Metro Nashville International Airport (BNA) Nashville Downtown Partnership and Hilton Nashville Downtown Nominations are open to the public and are accepted in the categories of Artist, Musician, Songwriter and Producer/Music Industry Executive. Application forms are reviewed by the Music City Walk of Fame anonymous selection committee. For more information about the Music City Walk of Fame, visit visitmusiccity.com/walkoffame -- The Escambia County Sheriff's Office is investigating a homicide that occurred in Ferry Pass on Friday morning Deputies say neighbors woke up and found a man dead in the lawn with an apparent gunshot wound Those who live in this part of Country Walk Drive were shocked when they woke up to find a man lying dead in the front lawn of a home Neighbor Keaundra Fegin says she heard nothing out of the ordinary Friday morning "It is a very heartbreaking scene to just come out and see the police officers and the crime scene tape like that," says Fegin "I've never experienced anything like that." When deputies arrived to the complex Friday morning they determined the man's death was a homicide The man's identity has not been released Fegin says she's lived in this area for months and said this part of the area is normally quiet But said the violence around Escambia County has gotten worse a very sad situation to see how Pensacola has.. "And the violence and the homicides and everything has gotten extremely worse The most recent act of gun violence in the Ferry Pass area happened in July Deputies say a shootout took place in the parking lot of the Dreamland Skate Center No suspects have been identified in that case Crime scene investigators spent the morning canvassing the neighborhood looking for any information to determine what lead to the man's death Investigators were seen looking at home surveillance cameras and looking through a vehicle that was hauled away from the scene "My prayers go out the family," says Fegin "I've been in a situation like that before It's not an easy thing to endure." If you have any information that may help the investigation you're asked to call the Escambia County Sheriff's Office Every minute that passes we are going to just keep getting weaker and weaker and weaker They have massive delegations… This is what they always do they push it and push it and push it until our negotiators leave Scopes arrested for teaching evolution in TN public schools Country music has never been more popular than it is today and it seems as if Major League Baseball players agree Maybe you didn’t notice the last time you took in a ball game but when it is a player's turn in the batting order (or when they come running into the game from the bullpen to relieve a teammate) the stadium is filled with walk-up music of the batter's choosing Some players change their entrance music often use the same song for the majority of their careers I still remember Jones coming to hit with Black Sabbath's "Crazy Train" blasting through the speakers But what about in today’s Major League Baseball world? According to this chart from Brooks Gate Outside of Billy Squier's 1981 hit "The Stroke," country songs have four of the Top 5 walk-up songs this season Personally, I love seeing Cody Jinks getting some love down the list. Perhaps the biggest surprise is that Morgan Wallen is far down the list with "Cowgirls" — you'd guess he would be higher in popularity among today's baseball stars No. 1 on the list of the most popular MLB walk-up songs in 2025? Chris Stapleton's "White Horse." Find Blake Shelton and Luke Combs on the list No matter which team is your favorite you'll be hearing a little country the next time you go to a baseball game Wood is host of the Taste of Country Mornings With Wood and Nicole, which can be heard every morning from 6-10AM CT on the Taste of Country app on local affiliates where available and online at tasteofcountry.com Country music has never been more popular than it is today Read More But what about in today’s Major League Baseball world? According to this chart from Brooks Gate the most popular MLB player walk-up songs this season pic.twitter.com/rMjxwgww3Z Personally, I love seeing Cody Jinks getting some love down the list. Perhaps the biggest surprise is that Morgan Wallen is far down the list with "Cowgirls" — you'd guess he would be higher in popularity among today's baseball stars No. 1 on the list of the most popular MLB walk-up songs in 2025? Chris Stapleton's "White Horse." Find Blake Shelton and Luke Combs on the list Wood is host of the Taste of Country Mornings With Wood and Nicole, which can be heard every morning from 6-10AM CT on the Taste of Country app Andrea Torres COUNTRY WALK – Several women accused a 26-year-old Cuban migrant who works in construction of masturbating while stalking them at their homes in Miami-Dade County A victim reported he even knocked on her window and left his semen on the glass Leer en español Miami-Dade detectives reported they have incriminating surveillance videos of 26-year-old Yoel Setienmartinez also known as Yoel Antonio Setien Martinez and his tattoos — including one of a girl with a wolf — were helpful in a case that took months to solve According to the Miami-Dade police arrest report the women who identified Setien were 39 to 61 years old and residents of Miami-Dade’s Country Walk neighborhood there were girls as young as 10 and 16 years old in the home reported she first spotted Setien masturbating in her backyard at about 2:45 a.m. and she was terrified when he returned to do the same thing at about 10:35 p.m. a 39-year-old woman reported that Setien stood on a neighboring roof to spy on her at about 9:35 p.m. and a 61-year-old woman reported she was getting dressed when she saw Setien masturbating in her backyard at about 8:25 a.m. a surveillance camera recorded Setien kneeling in the bushes shortly before 8:30 p.m. close to one of the homes of his prior victims and police officers arrested him shortly after 9:35 p.m. “It is sickening that you have to be worried about someone invading your privacy someone that is obviously mentally ill,” said concerned neighbor Gabriel Caballero Setien admitted to entering several fenced backyards over the course of several months One of the home belonged to a woman who spoke to Local 10 about the incidents but asked not to show her face for fear he may return (He was) looking through my windows,” she said Resident told Local 10 News’ Roy Ramos they believe their community was being targeted because the suspect didn’t live far He lived right in the neighborhood and he was accessing their yards right on the other side of a hedge Records show Setien was at the Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center on Friday facing 23 charges: 10 counts of burglary of an occupied dwelling and one count of resisting an officer without violence More Stories Like This In Our Email Newsletter Roy Ramos joined the Local 10 News team in 2018 Roy is a South Florida native who grew up in Florida City He attended Christopher Columbus High School Homestead Senior High School and graduated from St The Emmy Award-winning journalist joined the Local 10 News team in 2013 She wrote for the Miami Herald for more than 9 years and won a Green Eyeshade Award On March 20, Grammy winner Luke Combs' growing Music City popularity and real estate footprint will increase by finally being inducted into downtown Nashville's Music City Walk of Fame The multi-platinum selling artist, Grand Ole Opry member and 11-time CMA, four-time ACM and six-time Billboard Music Award-winner whose image and likeness graces Lower Broadway's Category 10 bar and honkytonk will be feted in a Walk of Fame Park ceremony open to members of the public across from the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum The special induction ceremony for Combs is being held after a scheduling conflict coinciding with his involvement in his and Eric Church's "Concert for Carolina," Hurricane Helene benefit on Oct On Oct. 30, 2024 "Margaritaville" vocalist and entrepreneur Jimmy Buffett Ryman Hospitality Properties' Executive Chairman of the Board of Directors Colin Reed and Grand Ole Opry announcer and host Bill Cody were inducted into the Walk of Fame There is no word as to who will induct Combs the foundation of the Nashville Convention & Visitors Corp How are artists nominated to the Walk of Fame Who sponsors it?The Music City Walk of Fame is an official project of Music City Inc. Nominations are open to the public and are accepted in the categories of Artist, Musician, Songwriter and Producer/Music Industry Executive. Application forms are reviewed by the Music City Walk of Fame anonymous selection committee. For more information about the Music City Walk of Fame, visit visitmusiccity.com/walkoffame Get the best experience and stay connected to your community with our Spectrum News app. Learn More A veteran has completed a Guinness World Record-breaking barefoot walk from Los Angeles to New York City also known as “The Barefoot Dutchman,” finished his journey on Saturday in Times Square where a pair of socks and shoes were waiting for him at the finish line The barefoot walk took 260 days and spanned 3,100 miles The remarkable achievement was aimed at raising awareness and funds for men’s mental health Nootenboom joined “News All Day” on Monday to discuss his journey For more information, visit Movember.com or visit Nootenboom's Instagram page: @thebarefoot_dutchman Miami-Dade County Commissioner Rob Gonzalez has had almost two years to demonstrate his leadership and policymaking skills to voters who will soon choose between him and two opponents seeking his District 11 seat Teachers Bryan Paz-Hernandez and Claudia Rainville intend to derail him he vows to support law enforcement and push back against defund-the-police efforts improve public transportation and guard small businesses from “excessive government regulation.” He’s also promising to make District 11 — a 215,000-resident area spanning the unincorporated west Miami-Dade neighborhoods of Country Walk Bent Tree and Lake of the Meadows — a more self-sufficient area in terms of employment and commercial options Gonzalez has amassed nearly $1 million to defend his seat with big donations coming from real estate interests like Centennial Management Corp. Atlantic Pacific Communities and Fontainebleau Miami Beach Miami-Dade Commissioners Kevin Marino Cabrera and Anthony Rodriguez Miami-Dade School Board members Mary Blanco and a handful of union and advocacy groups But he’s also attracted criticism for leasing a new district office less than six months into his appointed tenure that will cost county taxpayers $1 million over nine years — while still dragging the old office’s lease said Gonzalez’s list of achievements is paltry and evidence that he is more interested in stature than bringing relief to residents who need better transportation options and help making ends meet battling government corruption and blocking overdevelopment of District 11 that leads to traffic congestion He also wants to increase Miami-Dade’s affordable housing inventory Gonzalez supports restarting a currently stalled $1 billion project called the Kendall Parkway to expand a county toll road into Southwest Miami-Dade A former President of the West Kendall Democrats Club Paz-Hernandez recently reregistered as an independent he worked as a social worker and field organizer for former Democratic U.S has managed to gather since she made the District 11 race a three-person contest in early June The 43-year-old Republican has added $5,300 to her campaign coffers An engineer educated in Nicaragua who became a U.S Rainville is running to promote economic growth in the district she’s called home for the past seven years improve the county’s educational offerings provide more mental health services to the community and beautify public parks and recreation areas she also lists improving public safety and supporting first responders among her campaign priorities along with a proposed tax credit program to help retired seniors and veterans she promises to donate 10% of her monthly salary to help needy residents The Miami-Dade Commission is a technically nonpartisan body Paz-Hernandez and Rainville are all on the Aug If no candidate secures more than 50% of the vote to win outright the two top vote-getters will compete in a runoff culminating in the Nov Jesse Scheckner has covered South Florida with a focus on Miami-Dade County since 2012. 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STAFF LOGIN Four months after a fatal shooting in Ferry Pass Escambia County Sheriff's deputies arrested a Pensacola man and woman and charged both with second-degree murder Deputies arrested 27-year-old Derrick Stewart and 21-year-old Desirae McCants Wednesday in connection with the death of Larry Spires III on Sept "Due to the above stated facts and circumstances it is apparent that McCants and Stewart traveled to 8330 Country Walk (Dr.) to meet with Spires III," police records said "It is apparent that Stewart exits the black 2015 Nissan sedan regularly driven by McCants and shoots and kills Spires III shortly after exiting the vehicle." Family members of Spires told law enforcement that he may have had a problem with another man named "Bo." Since "Bo" was involved in a previous ECSO call investigators knew they were looking for Stewart Another witness who was in a "casual relationship" with Spires told investigators that he had "recently been seeing" McCants who was also in a relationship with Stewart the ECSO discovered McCants and Spires had made several phone calls with one another before the shooting "When McCants and Stewart arrive in the area of 8330 Country Walk moments before Spires III was murdered it is apparent based on video footage that McCants who was driving the vehicle parked in a preplanned position and location where flight from the scene would be quicker by backing into a parking space," records say The Office of the State Attorney has charged both McCants and Stewart with second-degree murder Stewart is additionally charged with possession of a weapon by a convicted felon Both are scheduled to be arraigned on their charges Feb Jason and Brittany Aldean celebrate milestone, Garth Brooks and Trisha Yearwood celebrate their bar | Music City Minute An era for country music superstar Luke Combs defined by commercial and critical acclaim will also include gaining a place on Music City's Walk of Fame in downtown Nashville's Walk of Fame Park across from the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum the Nashville Convention & Visitors Corp will induct the two-time Country Music Association Entertainer of the Year alongside "Margaritaville" vocalist and entrepreneur Jimmy Buffett Ryman Hospitality Properties' Executive Chairman of the Board of Directors Colin Reed and Grand Ole Opry announcer and host Bill Cody marked by chart-topping hits and a deep connection to his fans has made him one of country music's brightest stars and the perfect addition to this prestigious group of honorees," said Deana Ivey President and CEO of the Nashville Convention & Visitors Corp about Combs who was surprised with the knowledge of his forthcoming induction on Saturday afternoon during his Luke Combs Bootleggers Bonfire festival in Miramar Beach is one of a trio of Opry-related individuals ( Reed and Cody included) whose induction coincides with the Opry celebrating its 100th anniversary in 2025 Insofar as other inductees who have significant and travel-ready global fanbases Jimmy Buffett — who is being inducted posthumously after passing away on Sept after a four-year battle with Merkel cell skin cancer — will be feted for his hits like "Come Monday" and his previously-mentioned signature "Margaritaville." African-American gospel quartet The Fairfield Four's Grammy-winning Gospel Music Hall of Fame legacy will be celebrated by the group's current members Former Tennessee Governor Bill Haslam will induct Reed It was not immediately clear who would induct Combs The public is invited to view the ceremony inducting the 105th Permanent sidewalk medallions with inductees' names are displayed in a star design the City of Nashville and Metro Parks and Recreation Nominations are open to the public and are accepted in the categories of Artist Songwriter and Producer/Music Industry Executive Application forms are reviewed by the Music City Walk of Fame anonymous selection committee More information about the Music City Walk of Fame is available at http://www.visitmusiccity.com/walkoffame medieval fortifications clambered out from the marshland ahead of me designated ‘Ancient Town’ to come Winchelsea is one of the highlights of the 1066 Country Walk which threads 31 miles along rolling Wealden hills between the coastal towns of Pevensey and Rye Relaunched in 2021, the trail commemorates East Sussex‘s association with the Norman conquest The path is waymarked by 10 sculptures created by local artist Keith Pettit If split into two days of 15 or so miles, the first day sees the walker set off from Pevensey, where William’s Norman army landed on 27 September 1066, and head to Battle, where the Battle of Hastings took place on 14 October 1066 The Normans occupied the castle at Pevensey in 1066 which was once a Roman fortress and whose surviving impressively robust curtain wall is originally Roman The 1066 Country Walk picks up across the road where a shady corridor opens onto the Pevensey Levels This Site of Special Scientific Interest is traversed with a steady plod over flat paths intersecting wetland meadows The path ascends into the woody and gently rolling hills of the High Weald and soon passes directly in view of the 15th century A few more miles took me alongside Senlac Hill, the generally accepted site of the Battle of Hastings. Battle Abbey was built on its summit on the orders of King William to mark the battle and perhaps compensate inns and private apartments if prepared in advance there are also campsites a taxi journey away On the other hand, perhaps a more authentic means of bedding down on the route is to pitch surreptitiously beneath the conifers of Battle Great Wood, an old woodland criss-crossed by wide, muddy tracks. The early medieval English made use of the woods for charcoal and the iron industry I claimed a well-drained patch between their roots onto which I unfurled a pocket-sized tent The following morning I wriggled from my sleeping bag to a quiet dawn chorus. Overnight rain had made gummy bog of the morning’s tracks which headed south and east towards Rye I had to remove my bag to crawl beneath a tree that had been wrenched over a walkway I made coffee and porridge in a field beside a big oak A regular sight along the 1066 Country Walk are converted oast houses where hops were dried and stored for brewing allude to the centuries of rural hop-growing which preceded 20th century industrialisation The walk soon broke onto open pasture and delivered me to a sculpture known as Farbanks Henge a circle of oak monoliths inspired by trees on the Bayeux Tapestry and walked with him on the subsequent miles of country lanes and meadows through Icklesham to Winchelsea he pointed out the isolated ruins of a gatehouse I was already attuned to the town’s intriguing past Over the past day I’d listened to Alex Prestons’ 2022 novel Winchelsea which depicts the smuggling operations which ran rife in the area in the 18th century The town was an important node in cross-Channel trade and became affiliated with the confederation of ‘Cinque Ports’ The present town was assembled on a grid in 1288 after ‘Old’ Winchelsea was abandoned to the sea – its name plausibly deriving from language for the marshland (‘qwent’) and the beach (‘chesil’) which sits on a ridge above the intervening marshland Rye is a substantially larger town with impressive historic remains Its photogenic streets climb from venerable inns towards the Citadel built to protect Rye and its harbour from later French raiders I chose to wait in Winchelsea a little longer I ate lunch while looking over its striking half-ruined church and contemplating the extensive wine cellars which run under the town and on Winchelsea’s Beacon Hill I dropped my bag by the remains of a mill destroyed by the Great Storm of 1987 which was once also the site of a Saxon church at how the Weald comes to kneel at the sea Then I lay with my back on the old mill stone my mind alive to the tales I had gathered over the past two days History Hit brings you the stories that shaped the world through our award winning podcast network and an online history channel as well as exclusive offers from our shop and carefully selected partners Sign Me Up A MAN has died after getting stuck in the mud for over 24 hours while crossing a boggy field on a country walk. William Morris Jones, 92, was reported missing on December 28 last year. A major search was launched for the pensioner on the day but he could not be found. However, William was later sadly found dead in a waterlogged field in Criccieth, Wales. An inquest into the retired groundsman's death today has since uncovered the harrowing facts. Assistant coroner Sarah Riley confirmed that he was found after he had walked across an "incredibly boggy" field. She told the inquest how the conditions were "extremely difficult" to pass. The assistant coroner said William then "appears to have been stuck in the mud whilst crossing the field". Ms Riley added: "It was a route he would take often but unfortunately the conditions were extremely difficult to pass." A post mortem examination was carried out by a pathologist at Ysbyty Glan Clwyd. A police inspector officially declared William had died at 6.04pm on December 29 and he was identified by documents At the time time he went missing he was wearing brown cord trousers William had walking shoes and was carrying a rucksack A spokesperson for the NWP Gwynedd South policing team previously said: “The man has now formally been identified as 92-year-old William who we circulated as missing on December 28th "There are thought to be no suspicious circumstances "Our deepest condolences remain with William’s family who have requested for their privacy to be respected at this difficult time volunteers and members of the public who assisted in our searches.” The assistant coroner Ms Riley adjourned the inquest to a later date pending the completion of further investigations For the latest news on this story keep checking back at The Sun Online Like us on Facebook at www.facebook.com/thesun and follow us from our main Twitter account at @TheSun Nashville's 2024 Music City Walk of Fame ceremony highlighted all corners and eras of the city's multitude of harmonious legacies Honoring Rock and Roll Hall of Famer Jimmy Buffett WSM 650 broadcaster and Grand Ole Opry announcer Bill Cody Grammy-winning gospel quartet The Fairfield Four and Ryman Hospitality Partners' Executive Chairman of the Board of Directors Colin Reed satisfied all facets of how national and global creators to its environs to celebrate music's inspiration the Music City Walk of Fame festivities are hosted by Cody given that the 30-year Nashville industry veteran was being inducted his on-air partner — at WSM Radio and on the Grand Ole Opry — Kelly Sutton assumed those duties She opened the festivities with a greeting then turned over the stage to Nashville Mayor Freddie O'Connell who noted that the Music City Walk of Fame was "Nashville's most exclusive club," a "sacred space filled with stars that never fade." over 100 permanent sidewalk medallions with inductees' names displayed in a star design- have been inlaid in the park across from the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum honors "those from all genres of music who have contributed to the world through song or other industry collaboration and made a significant contribution to the music industry with connection to Music City." celebrated for their 'supernatural magic'One hundred years ago a quartet of vocalists was initially formed as an acapella gospel act at North Nashville's Fairfield Baptist Church via the soundtrack of the Coen Brothers-directed "O Brother Where Art Thou?," the quartet achieved global significance as foundational pieces of where gospel's spirit existed in pop-friendly Americana another Nashville-based and gospel-influenced Grammy winner offered that the quartet had "supernaturally anointed voices" and were "as much a part of Nashville as the soil beneath us." posthumously inducted by chart-topping country songwriter and Buffett's Coral Reefer Band guitarist Mac McAnally provided similar joy for the crowd in attendance in a parrot-headed costume watched on amongst hundreds McAnally discussed how Mississippi native Buffett evolved a sense of self-expression that from songs like "It's Five O'Clock Somewhere" and "Margaritaville" blended Nashville's outlaw sensibilities with a pop flair that inspired generations of artists from Paul McCartney to Kenny Chesney Buffett's daughter Delaney delivered a tear-jerking speech that highlighted how he was "a pirate and poet who never took himself too seriously," whose musical catalog "taught people the tricks to being happy." she quoted Buffett's 1973 song "He Went to Paris" as an epilogue to her father's storied life as a singer it's important to note that the Ryman-owned Opry turns 100 in 2025 The duo's inductions represent a beacon for what the Opry strives to showcase as the best of what Nashville has been and will remain a defining American cultural bellwether Cody's entire lifetime is encapsulated by country pop and rock synergizing at the forefront of global cool As a self-described "Kentucky hillbilly preacher's kid captivated by radio," he was educated on the importance of the history of the Opry's broadcaster he was a seasoned radio veteran lured to Nashville by the potential of sitting behind the microphone at his dream job at 650 AM he was an inductee into the Country Music Disc Jockey Hall of Fame Country & Cody" and being an announcer/host at the Opry have yielded multiple nominations for CMA his co-host Sutton noted how Cody's studied appreciation of country's numerous histories and legacies color his broadcasting prowess his quarter-century of work dedicated primarily to inspiring Nashville's national and global revival in popularity was highlighted Squarely focusing on elevating Nashville's hospitality and entertainment offerings has led him to lead a varied Music City creative life expanding through aiding in developing the "Nashville" television series and navigating Gaylord Entertainment Group into its Ryman Hospitality Group evolution Ryman Hospitality Group is now earning revenues eclipsing over $2 billion yearly with entertainment he oversaw a significant strategic investment by Atairos and NBCUniversal to bolster the growth of Opry Entertainment Group and expand its global reach Describing himself as a Nashville transplant with no intentions of ever moving from town he credited the intersection of collaboration and music as "Nashville's competitive advantage." 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London here are the best walks within easy reach of London We know that Londoners love to dress in hiking gear: you can’t move in east London without rubbing shoulders with a sentient Arc’teryx jacket or stomping on a pair of fresh Salomon trainers. So why not put all that technical wear to good use and take it on a scenic ramble through the English countryside You can’t go wrong with a bit of fresh air especially if it’s followed by a good sesh in a traditional pub While there are a number of pretty walking routes in London if you fancy something a bit more rural – the kind of trek that isn’t perennially two minutes from a bus stop – then head off on these hikes near London and you'll discover that the green and pleasant land beyond Zone 6 has plenty to offer.  From a bluebell-laden amble through Epping Forest to a bracing walk along the Seven Sisters cliffs So pop on your XT6s and head to one of these wonderful hikes near London.  RECOMMENDED: The best walks in and around LondonThe best forests in London for woodland walksThe prettiest walks in London Length: 5 milesStart: Goring & Streatley station (trains from London Paddington)End: Pangbourne (trains to London Paddington) If you’re in the mood for a gentle rural amble this stretch of the 184-mile Thames Path is far from boring It starts in the pretty Oxfordshire village of Goring where the Thames Valley is squeezed to its narrowest point by the Berkshire Downs and tree-blanketed Chilterns The footpath (waymarked with acorn symbols) follows the curve of the river as it flows south which is home to red kites and rare orchids.  Post-walk pub: Pretty local inn The Cross Keys has a quaint courtyard garden and serves up gastropub classics in its low-beamed dining room Read more here. Length: 6.6 milesStart and end: near Theydon Bois station (Central line) Get lost in ancient woods just outside the city. Marked sporadically with green-labelled posts Essex’s Oak Trail takes walkers across the M25 towards 6,000-acre Epping Forest’s secluded northern realms where gnarled beeches have grown massive crowns You also pass a deer sanctuary and Iron Age earthworks – legend has it that Boudicca battled the Romans here It’s a thoroughly lovely ramble.  Post-walk pub: The Queen Victoria (Coppice Row CM16 7ES) by Theydon Green looks like a proper country pub and has ales from Hertfordshire brewer McMullen Read more here Length: 6.8 milesStart and end: Box Hill and Westhumble station (trains from London Victoria) Admire this famous beauty spot’s glorious views then escape the crowds on Juniper Top and Bottom But first you’ve got to hop across the River Mole’s 17 stepping stones and climb 272 steps to the top of Box Hill The endorphins are definitely pumping by the time you reach Juniper Bottom – maybe that’s how it got the nickname “Happy Valley” Post-walk pub: The aptly named Stepping Stones is a spacious country pub for a post-walk pint or sample a glass of Juniper Hill at Denbies Wine Estate Read more here.  Photograph: cktravels.com / ShutterstockLength: 9.8 milesStart: Ramsgate (trains from St Pancras International Charing Cross and London Victoria)End: Margate (trains from St Pancras International Fill your lungs with salty sea air on this ramble around the Kentish coast which takes in the three historic coastal towns of Ramsgate Broadstairs and Margate via several other scenic and less populated bays you’ll be able to choose between walking along the top of the chalk cliffs or the promenades at beach level You’ll also pass plenty of former smugglers’ caves that are great for rock pooling and fossil hunting and there are beachside cafes dotted along the route at regular intervals Post-walk pub: Quench your thirst with a pint of Kentish Kölsch, the signature brew at Xylo a microbrewery and taproom with spectacular views over Margate Sands Read more here. Start: Chorleywood station (Metropolitan trains from London Marylebone)End: Chesham station (Metropolitan Line) Chess Valley in the Chiltern Hills isn’t home to any chess masters but it did used to produce a lot of watercress woods carpeted in dainty yellow celandines and the chocolate-box villages of Latimer and Chenies (which has had several cameos in Midsomer Murders) Post-walk pub: The George & Dragon is an unpretentious old coaching inn on the High Street with a log fire Read more here.  Length: 10.1 milesStart: Hassocks (trains from London Bridge St Pancras International and London Victoria)End: Upper Beeding (bus to Burgess Hill or Shoreham-by-Sea on Sundays Join the kite-flyers and hang gliders and marvel at the view from Devil’s Dyke – arguably the finest in the South East You’ll appreciate it all the more after walking up three steep hills to get there on this spectacular stage of the 109-mile South Downs Way (which has an awful lot of ups It passes through National Trust-owned Saddlescombe Farm where caravan cafe The Wildflour serves afternoon tea and slabs of homemade cake Post-walk pub: Upper Beeding’s The Rising Sun is a favourite with locals (who call it “The Riser”) thanks to its welcoming staff Read more here.  Photograph: ShutterstockLength: 13.2 milesStart and end: Marlow (trains from London Paddington muddy stretches of water surrounded by industrial landscape This circular route takes in a good chunk of picturesque countryside around the quaint Georgian village of Marlow in Buckinghamshire wooded hills and overhanging trees along a lazy passing plenty of historic pubs and historic manor houses along the way Post-walk pub: Tom Kerridge’s The Hand & Flowers is the only pub in the UK to boast two Michelin stars Stop by the bar for a cracking selection of draught beers bar snacks and signature cocktails including an aged negroni and a duck fat-washed old fashioned (sounds dubious Read more here. Length: 14.3 milesStart: Glynde (trains from Victoria)End: Seaford (trains to Victoria) If you’ve already done the classic Seven Sisters clifftop walk (see below) or can’t face all those hills the route snakes along a ridge and a river valley before curving round Seaford Head – which looks across to the Seven Sisters’ rippling white bluffs a 14th-century pub in the old smuggling village of Alfriston Post-walk pub: There are always 10 real ales on tap at old-school boozer The Wellington including South Downs brewery Long Man’s award-winning malty bitter Read more here.  Photograph: ShutterstockLength: 16 milesStart and end: Near Tring station (trains from London Euston) The woodland around Ashridge is known for the magnificent blankets of bluebells that appear in early summer but a circular walk around the boundaries of the sprawling estate takes in plenty more – from England’s oldest footpath at Ridgeway to the ancient Chiltern beechwoods and the Grade II-listed Bridgewater Monument.  Post-walk pub: Tucked away in a secluded wooden valley, the Alford Arms serves up local award-winning beers from Chiltern and Tring Breweries They've got a weekly changing menu of seasonal grub Read more here. Paul Daniels/ShutterstockLength: 19 miles Start and end: Eastbourne (trains from Victoria station) This loop of the South Downs Way ticks a lot of boxes: hilltop panoramas a pebble beach and a rollercoaster cliff hike passing Jevington (the birthplace of banoffee pie) and ending at Alfriston village you'll find plenty of places to rest your head. Flop in front of a roaring fire at Wingrove House an elegant B&B with an excellent restaurant and doubles from £100 per night. On the second day it tackles the breathtaking (in every sense) Seven Sisters You can hunt for fossils at Birling Gap before conquering the infamous finale: Beachy Head Post-walk pub: You'll find beautiful harbour views at The Garden Bar which boasts a sizeable terrace and plenty of down-to-earth atmosphere Read more here.  Dodge the crowds and find the best under-explored beaches the UK has to offer Thanks for subscribing! Look out for your first newsletter in your inbox soon! tiktokfacebooktwitteryoutubeAbout us Contact us or head to the highlands for heather-strewn munros Keep reading for our favourite UK walks to add to your 2025 wish list Hadrian’s Wall Path: Housesteads to Sycamore GapOne day As far as the Romans were concerned, Hadrian’s Wall represented the northernmost limit of the civilised world – two millennia later, it retains the aura of a wild, windswept frontier, especially when seen by walkers on Hadrian's Wall Path The central section is the most swashbuckling stretch: the trail passes bleak whin sill crags cold lakes and stones that remember the footfalls of the legions It’s an easy there-and-back march from the Roman fortress at Housesteads to Sycamore Gap – the site of a poetically lonely tree that found fame in Robin Hood Prince of Thieves Offa’s Dyke: Pandy to Hay-on-WyeOne long day The Cleveland Way: Staithes to Robin Hood’s BayOne day This is the ultimate choice for walkers looking for a rambling hike to be alone with thoughts and at one with nature The Cleveland Way winds across the North York Moors around impressive abbeys and the North Sea coastline or rest your feet at similarly picturesque Kettleness Whitby (home to some of the UK's best fish and chips) is also well worth a stop-off before moving on to the smuggler's haunt of Robin Hood's Bay Southern Upland Way: Over the Galloway HillsTwo days When most walkers think of Scotland But in-the-know walkers quietly covet the Lowlands where gentle hills and mysterious woodlands give way to vast Choose your preferred section of The Southern Upload Way or tackle the entire route – starting at Bargrennan the walk takes you through the valleys of Glen Trool (history buffs will recognise the name from the First War of Scottish Independence) before heading towards spookily named landmarks such as the Dungeon Hills or ‘the Awful Hand’ If you want to spread the walk across two days Finish off at St John's Town of Dalry The Ridgeway: Overton Hill to Sparsholt FirsTwo days The Ridgeway has been traversed by roving wayfarers and marching soldiers for centuries Start with the mystical standing stones of Avebury a World Heritage Site with Neolithic and Bronze Age stone circles and henge Work your way to Overton Hill and head east through sheep-covered farmlands and shadowy forests before climbing the Iron Age hillfort of Barbury Castle to soak up the Wessex vistas Split the trip in two with a night in Ogbourne St George and reward your efforts with views of chalk hills near Sparsholt Firs Norfolk Coast Path: Cromer to SheringhamOne day Norfolk's fairly flat countryside makes for easy hiking on lazy summer days, and the stretch of seaside path from Cromer to Sheringham is among the best walks in the county After pottering among handsome Victorian townhouses in Cromer passing between the hedgerows and breakwaters with the shimmering leagues of the North Sea as your companion The (literal) high point of the walk is Beeston Bump: a 207-foot hill that counts as Everest in these parts looking down onto the rooftops of Sheringham The Berkshire stretches of the River Thames inspired The Wind in the Willows: a watery world of long Join the Thames Path at Marlow Bridge – from which Budapest's Széchenyi Chain Bridge was famously copied – then follow the current east Look out for devious weasels in Quarry Wood on the south bank – it's said to be the inspiration for the Wild Wood You can hop aboard a train back to Marlow at Bourne End or carry on a little further to Cookham station For all the fame of Broadway and Chipping Campden, the unsung southern parts offer more stirring scenery and some of the best walks in the Cotswolds Join the Cotswold Way just outside bohemian Stroud: heading south the escarpment soon rises over the landscape with the Severn Estuary and the Welsh borders on the horizon as oak woods hug the slopes below Detour to the village of Uley – its biscuit-hued houses huddled under an Iron Age hill fort – before ending your trek in the market town of Dursley From Cam and Dursley station you can connect back to Stroud station South Downs Way: Lewes to DitchlingOne day 7.5 miles Lewes and Ditchling count as some of Sussex's prettiest corners cosy pubs and cottage gardens backing onto the leafy rises of the Downs The walk between them is correspondingly lovely – join the South Downs Way not far from Lewes ascending the summit of Ditchling Beacon and looking out for the twin windmills at Clayton Lewes has easy onward connections from its station The blink-and-you'll-miss-it village of Edale is a launch pad for walks on Kinder Scout: the plateau that is the spiritual home of UK hillwalking ascending the stone steps of Jacob's Ladder until the lakes and woods of the Dark Peak unfurl beneath you you could continue along the Pennine Way all the way the Scottish border but if you don't have a month going spare another (often hard to find) path heads southeast across the moorland following gurgling brooks back to Edale and the station South West Coast Path: Padstow to TintagelTwo days This stretch of the South West Coast Path walk starts out deceptively easy with a ferry ride across the Camel estuary from the gourmet hub of Padstow to the village of Rock Thereafter follows two days' intensive walking along the Cornish coast at its wildest and most wondrous: look out for bobbing fishing boats at Port Isaac nesting seabirds in the cliffs and paddling surfers beyond the breaks Finish at Tintagel Castle: associated with King Arthur it has towering medieval walls that rise above Atlantic tides Private transfers can be helpful on this walk Yorkshire Three Peaks from RibbleheadTwo days Completing Yorkshire's holy trinity of peaks requires strong nerves with many walkers and fell runners attempting to conquer all three in the quickest possible time split your time in God's Own County over two days: start at Ribblehead before scaling the mighty ridge of Whernside for views of Lake District fells then head on to Ingleborough to seek out its Iron Age hill fort before ticking off the summit of Pen-y-ghent after breakfast and looping back to Ribblehead station Wales Coast Path: Nefyn to AberdaronTwo days A craggy finger of land reaching into the Irish Sea the Llŷn Peninsula serves up a sublime (and relatively crowd-free) slice of the Wales Coast Path where a little pub watches over a crescent of golden sand and sea cliffs look back to the summits of Snowdonia arriving at the village of Aberdaron at the lonely tip of the Llŷn – from here you can see Ireland's Wicklow Mountains on a clear day West Highland Way: Bridge of Orchy to Fort WilliamThree days The West Highland Way is an epic 96-mile hike across Scotland: you can however tune in for the edited highlights joining the path on the final dramatic section from Bridge of Orchy to Fort William On the first day the windswept mountains of Glen Coe rise out of the desolate expanse of Rannoch Moor: you'll want to rest at Kingshouse before climbing up over snow-flecked summits to Kinlochleven walk northward until Ben Nevis rears up among the treetops – the finishing line is at Fort William For more inspiration, see our edit of the best walks in Scotland Glyndŵr's Way: Knighton to MachynllethFive to six days Glyndŵr's Way counts as one of the quietest long-distance walks in the UK: silent hours pass without a soul on the trail as you follow in the footsteps of the Welsh rebel leader Owain Glyndŵr Beginning on the English border in Knighton the route snakes through the Radnorshire Hills before the scenery steps up a notch at Plinlimmon – the highest point in mid-Wales The one-time Welsh capital of Machynlleth is the midpoint of the Way but it’s also a fine place to hang up your boots – like Knighton it's served by regular rail connections Southwest Coast Path: Charmouth to West BayOne day The Southwest Coast Path reaches a high point at Golden Cap – claimed by some to be the loftiest cliff on the south coast of England the whole Jurassic Coast extends before you: pebbly beaches raked by the tides pubs nestling in the nooks of valleys and limestone cliffs stacked with fossils (sections of which are prone to periodically slipping into the sea) It’s best climbed as part of a point-point walk from Charmouth to West Bay passing caravan parks and patchwork farmland with chances to peer down from the crags to see seabirds on the wing (just don’t get too close to the edge) The Jurassic Coaster bus service links the two villages connects to mainline trains from Dorchester Anglesey Coast Path: Beaumaris to Red Wharf BayOne day Snowdonia offers some of Britain’s steepest hills and most challenging hikes – but just over the water is Anglesey: a largely flat island whose shores look admiringly back to the mountains of the mainland Its coast is also ringed by a long-distance footpath – one of the loveliest sections leads from the pastel-hued townhouses of Beaumaris to the striped lighthouse at Pen Mon: where the uninhabited islet of Ynys Seiriol (Puffin Island) lies across the rockpools Continue to trace the headland westward – looking out for dolphins below the cliffs – and you’ll eventually come to the shifting tides of Red Wharf Bay where the Ship Inn is a time-honoured place for a sunset pint Bus 50 runs from Red Wharf Bay to Beaumaris Speyside Way: Aviemore to AberlourFive days Monsal Trail: Bakewell to Monsal HeadOne day the countryside in the UK is transformed into a kaleidoscope of burnt orange Acer and maple trees are likely to turn first with native UK species like Common Rowan (Mountain Ash) turning a few weeks later While there are plenty of places to see this riot of colour King Alfred's Tower Walk has the benefit of also being situated in one of the world's best gardens BBC Countryfile said of the spot: "This is one of the most celebrated sites for autumn colour sunny autumn day you’ll be able to catch the sunlight gleaming through the trees "As you return, don’t forget to take a detour through the famous landscape garden to see deep hues of red russet and yellow reflected in the lake." Stourhead National Trust also praised the walking route, adding: "The countryside around King Alfred's Tower is perfect for an autumn wander". Located on the Stourhead Estate, there's plenty to keep visitors entertained on the 2,500-acre stretch of countryside. an Iron Age Hillfort and King Alfred's Tower According to the National Trust website there are several stops to follow on the walking route: On the King Alfred's Tower Walk ramblers will glimpse Stourhead Estate's lake and a Gothic Cottage walkers will be able to stop for a bite to eat at the Spread Eagle Inn Meanwhile, the George Inn - a 400-year-old pub that once served King Charles II is a seven-minute drive from Stourhead Estate Set in Somerset King Alfred's Tower was built between 1762 and 1779 by architect Henry Flitcroft Despite being named after King Alfred the Great, the tower was actually built to mark King George III's ascension to the throne as well as the end of the Seven Years' War The tower's ties to King Alfred are instead rooted in its location as it was there that King Alfred, and his army, defeated the Danes, thus saving Anglo-Saxon England from Danish occupation which is made from more than one million red bricks visitors have dubbed King Alfred's tower as the real-life Rapunzel tower Entry into the tower costs £6 for a full-paying adult and £3 for a child King Alfred's Tower is an 80-minute drive from Bristol, and it's a 90-minute drive from Southampton There are plenty of other things to do in the area too including Stourhead - a Palladian house with a landscaped garden Other nearby attractions include St Peter's Pump - a water pump that was first constructed in 1474 While the water pump was part of St Peter's Church it was relocated to Stourhead Park by Henry Hoare in 1768 The wooded slopes have been described as "particularly lovely in autumn" with its gnarled trees and moss-covered boulders making it look like the setting for a Grimm fairytale there are more than 16,00 types of trees and shrubs in Westonbirt This tranquil arboretum holds more than 3,000 species of trees from across the world At its centre is a large pool with many rare and ornamental trees adorning its banks Autumn brings a riot of leaf colour ranging from deep butter yellow through to orange reds and crimsons as well as an abundance of berries From brewery tours and canal boats to ghosts and ties to the witch trials and firework displays in early November, Lancaster has been named the perfect place for an autumn break And we've recently revealed our favourite spots for a September break Our journalists strive for accuracy but on occasion we make mistakes. For further details of our complaints policy and to make a complaint please click this link: thesun.co.uk/editorial-complaints/ Delta (B1617.2) variant transmission is complicating plans for easing COVID-19 restrictions in some Asian nations countries that have won praise for their containment efforts over the past pandemic months South Korea's daily total topped 3,000 for the first time a few days ago, a rise officials said was triggered by people returning from a 3-day holiday period, according to Reuters South Korea was one of the first countries outside China after SARS-CoV-2 emerged and the country is experiencing a spike in its fourth surge making up more than 75% of the latest infections Today, the South Korea's health ministry said it would keep social distancing measures in place for 4 more weeks maintaining them at the highest level for the greater Seoul area In Singapore, officials yesterday reported nearly 2,000 cases, marking a daily record high, according to Reuters The country recently saw cases rise as restrictions were loosened limiting the size of group gatherings and urging people to work from home about 82% of the population have received two vaccine doses In other developments, Vietnamese officials signaled that as cases continue to decline, they will begin easing COVID restrictions on Sep 30, as officials seek a balance between reopening the economy and keeping virus levels under control, but not with a goal of zero cases as before, according to Reuters the manufacturing hub around Ho Chi Minh City has been particularly hard hit which triggered the closure of some factories And in Japan, government officials are expected to allow the state of emergency, in effect for 19 prefectures, to expire on Sep 30, according to the Japan Times but officials are urging the public not to let their guard down about 52% of the country's vaccination is fully vaccinated and last week officials said booster shots will be given to health workers by the end of the year Meanwhile, Australian officials today announced steps for reopening Sydney, which is the country's main hot spot and has now been under lockdown for several weeks. The plan consists of a two-tier system, which gives vaccinated people more freedoms, according to Reuters Global Virus Network scientists highlight the need for robust surveillance and readiness for potential human-to-human viral transmission only the severe infections continued to cause symptoms.  Almost 90% of the European cases were reported in Romania The Wall Street Journal reports the Trump administration is investing $500 million in the universal vaccine project There are currently 59 herds quarantined in 4 Idaho counties The CDC today addressed what's known about treatments pushed by Kennedy urging caution about vitamin A use and citing individual decision-making by heath providers for others Yet uptake of the vaccine was extremely low—less than 4% through November 2024 Today Novavax weighed in on the FDA's latest stipulations noting that postmarketing commitments aren't unusual and are in place for many approved drugs and biologics 44% of respondents said the new leaders will make them trust their health recommendations less than they used to and Ohio notes an infection in an unvaccinated adult CIDRAP - Center for Infectious Disease Research & PolicyResearch and Innovation Office Email us © 2025 Regents of the University of Minnesota All rights Reserved.The University of Minnesota is an equal opportunity educator and employer Research and Innovation Office |   Contact U of M  |  Privacy Policy Newsletter subscribe SISTER BAY – A Sister Bay gift shop specializing in quilts purses and other quilted goods is moving to a new location that will offer it more space to display its wares and customers more space for parking Twice the Quilt & More has relocated to Country Walk Shops from its previous downtown location across from Sister Bay Beach Award-winning quilter Virginia Erickson began Twice the Quilt in 2022 featuring one-of-a-kind quilted home decor items and gifts the shop offers not just handcrafted bed and baby quilts but also reversible wall hangings It features work by Erickson and 12 other quilt makers and artisans from Door County and across the Midwest It does not carry patterns and fabrics like some other quilt shops I have been amazed at how often I hear how perfectly an item fits a customer’s decor or personality," Erickson said in a press release "It makes me smile to hear the plans each person has for their quilt In our new space we will have more of our quilts on display for customers to view so you can find the one made just for you.” Twice the Quilt & More is at 10578 Country Walk Drive, Unit 28, Sister Bay. It will be open from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. daily except Thursdays from May through October. For more information, call 920-854-3383, visit twicethequilt.com or email Erickson at virginia@twicethequilt.com Contact Christopher Clough at 920-562-8900 or cclough@doorcountyadvocate.com. MORE: A year-round coffee shop in Door County has new owners who plan to expand its summer hours MORE: Farmers markets in Door County: Here's your guide to fresh produce, plants, crafts, more MORE: New director of organization behind Door County Granary aims to bring vision, direction FOR MORE DOOR COUNTY NEWS: Check out our website The pop artist spent much of 2019 walking across the Unites States When Mike Posner asked the 911 dispatcher on the other end of the line if he was going to die she did not sugarcoat her uncertainty: "All she said," Posner remembers Posner posed the question in early August 2019 on a hot bright day on the eastern side of Colorado where the gentle plains of the Midwest give way to distant glimpses of the Rockies' front range A pop singer and rapper with a few Top 40 hits and a Grammy nomination to his name seven months removed from the release of a tormented third album he had barely bothered to promote He was about 1,800 miles into a roughly 2,800-mile New Jersey — which he knew via one of his earliest influences Bruce Springsteen — with the goal of reaching Venice Beach where he'd first considered the ambition five years earlier after happening to hear a stranger mention the endeavor The task simply struck him as a worthy adventure a whimsical idea that lingered on his wishlist walking the day's first eight miles in silence in his tennis-ball-hued safety vest he would move into the scrubby brush along the thin shoulders of State Highway 10; at some point a man in a Dodge pickup stopped to warn him that the grasses were a rattlesnake haven and to step lightly He offered Posner some water and carried on volunteer paramedics rushed him to a hospital and his first round of treatment another team airlifted Posner to a second facility where he got more shots and spent days learning to walk again He returned home to Michigan and slowly rebuilt his stamina by going first to the bathroom at the spot where the rattlesnake had struck — headed west again "When the operator told me that she didn't know if I would live, I thought, 'Well, this could be it for me.' I really got to try out how that feels — dying," says Posner, laughing now with the hindsight knowledge of how incredibly rare it is to die from a snakebite in the United States (Around five people succumb each year.) "I got to think about the fragility of life — about how quickly this could all be over Posner felt might be his date with mortality — was oddly apropos for the journey the catalyst of and backdrop for Posner's trek offering the slightly older Posner a painful and poignant reminder of what can happen when the hamster wheel of stardom spins too quickly Those feelings form the brittle core of A Real Good Kid almost two years to the day since his father died Interlaced with recordings of their bedside conversations its dozen tracks dangle at the ostensible end of Posner's rope during "Drip," he reflects on the cyclonic turmoil of death and a break-up and bad habits He can't contain his rage: "I worked the last 10 years You can't tell if he's laughing madly or crying deeply Posner's wide-eyed sentimentality flanked by the savages of love and loss Posner says the album is his best work yet — and maybe that's why it could During an Alaska camping trip late in 2018 he told a friend about the "existential dread" he felt when pondering the album's impending promotional cycle "I had nothing inside me that wanted to go to a radio station and try to convince them to play my song more than Ariana Grande I didn't want to do incessant interviews to maximize my fame and income," Posner admits It was tantamount to "Born in the U.S.A." soundtracking Independence Day cookouts not really — why should Posner beg for airplay with songs that exposed his marrow He knew the time to pursue his real goal had come he decided to tell his band they wouldn't be touring across the country because he'd be hiking across it instead "I realized I was always going to be the guy who only talked about doing it." Posner is mostly in competition with himself — to become a real good adult someone he finds more meaningful than some nouveau riche pop star whose vapid hits have become shopping-mall wallpaper He stopped smoking weed almost a decade ago and stopped drinking seven years ago; he dabbles in psychedelics if he has a problem he wants to face "to help me come back to my life better." He has sworn off and apologized for past misogyny (He confesses to stockpiling Plan B pills in his suitcase during "Come Home," then chastises himself rapping "That's gross / Time to grow.") During a series of increasingly long stays in solitude at a Colorado monastery he learned self-control and patience — walking across the country became an arduous extension of that practice whether raising a child or learning a skill "You can be someone who celebrates and finds glory in the tedium or you can be somehow who abhors tedium and lives in opposition to life undergoing physical therapy after a rattlesnake bite overcoming grief instead of giving in to it: Posner has learned to choose the tedium It is tempting to romanticize Posner's walk as some monastic exercise, a sylvan expedition into the heart of seclusion and self-reflection, à la Thoreau at Walden Pond or vogue forest-bathing seeing him in dreams and then waking up to worry about his mom back home then call them during breaks to talk it out But the truth — as with Thoreau and forest-bathing fans would show up to walk with Posner almost every day Those who couldn't join him could keep constant tabs via social media and a map on his website which his managers would update with his progress meaning Posner slept in an RV with one of two rotating assistants who bought and cooked his food Hiking nearly 3,000 miles is onerous and even dangerous enough and he had the luxury of affording the extra resources to help him actually succeed like a Game Genie slipped into an old Nintendo console Posner performing during the Okeechobee Music Festival on March 5 while only a quarter complete the Appalachian Trail.) But the journey between the coasts is a different story requiring a patchwork of highway shoulders with only an occasional sojourn onto a traditional trail Posner walked directly through Pittsburgh and into a string of countless small towns rarely alone or more than an hour from some civilization In journeying across the Navajo nation, a woefully impoverished region the size of West Virginia where some residents still lack electricity he realized he would never understand the struggles of all Americans or the complex history of persecution and promise we've built "My conception of America was based on my life "My conception of America was obliterated." Posner realizes that what he's done may seem like a publicity stunt, from the Forrest Gump-worthy beard and the made-for-Hollywood rattlesnake interlude to the deep reflections on what it all means by Posner going away for five months in music's current turbocharged release cycle But the trip had the opposite effect: Posner's social media followers actually multiplied as people tuned in to watch him beam through the daily hardships Posner has never gotten more press than when he wound up in the hospital "There is a part of me that wants to feel special And there's an even ickier part of me that wants attention," he says that is the very essence of a journey like Posner's: to square up with the worst aspects of oneself And his reasons for doing it are inherently secondary to the very act of doing it — of actually walking the walk He hopes that perseverance and the payoff of finishing give something to his fans a spark for those who want to pursue an idea that seems impossible or absurd Posner talks a lot about being his own hero but it's clear he wants to be someone else's to "the kid who will one day do a deep dive on me." When he crossed the final state line into California in early October that mixtape he'd listened to during the walk handing over his inspirational score for someone else's adventure "For Mike to say I'm going to walk across America or me to say I want to cross Antarctica 'I don't know who I am going to be on the other side of that journey "The hope is you're going to learn something about yourself." Posner says he has learned to speak his mind and to not be so scared of conflict given the self-reliance it takes to put one foot in front of the other six million times in six months And he realizes his relationship with the music industry must be different now but maybe his next move takes him to the mountains "I want to be somebody I am proud of," Posner says "I don't want to die living someone else's life or having these dreams I know I have the ability to make real An earlier version of this story mistakenly referred to Groves High School as Grove High School Become an NPR sponsor Obviously nobody apart from Crocodile Dundee says hello to strangers on city pavements but in the countryside it is an open question depending on whether you are an extrovert or an introvert – and where you live so it would be awful if I blanked something as fascinating as an unfamiliar person if I’m feeling less perky and pass someone who refuses eye contact I sometimes lose my nerve and nothing – or worse definitely nurses a culture of not greeting strangers in the countryside I wonder if it’s derived from a taciturn Viking/Scandinavian influence: a Cornish friend who has moved to rural Sweden is exasperated by the Swedes’ reluctance to say hello Durham and Northumberland are dazzlingly friendly In my experience as a reporter it’s far easier to interview strangers in the north than south surly-south divide: I find poorer places more welcoming than rich but I suspect that most of us quickly conform to whatever everyone else is doing The most influential force for friendliness in the countryside is not a social media campaign but a real person My favourite antisocial artist is the great Welsh poet RS Thomas, who would raise his binoculars to his eyes and feign interest in a non-existent bird to avoid small-talk with strangers on his beloved Llyn peninsula. On a gorgeous spring day last week I popped into Ikea for a couple of deckchairs. As I carried them to my car, there was an immense crack of thunder overhead. Presumptuous fool! How about I return the deckchairs if we all agree to abstain from purchasing hammocks, sun-loungers, barbecues, paddling pools and everything else peddled by shopkeepers preying on our optimism? Then, if the Environment Agency can be so kind as to issue a hosepipe ban and the Met Office predict a washout, we will finally be guaranteed a scorching summer. 1,000 students walked out of Stuyvesant High School in New York City 2,800 filed out of Curie Metropolitan High School in Chicago 1,000 walked out of Hamilton High School in Los Angeles In a wave across the country Wednesday morning students voted with their feet to protest government inaction on gun control Nearly 1 million students took part in protests which included kindergartners through high-school seniors a new micro-pilgrimage is offered for those wanting to walk in complete silence But is it an experience worth shouting about A jovial chorus of voices was fast approaching punctuated by the excited yelps from an accompanying dog how far you walking?” came the call from the man at the front The two people nearest to him moved awkwardly aside Then our leader – Abigail Rowe – approached him clasping a sign that read: “We are on a silent pilgrimage Photograph: Phoebe SmithAlmost at once he voluntarily lowered his voice to a whisper and bade us good luck This latest offering ­– a one-day pilgrimage between the small church at Stoughton to the historic cathedral in the centre of Chichester – was offered to give anyone regardless of their religion or lack thereof (they very much tout their “bring your own beliefs” motto) chance for quiet contemplation in the chaotic run-up to Christmas It would have been tempting to talk about these ancient trees but we all just stood and admired them in quiet reveryFor me but I was quickly discovering that the hardest part was not being able to chat to passing walkers – which is something of a sacrilegious offence between hikers The 15 other souls who joined me had come from as far as Mexico (via London) the Isle of Wight and Hampshire – with a few locals thrown in for good measure Their reasons for taking part ranged from thinking of loved ones who had recently died or were seriously ill to coming to terms with a health diagnosis and trying to make peace with a religion that had scorned them for their sexuality were in no way religious and simply wanted some peace in the outdoors Photograph: Phoebe SmithNo matter what the reason asked us to think of an intention or subject we wanted time to consider and pick up an object to carry with us to remind us of it along the way I wasn’t sure whether to think of something big – the recent loss of a friend – or something small such as what should I do with my hair now it’s growing out post-lockdown But I did decide to use the spiky husk of a beech nut as a symbolic reminder Abigail read the poem Leisure Here more passersby were shown Abigail’s sign and reacted much the same Down the lane … Chichester cathedral Photograph: Phoebe SmithWe began descending the hillside to a path that took us to one of the oldest yew trees in Britain It would have been tempting to talk about these ancient specimens about how they were used as gathering places by druids used to make longbows for battle by the church and – these particular ones – believed to hold the deceased souls of the Viking soldiers who were defeated here but instead we all just stood and admired them in quiet reverie Here a few people gave the improvised sign to indicate a toilet stop (a necessary bit of sign language quickly learned to ensure no one got left behind) where we ate lunch in the glow of candlelight From there it was a march towards Chichester then a pleasant diversion into Brandy Hole Copse wild woodland on the outskirts of the city My thoughts kept wandering as freely as my feet Though now it was more about my surroundings: pondering the type of fungi growing on a felled branch or questioning the whereabouts of some particular noisy bluetits would cross the course of an old Roman road I thought of the many who had walked this land before us and what their reasons might have been Then I placed my hand in my pocket and felt the prickles of the beech nut husk but I did feel I finally had earned the time to linger with my thoughts – and my friend – for a while and for that last half-hour I felt oddly at peace with the world We soon arrived at Bishop’s Palace Gardens where the wild woods were replaced with the manicured gardens of the cathedral and the tweets of woodland birds became the raucous cries of gulls I smiled for the friend I’d had the privilege to know and now Chichester Cathedral Photograph: Phoebe SmithMoments later we entered the cathedral where the choir were singing a Christmas carol 16 new voices began to emerge from our small crowd in unison I looked to my fellow pilgrims and thought how odd it was to have spent six hours with a group of people without really getting to know any of them at all we had all learned something collectively – that no matter how chaotic it gets This article was amended on 22 December 2021 to clarify details about the Centurion Way’s association with a Roman road We also have an interactive cycling map showing our Cycle Routes in more detail The map also features short videos of sections of the routes to give you an idea of what they look like We also have 2 long-distance walking trails that pass through NPT; The Wales Coast Path (WCP) is a very important part of the heritage of Wales In Neath Port Talbot we are fortunate that the WCP passes through a rich diversity of landscapes Due to the geography of our County Borough two sections of Coast Path have been created through Neath Port Talbot Although quite a short section of the All Wales Coast Path there is much interest and variety along the two routes difficulty and in their features of interest For any more information, please visit the official Wales Coast Path website The broad coastal belt that comprises the settlements of Margam is abruptly interrupted by the soaring mountains of the South Wales Coalfields These are deeply dissected by the Afan and Neath rivers It is this area which the upland route for the coast path traverses there are many superb views across the Bristol Channel on the hill above the Cistercian abbey of Margam the closer you look on this walk the more gems are revealed There are a number of walking groups within the area, and details of these can be found on NPT's Physical Activity & Sport Service website The groups all have qualified walk leaders who provide a safety element to all group activities offering plenty of encouragement and are always looking for new members There are a number of documents available that relate to walking and the environment around you An estimated 50 million people were living in situations of modern slavery on any given day in 2021 according to the latest Global Estimates of Modern Slavery approximately 27.6 million were in forced labour and 22 million were in forced marriages and migrants — remain disproportionately affected More than 12 million of all people in modern slavery are children and women and girls account for over half of them (54 per cent) Migrant workers were three times more likely to be in forced labour than non-migrant workers More than half (52 per cent) of all forced labour and a quarter of all forced marriages can be found in upper-middle income or high-income countries These compounding crises have led to significant disruption to employment and education which together heighten the risk of all forms of modern slavery particularly for those who are already vulnerable The Global Slavery Index is a national breakdown of the extent of modern slavery in 160 countries This section presents findings of our country-level analysis of the extent and drivers of modern slavery together with actions taken by governments to respond to modern slavery The 10 countries with the highest prevalence of modern slavery are: and Europe and Central Asia — are represented in the list of countries with highest prevalence which underscores the global reach of modern slavery The 10 countries with highest prevalence share some political including limited protections for civil liberties and human rights Many of these countries are in volatile regions which have experienced political instability Many are home to large numbers of vulnerable people Migrant workers comprise the vast majority of the workforce in Saudi Arabia and Kuwait where they effectively fall under the control of employers due to the kafala (sponsorship) system and have few will fall short of the true extent of modern slavery and Afghanistan were among the ten countries with highest prevalence of modern slavery in the 2018 Global Slavery Index and remained in the list of countries with the highest prevalence in 2023 North Korea and Eritrea each have a high prevalence of state-imposed forced labour While international conventions recognise that states have the power to compel citizens to work this is limited to specific circumstances; for example compulsory military service or obligatory work or service for citizens in emergency situations such as famine and natural disaster A state exceeds these limits when it compels citizens to work as a punishment for expressing or acting on political views or for the purpose of economic development the International Labour Organization (ILO) and the International Organization for Migration (IOM) have collaborated on the development of the Global Estimates of Modern Slavery (Global Estimates) The three organisations worked together to harmonise definitions and methodologies to provide a single baseline estimate against which progress towards ending modern slavery could be measured Each edition of the Global Estimates is based on the best available data and information about the scale and distribution of modern slavery The estimates are derived from multiple data sources as no single source can adequately measure the different forms of modern slavery the principal sources are data from nationally representative household surveys (68 forced labour surveys and 75 forced marriage surveys) and anonymised data from the Counter Trafficking Data Collaborative that is collected by IOM and its partners in the process of providing services to trafficked persons The methodology underlying the new Global Estimates is the product of an ongoing process of refinement made possible by an improved understanding of forced labour and forced marriage and of how best to measure them Due to the refinements in measurement and more balanced geographical coverage in data the new Global Estimates are the most complete and comprehensive to date the estimate is conservative as substantial gaps remain such as countries experiencing profound and ongoing conflict where using existing methods is difficult and dangerous The 10 countries with the largest estimated numbers of people in modern slavery include some of the world’s most populous and the United States (1.1 million) — account for nearly two in every three people living in modern slavery and over half the world’s population six of these countries are G20 nations — India The last few years have taught us that the ability to respond to modern slavery in times of crisis requires governments to continually invest in modern slavery responses and to build resilient systems that can withstand external shocks governments in the top 10 global responses to modern slavery in 2023 have largely stagnated criminalisation should be implemented as part of a suite of legislative protections in national legislation few governments are taking a more holistic approach to tackle the underlying drivers of forced marriage and providing protections including access to civil protection orders Nearly half (59 countries) of the 130 governments that provide access to public primary education are reporting lower primary enrolment rates for girls The countries taking the least action to respond to modern slavery remain as in 2018 — Somalia These countries continue to be characterised by conflict and/or active involvement from the government in modern slavery either through corruption and complicity or state-imposed forced labour Those countries with some of the weakest responses have been excluded — Afghanistan and Yemen — due to ongoing conflict and extreme disruption State-imposed forced labour is practiced in 17 countries in the GSI and this greatly undermines any other aspect of a government response The figure is likely much higher — our assessment is based on legal loopholes that enable forced labour to occur and publicly available evidence that this has occurred since 2018 which prohibit migrant workers from leaving their jobs and finding employment elsewhere in the country Tied visas are not unique to these countries as shown by a growing hostile environment across Europe to asylum seekers fleeing persecution and discrimination Many wealthy countries across the Index are failing in their duties to protect the most vulnerable and Yemen have been excluded due to ongoing conflict and extreme disruption to government function While the methodology used in this edition of the Global Slavery Index (GSI) is broadly consistent with what was applied in the 2018 edition some changes were made to reflect updates to the methodology of the Global Estimates new data sources for measures of vulnerability and stronger scoring systems for assessments of government response These changes are likely to have some impact on comparability between the 2023 and 2018 editions of the GSI and are summarised below A detailed description of the methodology is set out in Appendix 2 Other changes in the methodology of the most recent Global Estimates were due to improvements in the statistical treatment of the underlying data.58 Most notably an imputation model was adopted to create estimates for countries in which national surveys were not conducted While the refinements to the Global Estimates methodology do not affect the overall comparability between the results presented in 2017 and 2022 there was an impact on the estimates of forced labour at a regional level which is reflected in the national estimates presented in this edition of the GSI and should be considered when comparing changes in forced labour at the national level Changes to methods of data collection due to the COVID-19 pandemic may also have had an impact on comparability Some surveys were conducted after the emergence of COVID-19 which shifted the face-to-face mode of data collection that was used for all pre-pandemic surveys While measures were taken to minimise and assess mode effects this may have impacted the comparability of the prevalence estimates The model of vulnerability to modern slavery developed for the 2018 GSI was maintained for the 2023 edition of the Index Changes to the model instead reflected shifts in data sources particularly in instances where data sources had been discontinued (refer to Appendix 2: Part B); as a result the vulnerability model had to incorporate new source data for four indicators While every effort was made to replace discontinued data sources with others measuring the same phenomena these updates likely contributed to country-level differences in vulnerability Every effort was made to select consistent and ongoing replacement data sources to minimise the impact on future editions of the GSI the assessment of government responses remains broadly comparable with previous assessments used in the 2018 GSI due to changes in both the conceptual framework underpinning this study which outlines what constitutes a strong response to modern slavery Extensive reviews by Lived Experience Expert Groups and our Expert Working Group led to edits to the conceptual framework Refer to Appendix 2: Part C for more detail specifically in relation to calculating total scores for milestones to better reflect a government’s commitment to completely achieving an activity This signified a recent improvement to the methodology that was used in the 2018 GSI where milestone scores reflected the number of indicators met While the data remains comparable at the indicator level changes at the milestone level are impacted by the new scoring system comparing indicator ratings would be the most accurate way of understanding how much better or worse a government has performed in eradicating modern slavery between the 2018 and 2023 GSI The iconic Hollywood Walk of Fame spans more than 15 blocks in Hollywood honor the careers of entertainment industry greats -- yes The Hollywood Walk of Fame features everyone from actors to radio personalities and there are plenty of Nashville names enshrined there Later this year, Blake Shelton will become the newest country music recording artist to have their own star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame inductees There are more than four dozen country artists on the Walk of Fame in total Flip through the photo gallery below to learn who they are when they were inducted and where you can find their stars Editor's Note: This list was originally written by Riane Kong and later updated by Lorie Liebig The Hollywood Walk of Fame features everyone from actors to radio personalities, and there are plenty of Nashville names enshrined there.\nRead More The iconic Hollywood Walk of Fame spans more than 15 blocks in Hollywood Later this year, Blake Shelton will become the newest country music recording artist to have their own star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame inductees Twenty years ago today, on June 5, 2003, Dwight Yoakam was honored for his extraordinary music and acting careers with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame Yoakam first moved to Los Angeles, Calif., in the late 1970s, as much for the musical influences of artists such as Clarence White, the Byrds and Gram Parsons as for the TV and film opportunities It was while in the City of Angels that Yoakam found his signature honky-tonk sound blending the country music he loved with the rock 'n' roll sounds that were permeating the airwaves Buck Owens and Earl Scruggs both of whom already had stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame joined Yoakam for his star presentation ceremony who “in an immediate sense drew me .. In addition to his numerous chart-topping albums and dozens of industry awards Yoakam had already started in several blockbuster films by the time he earned his place on the Hollywood Walk of Fame along with the TV movies Roswell and When Trumpets Fade it's his iconic music career that Yoakam remained the most focused on during his speech “I’ve been really fortunate,” Yoakam said “Even to have had the opportunity to have a record deal was something monumental and obviously to have finally been signed to a recording contract by a major label and then to actually have records become hits and sell millions and millions of records that in and of itself is enough success to hold me for the rest of my life.” This story was originally written by Gayle Thompson On June 5, 2003, Yoakam received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.\nRead More Twenty years ago today, on June 5, 2003, Dwight Yoakam was honored for his extraordinary music and acting careers with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame Yoakam first moved to Los Angeles, Calif., in the late 1970s, as much for the musical influences of artists such as Clarence White, the Byrds and Gram Parsons as for the TV and film opportunities Buck Owens and Earl Scruggs “I’ve been really fortunate,” Yoakam said We are proud to be home to people of all different ethnicities This page is dedicated to highlighting minority-owned businesses The Lexington restaurant scene is bursting at the seams Restaurants seem to pop up as eagerly as daffodils in the spring Give these recent additions a try while you are in town Are you ready to make your next meeting a blockbuster the Horse Capital of the World and soon-to-be home to a brand-new convention center is the perfect destination for your next meeting Would you like to receive information about Lexington as a meeting or convention destination There's no better way to discover the legendary landscape of the Bluegrass than by driving or cycling the country roads around Lexington mile after mile of plank and stone fencing magnificent homes and barns—they're all waiting for you just a few minutes outside of Lexington The Bluegrass Country Driving Tour is divided into two parts goes west toward Keeneland and brings you back to town via Old Frankfort Pike Parks & Paddocks begins downtown going west and then north toward the Kentucky Horse Park If you have a half a day - begin with Regal Traditions and pick up Parks & Paddocks to see both routes or pick the circuit that interests you the most There's easy access back to town after each circuit You'll learn about the history and geography of the area and—of course—about our world-renowned horse industry Call the Lexington Visitors Center at 859-233-7299 to request a printed copy to be mailed to you Want to know more about getting around Lexington? 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