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The show, curated by artist and Kochi Biennale Foundation president Bose Krishnamachari, features the works of 267 artists, who trace their roots to Kerala and by scale is considered the biggest art event to be held in India. (Source: NS Madhavan/Twitter) More than a year after the pandemic crippled the art sector,a contemporary art show, now on at Alappuzha in multiple heritage venues, has come as a shot of optimism to the artistic community in Kerala. Titled ‘Lokame Tharavadu’ (The World is One Family), the art show is being organised by the Kochi Biennale Foundation with support from the state departments of tourism and culture and the Alappuzha Heritage Project and being implemented under the guidance of the Muziris Heritage Project Ltd. The nearly two-and-a-half-month-long event is spread across five heritage venues in Alappuzha — The Kerala State Coir Corporation, New Model Society Building, Port Museum, Eastern Produce Company Ltd and William Goodacre & Sons Pvt Ltd and one in Ernakulam, The Durbar Hall Art Gallery. The show, curated by artist and Kochi Biennale Foundation president Bose Krishnamachari, features the works of 267 artists, who trace their roots to Kerala and by scale is considered the biggest art event to be held in India. The individual art works number well over 3,000, presenting a unique opportunity for art enthusiasts and connoisseurs to experience the richness and diversity of art practiced by contemporary Malayali artists. But admission to the show is governed by strict protocols, including registration at the Covid-19 Jagratha portal of the state government and availing passes after uploading RT PCR Negative certificate or Covid-19 vaccination, a KBF statement said here on Monday. “It’s absolutely amazing and something that should have been conceived before the Kochi Biennale. Lokame Tharavadu has a staggering number of highly talented and dedicated artists, some of them with out of the box thinking,” according to Radha Gomaty, a participating artist in the show. Many of these artists, she said, are not on the gallery grid and often miss out any kind of security or standard of life that comes from the art that they make, and have to keep doing other things to meet their both ends. “To learn that they continue in their dedicated pursuit of art despite these odds is something that is amazing. There might be historical, cultural reasons that contributed to this kind of flourishing number of practitioners,” Gomaty said. T R Upendranath, another artist, said he was skeptical of the show initially. “But when I made a visit, my perception changed altogether. The way the works have been displayed and the efforts that has gone behind felt like magic to me. The awareness that so many artists are working in different styles was inspiring and some of the works enough to invoke a sense of jealousy”, Upendranath, who is exhibiting a series of drawings in the show, said. He feels that anyone from outside the state who visits the show would be stunned by its range and scale. Gomaty said it is remarkable that there are so many people working consistently on creative language with an index of awareness and a great belonging of social identity. “I am glad that an attempt has been made to bring as many people as possible under one umbrella.I do hope that this process goes on and helps create a permanent platform that can enable a global appreciation of what Malayali artists have been doing,” she said. The Lokame Tharavadu show features works of 56 women artists, some of them virtually unknown. “I am sure this show would create a powerful ripple and set the bar high for future growth of art in the state. I feel a tinge of sadness that it’s happening when the pandemic situation has again turned worse, but the message of the show, The World Is One Family seems relevant than ever,” said Manoj Vyloor, a participating artist and principal, Fine Arts College, Thiruvananthapuram.

The Indonesian navy has released a poignant video showing the crew of a sunken submarine singing on board their vessel. The video, filmed a few weeks ago, shows the sailors singing an Indonesian hit called Sampai Jumpa (see you later). Officials confirmed on Sunday that the KRI Nanggala - which sank off the coast of Bali on Wednesday - had been found split into three pieces on the sea bed. All 53 crew were confirmed as dead. The submarine had been taking part in a torpedo drill just before it disappeared and the reason for its sinking is not yet clear. What happens when a submarine vanishes The video shows the vessel's commander, Heri Oktavian, among those gathered around a crew member playing an acoustic guitar. "Even though I'm not ready to be missing you, I'm not ready to live without you. I wish all the best for you," they sing. The recording was made as a farewell for the outgoing commander of the navy's submarine corps, military spokesman Djawara Whimbo told AFP news agency. Meanwhile, the navy says it is making plans to salvage the vessel and the bodies of the crew. The wreck's location is more than 800m (2,600ft) deep and experts say recovering it from that depth will require specialist equipment. "We will analyse the under water pictures and video, the current etc, to decide the technology that will be used," First Admiral Julius Widjojono told reporters. President Joko Widodo has described the crew as Indonesia's "best patriots" and pledged government funding for the education of their children. "The country will award them [the crew] by promoting them one rank higher and awarding them with a star medal for the services and contribution of these warriors," he said. "The government will also sponsor the education of the... crew members' children until their bachelor degrees." On Monday, grieving relatives gathered on the seashore in Bali to pay their respects to the crew. "We have already given our son to the government. Now that he has fallen in this operation, we hope the government will return his remains to us after all the official ceremonies," said Wayan Darmanta, the uncle of submariner I Gede Kartika. The KRI Nanggala went missing after requesting permission to dive. The German-built vessel was more than 40 years old but the navy says it underwent a refit in 2012. The disappearance led to an international search operation with US, Australia, Singapore, Malaysia, and India providing help. It had been hoped that the submarine's hull would be intact and the crew could be rescued. But on Sunday officials said they had received signals from the sub's location and an underwater rescue vehicle loaned by Singapore was sent down to get visual confirmation of the wreckage. The depth of the wreck was well beyond the sub's survivable limit.

Driving has always been a wholly multisensory experience: the simple pleasure of tackling a great road in a great car just wouldn’t be the same without an array of sounds, smells and other sensations. However, a key part of that cocktail is changing, because electrification isn’t just changing how cars are powered but also how they sound. The merits of that can be argued, but the importance of noise to the motoring experience can’t. So we’ve been thinking of our favourite car noises. But you won’t find a screaming V10, rumbling V8 or mighty flat six here: we’ve left individual engines to one side to contemplate the other great noises cars that make... Start-up in a British lightweight It’s an easy one, this: the engine start-up sound when you’re sitting in any lightweight, open-roofed British sports car. I’m thinking Caterhams, Radicals, Ariels, Westfields and the like. The noise is the starting gun for a drive that will stir your soul and really make you feel alive. Cars like this are as immersive as they get and involve more of your senses in a drive than anything else. Just from writing this, I’m off for a trip into the classifieds… Mark Tisshaw Cooldown crackling If I were asked to choose one specific sound from one specific car, my answer would unapologetically be the full spectrum of Lamborghini’s current 5.2-litre V10 engine, absorbed at nosebleed-inducing length by holding the throttle wide open from 2000rpm to the redline, ideally while heading through the most perfectly spherical tunnel you can find. But in general terms, it has to be the syncopated crackling of thermal contraction after a hard drive. If you can hear that, you’re probably somewhere quite peaceful – somewhere that exists in contrast to the excitement that has just unfolded. It immediately puts me in a reflective, philosophical, car-loving mood. Richard Lane A smooth gearchange Before you write in to complain that “every gearchange is smooth; it’s called synchromesh”, I present to you my 1950s Willys Jeep, which has a three-speed non-synchro ’box and a foot-long gear lever. Accurate it is not. It’s smooth on the way up, but going from third to second without a hideous graunching noise takes some doing. As for second to first, I just cheat by stopping and starting again. It requires double-declutching, the co-ordination of a top athlete and lots of anticipation. But when third becomes second in a seamless snick, with no gnashing of cogs, it’s one of the most satisfying noises you will hear in any car. Piers Ward Silent anticipation You might think this a bit odd but, for me, the most exciting sound is, well, no sound at all. It’s that anticipatory silence you experience in the moments before you drive something special for the first time; as you contemplate all the sounds, smells, sights and physical sensations you’re on the verge of experiencing. This silence is undoubtedly at its loudest when the car in front of you is something exotic: a mid-engined Italian, for instance. But you can still hear it when you look at something as humble as a Ford Fiesta ST, or perhaps even the charming old beater that you know inside out but that still appeals to your inner petrolhead on the most primal level. Keep an ear out. Simon Davis Backfiring It’s hardly an indication of good mechanical health but, for character and comedic value, little beats a backfire. You hardly ever hear one these days, because modern cars don’t suffer the timing and fuelling issues that plague temperamental older motors, so it has come to serve as the soundtrack of the neglected but ever-faithful banger. I’ve never managed to encourage a cohesive relationship between the distributor and carburettor of my ancient Volkswagen Beetle, so coughs and splutters are par for the course, but one of my fondest driving memories is leaving school one fine summer afternoon, backing off the throttle as I approached the maths block and making my poor old form tutor jump two feet into the air. It was almost worth the detention. Felix Page

Heading out to meet your friends, you have been eyeing that dress for a long time, and now an occasion has presented itself. But, as soon as you go near your wardrobe, you notice you have a lot of hair on your body, and so, you sulk and settle for the boring denim. But, it does not have to be like that. If you are looking for a quick fix, adding hair removal creams to your vanity is not such a bad idea. Regardless, removing or not removing hair is your choice and you can always flaunt that dress with hair, too. Ahead, check out why this addition will be great, with tips from Kunal Bansal, VP and business head Pittie Consumer (Church & Dwight Division). What are hair removal creams? “Hair removal creams, also known as depilatory creams, are a method of hair removal that involves getting rid of excess hair from the skin by simply applying the cream, leaving for a few minutes and washing away the product along with the dissolved hair,” Bansal says, How does it work? These creams contain alkaline chemical salt compounds which break the disulphide bonds in keratin. Keratin is the protein structure of your hair. “They basically hydrolyse the hair making it weak, jelly-like and easy to dissolve,” says Bansal. Then all you have to do is simply wipe off the cream using a spatula. Why are hair removal creams not as po[CENSORED]r as other methods of hair removal? One of the reasons why hair removal creams aren’t as po[CENSORED]r as waxing or threading is because of the myths that surround the same. For the longest time, we have been told that hair removal creams are a big no-no simply because they have a lot of harmful chemicals and darken the skin post multiple uses. “As opposed to waxing, shaving etc., that have seemingly fewer disadvantages than depilatory creams, hair removal creams are easy to use, painless, economical and effective on both large body parts as well as for smaller, harder-to-reach body parts,” he adds. Not only that, the process consumes less amount of time and one does not even need to go to a salon to get their home removed.

A group of French volunteers have emerged from a cave after a 40-day study exploring the limits of human adaptability to isolation. The 15 participants lived in the Lombrives cave in south-west France with no phones, clocks or sunlight. They slept in tents, made their own electricity, and had no contact with the outside world. The project aimed to test how people respond to losing their sense of time and space. The so-called Deep Time experiment came to an end on Saturday, allowing the eight men and seven women, aged 27 to 50, who took part to leave the cave. Scientists overseeing the project entered the cave a day earlier to tell them the project was nearing its end. Smiling but appearing dazed, the group left their voluntary isolation to a round of applause. They wore sunglasses to give their eyes time to adjust to the sunlight. The director of the project, French-Swiss explorer Christian Clot, said time seemed to pass more slowly in the cave. For most participants, he said, it felt like "we had walked into the cave 30 days ago". One volunteer, Marina Lançon, 33, said the experiment "was like pressing pause" on life. How extreme isolation warps the mind Lockdown loneliness reaches record levels During their isolation, the group had to organise tasks without being able to use a measure of time to create deadlines. Instead, they had to rely on their body clocks and sleep cycles to structure their days. In the cave, they had few modern comforts at their disposal. For example, volunteers had to generate their own electricity with a pedal bike and draw water from a well 45 m (146 ft) below the earth. The scientists behind the project say it will help them understand how people can adapt to extreme living conditions. The brain activity and cognitive function of volunteers was analysed before they entered the cave, to gather data for comparative studies after they left. The purpose of the study has particular relevance during the coronavirus pandemic, a time when lockdown measures have confined millions of people to isolation. "Our future as humans on this planet will evolve," Mr Clot said. "We must learn to better understand how our brains are capable of finding new solutions, whatever the situation."

As the shortage of semiconductor processing chips continues to impact the automotive and technology industries, several leading car makers have been forced to close production lines temporarily. The crisis has been affecting companies for several months now. It stems from increased demand for personal computers, tablets and smartphones at the height of the Covid-19 pandemic, which largely diverted supply away from the automotive sector. Ford The factory in Turkey that builds the Ford Transit for the European market will be closed from 19 April to 13 June, with the manufacturer bringing forward a planned summer shutdown, according to Automotive News Europe. The Focus production line in Saarlouis, Germany has been inactive since late February and is set to remain closed for another 20 days, while closures of varying length will impact Galaxy, Kuga, Mondeo, S-Max and Transit Connect production until 31 July. Closures will also impact the Fiesta and Puma production lines in Germany and Romania respectively, although to a much smaller degree. Having earlier paused production of its hugely po[CENSORED]r F-150 pick-up truck in light of the semiconductor shortage, Ford has also now taken the decision to halt operations at several factories across the US for two weeks from 3 May. According to The Detroit News, the affected sites are responsible for producing the F-150, Transit, Ford Explorer and Lincoln Aviator for the US, as well as the Mustang for global markets, including Europe and the UK. It's not clear how visible the impact of restricted Mustang production will be in Europe. The site quotes an internal Ford memo addressed to employees from manufacturing vice-president John Savona: "Ford's North American plants continue to be affected by the global semiconductor shortage – along with auto makers and other industries around the world. "As you build every vehicle you can for our dealers and customers, our teams behind the scenes are working hard to source additional parts." Jaguar Land Rover Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) is pausing operations at two of its largest production facilities for at least a week due to a shortage of semiconductor chips. The manufacturer's Castle Bromwich and Halewood factories in the UK will implement a "limited period of non-production" from Monday. Operations could restart seven days later, depending on the state of semiconductor supply. Affected models include the Castle Bromwich-built Jaguar XE, XF and F-Type and the Halewood-built Land Rover Discovery Sport and Range Rover Evoque. The Solihull facility that builds the Range Rover and Jaguar F-Pace will remain in operation, as will the Land Rover Defender factory in Slovakia and JLR plants in Brazil and China. A spokesman for the brand told Autocar: "Like other automotive manufacturers, we're currently experiencing some Covid-19 [related] supply-chain disruption, including the global availability of semiconductors, which is having an impact on our production schedules and our ability to meet global demand for some of our vehicles. "As a result, we've adjusted production schedules for certain vehicles, which means that our Castle Bromwich and Halewood manufacturing plants will be operating a limited period of non-production from Monday 26 April. Manufacturing continues at our Solihull plant. "We're working closely with affected suppliers to resolve the issues and minimise the impact on customer orders wherever possible.” The semiconductor crisis has been affecting global vehicle production for several months now, following a surge in demand for smartphones, tablets and personal computers at the height of the pandemic. As car manufacturers mothballed production lines due to lockdowns and consumers switched to home working, semiconductor supply was almost wholly diverted to the technology sector, and the trend has yet to be tangibly reversed. Last month, Autocar reported that a number of manufacturers were urgently seeking to overhaul their components supply-chains as a workaround to ensure continued production. Analysis company IHS Markit said at the time that the shortage could cut global production by nearly 700,000 vehicles year-on-year, although the final figure could be even higher. Mercedes-Benz Mercedes-Benz parent company Daimler posted a 13% year-on-year sales increase in the first quarter of 2021 but noted the impact of the semiconductor crisis. "Daimler anticipates that this shortage could further impact sales in the second quarter," it said in a statement, although it added that it expects a recovery in the third and fourth quarters of the year. Earlier this week, the firm reduced working hours for 18,500 staff in Germany in line with a reduced production capacity, due to the parts shortage, starting from 23 April. Automotive News Europe reports that affected models include the C-Class, EQC and GLC. Peugeot Stellantis has confirmed to Reuters that the outgoing Peugeot 308 will see out its production run with an analogue instrument cluster, rather than the digital set-up that was introduced as part of a facelift in 2020. The hatchback has only a few months left on sale (its successor was revealed last month), and the news organisation quotes a group representative as saying: "It's a nifty and agile way of getting around a real hurdle for car production until the 'chips' crisis ends." The semiconductors Peugeot has supplied will be largely reserved for more po[CENSORED]r and newer models, including the 3008 SUV, which aren't yet set to receive any alterations in light of the shortage. There hasn't been any suggestion that the new 308 will be delayed or go without its digital i-Cockpit display.

Italy’s financial and fashion capital of Milan got a little buzzier on Thursday with a project that mixes biodiversity with art. A bee collective introduced 17 new colonies to new designer hives, bringing to 1 million the city’s po[CENSORED]tion of honeybees cultivated by the Urban Beehives project. Creator Claudia Zanfi said the project aims to “create an intersection between artistic language and biodiversity.” The art is in the form of hives designed by international artists and the biodiversity comes from the bees, which help pollinate plants in the city’s expanding green spaces. A bee collective is introducing 17 new colonies to their new hives on Earth Day, bringing to 1 million Milan’s po[CENSORED]tion of honey bees housed in boxes specially designed by artists throughout the city. (Photo: AP) The new hives were introduced to their homes in the Cascina Merlata Park, 20 hectares (50 acres) of new park dedicated last year on land used for the Expo 2015 World’s Fair, which focused on food, food security and nutrition. ALSO READ |Beehive deliveries keep New Yorkers buzzing on rooftops, backyards The seven-year-old, prize-winning project is aimed at educating the public about the importance of bees to the environment, while boosting their po[CENSORED]tion and producing a sweet treat of honey. It’s billed as one of the biggest urban bee collectives in Europe, with hives placed in four public parks in the city. The seven-year-old project is aimed at educating the public about the importance of bees to the environment while boosting their po[CENSORED]tion and providing a sweet treat of honey. It is billed as the biggest urban bee collective in Europe. (Photo: AP) “Urban Beehives is a redevelopment project of urban green through the reintroduction of bees in the city,” Zanfi said. “There always have been bees in the city, but creating a public space for them is what is new.” Starting next week, Zanfi’s group Green Island will offer courses and workshops at the park on beekeeping and the bees’ critical role in helping maintain a healthy planet. Two years ago, the Rome-based Food and Agricultural Organization sounded an alarm that declining bee po[CENSORED]tions pose threat to global food security and nutrition. “The bees have a fundamental role for our lives, but also for the life of the planet,″ Zanfi said.

A female police employee has been killed in a knife attack at a police station south-west of Paris. Anti-terror prosecutors have taken over the inquiry, and the killing is being treated as a possible terrorist attack. The attacker, who reportedly came to France from Tunisia several years ago, was shot dead by police. President Emmanuel Macron led tributes to the 49-year-old victim, and said France would never give in to "Islamist terrorism". What do we know about the attack? The stabbing took place in the secure entrance to the police station in the commuter town of Rambouillet at 14:20 (12:20 GMT). Witnesses said the attacker had been seen walking around while on his mobile phone outside the police station and seized his chance to go in as the woman - an unarmed administrative officer - went through the security doors. He reportedly lunged at the officer, stabbing her in the neck. Her colleagues then opened fire on him. Anti-terrorism prosecutors said they took over the investigation because of the way the attack had unfolded, remarks made by the attacker and the fact that he targeted a police official. Sources close to the inquiry told media outlets that the man had shouted "Allahu Akbar" (God is greatest) during the attack. Officials said the attacker, 36, was not previously known to security agencies. Local outlet BFMTV reported that he had lived in the country illegally before obtaining a residency card, which was due to expire later this year. Three people were arrested following the attack, according to reports. A judicial source told AFP news agency they were part of the suspect's "entourage". What has the reaction been? In a Twitter post following the attack, Mr Macron said the victim's name was Stéphanie. "The nation is by the side of her family, her colleagues and security forces," he wrote. Her full name has not been released, but local media reports describe her as a mother of two. Prime Minister Jean Castex and Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin went straight to the scene, in the large Yvelines area to the west of the capital. Mr Castex said the country had lost an "everyday heroine" and condemned what he described as a "barbaric act of boundless cruelty". "Our determination to combat terrorism in all its forms is as resolute as ever," he told reporters. Valérie Pécresse, president of the Paris region, said the attack had been against a "symbol of France". The police, she said, were "the face of France". Far-right leader Marine Le Pen - seen as the strongest challenger to Mr Macron in next year's presidential election - tweeted condemnation of Friday's attack before details of the suspect's identity had been made public. "The same horrors come one after another, the same infinite sadness as we think about the relatives and the colleagues of this female police employee who has been killed, the same type of person guilty of this barbarity, the same Islamist motives," she wrote. British Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab also reacted to the attack on Twitter. "We stand with our French friends and allies following tragic news of a female police officer killed by a terrorist in Rambouillet while doing her job," he wrote. In his comments on Friday, Mr Castex noted that the Yvelines area had been targeted before, including in 2016 when two members of the police force were fatally stabbed at their home. In October 2020 the militant Islamist murder of teacher Samuel Paty in Yvelines led to national outrage, as he was attacked after an online campaign that began with false claims from a 13-year-old girl at his school. French teen admits lying about murdered teacher Beheading of teacher deepens divisions in France line Deadly attacks on French police January 2015: Two police officers were among those killed in the attack at the offices of satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo. A third was killed in a related attack the following day. June 2016: A police commander and his partner, also a police official, were stabbed to death at their home west of Paris by a man claiming allegiance to the Islamic State (IS) group. The attacker was killed in a police assault on the house. April 2017: A French policeman was killed by a jihadist on the Champs Elysées in Paris. Two other officers were wounded in the attack. The suspect was shot dead by security forces, and a note defending IS was found near his body. March 2018: A gunman who pledged allegiance to IS militants launched a series of attacks in southern France, killing four people including a policeman who traded places with a captive. He also opened fire on a group of police officers out jogging, wounding one. The suspect was shot dead by police. October 2019: A police computer operator stabbed four of his colleagues to death at the Paris police headquarters, before being shot dead. Anti-terror prosecutors said he adhered to a radical version of Islam..

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The Tokyo motor show has been cancelled for the first time since the inaugural event in 1954, due to the ongoing pandemic. Toyota CEO Akio Toyoda, who also serves as chairman of event organiser the Japan Automobile Manufacturers Association, is quoted by Automotive News Europe as telling reporters: "We've concluded that it will be difficult to offer our main programs where many visitors get to experience attractive features of mobility in a safe environment." The biennial event - typically one of the largest of its kind globally - has until now always gone ahead as scheduled. However, a surge in Covid-19 infections in Japan is causing concern, with Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga said to be considering declaring a state of emergency in cities including Tokyo and Osaka. The Tokyo motor show's cancellation comes just three months before Japan is set to host the Olympics, which have already been pushed back by a year. When it returns in 2022 or 2023, the Tokyo motor show will be rebranded as a 'mobility show' to reflect the increasingly diverse field of transportation solutions on offer from Japanese manufacturers. "The next time, we would like to hold an improved event to be called Tokyo Mobility Show," Toyoda said. "We would like to ask for your continued support." A virtual version of the 2021 event, comparable to the 2020 Geneva motor show, was never on the cards, according to Toyoda. He explained: "The Tokyo auto show showcases motorbikes, minicars, large vehicles [and] passenger cars, as well as mobility vehicles of other industries. "As such, we would like to prioritise having visitors experience these vehicles in the real world, and we would rather hold the event in the real world, not virtually. So we've decided to cancel the event."

Young Nigeria climate change activists are seen during a "Trashion Show" wearing some plastics recovered from waste, used to make garments during their annual show in Lagos. (Photo: Reuters) In a district of Lagos, Nigeria’s megacity, a group of teenagers wade through a mass of plastic bottles, food containers and bags that have blocked a waterway. Wearing gloves and masks, they pick up the discarded plastic and drop them into refuse bags. Their aim is to enable water to flow around the waterway that was constructed to prevent flooding in the city’s Sangotedo district, while raising awareness of the problems caused by single-use plastic. “We need to start now because in a few years it’s going to be too late to do anything,” said Esohe Ozigbo, the 15-year-old climate change activist who leads the group of youngsters, on the need to address environmental issues. Plastic waste is ubiquitous in Lagos, the commercial capital of Africa’s most populous country with a po[CENSORED]tion of more than 20 million people, where dropping litter is commonplace. To reinforce their message about the extent of the waste in Lagos, Ozigbo and her fellow activists attach plastic to fabric to create garments they wear in their annual “Trashion Show”. Greenfingers Wildlife Initative, a non-profit conservation group funded by donations, works with young people to stage the shows in shopping malls. The goal is to “mix creativity with advocacy”, said the organisation’s founder, Chinedu Mogbo. “Rather than just taking everything maybe to a dumping site… we decided to spruce things up and start the Trashion Show,” he said. In a district of Lagos, Nigeria’s megacity, a group of teenagers wade through a mass of plastic bottles, food containers and bags that have blocked a waterway. (Photo: Reuters) In the car park of a Lagos shopping mall in early April, shoppers watched teenagers clad in multicoloured shopping bags, rubbish sacks and plastic bottles. Ozigbo, who cites Swedish teenage climate activist Greta Thunberg as her inspiration, said she hoped the shows made shoppers think about their actions. “We are just teenagers but we are trying to … make a change in the world,” she said.

Mohammed Aisha joined his "cursed" ship, the MV Aman, on 5 May 2017. Today, after spending almost four years on board stranded off the Egyptian coast, he was freed and flown home to Syria. So how does he feel? His text, from the aircraft on the tarmac at Cairo airport, was brief. "Relief. Joy." And then came a voice message. "How do I feel? Like I finally got out of prison. I'm finally going to be rejoined with my family. I'm going to see them again." It marks the end of an ordeal which has taken its toll on Mohammed's physical and mental health. He was, after all, condemned to a life without power, sanitation or company. It began in July 2017, when the MV Aman was detained at the Egyptian port of Adabiya. The cargo ship was held because it had expired safety equipment and classification certificates. It should have been easy enough to resolve, but the ship's Lebanese contractors failed to pay for fuel and the MV Aman's owners in Bahrain were in financial difficulty. With the ship's Egyptian captain ashore, a local court declared Mohammed, the ship's chief officer, the MV Aman's legal guardian. Mohammed, who was born in the Syrian Mediterranean port of Tartus, says he wasn't told what the order meant and only found out months later, as the ship's other crew members started to leave. For four years, life - and death - passed Mohammed by. He watched as ships sailed past, in and out of the nearby Suez Canal. During the recent blockage caused by the giant container ship Ever Given, he counted dozens of ships waiting for the traffic jam to ease. He has even seen his brother, a fellow seafarer, sail past more than once. The brothers spoke on the phone but were too far apart even to wave. 'I was blamed for blocking the Suez Canal' How was the Suez Canal ship freed? In August 2018, he learned that his mother, a teacher responsible for his excellent English, had died. That was Mohammed's low point. "I seriously considered ending my life," he told me. By August 2019, Mohammed was alone but for the occasional guard and trapped on a vessel with no diesel and, consequently, no power. He was legally obliged to stay aboard and was unpaid, demoralised and feeling increasingly unwell. He said the ship was like a grave at night. "You can't see anything. You can't hear anything," he said. "It's like you're in a coffin." In March 2020, a storm blew the Aman off its anchorage. The ship drifted five miles (8km), eventually running aground a few hundred metres from the shoreline. It was terrifying at the time, but Mohammed thought it was an act of God. Now he was able to swim ashore every few days, buy food and recharge his phone. Astonishing as Mohammed's story is, his experience is not unique. In fact, seafarer abandonment is on the rise. According to the International Labour Organization, there are more than 250 active cases around the world where crews are simply left to fend for themselves. It says 85 new cases were reported in 2020, which is twice as many as in the previous year. Meanwhile, at the Iranian port of Assaluyeh, 19 mostly Indian crew members of the bulk carrier Ula are on hunger strike after their vessel was abandoned by its owners in July 2019. A crew member recently told the shipping journal Lloyd's List that the situation on board was "very critical", with depression rife and seafarers' families running out of money. "The first time I came across one of these cases, I was in total shock," said Andy Bowerman, Middle East and South Asia director for the Mission to Seafarers. From his base in Dubai, he has seen this happen time and again, usually for the same combination of reasons. "We're currently working with a case here, where the company have a huge mortgage on the vessel, but their debts are way beyond that. So sometimes it is just easier to tell the crew to drop anchor and to almost literally walk away." The Aman's owners, Tylos Shipping and Marine Services, told the BBC they had tried to help Mohammed but that their hands were tied. "I can't force a judge to remove the legal guardianship," a representative told us. "And I can't find a single person on this planet - and I've tried - to replace him." Mohammed, they said, should never have signed the order in the first place. For his part, Mohammed said he felt trapped in a situation not of his making, cornered by Egyptian law and ignored by the ship's owners . He said months would go by without communication - leaving him feeling let down and isolated. It's enough, you might imagine, to make him think twice about going back to sea. But he is determined. He says he is good at his job and wants nothing more than to pick up where he left off. After he's caught up with his family, that is.

The car world is full of characters: talented, knowledgeable, professional people often at the top of their game. Catch them at a new product launch and their appearance and dialogue will be highly polished, often PR-managed and a credit to the company that employs them. So when, in 1999, a rather dishevelled-looking chap called Lee Noble arrived at Autocar’s offices, driving what appeared to be a rather cheap and cheerful open-top kit car called the M10, we were sceptical. With some reluctance, the road test team tried the car – and the following week, this magazine proclaimed it to be “one of the most complete and exciting British mid-engined two-seaters we’ve driven”. That marked the start of the Noble phenomenon. Four years later, I drove an M12 – the M10’s faster and more complete successor – for the first time, and of the hundreds of cars I’ve tested since, none has elicited such powerful memories for me, despite having driven my last one exactly 15 years ago. However, back then I missed out on the first version of the M12, the GTO, and it’s this model that gave rise to this story, because 2021 marks two decades since car number one was delivered to a customer. It’s also the point at which Noble truly became a force to be reckoned with – not just in low-volume sports car circles but up against true supercar royalty, too. First, though, let’s go back to why the M12 caused such a stir in 2001. To start with, the market was ripe for such a car. Think about mid-size sports cars with a reasonable degree of everyday usability and a BHP figure in the mid-300s and you would be looking at either the Lotus Esprit, then in its death throes, or the 996-series Porsche 911. With plaudits for the M10 in the bag, Noble was quick to exploit that market gap and, thanks to his experience in quick-turnaround engineering projects, within two years the M12 emerged from the company’s new premises in Barwell, Leicestershire. Using the same Ford-based mechanicals as the M10 – the relatively new and highly tunable Duratec V6 – and essentially the same steel spaceframe chassis, the M12 added twin turbochargers, nearly doubling the power to 310bhp, and an enclosed, two-door fibreglass body that looked more like a refugee from a race track. And the cost? An indecently competitive £44,950. Much of the M12’s commercial success stemmed from a deep-rooted pragmatism about how many sales were needed to make the car viable and establishing a realistic bill of material for each unit. For this reason, Noble outsourced manufacturing of the M12’s body and rolling chassis to low-volume experts Hi-Tech Automotive, based in Gqeberha (Port Elizabeth), South Africa. This left Noble’s Leicestershire workforce to install the powertrain and deal with final assembly. It was a repeatable and efficient method that led to us recognising Noble with our Specialist Manufacturer of the Year Award in 2001, saying: “Perhaps Lee’s greatest achievement has been to take 160 orders and turn his outfit into that rarest of breeds: a successful small British sports car maker.” As ever, though, Noble saw still greater potential in developing the M12. In late 2002, a revised version of the GTO, known as the GTO-3, was launched, still using the Duratec V6 but with capacity raised to 3.0 litres. The trademark “Darth Vader in the boot” (a Jeremy Clarkson quip) turbo noise was now more subdued, and with a significant increase of power and torque, much of the turbo lag had been banished, making the improved performance even more accessible. With the further addition of a six-speed gearbox mated to a Quaife torque-sensing differential, the GTO-3 soon morphed into the GTO-3R, and the M12 started to hit the big time. No supercar seemed to be too expensive or too powerful to lock horns with the GTO-3R on road or track, and since Noble effectively marketed its cars through the press (a risky strategy at the best of times), that meant the 911 GT3, Ferrari 360 and Lamborghini Murciélago were all fair game. And then came the M400. So named because its 425bhp output gave it a power-to-weight ratio of 400bhp per tonne, it was a road rocket with the temperament of a cooking Ford Focus. Easy to drive, with benign handling, it was the type of car that rewarded any driver, no matter their ability. Today, what I thought made the M12 so unforgettable is concerning me as I collect our test car from Noble experts Jetstream at Bruntingthorpe Proving Ground in Leicestershire. By sheer coincidence, it’s the same model, a GTO-3, that I first reviewed for this magazine, and at the same location; but can it really be as good as I remember it? Jetstream’s Matt Walton talks me around the car, which is rare in that it has hardly been modified in the past 18 years. The gearbox and differential from the later GTO-3R and a mild engine remap, taking it from 352bhp to around 380bhp, are the only notable revisions. I’m rather pleased about that, because the purity of the original is what I want to remind myself about today. I’ve arrived in a new, base-spec 911, so entering the Noble’s cabin (it’s easiest to go head first, bringing your lower body in last) is an interesting contrast. Once I’m in, the snug, firm seat adjusts just enough for my 5ft 7in frame to comfortably reach the pedals. Before me are the main dials for speed and revs and two smaller ones for fuel level and temperature; a fifth, for the turbo boost, is built into the centre stack. Other than the Ford-derived column stalks and HVAC controls, that’s about your lot. Happily, this is the second car I’ve driven today that has an instantly recognisable exhaust note when I fire it up. Despite using what’s basically the engine from a Ford Maverick off-roader, the M12 emits a deep, hard-edged rumble at idle more akin to something from Modena than the Midlands. Look up and there’s an Alcantara-covered roll-cage that forms part of the M12’s super-rigid structure. And the view over the slightly PlayStation-looking Momo steering wheel is good, helped by the windscreen’s subtle curve. Setting off, the steering is light and communicative (almost Elise-like, in fact), thanks to good old-fashioned hydraulic assistance. It eschews the ultra-quickness of a Ferrari rack for a more benign set-up, which is a boon on fast A- and B-roads. And how the M12 rides so well on pockmarked surfaces is a salutary lesson to those who believe that fast cars need to be rigidly suspended.

Before building a lifestyle empire, Chrissy Teigen made history as a successful model, and bagged Sports Illustrated Swimsuit‘s ‘Rookie of the Year’ title in 2010, among other achievements. Like most celebs, the mother-of-two also went through her own journey of struggle. She recently took us back to the time when she was still new to the modelling industry. Teigen shared a series of pictures from her 15-year-old photoshoot, wearing her ‘own random clothes’, she revealed on Instagram. “15 years ago, a test shoot to get an agency with my own random clothes. Here’s the deal I know how to model and you don’t,” she wrote. In the pictures, the 35-year-old donned several trends of the early 2000s like peep-toe platform hells, babydoll top, and studded belt, among others. Take a look: https://www.instagram.com/p/CNukysoBdnT/?utm_source=ig_embed Meanwhile, the television personality also returned to Twitter recently after a month-long hiatus. “Turns out it feels TERRIBLE to silence yourself and also no longer enjoy belly chuckles randomly throughout the day and also lose like 2,000 friends at once lol…I choose to take the bad with the good!” she wrote on the social media platform.

Liam Scarlett, the internationally-known choreographer who left the Royal Ballet last year after claims of sexual misconduct, has died at the age of 35. His family called it a "tragic, untimely death". The cause of death has not been disclosed. A day earlier, the Royal Danish Theatre had reportedly cancelled his show over allegations of unacceptable behaviour. The Royal Ballet cleared him after an independent investigation, but the British choreographer left the company. Choreographer Liam Scarlett to leave Royal Ballet Scarlett had joined the Royal Ballet in 2006 as a dancer and retired six years later to dedicate himself to choreography. The artist-in-residence was responsible for creating some of the company's major recent shows, including a new production of Swan Lake in 2018. His work also included Despite, and Consolations and Liebestraum. But he was suspended from his post in August 2019 after the allegations of misconduct with students emerged. Australia's Queensland Ballet also cancelled work with him as a result. On Friday, the Royal Danish Theatre announced it was cancelling a planned production of the ballet Frankenstein, for which Scarlett was the guest choreographer, over alleged misconduct towards its staff in 2018 and 2019, the Times reported. In a statement announcing the death, the family said: "At this difficult time for all of our family, we would ask that you respect our privacy to enable us to grieve our loss." The Royal Opera House said on Twitter: "Our thoughts are with his friends and family at this very sad time." The Royal Ballet said it was "deeply saddened to hear the news of Liam Scarlett's death".

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Richard Parry-Jones, Ford’s former group vice-president of global product development, has died in an accident on his farm in Wales. Ford chairman Bill Ford said that Parry-Jones "left an indelible mark on Ford and the industry". Parry-Jones, who was 70, had a distinguished engineering career at Ford spanning nearly 40 years. He will be best remembered for bringing a new, much higher standard of vehicle dynamics to Ford’s European cars, starting with the Mondeo in 1993 and working through the range to the all-important 1998 launch of the Focus, which set new standards for cars of its type across the world. His secret weapon was always communication. Successive teams of young engineers were inspired by him, and the management he encountered (and later joined) were converted to his way of thinking by his unique combination of eloquence and exceptional engineering know-how. Parry-Jones’s success led to his appointment as Ford’s chief technical officer, which put him in charge of 30,000 engineers worldwide. It also widened his influence to the many Ford-owned marques of the time, including Jaguar, Land Rover, Lincoln, Volvo and Aston Martin. The position also allowed him to spread his philosophy of dynamic excellence across Ford’s own global portfolio, where it continues to thrive today. Unusually expert at making his points to journalists, Parry-Jones soon became well-known for a car evaluation procedure known as “the 50-metre test”, which he reckoned was more effective for sensing a car’s true behaviour than driving at the limit on test tracks. In 50 metres, he said, a perceptive driver could know whether they were driving a good car or not. He also stated, convincingly and often, that it was far harder to engineer and develop a class-leading family hatchback than a mere million-pound supercar. The improvement of Ford’s vehicles through the 1990s and 2000s was highly influential on rival companies like Volkswagen, Renault, the PSA Group and Opel-Vauxhall: Parry-Jones’s benign influence also brought improvement to every one of his company’s major rivals. At one stage he was courted by VW’s Ferdinand Piëch, but elected to stay with the company he had joined as a graduate trainee in 1969. Ford chairman Bill Ford said: "Richard Parry-Jones was a rare talent who left an indelible mark on Ford and the industry. As an engineer, he was a virtuoso with an uncanny feel for creating cars that were dynamic and incredibly fun to drive. I can tell you that going on a test drive with him was not for the faint of heart. "His passion for great cars and love of motoring inspired legions of engineers and enthusiasts in Europe and around the world. Richard will be deeply missed and our heart goes out to his family and loved ones.” Parry-Jones, who won Autocar’s Man of the Year award in 1994, retired from Ford in 2007 to follow a consultancy career, advising the Welsh government on economic development, transport and energy matters and also becoming one of the founders of the Automotive Council, a highly effective vehicle for co-operation between the UK government and the automotive industry. He was also chairman of the Marshall Motor Holdings dealer group. Marshall CEO Daksh Gupta said: "He was quite simply, an industry legend. He was an inspiring mentor to me and I am so proud that we became close friends. I will miss him deeply." Recently, Parry-Jones had rejoined the board of Aston Martin Lagonda, a company whose 1990s range of cars he had done much to improve, especially from the dynamic point of view. He was a lifelong rugby fan, a brilliant communicator and a loyal Welshman to the end.

Argentine artist Maximiliano Bagnasco finishes a painting of soccer legend Diego Armando Maradona, and Barcelona's footballer Lionel Messi, at his workshop, in Buenos Aires, Argentina. (Photo: Reuters) Maxi Bagnasco says he knows Diego Maradona’s features by heart after painting portraits of the soccer star almost daily since the Argentine World Cup winner died last November. The artist, who creates lifelike paintings with spray paint on huge canvases, decided to make Maradona his niche after the outpouring of grief over the footballer’s death. “I am not afraid of being pigeonholed, I believe that what everyone sees from me is the hand of God,” Bagnasco told Reuters with a smile, a reference to Maradona’s famous goal against England at the 1986 World Cup, which Argentina went on to win.

Actress Helen McCrory, known for her roles in Peaky Blinders and three Harry Potter films, has died of cancer at the age of 52, according to her husband, the actor Damian Lewis. He said he was "heartbroken", and that she was a "beautiful and mighty woman". He wrote: "She blazed so brightly. Go now, Little One, into the air, and thank you." Harry Potter author JK Rowling led the tributes, writing that it was "simply heartbreaking news". McCrory was also known for her long and acclaimed career on stage, and the National Theatre's artistic director Rufus Norris said she was "unquestionably one of the great actors of her generation". Peaky Blinders creator Steven Knight said: "Helen was one of the great actors of her generation. She was so powerful and controlled and this is so sad." Cillian Murphy, who played Tommy Shelby in the show, added he was "broken-hearted to lose such a dear friend", describing her as "a beautiful, caring, funny, compassionate human being". "She was also a gifted actor - fearless and magnificent. She elevated and made humane every scene, every character she played," he said, adding it was "a privilege to have worked with this brilliant woman... I will dearly miss my pal". BBC director of drama Piers Wenger added: "Helen was one of the finest actresses this country will ever see." Homeland star Lewis said she had died "after an heroic battle with cancer". The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. View original tweet on Twitter "The beautiful and mighty woman that is Helen McCrory has died peacefully at home, surrounded by a wave of love from family and friends," he said. McCrory married Homeland star Lewis in 2007 and they had two children. Last year, the couple raised more than £1m to provide NHS workers with meals from high street restaurants during the pressures of the coronavirus pandemic. TV stars raise nearly £1m to feed NHS workers In pictures: Helen McCrory's acting career Comedian Matt Lucas, who worked with them on the FeedNHS campaign, tweeted that she "will be remembered not just for her remarkable stage and screen performances, but also for her selflessness and generosity". In April 2020, McCrory and Lewis appeared on BBC Sounds' Newscast and she explained why they set up FeedNHS. "We've got lots of friends in the NHS and when this outbreak happened, they said one of the big problems they had was all the cafes and restaurants around the hospitals were closing. And the hours they were doing were longer and longer, and they weren't able to get food. "We decided we wanted to try and get food to these people working such long hours and weren't able to." The couple also appeared just weeks ago on Good Morning Britain, to talk about charity work for the Prince's Trust. "She died as she lived. Fearlessly. God we love her and we know how lucky we are to have had her in our lives." In her tribute, Rowling wrote: "I'm devastated to learn of the death of Helen McCrory, an extraordinary actress and a wonderful woman who's left us far too soon. "My deepest condolences to her family, especially her husband and children." McCrory played Narcissa Malfoy, the wife of Lucius Malfoy and Draco's mother, in Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince and Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 and Part 2. The actress was perhaps best known for playing Aunt Polly, the matriarch of the Shelby clan, in all five series of hit BBC period gang drama Peaky Blinders from its start in 2013. "She really is the brains with Tommy behind the family, and you see the difference of how to rule," she said when speaking about 2014's second series. In his tribute, the BBC's Piers Wenger said: "Helen's fearlessness made every part she played unique and unmissable. "Her body of work speaks of her extraordinary talent, what it doesn't speak of is her kindness, intelligence and sense of fun. This is too soon, too cruel." Her other screen roles included the MP Clair Dowar in 2012 James Bond movie Skyfall, and former Prime Minister Tony Blair's wife Cherie in the films The Queen and The Special Relationship. She provided the voice of Stelmaria, Lord Asriel's snow leopard daemon, in the recent BBC One TV series His Dark Materials, and the show's Twitter account called her "uniquely talented". Bafta, the British film and TV academy, wrote: "We're sad to hear of the death of actor Helen McCrory. As well as fearless Polly Gray in Bafta-winning Peaky Blinders, she was in 2007 Best Film Bafta winner The Queen, amongst many other films and TV shows." BBC One series Doctor Who also paid tribute to the actress, who appeared in 2010 episode The Vampires of Venice. As well as her film and TV credits, she played seven lead roles at the National Theatre, whose boss Rufus Norris said: "With her incisive wit and ferocious intelligence, she was one of the most charismatic and distinctive performers. "She was also a deeply beloved member of this theatre's broader community." She also worked at the Royal Shakespeare Company, the Almeida and the Donmar Warehouse, and earned rave reviews for her role in Uncle Vanya in London and New York in 2002 and 2003. McCrory was nominated for two of London's Olivier Awards for playing Rosalind in As You Like It in 2006, and for The Last of the Haussmans in 2013. 'One of the greatest actors of our time' Film and theatre director Sir Sam Mendes, who directed Skyfall, remembered her as "an astonishing talent, a fabulous person, and an absolute true original". He said: "The film and theatre world has lost a one of a kind actress, and her family and friends have been robbed of an extraordinary, indomitable spirit. The world will be an infinitely poorer place without Helen in it." McCrory also formed the theatrical production company The Public with fellow actor and Staged star Michael Sheen. On Friday, he said she was "so funny, so passionate, so smart and one of the greatest actors of our time". He wrote: "From the first moment I met her when we were just kids it was obvious she was very special. It was an honour to work with her and know her. Much love to Damian and her family. Heartbreaking." A diplomat's daughter, her family moved to Cameroon and Tanzania as a toddler, the latter of which she later described as "my most formative country". "I loved Africa and it stays with you," she told BBC Radio 4's Desert Island Discs last year. She said she caught the performance bug while performing in the school choir. "That night I will never forget walking in and standing on that stage, having been not that interested up till then… Suddenly the orchestra started up and I sang so loudly, and the whole body vibrated," she recalled. "It was the most extraordinary thing I'd ever been part of. It was a piece of music I would never ever be capable of writing, and I realised from a very young age I would never be original. I would never be a great artist. "But what I could do is I could be part of another great artist's work. I could be an interpreter. That felt so good, not being me." She spoke on Newscast about the coronavirus pandemic, saying it had been "so overwhelming". "It seems fantastical, you think you're absolutely fine, you're pottering along, you're coping with it, cleaning, cooking, cleaning, cooking and you suddenly burst into tears, and it's the fear and it's the vulnerability coming out. And then you pick yourself up and you go along again, as if nothing happened, and it's surreal." She added that during lockdown they had done "quite a lot of painting and music", and joked: "If you're still for too long, I will bleach you." In 2003, she met Lewis when they both starred in a play called Five Gold Rings at the Almeida Theatre London. "He makes me laugh, and that was quite apparent quite early on," she said. "He just never lets me get away with anything, and that would make me laugh even more. So I think we hit it off pretty quickly. "We had a bumpy courtship… We are completely different as people, but we're very similar in our values and very rarely disagree about fundamental things."