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Hallmark fans are convinced that one new Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce-inspired film will be the "biggest one of the season." This holiday season Hallmark is premiering a brand new Christmas rom-com titled 'Holiday Touchdown: A Chiefs Love Story' based on Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce's romance. The new movie, directed by John Putch, stars actors Hunter King and Tyler Hynes and is loosely inspired by the pop star and Kansas City Chief stars' real-life love story. The synopsis of the upcoming holiday flick reads: "Chiefs superfan Alana tries to win the Fan of the Year Award as a Christmas gift for her family, falling in love with someone in the Chiefs front office along the way." Travis Kelce and Taylor Swift are impacted by three strict Kansas City Chiefs rules Chiefs president shows true colors with Travis Kelce-Taylor Swift relationship stance And as the Hollywood newcomers take on the leading roles, Travis' very own mother Donna Kelce will be making a cameo appearance in the movie as well. In an interview with E! News the director raved over Donna's participation in the movie. The filmmaker told the news outlet: "She's like a rare and beautiful unicorn. When she showed up on set, it was like, ‘The Eagle has landed.’ It was like the president was joining us, and rightfully so. She's like the country's mother." Teasing her upcoming apperance, the director revealed that Donna will be sporting her own customized Chiefs jersey. Her jersey will feature the Chief's signature white, red, and gold and will be adorned with a sweet message from Travis that reads "love you mommy." And as the director looks forward to the movie's debut, many fans took to a newly posted Reddit thread sharing their excitement over the film as well. One eager user wrote: "They are really giving us some heavy hitters this season." Another added: "They are really giving us some heavy hitters this season." And a third wrote: "Prime spot on the Saturday after Thanksgiving. This must be their biggest one of the season." While someone else joked: "They should show this instead of Chiefs games." Holiday Touchdown: A Chiefs Love Story will be premiering on the Hallmark Channel on Saturday Nov. 30 at 8pm ET/7pm CT. Click here to follow the Mirror US on Google News to stay up to date with all the latest news, sport and entertainment stories. All the latest news, showbiz, lifestyle and sports updates, brought to you by our dedicated American team. Follow the Mirror US News page on Facebook to make sure you're not missing out. DAILY NEWSLETTER: Sign up here to get the latest news and updates from the Mirror US straight to your inbox with our FREE newsletter.BY MATT GLYNN Nov. 27, 2024 The Buffalo Niagara Partnership is moving its offices to 79 Perry St. in the space formerly used by Labatt USA. Partnership sees new home as a 'hub' The Buffalo Niagara Partnership's offices will soon have a new location. But it won't be your typical corporate offices. The region's largest business group is moving to 79 Perry St., a Pegula-owned building in the Cobblestone District, next door to KeyBank Center. "The office space is going to be a whole lot more than just office space for our team," said Dottie Gallagher, the Buffalo Niagara Partnership's president and CEO. Its offices will branded as BNP @ The Cobblestone, designed as a hub for businesses and their employees. "Our members will have access to premium co-working spaces, from a cozy cafe to semi-private desks," Gallagher said. There will also be conference rooms and event spaces. About 4,500 people a year attend Partnership events, she said. "That audience of local business professionals and executives is really second to none." Rendering of the planned new Buffalo Niagara Partnership offices. Pete Guelli, chief operating officer of the Buffalo Bills and Buffalo Sabres, said the Partnership is an ideal fit for the neighborhood. "It's incredibly active on game days and around events, but we want more in that area, and the BNP coming down to 79 Perry, to me, just gives some more credibility about why businesses should be a part of it," Guelli said. "They're the perfect tenant. They're going to bring business to businesses down there on a daily basis, and that's exactly what we need to see." The Partnership earlier this year exited its space at the former Highmark BlueCross BlueShield building on Genesee Street, and is temporarily operating from Evans Bank's headquarters in Amherst. Evans has allowed the Partnership to use the space rent free. At 79 Perry St., the Partnership is renovating office space formerly used by Labatt USA. The organization hopes to move into its new offices in February or March. Microbusinesses sign up Gallagher said 351 microbusinesses have signed up for free memberships with the Partnership. "We're thrilled to have that level of entrepreneurship represented in our membership," Gallagher said. The business group earlier this year launched BNP Pro Free, allowing businesses with five employees or fewer – plus locally owned and operated restaurants of any size – to join the business group at no cost. The initiative was funded by a grant from National Grid. Modernizing the power grid There is a great deal of attention on ensuring the state's electric power grid will be able to handle the rising demand for electricity. Gov. Kathy Hochul announced that $22 million is available for projects that strengthen and modernize the grid. The funds come from a U.S. Department of Energy grant. The New York State Energy Research and Development Authority will administer the program. The deadline for submitting proposals is Feb. 12. "We look forward to working with future partners to deliver projects that help provide clean energy to New Yorkers and support the state’s transition to a modern, zero-emission electric grid," said Doreen Harris, NYSERDA's president and CEO. Small businesses reap tech rewards Four Western New York businesses were among 35 recipients statewide of Innovation Matching grants. The grants were awarded by Empire State Development's Division of Science, Technology, and Innovation. The 35 grants were worth a combined $4.6 million. The four local recipients were: Graphenix Development, IBEX Materials, Atrevida Science and Immunotolerx Therapeutics. Ascending in accounting Mark Koziel, a Depew native and a 1991 Canisius University graduate, is about to take the reins of the world's largest accounting membership organization. Mark Koziel has been named CEO of the Association of International Certified Public Accountants. Koziel will serve as CEO of the Association of International Certified Public Accountants, effective in January. He started his career with Lumsden McCormick in Buffalo. He now lives in North Carolina and is president and CEO of Allinial Global, an association of independent accounting advisory firms. "Mark's appointment is a proud moment for Canisius University," said Ian Redpath, chair of the accounting program. "His journey from a Canisius accounting student to leading the world's premier accounting organization demonstrates the exceptional preparation and opportunities a Canisius education provides." Worksport's growing workforce Worksport, the company producing truck bed covers at a plant in West Seneca, said it has grown its workforce to 50 full-time hourly workers and 10 part-time salaried workers. "We are working our rear ends off," said Steve Rossi, the CEO, in a recent conference call with analysts. "We’re building a real business. We went from $1 million in a year to $1 million a month. Next stop is $1 million a week." Worksport said it is continuing to expand its production capacity and expects to meet its next production target of making more than 200 tonneau covers per day within 2025. THE LATEST Two of Buffalo's top development officials have been ousted . New solar project starts construction in Great Valley. Scanlon, Poloncarz criticize land bank for delays and cost of homes on projects in Buffalo and Cheektowaga. How do the Bills believe they will ever get to the more than 5,000 potential season ticket holder accounts on their waitlist for the new stadium and why advertise for more of them? Developers battle over Tonawanda Island site but sewer capacity may hinder projects. What went wrong at Tonawanda's Sumitomo tire plant ? And why did Sumitomo's Japan-based parent decide to pull the plug now? Work has begun on venture studio built to fill void in Buffalo's entrepreneurial space . Artisans report as much as 50% of their annual revenue comes from the holiday shopping season. Now valued at $5 billion, Odoo welcomes Google parent company venture fund as co-lead investor. An incentive package containing $11.6 million in sales and property tax breaks could help Wells Enterprises bring 270 jobs to Dunkirk. Local startup Rookery Labs will move into a space at the Northland Center. Family Promise of Western New York wants to build a second emergency shelter for homeless . StoreCash , one of five $1 million winners in last year’s 43North competition, has completed a $3.7 million seed funding round. The Buffalo Niagara region's jobless rate has risen to 3.6%. A report says the Buffalo Bills are ready to sell an about 20% minority stake in team. The cost of the new Buffalo Bills stadium is going up by almost 25% . A downtown golf project is getting a boost from a new investor . ICYMI Five reads from Buffalo Next: 1. Locally owned stores are pulling out all the stops to attract customers who may otherwise be lured in by the convenience of major retailers and online shopping. 2. Get the story behind Evans Bank's hunt for a merger , which ended with the Amherst-based bank's acquisition by NBT Bank. 3. A lot goes into getting local grocery stores ready for the Thanksgiving shopping rush . 4. Buffalo officials are considering whether to impose more restrictions on short-term rentals. 5. How retailers try to entice shoppers to do their holiday buying early . 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WHENEVER they’re facing flak over Scotland’s NHS, SNP ministers tend to do three things. Firstly, they blame the pandemic . Secondly, they claim things are better in Scotland than England . Thirdly, they say they have a plan to fix things. 2 SNP ministers all do the same three things when facing flak over the NHS in Scotland Credit: Alamy 2 Chris Musson reckons stories about an NHS crisis are a daily occurrence Credit: Andrew Barr Readers may also have noticed that stories about some NHS crisis or other are a daily occurrence. It’s hard not to become desensitised to the onslaught of terrible news . To sigh or — worse still — to simply shrug. We’ve just had the worst October on record for A&E waits, but I can’t say anyone will be particularly surprised. Scotland’s NHS waiting list sits at 863,535, latest figures show . To put that in perspective, it is equivalent to one in six Scots. The list was 419,636-long at the start of 2020. Back then, people thought that was bad. READ MORE IN POLITICS BAD DAY Labour council leader probed by cops after 'bombarding refugees with sex texts' 'RECORD FUNDING' Scots Finance Minister says 'no reason' for councils to impose tax hikes Of course, the start of 2020 is when Covid-19 hit. We all know the misery that followed and the flaws in responses around the world. But every cloud has a silver lining, especially for governments trying to swerve the blame for failings today. Ministers the world over seem to think Covid-19 has given them a Get Out of Jail Free card for any problem that arises. But like a new government blaming the last one for all its ills, the Covid excuse has a limited shelf life. This is true for the Scottish Government, which has been boasting for years about pouring increasing amounts of cash — a record £21billion next year — into the health service. The problem is, just pouring cash into an institution as flawed as the NHS is not going to fix it. It may win a governing party the votes of doctors and health workers with their inflation-busting pay rises, and give the SNP bragging rights on a UK stage. Most read in The Scottish Sun STREET ATTACK Manhunt launched after girl, 15, sexually assaulted at Scots bus stop DIFFERENT LEAGUE Rangers boss Clement told 'don't make excuses' after surprising admission STRICKEN STAR Michail Antonio undergoes surgery on broken leg after horror car crash CITY CENTRE DRAMA Police lock down busy street in major Scots city after person hit by bus But big pay will also dilute the ability to invest in things like new facilities, or MRI scanners, or public health initiatives to stop people getting ill to start with. And reform is badly needed. Awkward and potentially unpopular decisions must be taken, including greater private involvement. Is Anas Sarwar doomed because of Sir Keir Starmer's freebie row and freezing pensioners? Scotland’s NHS already pays private hospitals to treat patients — to the tune of £116million in 2022-23, for example. To make out a private role in the NHS is sacrilege, as many politicians do, is to conveniently ignore this. But it is precisely this type of simplistic argument that politicians in Scotland have been distracting themselves with while the NHS has deteriorated. Which brings me back to that pandemic excuse. Pretty much every utterance from the SNP as regards the NHS has the supposed get-out that the pandemic is to blame. It happened yet again last week when Audit Scotland — Scotland’s independent public spending watchdog — released its annual state-of-the-nation report on the NHS. The watchdog said there was “no clear plan” from the SNP and it must “clearly explain to the public how it will reform the NHS and address the pressures on services”. In response to the week’s dismal NHS news, including the Audit Scotland report, Health Secretary Neil Gray did those three things I mention. He claimed the pandemic meant treatment was now taking longer, he said Scotland’s A&Es were doing better than England’s, and he said “we do have a clear plan” for “fundamental reform”. It was Groundhog Day . And unfortunately for SNP ministers, Groundhog Day started long before the pandemic. I still have the press releases for Audit Scotland’s annual NHS reports in my inbox from pre-Covid, and SNP ministers’ responses. The examples tell a story. In 2015, Audit Scotland said: “Fundamental changes and new ways of delivering healthcare are required now to ensure the NHS is able to continue providing high-quality services in the future .” In response, then Health Secretary Shona Robison — now Finance Secretary — said: “The Scottish Government has a clear vision for the future of our NHS and we will continue to take the right action.” In 2016, Audit Scotland again called for reform but warned of “a lack of workforce planning for new models of care to deliver more community-based services”. In response, Ms Robison boasted of “significant improvements in the performance of the NHS”, how Scotland was doing better than the rest of the UK, and about her “new national clinical strategy”. In 2017, Audit Scotland said “a number of crucial building blocks still need to be put in place” in terms of reform, growing waiting lists, and workforce problems. SNP ministers’ response was a press release headlined: “NHS reform progressing well and patient satisfaction is high.” 'MOUNTING TRUST ISSUES' LABOUR have mounting trust issues with the public and they know it. It’s why Keir Starmer staged a re-launch of his government last week. But in an interview afterwards, he treated people like idiots with the same old shtick about how he had to cut universal winter fuel payments to “stabilise the economy”. Voters know this is nonsense. There may be good arguments to means-test, but cuts are forecast to save £1.4billion a year — small fry in Budget terms. And boffins reckon if all OAPs entitled to pension credit — the gateway to WFPs — apply, it will cost £2.2billion a year. So, get applying, folks. In 2018, Audit Scotland ramped up its warnings, with a press release titled: “Immediate action is needed to shift the NHS towards long-term, fundamental change.” The new Health Secretary, Jeane Freeman, claimed “we are already taking forward” the recommendations and bragged of record NHS funding. On October 24, 2019 — five months before lockdown — Audit Scotland’s annual report was titled: “NHS is ‘running hot’ and needs to refocus priorities.” In response, Ms Freeman again boasted of record funding and her government’s “twin approach of investment and reform to meet increasing demand”. All of which tells you pretty much all you need to know about the origins of the NHS meltdown we are now witnessing. SNP ministers spent years before Covid failing to deal with a growing crisis, while pretending they were. And they relied on spin to disguise the reality that things were spiralling out of control. The reality is the seeds of the NHS crisis were sown long before the pandemic. Read more on the Scottish Sun 'vicious circle' I live in Scotland's benefits hotspot -I've only worked 4 years of my life SPLIT THE PACK I'm one of the best ever snooker stars but I wouldn't be if I was born later Covid may have made things more difficult, but the NHS was already on the road to ruin. Depressingly, as last week’s Audit Scotland report shows, there is still no sign that the lessons have been learnedJosh Allen passed for two touchdowns and rushed for one more as the Buffalo Bills clobbered the New York Jets 40-14 on Sunday afternoon in Orchard Park, N.Y. The Bills clinched the No. 2 seed in the AFC with the victory. Allen was showered with "M-V-P" chants after putting the game away with a pair of third-quarter touchdown passes -- a 30-yard connection with Amari Cooper and a 14-yard strike to a leaping Keon Coleman with 12 seconds left in the frame. Those scores sandwiched a 1-yard touchdown run by James Cook. Buffalo (13-3) took a 33-0 lead into the fourth quarter thanks to its 21-point third. Allen, who turned things over to backup quarterback Mitchell Trubisky for the final 15 minutes, finished with 182 yards on 16-for-27 passing. Trubisky hit Tyrell Shavers for a 69-yard TD on his first pass of the contest to make it 40-0 with 12:37 to go. It marked Shavers' first career catch. The Bills' defense was in the spotlight just as much as Allen, forcing three turnovers and racking up four sacks. Aaron Rodgers struggled under center for New York (4-12), completing 12 of 18 passes for 112 yards. He was picked off twice. Second-string signal-caller Tyrod Taylor broke the shutout with a 9-yard touchdown pass to Garrett Wilson with 6:59 left in the game. The Jets proceeded to convert a two-point try to trim their deficit to 40-8. Wilson hauled in seven receptions for 66 yards and the TD. Tyler Conklin grabbed a 20-yard touchdown with 1:55 remaining to complete the scoring. Taylor ended up with 83 yards and the two TDs on 11-of-14 passing. A.J. Epenesa gave the Bills a boost just before the break, sacking Rodgers for a safety that put Buffalo up 9-0 with 2:31 remaining in the second quarter. Tyler Bass extended the Bills' lead with a 39-yard field goal as time expired in the first half. The teams combined for five penalties on the game's first drive, with a 5-yard defensive pass interference call setting Buffalo up at the Jets 1. Allen then got pushed into the end zone for his franchise-record-tying 65th rushing touchdown. --Field Level Media