Sugary drink tax introduce the tax was heavily funded by Mike Bloomberg. On June 30, 2017, a Cook County judge granted a temporary restraining order filed by the Illinois Retail Merchants Association and several Cook County-based grocers that prohibited the tax from being put into effect until at least July 12. The tax eventually went into effect on August 2. Due to a conflict with the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, this soda tax did not apply to any soda purchases made with food stamps, which were used by over 870,000 people. Controversially, the tax affected diet drinks but not sugar-packed fruit juices. On
London to Brighton events Brighton seafront before finishing at Brighton Racecourse. All roads were open to other traffic, and a vehicle fire on the Mile End Road delayed a number of riders. All participants were timed from start to finish line. The published results (which included time spent a rest stops) indicated that nearly 1000 riders took part Challenge Cancer 2015 was a fund-raising bike ride in the United Kingdom organised by Macmillan Cancer Support, Breakthrough Breast Cancer, Cancer Research UK and Prostate Cancer UK. It expands on the inaugural event of the previous year by adding a second route between Manchester and Leeds.