Plymouth MP Luke Pollard has today called on the government to immediately remove VAT from domestic energy bills, as the cost of living crisis hits working people across the country. The call comes ahead of Chancellor Rishi Sunak’s Budget on Wednesday, and as rising inflation and energy bills leave many feeling the pinch.Continue Reading
Luxembourg was installed favourite for both the 2000 Guineas and Epsom Derby next year after hammering bookmakers by winning the two-year-old ‘Futurity’ over the straight ‘soft’ Doncaster mile last Saturday but Native Trail remains by best two-year-old of 2021; form lines and my time-handicap computation provide convincing data even thoughContinue Reading
BRITS will be able to enjoy a “normal” Christmas this year but should self-test before visiting elderly relatives, Sajid Javid said today. The health secretary insisted the festive season will be “safe” so long as enough people get out and take their booster jabs. Reuters Sajid Javid insisted Brits willContinue Reading
Review at a glance I ’ve yet to meet anyone who dislikes Chloé Zhao’s spartan, Oscar-winning epic, Nomadland. Her new movie will be more divisive. It’s a lavish, ambitious, Marvel superhero movie that starts with the words: “In the beginning… before the six singularities…” Any viewer who reads that andContinue Reading
GOOD MORNING ARSENAL FANS Arsenal boss Mikel Arteta says he has no plans to sell Alexandre Lacazette in January despite the risk of losing the player for nothing at the end of the season. The £54million striker is in the final year of his £180,000-a-week contract and has not beenContinue Reading
Kalyptra is a serious rival to forecast odds-on chance Mon Frere in an eight-runner Novices’ Hurdle over two miles of ‘good to soft’ Wincanton today when the only other English fixture is scheduled for Aintree on a similar surface; each-way ‘thieves’ will be praying all ‘decs’ stand their ground andContinue Reading
PEP GUARDIOLA told a Brighton steward to come and sit with him in the dugout, prior to Manchester City’s 4-1 win over the Seagulls yesterday. The animated City boss patted the chair next to him as the initially bewildered staff member looked in his direction. 2 Pep Guardiola chats toContinue Reading
Nuclear power, toted by some as a “zero-emission clean energy source”, has somewhat of a dirty reputation in Ireland. The State is one of a few in the world with a ban on nuclear power for electricity generation, and there is little mention of the energy source in Irish plansContinue Reading
High levels of drinking during the pandemic can cause health problems. Opolja/Shutterstock Increased drinking during the pandemic has created a group of people who don’t see themselves as alcoholics but have difficulty abstaining from alcohol for any length of time. This group, starting to be called grey-area drinkers, are atContinue Reading
Jorge Gonzalez Were dinosaurs unfeeling scaly brutes or caring, well behaved and intelligent? This debate has continued since dinosaurs were first discovered 200 years ago, and has spilled over into the movies and popular consciousness. In seeking to answer questions like this, palaeontologists generally look at the nearest living relatives,Continue Reading
