The next big challenge facing the building industry will be meeting the demands of the public for homes that fit in to post-pandemic living with greater homeworking and emphasis on lifestyle rather than location, it is claimed. Dan Grimshaw from Bath and London-based Beam Development says the ‘15-Minute City’ principalContinue Reading
Astral Beat debuted encouragingly in a six furlongs dash when fifth (of 16!) at Newmarket and I’ll look no further for the winner of a 14-runner Restricted Novice Stakes over a similar distance on the pristine Newcastle tapeta today, when Callum Shepherd again rides the William Knight-trained Cotai Glory colt.Continue Reading
Western Power Distribution (WPD), the company responsible for the electricity pylons and power lines, has joined the emergency services to encourage the public to download the what3words in case of emergencies. The #KnowExactlyWhere summer safety campaign raises awareness of the free what3words app and how it can be effectively utilisedContinue Reading
With Josies Kid scratched Final Account also ticks enough boxes and rates a serious betting proposition in the fourteen-runner Maiden Stakes over five furlongs of ‘good to firm’ Thirsk today and I’ll be extremely disappointed if PauL Hanagan doesn’t steer this twice-raced Adaay colt into the winners’ enclosure for in-formContinue Reading
After two months of soaring COVID-19 cases in the UK, numbers have again started to fall – and to the surprise of many, fall quite dramatically. New cases peaked at 54,674 on July 17 before falling to 23,511 on July 27. They rose slightly to 27,734 on July 28, butContinue Reading
Most of the world, the UK included, is currently grappling with the delta variant of the coronavirus. But in parts of Europe there has also been a resurgence of an earlier variant of concern: beta (B1351). First discovered in South Africa, it has since dispersed globally, but hasn’t yet gainedContinue Reading
Argonne National Laboratory/flickr, CC BY-NC-SA More than 5,000 kilometres beneath us, Earth’s solid metal inner core wasn’t discovered until 1936. Almost a century later, we’re still struggling to answer basic questions about when and how it first formed. These aren’t easy puzzles to solve. We can’t directly sample the innerContinue Reading
TENNIS superstar Novak Djokovic lost the plot during the men’s Olympic bronze medal match – throwing his racket into the STANDS. The World No.1 had his hopes of a Golden Slam shattered by German Alexander Zverev earlier this week, crashing out at the semi-final stage. 4 Novak Djokovic proceeds toContinue Reading
Alamy/Wayne Hutchinson The decline of the high street has been hollowing out British town centres in recent years. When pubs, community centres, libraries and banks close, it adds to a sense of local decline. In my recently published research, I found that local decline contributes to a rise in supportContinue Reading
OUR MAN IN THE GROUND From The Sun’s Jonny Fordham in Cape Town: The Lions were forced to a final Test decider as this barbaric never-ending story rolls on for another week. In a bloodthirsty Second Test South Africa roared back with a vengeance.The Boklash they promised, was delivered. SoContinue Reading
