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Cash in this ‘Chip for some real money!
Chipotle, short-priced favourite for the prestigious class 2. twenty-two runner Weatherbys Sprint Trophy over five furlongs of ‘good to soft’ Newbury this afternoon, was 22/1 when storming home to register his third success from four outings last month, at Royal Ascot! I ‘bottled it’ unceremoniously, due to conflicting reports aboutContinue Reading
Chywoone Hill/Newlyn Bridge Traffic Congestion & Pedestrian Safety Task & Finish Group Report
The T&F Group identified three areas to focus on: 1. Reducing the volume of through traffic 2. Reducing the number of large vehicles 3. Protecting pedestrians better And two types of measures: ➢ Quick-fix, ultra low-cost solutions with no need for a Traffic Regulation Order, public consultation or infrastructure worksContinue Reading
Venus Café Loves the Beach in South Devon!
With the tourist season around the corner and Devon set to welcome plenty of staycationers once more, business sales in South Devon’s resort towns are thriving. The latest example, a popular South Devon restaurant and beachside café, at Broadsands, Paignton, which received multiple bids has been sold to The VenusContinue Reading
Confidence in ‘Tuddy’ to bring home ‘Gains!’
Seinsational, one of nine ‘decs’ for a weak-looking Maiden Hurdle over two miles of ‘good’ ground Worcester tonight, is taking a long time to win, I’m not sure he wants to! Napped twice in this column Dr Newland’s vexing charge has raced erratically for Sam Twiston-Davies and significantly the lastContinue Reading
It’s all about ‘War’ and so be armed with experience!
What an incredible (Wednesday) night; Hurricane Lane supplemented York/Epsom/Curragh gains with a demolition job of ‘minnows’ in the grade one Grand Prix de Paris at Longchamp, fabulous ‘lovers’ Hollie Doyle and Tom Marquand landed doubles on glorious Yarmouth turf and another ‘headliner’ for this column, Power Of Beauty, landed aContinue Reading
National Minimum Wage rate reminder for summer staff
Students and seasonal staff working in the South West are being reminded by HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) to check that they are being paid the National Minimum Wage (NMW). All workers are legally entitled to be paid the NMW. This includes temporary seasonal staff, who often work short-term contractsContinue Reading
Delamore Arts 2021
We heard about this event on BBC Spotlight and decided to go, and it was a wonderful experience, one I will be looking to repeat next year. This art exhibition was a beautiful marriage between an English summer garden and strategically located sculptures, both enhancing each other. Placing sculptures outside is an artContinue Reading
Campaign to oppose phone mast success
An application for a 18 metre mobile phone mast in Peverell has been defeated, in a win for local MP Luke Pollard and Peverell Councillor Jeremy Goslin. The mast was planned to be built at the junction of Long Rowden and Home Park Avenue in Peverell. At 18 metres high, it would be four times theContinue Reading
‘Beauty’ of ‘Power’ for punters!
Power Of Beauty should be in evidence tonight when the Hugo Palmer-trained Slade Power colt contests division one of a Maiden Stakes over seven furlongs of Wolverhampton tapeta, also the surface at Newcastle where Michael Dickinson’s creation is being laid next month on the superb left-handed galloping racetrack of Southwell.Continue Reading
Cornwall to Benefit from Western Power Distribution’s Net Zero Commitment
Western Power Distribution (WPD), the electricity distribution network operator for Cornwall, has announced that it has signed up to the United Nations’ Race to Zero campaign – the largest ever global alliance committed to achieving net zero carbon emissions by 2050 at the latest. As part of WPD’s commitment toContinue Reading