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Storm Barra ‘only halfway through’ with stronger winds on the way
Storm Barra is only “halfway through” and the strongest winds could be yet to come, the Minister for Housing has warned. Some 56,000 homes are without power and may not be reconnected for a number of days, Government officials have said, after the country was battered by winds of upContinue Reading
Luke Announces “First Homes not Second Homes” Manifesto for the South West
Today [Tuesday 7 December] Luke Pollard, the MP for Plymouth Sutton and Devonport, will use a speech in Parliament to call time on South West communities being hollowed out by second homes and Airbnb conversions. Devon and Cornwall have seen a huge surge in homes being bought as second properties and holidayContinue Reading
Raise awareness and a ‘Wine’ glass for celebration!
Royal Rustle wasn’t able to fend off heavily-backed favourite Kavanaghs Cross in a Maiden Hurdle over two miles of ‘soft’ ground Kelso on Sunday but this was THE race of a tremendous week for me and I’d relish owning Lucinda Russell’s charge, definitely my kind of racehorse; unfortunately it can’tContinue Reading
Max Verstappen’s dad says son will “do everything” to beat Lewis Hamilton
MAX VERSTAPPEN will “do everything” to beat Lewis Hamilton in this weekend’s Formula One title decider in Abu Dhabi. That is according to Verstappen‘s father Jos, who is a former F1 driver himself and believes his son will leave it all out on the track as his rivalry with HamiltonContinue Reading
Harsher Covid restrictions like working from home still aren’t required despite spread of Omicron, insists deputy PM
HARSHER Covid restrictions aren’t required despite the rapid spread of the Omicron variant across Britain, Dominic Raab declared today. The deputy PM said there’s still no need to introduce tougher measures like working from home and vaccine passports for mass events. Reuters Dominic Raab said there’s still no need forContinue Reading
Yazidi genocide: landmark guilty verdict for IS jihadi could transform how atrocities are brought to justice
The genocide verdict brought recently by a German court against an Iraqi member of Islamic State for crimes including the murder of a five-year-old Yazidi girl is a landmark decision which will clear the way for similar prosecutions. That this verdict was even possible was thanks to a detailed (andContinue Reading
Jamie Barton/Jake Heggie at Barbican: a programme designed to delight
Review at a glance “ What I miss the most” provided not only the title of Jake Heggie’s new song cycle, given its UK premiere at this Barbican concert, but also the theme of the recital by fellow-American mezzo-soprano Jamie Barton with Heggie at the piano. As the two performersContinue Reading
EU solidarity with Poland on migration: a violent response to an imagined threat
Just in the month of November 2021, migrant boats have capsized in the central Mediterranean Sea, the Atlantic, the Aegean and the English Channel. The official death toll at the external borders of the EU stands at over 1,600 so far this year, though acknowledged to be a massive underestimate.Continue Reading
Mental health and terrorism: more people flagged to authorities have ‘mixed, unstable, unclear’ views than Islamist ideologies
Shutterstock It is often difficult to make sense of violence, particularly in the wake of a terrorist attack. So it’s perhaps understandable that we reach for labels such as “far-right extremist” or “Islamist” when a person commits an incomprehensible crime. But an important trend is being missed in discussions aboutContinue Reading
Reintroducing masks in England may be met with resistance – here’s how the government can overcome it
Richard M Lee/Shutterstock There are fears that the new omicron variant of the coronavirus could be the most transmissible form of the virus yet, so infection control measures are being tightened – face coverings, for example, are now mandatory again in England on public transport and in shops. When legallyContinue Reading