Firstly sincere congratulations to Ditcheat-based trainer Paul Nicholls for being awarded an OBE yesterday; his record speaks for itself, consistency, dedication to this great ‘Sport Of Kings’ and we’re extremely proud of him! Gin O’Clock stands out from sixteen declarations for the Novice Stakes over seven furlongs of Chelmsford polytrackContinue Reading

The Taoiseach has ruled out the possibility of another lockdown around the Christmas period. Amid rising Covid-19 case numbers, Micheál Martin said the country would be back in lockdown were it not for the vaccine campaign. He told Today FM’s Dermot & Dave show that the country was in aContinue Reading

Facebook will drop its facial recognition system – but here's why we should be sceptical

Artem Oleshko/Shutterstock Facebook has announced that it will stop using its facial recognition system – the artificial intelligence software which recognises people in photos and videos and generates suggestions about who to “tag” in them. Facial recognition systems, like Facebook’s, identify people by matching faces to digital representations of facesContinue Reading

We can't afford to just build greener. We must build less

The greenest buildings are those that exist already Danist Soh on Unsplash, FAL As the built environment takes centre stage at COP26, the scale and urgency of the climate crisis and of the industry’s responsibility to address it comes into focus. A recent report from the UN’s Global Alliance forContinue Reading